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Which would you suggest for a student working towards career in CRNA? My thoughts are that EMTs also get jobs in ERs and other critical care areas...CNAs do get direct patient care and floor nursing opportunities. Any thoughts?

What's you favorite redneck patient story??

Just wondering what side of the nursing fence do you fall??? I am considering LPN school versus taking the ADN program since I am nearly 40 years old, husband, father of two, lots of bills, etc.,etc., etc.,.

Hey, just wondering if anyone has done this.... I am an average student, older also. Nearly complete with a bachelors in Communications. But have thought about nursing school for a long time now. Since I don't want to take the RN now, would LPN be...

Ooookkkk! I guess by the silence, no one wants to offer an opinion. Consider it off the table. Thanks.

Ok, I am sure someone, somewhere has asked this question. Tell me if there is a online school or very abbreviated session of classes to obtain a LPN or a good entry point to nursing? I have made a "D" in my A&P I class last fall and questioned w...

Well said. I can't help but think you might be slightly PC. What do you find funny in life? Job?

Here's little Alabama joke....I am from Georgia so this is how it goes.. Why do all the trees in Ga lean to the left....because Alabama sucks. (you have to be familair with the geography of the two states on a map).

Wait a minute! I must be slightly brain dead....I am thirty seven about to me thirty eight. Whoa.

35 and male. Can't wait to finish.

Hey, I am really pysched about going into nursing! I am 6', 240 lb., former cop and I dig the attention I am getting from hospitals just because I am a nursing student. They bend over backwards (in a good way) to do anything for me to get me where ...

Memorial is probably the best in Savannah area along with Candler/St.Joseph. Basically they are the only two in Savannah but you are close enough to Hilton Head or maybe even Walterboro, SC has a hospital. And don't forget about Statesboro, GA has ...

I am also ignorant about the potential problems of this patient. Can you tell me what MH is? How could things have gone wrong. By the way, I am current a nursing student so I don't have much knowlege about medical problems and how things interact.

I must have been sleeping when you started this thread....Great idea! Here I am in GA, 37, father of one, married been gainfully employeed in sales for nearly 10 years. Making pretty good money until last few years and need to finish degree. Nursin...

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Yes, they do have school nurses in Richmond and Columbia counties in GA and in Aiken county in SC. These are all located in the Augusta, GA area.

Hey, I am in Augusta, GA and re-entered college yesterday taking core classes and Anatomy and Physiology. I intend on start nursing classes next fall and Augusta State and transferring to MCG. How Y'all doin'?

Check out the Medical College of GA's website. The pay for staff RNs is between 25-30/per hour. Of course the more experience you have the better the pay.

Can't say I have any good advice but I will relay a personal experience that has a definite correllation... My wife was in the hospital two months ago. Blood draws and central line cause a couple a blown veins. They had to do a contrast CT and used...

I have just started a EMT program to help myself gain experience. I have a sinking feeling that I have gotten myself in over my head. Too much work. Too much blood and gore. Too much everything. I really don't want to work on an ambulance, here ...

Hey Brett, How did you land the surgery volunteer position? That sounds interesting and, obviously you have learned more by observing than most people will have on an application to school. Also, did I read correctly that you are not in school or j...

Has anyone graduated from the Medical College of Ga's CRNA? If so, please rate and give your experience.

Hey Kevin, Reading your response about "putting an epidural into a woman in labor, and watching her relax over a period of just a few minutes as it takes effect. The look she gives you as you leave the room.", reminded me of my wife during delivery. ...

85 seems to be that "magic" number....lot's of folks report it stops at 85 and they ALL passed!

Well, I just started back to college and my GPA is 1.81...not too encouraging is it. Well, I think and believe I can makes A's and B's to inch up to a 2.88 or so by the time I get the ADN. Unfortunately, that ain't good enough I need a 3.0 to be ac...