I just posted a late entry to "CNA's" explaining different work venues. My first year as a CNA was in an ambulatory clinic doing exactly what you talked about. I would call patients from the waiting room (with chart in hand), take weight, bring them back to room and take vitals, chart why they were there, confirm their meds, etc. It was a good intro to the field. I worked in a large clinic and worked with different docs. So I learned some peds, dermatology, genontology, and more than I wanted to know about 'social disease'.
I got really good at manual BP's and learned about meds, treatments, etc. But, I got bored!!!!
I then went on to work in hospital --- really liked that. I won't detail again here (I put some detail in my CNA response). You do 100 times more 'things' in hospital than in a clinic. You just learn so much more, do so much more. But, you work your butt off too!
Clinic was steady, 8 hour day, occasional Saturday. If you go into hospital or LTC, you'll rotate and work every other weekend (as a generalization), may be on call to fill in for others, and you're gonna' work.
Depends on what you want out of a job, how much you want to learn, how challenged you want to be, etc. Only you can determine what will be best for yourself.
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