A little off topic....but MONEY matters....

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darn is life expensive!!!

i have been working on updating my pre-req's as if that's not expensive enough....

i have decided to stop upgrading for the time being and take a health care aide course. so i can gain a little experience working in the field and make a little $$$ to pay for my education. i feel bad with my husband footing the bill for it.

when i'm done and working. after child care costs, taxes and gas money... i will be working for fewer than 150 bucks a month!!!! just crazy!!!

sorry just needed a little place to vent!!

after all that i still need 4 courses at $500 bucks a pop and then the practical nurse course i hope to take the end of this year is around 12,000.....

once it's all done and over ill stop my whining!!! haha

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Why don't you work in phelobotomy they make more money than CNA's. It is very admirable that you do all that and still go to school to get your degree. You are definitely a super women. :bowingpur

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That would require the same amount of upgrading that I need for the BScN programs.... :(

Good idea though I have never even thought to look into that!

=D

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I just wanted to say.. Yep.. it is expensive. I don't qualify for any financial aid except for some loans, so we are paying out of pocket for school, and it definitely is expensive.

I am currently taking Phlebotomy this quarter in addition to my pre-reqs as it required only two pre-req classes that will help me with school anyway, so I decided to take it.

I LOVE it. If you have any questions about it, I would be happy to tell you what I can, as we just started last week. Yesterday I did my first live draw!

In my area, Phlebs start out at about the same pay as a Medical Assistant, and if you have your CNA with your Phleb, you can find a job a little easier in places and it will help your pay out. Here CNA pay varies.. Hospital aids start out at about 14.00 to 15.00 and Phlebs start at about the same. LTC aids start out at about 12.00 an hour. ER techs and Dialysis techs (Which usually require both CNA and Phleb) start out at around 15.00 to 16.00 an hour.. Med Assistants.. about 14.00 an hour to start.

The big advantage to tech work and Phlebotomy work is that you are not doing as much physical stuff, and you get the needle practice that you may not get in nursing school.

We have an LPN in our class, she is awesome and she likes to get more and more skills, so she decided to take this while she was waiting to apply to her bridge program.

I admire you, I know child care costs are crazy expensive and gas prices are ridiculous.

I don't have the child care costs any longer.. Mine are 21 and almost 16 so.. but it is a long road, and you have every right to whine a little about it..;)

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Vent away, I totally understand. Looks like we are all in the same boat right now. Very little money, yet only able to get loans and wish I could get more of those! Im in LPN right now and all the little extras along with gas are really putting a dent in my pocketbook along with not working.

Phlebotomy! Just posted in another local thread about this and a nursing student who graduated last year from our Phleb program has never been able to find a job. I was also under the impression that a phlebotomy job was easy to find, apparently it depends on where you live like everythng else.

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Yup Im in the same boat too! I dont qualify for any assistance either! So its just paying lesson by lesson.

Here we call Phlebotomy Lab tec. or lab tec. assistant.

Aides here in the health care system start out at $17/hr. So it wil help with the costs for sure.

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