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I am 54 and just completed my first semester of an AD-RN program. I was a Dental Hygienist and a Special Ed teacher. I still teach part time @ a local career college.Maybe we should start a thread for over 40 or second/third career changers.

I love Ventura college in Ventura. Cheaper cost of living. Applied in March 2009 and was accepted Jan.10. ADN

Math has changed a lot since you last took it. I went back for math after a similar absence. First thing to change is your attitude, "I am a math moron and didn't even make it through algerba in high school (almost 20 yrs ago, no less!). I am one ...

John20, They're BREASTS. Calling them MERCHANDISE means you objectify her and dont really consider her as a person. Is she DAMAGED GOODS if she gets stretch marks? Loses a breast due to cancer?

Be glad to have a profession that supports your family. I thank God every morning that I have work ! "I can do all things through he who strengthens me. " -Phil-4:13 I have been sole support for my 2 kids for 10 years. One I put through Catholic H...

Hey, anyone who has seen how you work & can say something nice about you should be considered as a reference. I don't get your reluctance to use additional references.

The practice tests were so dead on for the "real deal."

An LVN sounds like a great idea. Think of how it would be a little easier to already have skills AND THEN go into an RN.

It does get easier with experience, just look @ it as learning a new language...that you'll use for the rest of your life! Plenty of online pronunciation help online too.

I've had 2 dirty sticks in 20 years. One pt was chronic hep... Got the Gama globulin. The other, HIV, took the protocol prophylaxis... Weird vivid dreams @ night but didn't seroconvert. 8 years later , I'm still fine. Have respect for sharps, but ...

I learn something new every time I visit this site. Best wishes for the happiest of new years !!!

GO 4 B/ ...a very good Cardiac program; large teaching hospital, affiliated with a university, wonderful benefits -100% tuition reimbursement for a masters/doctorate, additional educational courses regarding use of the equipment, cardiac classes, an...

I am licensed as a Dental Hygienist and will start nursing school in 2 weeks. Fortunately, most of my DH prerequisites were accepted for my RN program. If you want a job that is 'medical lite" you'll love DH. Your patients are basically well am...

I've worked private duty through registries and they take out taxes. NSO Nurses service Organization has liability insurance. $ depends on the state. The couple of cases I've done by word of mouth pay me $15/hr, but I'm in so. California.

phdeha777456 has great advice for you deewee, For a female, you could apply scented hand cream up past her elbows and then paint her fingernails. Look and see if there are any cosmetics in her br. Ask her, "would you like a little face powder, a lit...

I dont work work in Barstow but it is a unique place. More than a few of us in southern California consider Barstow the "br break" driving to Las Vegas. As a kid I my family camped there a couple of times a year and found incredible fossils and rock...

I was a HS teacher too. Second career. My first career was in an area of allied health ...Taught Mild to Moderate Special Ed. but in LA, CA. My timing was really bad and could see that there wouldn't be any kind of stability/long term contract in th...

Autism is known as a "spectrum" disorder. There are those who are so badly affected with the cognitive impairments that they cant learn much,aren't verbal, easily frustrated/ repetitive soothing habits etc... to the other end of the spectrum, barely...

I was a special education teacher ( high school ) and am now in an RN program myself. I loved my students with Aspergers. If a student with "A" can get through high school, earn an EMT, and has high enough math skills, consider an LVN first. A job in...

Consider registering for home health care or for private duty jobs through an agency. Some agencies provide 1:1 private duty CNA's or may call them "sitters"@ upper end Skilled Nursing Facilities. That helped me get my foot in the door.

Ive been on wait list for Moorpark 2 years!!! Got into VCC after applying in March 09 will begin Jan.2010

Ventura Community College, close to Port Hueneme CB base great surf & beaches. I applied March and got in for Jan 2010

You dont need a CNA to get a phlebotomy license. Consider becoming a CMA, certified medical assistant, if you want to go the phlebotomy route. Better money, better hours, benefits, and you are helping people.

Go look @ this website: http://www.edjoin.org/ 4 year degree, 5 year health care back ground, verified. They like BSN for contract, but for subbing will take LVN w/4 yr degree for CNA, RDH w/BA for Dental Assisting, live scan finger printing/ back ...

I was a Special Education teacher who used motivators like tickets/trinkets for my students with mental retardation and Autism. I think a better buy in would be evidence based education presented @ informal in services with ceu units offered for CN...