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Tampa, FL LPN Erwin Tech 01-09-08 *** My fav Teachers right now are Knowles, and Murphy!****

YAY when did u start?

Doest it just need to be the class cause there's a lady in my sub. that does it not sure about her sch. or $ but i'll get her # and you can call and ask questions. I live in riverview by the way.

Hello every1. I go to Erwin Tech here in Tampa and thier LPN course so far is great I love my Teachers and the area is not bad. it's part of the school system so the tuition is not bad and you can save your money to further your education later on. www.erwin.edu i think is ther web site. For this year March is the dead line and august would be the first class that start during the day. Good Luck!

Hello everyone I just started school here in tampa (Erwin Tech)and we just went over all this jargon and tampa General is no longer taken LPN's because of thier new " Magnet" status and a lot of hospital are headed that way. The VA hospital pay well from what i am told and everyone has a Night diff. Pay so that's always a plus. Thanks all and good luck!:w00t:

Any one starting schoo jan 08 @ erwin. Hopefully I'll be able to get a head start. I'm so nervous but excited to finally start school. ! God luck to all

CONGATS i'll be going there to in jan. when are you starting? Lucky for me i didn't have to wait i submitted my stuff by the due date and i got my card that said i started Jan08. Good Luck!

Hey all i'll be going to Erwin Jan 08 i can't wait to finally have my life go in the right direction (career). but they said it would be a lil over 3,000 if i remember right. but any hoo. hope to see some of you there!

Thanks so much on the advise. trust me i'll be back for more! :)

Thanks so much for all your help Wish me luck today i got to look at my first school chioce in Lakeland! I'll keep u guys posted

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..... or at least i want to. i am currently looking into nursing. i guess u can say i was married into the profession. my mother in law is an rn; my brother in law, x-ray tech., and his wife is looking into doing the whole ultrasound thing and me. well i love kids. so i would like to end up working in the nicu. my husband and his twin where preemies and they turned out wonderfully because of the care they received in the nicu. so i would like to be apart of that for someone else. my question... where do i start? do i get an aa in nursing do i do medical assisting??? i have no clue where to start or what to look for when i do research. help!!!!!!!

in Tampa there's St. Joseph Hospital, Tampa General, Memorial Hospital, and Veterens(VA) Hospital, Brandon Hospital ( cheaper Living there) and it's right out side of Tampa. Clearwater be the beach there is Countryside Hospital i've heard great things about them there. But like everyone else has said look in there web sites. Good Luck! :)

ok here's another question.... oh by the way i do appreciate all the help and advice you all have shared! should i start reading anything before i start school... i don't even know what school i'm going to for the matter. i'm looking into schools now and was thinking about kaiser collage in lakeland i'm going there next wednesday to check it out, and then probably hcc brandon sometime after that. but now that i think about it i think hcc might be better for me so that i can do things at my own pace and not take so many classes at once. i know it'll take me longer to do school but with work, home life, working out, a lil' monkey and husband running around i barely have time for my self now. can u imagine with school on top of that i'll go insane! not that i'm too sane now but with that much crap going on i'd really be unstable. ok s back to my questions. 1) should i do anything to prepare before school? 2) should i know what, and where i would like to take rn in the end, or can i do that along the way? 3) does anyone know about tuition help for military wives?

I've been reading a lot of post and it's starting to freak me out. my Mother in Law is an Rn and has been for a long time my brother in law is an x-ray tech and his wife is thinking about getting into the Med field as well. i haven't made up my mind yet:uhoh21: it's alil' scary but a bit comforting to know that i'm only 21 and making a decision instead of in my 40's making a career change. No offense to anyone. i want to deal with Children or Baby's (not grown up baby's) so i was thinking NICU or maybe in the childrens department. Here in Tampa we have a really good Childrens hospital the a great Rep. St. Joseph's. i want something that i can enjoy and look forward to doing everyday. i just don't know if i'll be able to deal with poor children in pain. Help Confused!