TamelaRN2B
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Hey Tracy, I'm in speech every other Monday evening..it is a web assisted class, and phys is an online class(which I love on line classes!) then I also take History 2 Weds evenings. I was talking with another girl in my speech class last night and she too is trying to get her ADN. A friend of hers went to Northand Career Center and loved it I think she is going to bridge to RN. I just wish they had evening hours! Another friend of hers put her application in for Penn Valley and was told she couldn't take the NET until next year and IF she passed the NET they only take the TOP 60 applicants for the program. Right now there are 190 applicants for next year! I just don't know what I'm going to do.... keep in touch Tamela
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Tracy, Thanks so much for posting! I was hoping there was someone in KC with my same problem!! I'm also taking pre-req's at Maple Woods but when I started to think about the time frame this 2 year ADN was going to take me..I'm a little worried! I have 4 little ones..the last one being a huge surprise!My plan was when the "baby" went to kindergarten I was going back to nursing school full time. Then I found out the day I enrolled the baby for kindergarten that I was pregnant. I was so upset. I decided not to start last year but this year I knew I wanted to atleast take some pre- req's. Right now Speech, history, and psyc. My big problem is that I scored 2 points 2 low on the compass test in the math so I have to take a math class. This math class has to be taken before I can take biology which is another pre-req you have to have to get into the ADN program. For me the pre-req's and the math class have to be done THEN sign up for the NET test..which by the way you have to sign up for by Dec if you want to take it in the next year.ie:if I want to take the NET next year I have to have all the stuff done and sign up for the NET by this Dec. which isn't going to happen. There are even time frames for getting your stuff completed according to which class you can get into. For example in order to get into the Spring class of 2006 all my stuff has to be complete by July 2005. I guess my thing is I don't want my 2 yr ADN to end up taking 4 yrs. I am trying to take all the non-nursing classes to get those out of the way. But still at times it seems it would take less time to do the LPN to RN route. I did some research on the Northland Career Center and realized it was M-Th 7am-4pm and those hours are just not good for me either. I don't have childcare while my hubby works and I just don't think I could put my baby in daycare all day..not to mention how much it would cost! Anyways, everyday I wonder how I'm going to get my RN. I wish it just wasn't so hard to just get into school! I heard stuff about the Sanford Brown school also. I do know someone who went there and is now working at Children's Mercy. She said the school was fine..but too expensive. I considered it but I really don't want to spend that kind of money if I get blocked from getting some jobs because I went to school there Sorry this is so long.... it was just nice to vent about something that you can understand too! Good luck ..keep in touch! Tamela :
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HI! I am presently at Maple Woods community college in Kansas City ,Mo taking my pre-req's for the ADN program. This ADN program could take forever to get into so I was thinking about changing routes and doing the LPN to RN route. Does the school your go to matter as much as how well you do in school? Has anyone heard of Northland Career Center LPN program or the Concorde Career College LPN program? Any advice or info would be great! Thanks, Tamela
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I'm with you KC Chick...I live up north and love it! The schools are great with tons of sports programs for my boys. I'm currently going to school for RN but also working at Children's Mercy Hospital as a PCA at $12.12 an hr. There are alot of good hospitals to choose from in KC!