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Does anyone know anything about this place. They have a huge sign that says Nursing Assistant Academy, new classes stating in March. It is in Downtown Alabaster on hwy 31. I am looking to find a place to get some training so I can get a job in the ho...

Hello everyone, Just wondering from those in the program if anyone favors/sees any advantages to the program at one campus over the other. I am pretty centrally located between the two and could easily get to either one.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have already started "calculate with confidence" is "Exploring Medical Language" the name of the book? AGAIN, THANKS so so Much!!!

Hey all...how are you doing in the program?? Those of you who started Fall 08?? I have a question, when did classes actually start...end of August or first few weeks of September? I am trying to get all of my financial ducks in a row to start Fall of...

hi, this is kind of off the subject. but being nosy. I am planning to start RN program at JS in FAll. I have been trying to get on at UAB doing pretty much anything--I would push wheelchairs, admit, literally anything. I never get any call backs when...

oh, thanks! 2 weeks---at night or do you have to go all day?? do you know anywhere else to get PCA/CNA training in Bimingham?

Actually I am not positive. The way it was explained to me, with my particular BA, plus my ADN RN I have MOST of the classes needed for a BSN. So they would probably go ahead and let me in the MSN (NP) program and I would complete my BSN alongside my...

Well, I think you can kind of sum it all together. ie if you have a 4 year degree plus a adn RN, you most likely have most of the classes required for a BSN so you kind of do the BSN completion and MSN at the same time. At least that is how it was ex...

Thanks for the info..YES I am interested, but need to finish nursing school and get a job first! I was a Flight Attendant for many years. Actually dealt with some medical emergencies there and did some minor transport. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT and I LOVE ...

What does anyone know about doing this in Birmingham? What are the opportunities, qualifications etc?

actually I just read a article that some of the stimulus funds for health care would be to help with the bottleneck of nursing school applicants. ie good candidates turned away because the schools do not have room to increase acceptance due to they h...

well it could be a lot worse, we could be going into BANKING!!!! Things will get better!

it seems like you see SO many open RN positions on all of the hospital websites. I guess those are for experienced positions perhaps???

my plan and decision has become that if the ADN is cheaper and faster, do that then get the BSN or MSN while working as a RN and let the hospital you work for pay for it.

maybe, miraculously they will have hired some new instructors, acquired some more clinical spots from the state and can accept more people. In my opinion something they should have managed to better balance the drop outs that seem to happen in the fi...

bfeemster Yes, I did look into UAB's 2nd degree program. Looked at PA school too. at this time decided against it mostly because of cost and the fact that I have to work while I am in school. Also, 5 semesters and you can practice in a decent paying ...

I totally agree. I find it a little ridiculous that they always have this issue getting letters out at JS. No, I have not applied to CACC yet. I applied to JS for last fall and did not get in. I at that time had 180 pts, a BS from UAB, a 3.4 gpa and ...

Thank you for the input on CACC. I am using it for my backup if I cannot get in JS with 190 pts. I'm about 15 min from JS and even closer to all of the big hospitals in Bham. About 40 minutes from CACC. Driving the 40 minute for class is one thing, b...

i called today. they said the have no idea, even what the point cut off was yet. letters may not go out until April. This seems terrible that it takes them so long. I do not think that other schools have this problem.

CACC grad??? what did you think of it? did you drive from Bham?

both, shelby as 1st pick

I heard you could go here for patient care assistant training. I googled them and they are in Fultondale, Al but it does not say much about them. I want to get trained as something so I can get hired in a hospital when I quit my job to start RN progr...

I found two location address/phone numbers online. The one in Gardendale i called, they said they only provide CPR classes for health care providers. The other one looks like it is a downtown address. WHERE did you go??

Just out of curiousness and nosiness...What have you all that are going to do the program been doing? Mostly because I almost applied and then at the last minute did not. I have decided just to do the inexpensive 5 semester ADN RN program at my local...

that one went over my head...maybe we don't know enough about crabs here in the south---accept I like how they taste!