Job while going to school?

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Help. Is there any job I can get in a hospital or healthcare environment that does not require me to have an RN of some sort? Or do I just have to go get a job at Starbucks? I'm looking for something I can do while my husband and I go to school... Thanks.:crying2:

If your job pays better than that, then stay for now and start putting away some serious money. The more savings the better.

CNA's do provide useful experience, you do need to take the classes and get certified.

There are other hospital jobs as well that require a short training. EKG techs, phlebotomists, unit clerks.

Pull up a few hospital websites in your area and look.

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Starbucks pays minimum wage...a CNA really makes only $7/ hr? Seriously? IF that is the case, then I should just stay with what I am doing now.:uhoh21:

I would never work for minimum wage. At my CNA job I was paid $12/hr and deserved every penny. But the plus was being able to work a double because you could make so much more getting time and a half and double time. Those are the perks when working in a hospital setting. You don't get that at a desk job.

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If your job pays better than that, then stay for now and start putting away some serious money. The more savings the better.

CNA's do provide useful experience, you do need to take the classes and get certified.

There are other hospital jobs as well that require a short training. EKG techs, phlebotomists, unit clerks.

Pull up a few hospital websites in your area and look.

yeeeaaah, I don't make enough money right now to put away into savings. that is part of the reason for the career-change into healthcare. I was planning on putting the charge for the CNA class on a credit card, since I have no other way to pay it. I'm searching the net right now trying to find a pay rate. It's driving me nuts...i can't find anything! I'm not going to pay for the class, etc...if it's not even going to materialize into a job. That would suck.

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Ask at nursing homes. They could tell you the pay rate plus some of them offer free CNA training and a job when finished. They will pay you during the training because you are working there.

And don't pay too much for your CNA training. I went to ROP to get it and my class was about $65 plus the book was about $60. Publicly funded programs are so much cheaper. They had other training that you could complete in one semester such as phlebotomist, pharmacy tech, vet tech. medical assistant (here MA is just one semester) EMT THose positions might pay more than CNA.

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Private programs will charge more than those funded publicly such as ROP. Some nursing homes offer free CNA training and pay you at the same time since you are working there.

Other positions in healthcare might pay better than CNA. Plebotomist or Medical Assistant, Unit Secretary (here CNA's make 10-12/hr and US make $13) Pharmacy tech. These were all one semester classes at my school. It might be different elsewhere.

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oops double post. The website was just not loading. Didn't realize it went thru

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In Florida you do not have to take the the class to become licensed as a CNA. If you go the the FL board of nursing website, you can find everything you need to know about CNA skills and a checklist for the exam. Its like a textbook online. Exam registration, dates, and everything else that you will need is right there on the site.

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