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Harrisburg Area Community College Lancaster Campus I know we have the greatest instructors around. It is an awesome program. We started with 76 and lost 23 but picked up a few from other schools. We started with 12 guys out of the 76 students. I'm in my second semester of a 2 year ADN program.

Your welcome Anyone that is trying to be a nurse has my support no matter what program they go too. I hope you have a great experience and things go good for you. Anyway good luck Steve

The last I heard LGH had a 99.something percent rate. Hacc has a 100% passing rate. This is not much difference. I personally love the HACC program and love the way they teach. I have talked to a few people that started at LGH and hated it, and now go too HACC and love it. I won't speak bad about LGH though. I know they turn out good nurses too. Steve

Just wandering why you say this? What have you heard? I haven't found this to be true yet. Anyway Just wandering.

I will always be partial to Central Va. I grew up there. I'd chack out the Charlottsville area. They have UVA medical center and another hospital. It is a beautifull city and near the mountains.

He prob. knows it too. May be part of the problem:)

Well I have to agree with You. HACC Lancaster has a great program. The Instructors are great and very knowlegable. I love the program at Hacc.

Hey I live in Ephrata and am Currently in RH school at HACC. I have clinical at Ephrata Community. It is small but seems nice and the people there are nice

Another I would also recomend checking oout HACC lancaster for school's. They have a good RN program (I am in it) and are starting an LPN program in January. As far as a job I would recomend that you look at Nursing homes as most are always hiring and they will pay for your CNA training. I find that Being a CNA has helped a lot since I am in nursing school. Best O' Luck

Hey I'm not going to Reading. I'm going to HACC Lancaster. About half way thru my first semester of the actuall nursing class. But i live in Ephrata close to Reading. So if you have anything I can help you with let me know. Also if you wanta chat sometimes just PM me.

A bad clinical Instructor tells her student that they are stupid and ignorant. She is very picky she Grabs them by the arm and spins them around out of frustration. And she was just forced to resign from the program I am in.

There is -in Pa-a big difference between LTC and acute care(duh) and as a LTC-LPN that's what I'm talking about.I have never been "put down" by an RN working "above Me" because I am well versed in my scope of practice and quite secure in my abilities.When I have come into contact with an RN who seems to have a problem with LPN's it really does not bother me-it's not MY problem-it's theirs.....I work in a facility with 9 units-2 of which are similar to what the original poster described.Why is it SO HARD for some people to understand that they must take direction from others? I accept that from my supervisors and the cna's I work with accept that from me.As a matter of fact the staff ENJOY WORKINGwTH me because I take the time to educate them about the residents....And I don't have a problem with anyone sitting at the desk doing their paperwork-because the good aides I work with have the good sense to get up and move when the doctor comes to make rounds or to be quiet when I get a call......but don't flop your orifice next to me when I am busy taking off orders-and spread out a magazine in my workspaceand don't pick up the phone to order lunch when the doc is making rounds and we are working behind the deskThe crowds on the other 2 units have NO respect for anyone-they are the ones that need set limits because they are inclined to take advantage.They are the kind of staff this thread was supposed to be about.The staff on those other units do not care for me because they can not intimidate me into looking the other way when they are slacking with their care or being rough...as many nurses will.....I am responsible for the well being of those residents when I am the charge nurse on that unit.If I have to remind you 4 days in row to please put shoes on Mrs Smith and on the 5th the family comes in and complains to me then YOU will be hearing about it-and I will take the time to explain that Mrs Smith has PVD and why her feet need to be protected...I sure have a Great deal more appreciation for most of the staff I work with after reading some of the posts to this thread-seems my co-workers are a cut above... Just to clarify I was talking about what I percieved as disrespect from the LPN that I quoted. I agree with your post. I am a very good aide. I work for an Agency and have a lot of LTC facilities that I am the first person they try to get when they need help. I respect the LPN's and RN's authority over me. I just do not like to see CNA's disrespected because most of the CNA's I work with are very good and knowlegable in their work. I will do anything that I can to help out the liscenced staff but realixze the scope of my field. I was just pointing out that if you disrespect me when I am an aide I will quit. I will be a RN in 1.5 years. Don't think that I was disrespecting LPN's I would never do that. But I have worked with LPN's that I respect their position and authority but have no respect for them personally because of the way they handle themselves and treat their CNA's. But I will still do what they tell me too because I respect the Proffesion of being an LPN or RN. Just wanted to clear somethings up.

with an attitude like this i would not only quit my job as a cna if i had to work under you. i would hope that you work under me when i become an rn. lol but not allowing cna's behind the nurses desk? i would never allow myself to be disrespected like that. i would quit and make sure everyone knew why.the charge nurse is your eyes and ears? wow this is different? where i work i notify the nurse when they need to look at thungs. if you were my supervisor i would quit so fast. i do not put up with being disrespected.

I work as a CNA as well as go to school in an ADN program. I will alway's say that the CNA's should be respected and listened to. But as a CNA I need to realize that the LPN's and Rn's are better trained than me and they deserve my respect. They are in charge of the floor and while I will give my opinion they have the final say in most things. That is the way it should be. Do not loose your respect for CNA's becauser a few have over stepped their boundries. I too would leave and notify the state.