keepingmycool30

:w00t:My best advice is to shop around. This is a big step and make sure the school feels right and that staff treats you good. Check out parking and class sizes. Get the most bang for your buck! Good Luck to Ya!

My post isn't about lazy pts, although, I do have thousands of those stories. What about lazy co-workers? I have been a nurse aid for 4 yrs now and I am still amazed at the lack of team work. I get so sick and tired of people passing the buck because they wasn't taught that or that's why I went to school so I didn't have to do that. Pardon me but, isnt it all pt care! I wish I had a $ for every time I have passed trays and watched the RN's sit and chit chat or a bed alarm go off with an RN standing 2 feet away and I have to run down the hall so the pt doesn't hit the floor..that is absurd. But the one that takes the cake is for an RN to be in that pts room and page an aid to do the simplest task such as set up the tray. Now don't get me wrong I know RN's have their things that have to be done but if your chit chatting you can help out.

I didn't have a 4.0 last semester but I did have a 3.7. I work full time and go to school full time and have a 11 yr old. My best solution..try your best and if you do get a B it is not the end of the world. I like all A's too but I'm realistic. I know nurses who had all C's and know alot more than the A nurses.

You are never to old to try something new. I go to school with women in their 60s who are changing careers and they love it. You can do anything if you put your mind to it and your heart in it.

Most people who know me well can't believe that I went into nursing. When I was 12 my mom was dx with breast cancer I could not even go to the hospital to see her because I was so freaked out I remember watching her and being scared to death that I would get cancer. I could not stand to look at people who was sick! When I was 28 the factory I worked at for years was closing, my sister who is an RN talked to me at length about the benefits of nursing..Not wanting to commit to school just yet I decided to take a position as a NA..the day I was to start I about called in..my husband gave me this big lecture about trying something new and hey you might like it. Well I loved it! This past June I was set to start classes for my pre-reqs..after two years of working as an NA and finally thinking I had what it takes to do this, my twin sister was dx with breast cancer. I made a choice to put off school to help her out and help with her children. I am planning on going to school but I want to make sure she is going to be ok. The reason I want to be a nurse is for my family..my pts are my family.

I have one more thing to add. My daughter is ten and is getting very close to hitting puberty (the signs are there) and most women and girls I know start getting mood swings and bouts of the blues, I know I did. I have been talking to her about her feelings and emotions and telling her that this is normal, plus we hit the library like crazy so she can check out books about puberty and letting her know that she is not alone in this. A couple of days ago she decides to talk to her dad (my wonderful but clueless husband) about her feelings, he comes up to me after she is tucked into bed and tells me that we should take her to the doctor for depression and I said "honey this is puberty not depression, if she goes to a doctor more or likely what they will do is give her meds for depression, and what she really needs is her mom to talk her through this rough time in her life" people even my husband want a quick fix and I dont think its in the form of a pill but instead in the form of communicating with our kids and loving them.

Since when did kids stop being called:hyper, daydreamers, energizer bunnies, thinkers, etc..and start being labled bi-polar,ADD, and ADHD. When I was a kid I was just that a kid being a kid now they have to have a dx if they fall slightly below the norm. I blame this on teachers who cant handle daydreamers, parents who cant handle their own kids, and doctors with a prescription pad wanting to give a quick fix. It takes kids 18 yrs to grow up and sometimes longer than that we need to let kids be just that kids.

When I was taking my CNA classes I was 28 and thought I would be the oldest. I was so shocked to see the difference in ages 18-60's, and people from all walks of life. I wouldnt sweat the age thing most people dont figure out their true calling at 18 when the get out of high school it takes most of us years before we know.

I will not be starting school to this fall but I can relate to what you are going through. Alot of the nurses I work with went through school as single mothers and the advice they give me is do what HAS to be done and dont worry about what you THINK needs to be done. Good advice? We shall see this fall

I didnt take a CNA class but looking back at how unsure I was of what I was doing I wish I had of. The best advice I can give (and I also tell this to the new NA's and CNA's I train) is treat the pts like your family!

I am not a CNA but I have been a NA going on three years. I love my job and I am planning on going to school this coming Jan. and starting my pre-reqs for the RN program. I work mostly with geriatric pts but I also work with tele pts. I dont think I would have ever thought of being a nurse if I hadnt taken this job. I also dont think I would have realized what I have to offer the world if I hadnt taken this job.

I think the way you handle this situation is great. I believe we all have to earn our friendships at work sometimes it just takes time, hang in there. I am one of those people who really doesnt socialize alot at work I spend more time taking care of my patients and getting to know them. It took me to awhile to form friendships but I did.

I think the way you handle this situation is great. I believe we all have to earn our friendships at work sometimes it just takes time, hang in there. I am one of those people who really doesnt socialize alot at work I spend more time taking care of my patients and getting to know them. It took me to awhile to form friendships but I did.

I work as a NA in a hospital. The reason I took the job was to see if I had the makings of a nurse. I believe that nursing is a career in which you like it or you hate it but at least get your feet wet. Not to mention alot of hospitals well pay for your education. I would give it a try what do you have to loose?