You Can Become a Certified Nursing Assistant (she did!)

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You may be feeling like changing careers is difficult to do.  Especially if you’re making the change after having trained for and worked for some time in another field.  You may feel like it is an insurmountable challenge to attain a certified nursing assistant degree.  Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with computers.  Or maybe you’re not confident […] Read More

Realistic Answers to Unrealistic Job Interview Questions

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You’re about to complete your healthcare training school course of study and getting ready to reenter the workforce as a newly minted medical billing and coding pro or certified nursing assistant.  In spite of your new education, you’ll still be confronted with difficult questions from the hiring managers you’ll encounter along the way.  It can […] Read More

Medical Assistant NOT on List of 18 Most Stressful Jobs

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Jada Graves writes for US News and World Report an article listing the top 18 most stressful jobs as listed by the US Department of Labor Statistics.  These are gigs defined as, “well-paying, society-building occupations for which workers potentially risk their emotional and physical health when clocking in each day”.  As you’d expect, these are […] Read More

The Intersection of Tech and Healthcare (Besides Online Medical Billing Classes)

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Yes, it is true, studying online medical billing classes with the Allen School is an intersection between technology and healthcare.  However, it is not a particularly unique example of this intersection.  There are far more exotic instances of the melding of technology and medicine such as Internet enabled, remote control surgery for example. This story […] Read More

New Public Health Threat – Be Aware Nursing Assistant

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It seems like we’re writing posts like this one with increasing frequency.  I am referring to posts wherein we bring an emerging public health threat to the attention of our students taking nursing assistant courses. This time we’re reporting on the emergence of a respiratory virus known as Enterovirus D68.  This illness has hospitalized patients […] Read More

Back to School for Adults (Healthcare Training School that is)

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Its back to school time!  “Hooray” shout countless moms and dads who have had just about enough of their children’s summertime shenanigans! But it is not just a time of the year to think about sending kiddos back to school.  If you’re an adult who is in need of a career change and seeking a […] Read More

Happy Labor Day from NYC’s Favorite Healthcare Training School

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To those of you enrolled in NYC’s favorite healthcare training school – the Allen School – with designs on entering the labor force after training for a rewarding and lucrative new career, this blogger wishes you a happy Labor Day!  Lest we forget the reason for this important holiday while we’re beaching, barbecuing, partying and […] Read More

Moving Your Medical Assisting Career Forward

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Indecision, shame, procrastination, pride, excuses, cavalier attitudes, ingratitude – these are all things that can stymie your efforts at moving forward in life and in your pursuit of medical assisting training for a new career.  This chart says a great deal in very few words, offering the 10 things one must give up in order […] Read More

4 Daily Steps to be a Successful Medical Coding Online Student

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Motivating yourself, stepping up, staying focused and being critical.  These are the four things that, if done every day, will help a person to be much more successful in their career according to a recent article by the Business Insider.   These four tips come courtesy of James Caan, CEO of Hamilton Bradshaw Group who clearly achieved a […] Read More