Montgomery College, how long?

Lil-Dragon · May 28, 2011

Nikki- it's time for you and your family to celebrate! Great day to be out...

TinaTM · May 28, 2011

letters came today too...I got mine (and I will be one of the older students--early 40s) :-) Good luck to everyone!

Lil-Dragon · May 28, 2011

Hi Tina, Congratulations! Most of us on this thread are around the same age. Good luck to you as well!

MomBak2Skool · May 28, 2011

I GOT IN!!! YAY!!! My mom just called me and nearly gave me a heart attack by telling me at first that the mail came and the letter wasn't with it...what a cruel little jokester! Lol...Now I can finally enjoy the rest of my holiday weekend vacay! :) Congrats to everyone else who was accepted!! I'll be on here again on Monday night when I go home and actually can look at the letter itself.

Lil-Dragon · May 28, 2011

YAY, Congratulations Andrea! Enjoy the beach!

3 down, one to go!

mom23boyz · May 28, 2011

Yea!!!! So awesome we are all getting in. I wonder where Marissa is.

Welcome Tina! Andrea is the baby of the bunch. The rest of us are all aging gracefully ;-)

MomBak2Skool · May 29, 2011

LOL I love that you call me "the baby of the bunch"! I'm usually one of the oldest in the class, and definitely the only one in my study groups with a child. Have any of you decided where you're going to get your CPR/First Aid certs from? I can't remember if I read it on this post or somewhere else, but apparently many hospitals prefer their nurses to be AHA (American Heart Association) certified over Red Cross. The only somewhat-close places I could find where they had AHA certified classes are in Bladensburg, MD and Alexandria, VA. If I'll have to get recertified before finding a job though, I may just hold off on that until I start job hunting. Red Cross seems to be the most convenient way to go...

TinaTM · May 29, 2011

Montgomery College offers it too for Healthcare providers, I took it last year hoping to start in Jan. but my youngest was still in nursery school and I just didnt feel ready to tackle nursing school until she was in school fulltime (yeah..this Fall starts K as I start the Nursing Program)...it is a one-day course and relatively easy and cheap :-)

So am I right in guessing many of you are in their 40s like me doing a career/back to work switch? If so, Im so glad I wont be the only one in class doing that :-)

Tina

mom23boyz · May 29, 2011

Andrea - where did you hear that bit of info? Why would they prefer one over the other? Are they not all the same?

Tina - I am 36 and have 2 kids...6 and 2.

MomBak2Skool · May 29, 2011

I read it on this thread (read all the comments, there's only 11 of them):

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/bls-vs-cpr-496121.html

I haven't read the letter yet, so I don't know if it specifically states that the CPR/First Aid certifications have to be from a certain organization. Does it say? I would assume they're all the same, but this thread discusses the "differences" between BLS (which is from AHA) and CPR/AED. But apparently, the BLS is just another type of CPR certification? I'm not too sure; but it seems like the BLS is more hardcore for healthcare professionals. If you can decipher the information better, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! :)

mom23boyz · May 29, 2011

Andrea - I would say if you aren't sure, you should email the lady who is listed on our letter. But it appears to me that regardless, once we graduate, we will be due to renew our certifications anyway. Some people said they were interchangeable terms and some say that BLS is for licensed healthcare professionals. I would think for our current situation and the fact that certification is only good for 1-2 years, just go for whatever is most convenient for you. If you find out something else, please share.

mom23boyz · May 29, 2011

Oh, and the letter doesn't specify. It just CPR and give a list of providers from which to acquire cert.