degraypoole

Having been a varsity educator and now a student I am looking at your posting from both perspectives. I think you may be taking his comments too personally. He is speaking from experience, and has voluntarily offered you this information. I suspect that you doubt yourself and his comments have just stirred up your deep seeded beliefs. If is comments are not applicable, then brush it off. On the other hand if he is evoking some doubt, then you may want to take them into serious consideration. If you do choose to reply to his email, be positive and thank him for his advice/comments, duly noted and food for thought. You mentioned that others have told you that you may be taking on too much. Evidently those people know you, and share his sentiments, and he doesn't even know you, he is just basing his comments based on his experience with students in similar situations. I don't get the impression that he is implying that you are a "slacker". Rather he is the one that is being realistic. My advise to you is to take yourself "out of the box" and look at the big picture objectively. I wish you much success. Stay positive. That's very important.

for what it is worth .... i will be over 60 when i graduate as a rn! it will be a life long dream come true thanks to a former client that provided the funds for me to end my cna career and start my rn career. god is good. my only concern is pulling it off academically; age does not intimidate me at all. i know that my age will give me the upper hand in many respects as a student and as a rn. good wishes to all of you who are brave enough to be all you can be. sandra - pre-nursing

If anyone has already done the research please can you share it with me. I have no college experience, so I will be starting from scratch. ....Many thanks for your time. PS I have tried to "Google" but to no avail!

I would be interested to know what the salary/pay is over there for a RN and for an LVN. Thank you.

As a CNA I would suggest you work for a hospital. I have been a CNA for a few years and about to start nursing school myself at the age of 56! All the while I have been working as a home-care CNA specializing in seniors. From what I have read and been told, I would have gained greater preparation for nursing school by working as a CNA in a hospital setting. None-the-less I have learned a lot in the capacity of a senior home-care giver. As far as to tech. classes go, it really doesn't matter how long the course is, the classes are, or how much it cost, what does matter is their success rate in number of students per class that pass the state exam. I personally believe the failure rate should be no more than 5%. On a personal note I would recommend going straight into nursing school and do your BSN. CNA positions are poorly paid and don't afford you that much more experience. You have to work years for it to really count as gainfull experience.

Variety is the spice of life! I too am one that has to conquer the challenges of a new job or position and then....move on to the next, or I become board and start to dislike the job very soon; I have to have new challenges and learn new skills all the time. My late father told me "A rolling stone gathers no moss", but I beg to differ. In the field of nursing, like so many other professions that have become so diversified, I feel it is a necessity to become a good all rounder and that only comes from climbing more than one mountain.

if senior nurses are expected to teach and don't want to for whatever reason, they should take it up with their supervisors, and not resent the new nurse, who after all never asked to be assigned in the first place, it is jut a requirement. usually a supervisor will not assign a newcomer to a senior nurse unless they think they can do the job. so now is it a personal matter? do these same nurses not remember that they too received training, perhaps from others that also begrudged it but did it anyway? are they not where they are today in-part due to the skills they acquired from them? they should be proud that they have been selected for this honorable position and make the most of it. i know i would. i remember, at the age of 16, i was in an excellerated human anatomy class, when my professor asked me to teach the class the next day because she was going to be indisposed. what did i know about teaching at this age? but i saw it as an honor. i had been asked to teach a class of students way older than me 18-23 years of age, because i knew the subject material very well. i did a good job even though it was not my place to teach. i was after all the student! working for god on earth does not pay much, but his retirement plan is out of this world.

If senior nurses are expected to teach and don't want to for whatever reason, they should take it up with their supervisors, and not resent the new nurse, who after all never asked to be assigned in the first place, it is jut a requirement. Usually a supervisor will not assign a newcomer to a senior nurse unless they think they can do the job. So now is it a personal matter? Do these same nurses not remember that they too received training, perhaps from others that also begrudged it but did it anyway? Are they not where they are today in-part due to the skills they acquired from them? They should be proud that they have been selected for this honorable position and make the most of it. I know I would. I remember, at the age of 16, I was in an excellerated Human Anatomy class, when my professor asked me to teach the class the next day because she was going to be indisposed. What did I know about teaching at this age? But I saw it as an honor. I had been asked to teach a class of students way older than me 18-23 years of age, because I knew the subject material very well. I did a good job even though It was not my place to teach. I was after all the student!

i am about to embark on a nursing career. i have not heard of hospial prgram diplomas. i am in dallas...how do i go about finding out. what are the basic differences between a hpd and a nursing school. i really will appreciate input.

I think the government should give students in the medical field a break! There should be a discounted gasoline cost based on the distance to/from school and/or clinical locations. After furnishing verification of your home and school address (or other related destination to do clinicals), the mileage can be determined and students can be given a coupon/s for a sufficient gas allowance at a discounted or subsidized rate. There should be an income and other guidelines to qualify. I know we get an opportunity to claim this as an educational expense on our tax returns, but that doesn't help the student that has a tank on "E" and little or no money to absorb the absorbent, rising, fuel costs. (Pun intended.) Often we can't choose the school we want due to intake availability etc., and are forced to go to schools much further away. Anyone in the medical field is doing this country a great service, as do teachers. Time to write our congressmen? We represent a very large body of students. (Maybe all students should be included), so we have a voice. Maybe it is time to.

I am so very excited for you. All the best going forward.

TO CametoitlateTexan In what capacity can you work at the hospital and does it have to be full time? I can not see going to school full time and working full time. Currently I am a CNA here in TX. Thanks

TO: CametoitlateTexan Your email was very good. How did you manage to get RN for 1/3 of the cost? I am in Dallas, but may end up going to Tyler to get my RN. I am doing the prerequisites for same at the moment. Do they have an excellerated/fast track program or just the 4 years? I was going to get my LVN, but after joining this web site recently I have decided to get the RN degree. This is just the most fabulous web site as its' contributers afford all of us an invaluable wealth of information. I have learned so much. Thank you one and all. Sandra, Dallas, TX

working for god on earth does not pay much, but his retirement plan is out of this world.

working for god on earth does not pay much, but his retirement plan is out of this world. degraypoole;2815319]i think that is terrible. god will reward you, that you can count on.