Re: Hey Im New! Start Cna School In October Originally Posted by 2bnurse.chick 
Hey E-Med,
My C.N.A. course was 4 months long, but was also an intro to the fundamentals of nursing. For the first 3 weeks it was 2 days a week for 8 hours of lecture and skills then the rest of the time was 4 hours of lecture a week and 9 hours of clinical a week. Most C.N.A.s in my area make between 11.00-15.00 an hour. My long term goal is to become an RN. I just got my E.M.T.-B and also have been trying to get a job as an ER Tech. An ambulance Co. sounds interesting, however I'm nervous about the whole safety issue and how unpredictable going on calls can be. Being a mom, your stories are exactly what I'm afraid of.
Even though the ED can be dangerous too, it seems more controlled and there is more backup if needed. Unlike you, I don't have any experience other than my C.N.A. and E.M.T. training. I think I'm going to do LTC first for experience so that I can get hired on at a hospital someday. With your experience I think you should have a good shot at getting a job quick. Good luck to you!!
hey thank you for sharing, I hope i can do it. The EMT test was a pain for me and i struggled alot. I hope the CNA test will be what I have heard and expect. But I dont mean to discourage you from working on an ambulance. I enjoyed many patients and have seen alot of things people don't and won't ever see in their lives. I really would say that I now would prefer to work in the ER instead of on the street, out there its just you and a partner and a patient, no text book, no computers, no nurse no dr's. It was rough here in the city but its a job that is not for everybody. I also worked as a dispatcher for EMS and hated not being able to see theses people calling. When there was a shooting at a university here in Southern IL I took the phone call to dispatch 2 rescuechoppers over there before the story hit the news. That was
THE LAST day I was dispatcher, i quit. The stress this job can put on your family and friends is intense. I would lash out at people for no good reason and when I went for a check up at my Dr, i had a BP of 160/90 (DANGEROUSLY HIGH FOR 20 YEAR OLD MALE). I was put on multiple medications and have a streak of white in my hairline and a 80% white beard if i were to grow it. I was glad to have served and saved a couple people, and thats what matters.
You can't save everyone, it's just not meant to be, you'll beat yourself up about it but when you bring a man home from the hospital who has been missing since early morning to a family of confused and worried spouses or children and they bust into tears because you got him home safe from a possible chance at death, thats one of the most rewarding butterfly feelings a person can ever feel. Its the rockstar feeling makes you feel like you did something, something people can never understand unless they have done it.
I'm only 20 years old, people my age are working at grocery stores and selling movies, or changing oil, ...you got to think, what is their satisfaction? I chuckle when they meet up and talk about how their job is hard or their job is stressful but honestly they don't even know.
Go for it somebodies got to prolong death.
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wish me luck and thanks for the advice
and take care of yourself!
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