kcan2

Hi! I am hoping to get in fall of 2011 too. Look forward to seeing if anyone who went there actually replies as well. I have only talked to one person who ever went there, and she basically said that one would be better off going to NWACC for an ADN but I really don't know why she felt that way.

I was wondering what kind of jobs some of you who have worked for a hospital in order to qualify for tuition reimbursement have done? I am thinking of taking a dysrhythmia class this fall so that I can qualify to be a Monitor tech at one of the local hospitals here. Has anyone out there done this? Or do you have any other suggestions? I don't have the time/money to take a CNA course and would not qualify to be a CNA until after the first 8 weeks of the nursing program. I hope to start nursing program next fall if I get accepted. Another reason to work at the hospital is that the nursing program looks favorably upon people who are already working in a healthcare setting and as competetive as it is to get in, I need all the points I can get. I love to read the posts on this site, although I post very rarely. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. :)

I am hardly an expert, as I am only doing my pre-reqs now myself. But we are close in age (I am 34) so we may have a few things in common. I am doing my pre-reqs at NWACC in Bentonville. I hope to get my ADN there as well. I will then work and attempt to obtain my BSN, probably from U of A Fayetteville. Around here there is an LPN program that does not require any pre-reqs and takes 9 months I believe to finish if you go full time. If an LPN goes to obtain their ADN at the community college they of course have to take all the pre-reqs and they enter an "LPN track". I am not sure what is different, it seems they take most of the same program that someone who has never been a nurse takes. That sounds like a lot of duplication to me. But there are a lot of different ways to get to the same place, so I think you should do what feels right to you- just learn all you can so that you can make a wise decision. Good luck!