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Columbus regional is a good place to work. They will pay directly to Cols. Tech if you go to school there. They have financial assistance and a contract with Cols. Tech. They believe in advancement for their employees. You should here something soon. If you have one semester of nursing school they can hire you with better pay as suppose to being hired on as a CNA.

Abraham Baldwin College in tifton offers a rn program. You attend once a week, and the program is a yr.

I live in Georgia and they are difficult to get into. Make sure you're accepted before your sciences are 5 yrs old. You will have to redo them.

Although the BSN program is distance and the ASN is closer to home, think about which one would be more beneficial for you. For 18 months you can rent a house with a couple of students who may be in the same predicament that you're in. There may also be financial aid out there. Scholarships, if you have not reached 180 hrs for your 1st BS degree, financial assistance could be awarded. If you've reached 180 hrs then you would have to get scholarships or finance it yourself. Have you ever thought about the Navy Nurse Candidate Program, where they woul pay for tuition, books and give you $1000.00 stipend a month and you pay them back by time in service?

CSHarriganRI, thanks aswell, when will you start your junior year? What school do you attend? The tuition and everything they pay is this correct?

Mamma3munchkins, thanks for your quick response. I see you're an ENS, how long have you been in the Navy and what is your husband doing now? Has he gone to his first assignment?

Some AF deployments are no longer than 3-4 months so that is truth. I have a co-worker who was deployed with her AF unit and the rotation was 3-6 mos. She came back after 3 months.

I would like to know how long is the wait from the time the application process is completed until you receive the okay and school funds are generated.

Smattles 1 of 2, Congratulations to you.

Try applying at a military hospital if you're close to one. I didn't have experience, but got hired on. I got hired on for SDS and had to cross train in the PACU for six weeks. If I wanted to I can work PACU permanently, when they need help I work there.

Most if not all military hospitals d/c pts from PACU. Peds with BMT's, most breast bx, and others are d/c'd from Pacu. We have no problems with these pts returning to ER. Most of the surgeries are anest. with local mac. If a pt have gen. anesthesia they must come to SDS.

Hi NewArmyRN, how do you like being a nurse in the army and what hospital are you at? I'm considering becoming an Army Nurse as well. I'd started the Nurse Candidate application only to find out that I would be too old once I finish my BSN. How was OBC? Our working days are Mon-Fri. No holidays and off most training holidays. I'm in Georgia at an army hospital.

I am an LPN and I also work in PACU and Same Day Surgery at a military hospital. I have been a nurse for 3 yrs and have been in the peroperative services for almost 2 yrs. I love PACU, but i'm wondering once I graduate with my RN Degree and look for a job will they hire me on since I already have experience? I oriented in PACU for six weeks. If I did not want to become an RN so badly, I would never leave my job.

Those of us who were accepted into the program get an automatic spot in the fall program. Hopefully I can get closer to home.

Not having enough students to apply is exactly what happened to me. I was accepted at WCC for spring 07; however, on the first day of class I learned the classs being cancelled b/c there were not enough students for the program. I was dissappointed, but I believe God has another plan. When one door closes another opens, so i'm hoping to get into CVCC in Phenix City alabama.