schools in St. Louis

I work at St. Lukes and I am pulled to different floors all the time. I notice that most of the nurses and very nice and pleasant to work with. If you haven't had fundamentals of nursing then they will start you out as a patient care tech I and then I'm pretty sure you can be trained to be a patient care tech II. You will do blood draws, EKG's, vitals signs, blood sugars, I & O's. If you are part time then they offer tuition reimbursement. Part time for them is 16 hours a week.
I really enjoy this hospital and think it's a great place to work.
I also currently attend school at Lutheran School of Nursing and I really enjoy their program. It is the only diploma program in missouri. I don't think they have a long waiting list.
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My only experience with nurses prior to NS was as a patient or when my daughter had her babies.

I have found nurses that were positively hateful (there is, in particular, one facility I will never step foot in as a patient or an employee based on my clinical experience there), and found nurses who I'm quite sure were angels in scrubs.

The best bet is to avoid the miserable nurses (and you'll know who they are pretty quickly -- they often roll their eyes or give you the look when you introduce yourself); stay out of their way and only interact with them when you have to; and you will have to. Understand they are either overworked, not comfortable with dealing with students, or just plain unhappy people. Be as pleasant and professional as you can and thank them at the end of your day.

When you find the angels :angel2: who don't mind working w/students, don't take advantage of their helpfulness. Your instructor will still almost always be your first contact for issues, questions, meds, etc. Your RN will be who can help you when you have concerns about the patient or your instructor sends you to them to get clarification on whether to admin certain meds or withhold others, etc. Don't wear them out for those who are coming after you in school!

And most of all, don't fear these people or build them up to have more impact on your getting through school or not. They are just small obstacles and learning experiences as will be difficult patients or their families or other folks in the hospital who you will need to work with throughout your newly chosen career. No worse than what you deal with in the grocery store or your kids' schools, etc.

Best wishes!!

CNA Training in St. Louis
Hello,

I am looking to be a nurse. My ultimate goal is to be a nurse anaesthetist I have been reading that is wise to start off as a CNA for experience. I am still working on my prereqs for nursing school. Any advice? I need to work as a CNA while continuing school....Please help with advice and place for CNA training. Free certification would be nice if that even exist...I am a newby...HELP!

Work/training Location: St. Louis only, please

Hey all! I need some serious advice and help!! Okay here is my story, I am a "Junior" in college. I went to Lindenwood University from 2007-2009 and now I'm at Meremac. I have so many credits that I do not need. Anyways long story short I am still left with some classes that I need, like A&P 2, Micro , and Algebra. So I have another semester left. Anyways I am in A&P II now and I am doing absolutely horrible so I need to drop the class. I have 2 C's already in my Science courses and one B I really REALLY wanted to get my BSN within the next 2- 2 and a half years. I don't know if having your BSN and RN are really that different in pay and such? Also, I am having a huge amount of trouble finding a school that will accept me any ideas???