Hi!!!

[Lbushue]

Hello everyone,

This should be interesting since I have never joined a forum before. Looks like I can get a lot of good advice and infornation over here so I decided to give it a go.

I'm 27 from Houston and just started getting into the education of Nursing. I was an accountant before and couldn't stand it. I've always wanted to get into nursing but life happened to take me another route. Well, I lost my job and decided this was the best time to go for what I want. I don't think it's too late for me to become an RN but I feel that I may have obstacles in my way.

Right now I am in a CNA class and plan on getting my prequisits out of the way. I was thinking of studying for LPN and if things go well continue with my RN. Reason being is that I still need to work to survive. I don't think that I will be able to go straight to RN for 3 years and work for barely over minimum wage in the mean time. Some say just go all the way to RN in one shot and others understand what I need to do. Is there a way to get a job in the hospital or a LTC that pays decent if I decide to go straight through to RN?

Thanks a lot everyone!

Lbushue

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

Moved to General Nursing Discussion forum to improve member feedback.

The question by new member:

Is there a way to get a job in the hospital or a LTC that pays decent if I decide to go straight through to RN?

[jimthorp]

I'm not familiar with Texas' pay scale but I can tell you that working full-time and going to nursing school is extremely tough but can be done. In my LPN program they told us they do not recommend working more the 15 hours per week. The one student in my class who worked full-time did not make it out of the first semester.