Inspiration for Medical Billing and Coding Students

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Starting a new course of study in pursuit of a new career can be a little scary.  In fact, it can be downright daunting.  If you’re coming to the Allen School to study medical billing and coding to make a change in your career and your life, you may feel at times like the challenges […] Read More

Why the Nurse’s Aide Didn’t Get the Interview

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So this nurses aide student got her nurses aide certificate from Allen School and hit the job market looking for a position.  She sent out scores of resumes and cover letters seeking nurses aide positions in doctor’s offices and hospitals around her home.  Although her certification was from a solid institution like Allen School, with […] Read More

The Labor of CNAs, Medical Office Assistants and Billing and Coding Pros

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This weekend we celebrated Labor Day, honoring the contributions of working men and women nationwide.  Labor is the lifeblood of the US economy and the engine for economic growth that has been the envy of the world.  For those of you entering the career world with a new CNA certificate, or medical office assistant training […] Read More

Drugs for Anxiety Outweigh All Else – Why CNA’s Should Take Time Off

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If you’re studying to become a certified nursing assistant, or a medical office assistant, or even a medical billing and coding specialist, you’re headed toward a fast paced and sometimes stressful career.  Americans spend more time at work than any other country.  For those in stressful jobs, this can lead to some pretty unpleasant health […] Read More

Medicine News for Savvy Medical and Medical Office Assistant

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If you’re a medical assistant program student, or at Allen School to become a medical office assistant, you can wow your instructors (and later the patients you’ll serve in a medical office or hospital) with your up-to-the-minute knowledge of the latest and most interesting advances in medicine.  A toaster-sized machine that detects cancer?  A nasal […] Read More

Diseases Like West Nile Keep CNAs Busy in 2012

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OK, so it’s not just CNAs.  It’s also medical assistants, medical billing and coding professionals and the physicians they all support that are working overtime to address the seeming increase in outbreaks of diseases like West Nile.  The Huffington Post this week that this season’s West Nile outbreak is the worst so far thanks to the […] Read More

Kiplinger: Medical Assisting Among Most Lucrative Job Fields

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Financial news outlet Kiplinger just released a list of the college majors most likely to land a lucrative career after graduation.  You’ll not be surprised to learn that at least four of the courses of study were in the medical field including Nursing, medical technologies, pharmacology and treatment therapy.  But you’ll be very pleased to […] Read More

A Dragonfruit a Day Keeps the Doctor (and the CNA) Away

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The days are getting distinctly shorter, and an autumnal chill is in the air at night.  Yes, it is still summer and the days are sweltering.  But as I was munching on a delicious bowl of sweet bing cherries last night, I realized that the summer is rapidly fading; and along with it, affordable and […] Read More

Dian Fossey, Theano and You the CNA

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The history of women in science is a topic that deserves more study not just among those studying to become certified nursing assistants, but among students in general.  For centuries, men have been predominantly recorded in books and other records as the producers of much of scientific discovery.  But that is only largely a function […] Read More