Floor Tech position in Ga

[deToxTech]

Ok, this might be a lost cause but for a first post, i don't suppose this is all that bad.

I went through college and got my degree in psychology thinking I'd want to do clinical psych. Well, after working as a tech at a mental health hospital, I changed my mind. I still enjoy the therapeutic aspect of talking to someone, but I came to learn I loved taking blood pressures and assisting with the direct medical care alot more than talking someone's problems away.

So here's the rub. I would like more than anything to get experience in a more medically leaning environment as a floor tech but it seems like the times have changed from when my mother was a nurse and it was expected that you spend time as a nursing aide before they'd even consider you for a nursing degree.

Does anyone know if it's just impossible to get a position as a floor tech unless you have a CNA degree or if there are some places that will take you with a year's worth of work as a tech in a less medically acute setting? I mean, i'm willing to empty bedpans and turn patients and assist in changing dressings if it means i'm a little more prepared for the actual floorwork of what nursing would require. Patients so seldomly act like the characters in the textbook examples.

[jb2u, ASN, RN]

I know of several student nurses that went into pca/cna jobs after the first semester of nursing school. Otherwise, I would just apply where you want to work and just see if they are willing to hire someone with your background.

Good luck to you.

[deToxTech]

yeah, there are alot of places that'll take you once you've started your first year of nursing school. but i still have AP2 and Micro (at least ) to take before i qualify to even apply for nursing school.

I think i'm going to try and apply with children's but they have an awkward hire-rehire policy and i currently have to pay for both school tuition and my car payment. silly me