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I am currently taking my nursing pre-reqs, getting all A's in them - but waaay back when I went to college I didn't take school seriously at all and my grades were awful, like a 2.9 average. I don't want to be out of work for two years while in nurs...

Has anyone heard anything about Gulf Coast College in Tampa? They are listed on the Board of Nursing's list of nursing schools for Florida, and they have an LPN program, but I have never heard anything about them one way or the other. I am going to a...

So, over on the Florida thread, we frequently bemoan the fact that nursing pay in Florida bites - about $19-22 an hour for a new grad, I'm hearing, and housing is nowhere near as cheap as it used to be. I am in one of the cheaper parts of Florida, an...

Pre-nursing student here....I'm asking the above question because I keep seeing people mention, on various threads, that they refuse to work on a floor where there are too many patients per nurse, because they don't want to risk losing their license ...

I'm considering switching careers to nursing. The two things I'm taking into consideration, of equal importance, are: Would I like this job most of the time? And what is the salary? Now, someone I know who is about to graduate from a Central Florida ...

I know some hospitals also offer sign-on bonuses. It might make more sense to go for that, if it pays more than the tuition reimbursement.

I tell you what - I'll call a few places that offer tuition reimbursement for their employees and see if that goes for CNAs also, and I'll post whatever I find.

Does anyone know if hospitals offer tuition reimbursement for nursing school for CNA's that they employ? For instance, Florida Hospital in Orlando seems to have a program that pays part of nursing school tuition at Florida Hospital College for emplo...

I imagine nursing is like anything else - you have your good facilities and your bad ones. Staying at a bad facility is a sure ticket to misery. I'm not going to say what field I'm in right now, but I will say I have liked almost all of the places th...

"There are no "magical" cheap places with good pay" - Well, I'm not looking for a "magical" place, just trying to find out what type of salary an RN might expect in different areas of the state. The thing is, as NurseJane just pointed out, there are...

I'm in the position of looking for schools right now so I have no real world experience in nursing - but if you look at the thread I started, "Florida nursing salaries - seriously???" you'll see that pretty much everyone that responded to me said tha...

What about other areas of Florida? Other than Miami, which obviously has expensive housing, what areas pay the best?

Argggh, you people are depressing me with your talk of low salaries! (Sticking fingers in ears) - la la la la I can't hear you! Seriously, though, what I'm finding after being on this board for several months is a wide variety of what people say they...

Go to this link, which is the Department of Health listing of nursing programs in Florida. Look for LPN programs in and around the Orlando area - what I did was highlight them all with a highlighter, because there are a whole bunch of programs. Then,...

Except when hurricanes roll through here, life really is a beach. That's why I wish it payed more here! I really love everything else about Florida. There's always a ton of things to do, it's summer all year long, and yes, houses have gotten more exp...

Also, Sharil, there are Brewster and Erwin in Tampa - same idea as PTECH - much cheaper than the private schools but it takes a lot longer to get in. You probably would not be starting school any sooner than next summer, and maybe not until next fall...

I am also looking at LPN programs in that area. Erwin and Brewster in Tampa are also cheaper technical schools, but the problem is the same as it is at all cheaper technical schools - much longer wait time to get in and way more students applying tha...

Keiser also apparently has an LPN program in St. Petersburg - same set up as Galen, it's way more expensive but you get in quickly. I have a friend who goes to Keiser in Lakeland and loves it. I would do what I saw another prospective student on thes...

I am getting ready to take a CNA class in my area. I'll probably start working as a CNA in about a month and a half once I finish the course, take the test, and they finish my background check and all that. Anyhoo, I've never worked in the health fie...

I am about to take a CNA course so I can work as a CNA while waiting to get into LPN school. My question - is there such a thing as malpractice insurance or something similar for CNAs? Liability insurance? I know I'm not going to be dispensing meds o...

Thank you! That is extremely helpful! I came across a lawsuit recently against an LTC facility, in which they alleged something went wrong with a patient and named not only the facility in the suit, but about 20 different people who were working at ...

Hello all. I'm a pre-nursing student at the moment, and I'm looking to make some extra money, and get a little healthcare experience, by working as a CNA on weekends. I work during the week and I really can not take a CNA course on weeknights. I foun...

Thanks to both of you guys! You know, I thought about challenging the CNA test...I did some research online and, while I'm not claiming I'm a rocket scientist, I'm pretty sure that I could do it. I may just give it a shot. The worst that could happen...

No, I am looking more at starting school in about a year - I want to keep saving up money because I won't be able to work while I'm in school. How is the program? Is this their first graduationg class or have their been others?

Go to this page, which is the Web site of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Then click on their link to accelerated bachelor's programs. They list 10 accelerated 2nd degree BSN programs in Florida. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications...