Rockstar

I was supposed to attend Brown Mackie for PN and everything was good except the price. They have the NERVE to charge over $20,000 to attend their program that is only a year old!!! It's a tiny little community college. I told them hell no and went to Great Oaks. Great Oaks is a very nice program and has been around a lot longer than Brown Mackie. All of the people are nice and it is a very diverse environment. I prefer Greak Oaks much better.

I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio and I will be attending Great Oaks (Diamond Oaks program) for LPN in April of 06!!!

The place in Columbus sent me a list. There are a lot of places that offer classes. They all are a little bootleg though. There is a place called Tri-state Nurse Aid training that is right up the street from my house. It's 430 bucks. I can live with that!

This is what I'm planning to do! I'm going to school from 5-10 Monday through Thursday and working as a CNA hopefully first shift. My clinicals will be from 3-10. and I can afford health insurance since I'm working full time.

Earle58 and Bipley, you guys are sick! lol Thanks for all the advice everyone. I have a great sense of humor and I'll be the first person running for a facemask!!!

I was reading another thread where someone gave some good advice about dealing with gross smells. Keep a small jar of Vicks with you to put around your nostrils. You can't smell anything, but Vicks! That will definitely help me! I was wondering if anyone else has any tricks to help us get through some of the "not so great" parts of the job. ~Rockstar~

I understand that. I can either go full time and not work and keep my health benefits (from my parents) or go part time and work part time and lose my health benefits. I lose health insurance if I'm not a full time student. I have to make a choice soon.

I plan to get an attitude with anyone who does not give me the respect I deserve. My mom yelled at a lady at her job and the manager gave her a promotion and made her employee of the month. I don't know if it was out of fear or respect, but she demands both at her job. I used to be a Pharmacy Technician and I got yelled at all the time and blamed for things I didn't do. I quit, but I feel that I need to demand respect wherever I go from now on. I'm a nice person and very quiet and I think people mistake my kindness for weakness. Ok... I don't know what that had to do with this thread, but lol... after reading the thread about the negatives of nursing I refuse to let someone bring me down in a job that I like.

I called this registration place in Columbus and they were supposed to send me a list of all the places that give training in the area. I called Friday and it's Monday. They said they sent it out friday. Dah well... I'll wait a few more days for it.

thanks. i was about to give up on the Health Alliance!!! My dad works at University hospital so I'll ask him if he knows anything about it. I don't mind paying for classes. I think they are $400, but I'd love if they were free! I want a job with the Health Alliance too so I hope that will help. Thanks.

go to the library and see if they have any books on it. I work at the library and I found a lot of books that I practice from

I feel your pain. I'm a really nice person and I don't go off on people, but sometimes that's what I NEED to do. I jus can't get an attitude! I wish I could. Good luck to you!!

Can everyone list the programs that they know about? I know of one program at Cincinnati State, but I've heard of many places that will pay for you and also hire you after classes. I was hoping to find one of those places. I'd like to have options. Let me know everyone. Thanks!!! ~Rockstar~

I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio also. I'm going to start taking classes for practical nursing January and I plan to become a registered nurse eventually. I'd really like to talk to people in Cincinnati. I haven't even started school yet and I'm stressed!!! If anyone wants to talk my AIM screen name is Hahakickrocks

thanks. I'm talking to my job to see if they will let me do weekends and just one day during the week. I really want to go to nursing school so if this job gets in the way I'll just have to find something 3rd shift or weekends only. I'm going to talk to the head of the dept tomorrow morning and figure out the schedule. thanks everybody