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I'm seventeen right now. I'm working on pre-req's to transfer over to the local university's lower division nursing program next fall. I found out that due to the community college's wait list, there'd be like a one semester difference between a two year degree and a four year degree. It's pretty much no brainer. I'll be eighteen when I transfer and twenty one when I finish.

Right now, I attend JCTC. Because I'm working my way up the developmental-math ladder, it's going to take me longer than normal to take and pass all of the pre-requisites for their nursing program. I just finished my first semester, and I'm going to take and pass the classes I'm enrolled in for next semester because JCTC is closer to me than any other school, and I depend on public transportation to get around. I'm going to have a car in about two months, so I'll be able to get around without worrying about the bus. I found Spencerian's ADN program, and after contacting them and getting more information, I found out that I'd be able to graduate in June 2012 from their nursing program as opposed to sometime in 2013 from JCTC. One thing that dissuades me from attending Spencerian is their tuition rates, and the other is that I've heard that they've been shut down in recent years by the KBN, and I don't know if they've been reinstated or if they've improved - or how employers view their graduates. I'm working on taking CNA classes so that I can get my foot in the door. At seventeen, I can take the CNA classes, I just can't work as one. My eventual goal is to earn a doctorate and become a nurse practitioner, but that goal is at the top of a very tall ladder that I've just barely touched. In case you decided to skip the bulk of it - and I couldn't blame you - I'm needing information about Spencerian's ADN nursing program from someone that isn't paid to tell me that it's amazing. Thanks in advance! :)

I've been told that it's eighteen, and I even heard once that it's twenty one. I'll be seventeen in a couple of months. I have a job, but it only goes until November. I'll be starting college in August, and I'll need to find something in November because I may be moving in October. Where I live, a lot of places are hiring CNAs for all shifts, part-time and full-time. I'm looking to become a nurse, and I figured that if I can become a CNA after this job ends, it'd provide two great benefits: a paycheck and a sight into what working in the medical field would be like (before I spend a lot of time and student loans studying nursing to find that I don't belong in the medical field

How old do you have to be to become a CNA in Kentucky?

I wasn't sure where else to post this, so here goes: I am looking into nursing school. I'm debating between nursing school and a graphic design program. They're at different schools, so campus environment and program finish time are two important factors, but another came to mind that I need to know before I start... (I'm 16, almost 17, so I might not even be able to start nursing classes until I'm 18, but I'm trying to get it together...) Anyway, I am pro-life. I do not agree with abortion and I am morally opposed to it. It isn't a religious thing; I'm not religious - I just don't approve. I want to know, if, as a nurse, if I would be required to assist with abortions. I figured that one way to get around this would be to work in a children's hospital, but the children's hospital here doesn't have a very high turnover rate. I posted this for a few reasons: 1) to find out what the chances are that I could avoid working in a unit where abortions are done, 2) to get feedback and advice from experienced nurses, 3) to get feedback from nurses who may not have wanted to assist but had to, anyway. I didn't post this to get a lecture - if you really feel the need, PM me about it. Thanks for any advice or feedback. This is my second post here (if I remember right,) and I've been away from the internet for a while. I have several terminally ill family members and serious finanical strains. I'm trying to get it together. Anyway, thanks again.

Wow, that's really good to hear. :) I wanted to go through a private college (my family income is kaput, and I qualify for just about every type of aid there is - the only reason I am online is because of a wireless connection that I'm getting from somewhere, but am not sure where,) because they have more flexible scheduling and accelerated courses, but they require that all incoming students be 18 to study any kind of health-care program, so I'm going through the community and technical college system either. It's a plus, though, because the tuition is a lot less and it's only three or four miles from here in the event that I have to walk. Some people think it's weird that I'm a guy and I want to be a nurse, but my usual retort (when I don't feel like correcting years of societal ignorance) is to say "well, somebody has to lift the patients that can't lift themselves. Think about that." My sister came up with the idea of me becoming a CNA first. There are several programs around here that will accept payment plans, and there are plenty of places I could go to get help paying the fee. And, thank you, it's really good to hear that. Most people I know are betting on me to drop out before I finish my first semester.

I'm kind of bad about using small print, but it's easier for me to read. I'll go edit my original post, if I can do so - and it appears that I can't.

First off, I am new to the allnurses community. I am sixteen years old. I might be a young face in this community, or maybe I'm not so out of the ordinary, but I have a few questions that I hope to have answered here, and with the plan I have for the next few years of my life, I hope to be an active member of the community. I've read through the forums and it seems to me that there are a lot of chances to both get great advice and learn a lot of things from more experienced nurses. :) Long story short, I dropped out of high school. I just turned sixteen and I took my GED test recently. I scored higher than expected on it (3010 total score with an average of 602.) I'm not going to write a novel in here, but my life has been... trying, to say the very least. After I officially quit school a year and some months ago, I started pondering what I was going to do with my life. I thought of my personality traits, likes and dislikes, what I am willing to deal with in a workplace and what I cannot handle. This may sound crazy, but my wish to have a job helping people, and my ability to easily defuse in highly stressful situations and deal with disgusting, morbid, and truly shocking things led me to the idea of becoming a registered nurse. I will probably be starting classes at the local community college in about eight weeks time, and even though the nursing program is somewhat selective after the pre-requisites, I've been told by several people that if you put a little extra effort into it and get everything taken care of as early as possible, it's not too hard to get into the nursing program there. So, with all of that having been added, I wanted to ask if there were medically-related fields that a nursing student could get into to work to ease the financial burden of getting through school (not so much tuition in my case, but other things, such as the rent.) I know that I cannot get into any kind of healthcare job until I turn 18, and that is what I'm looking at. For now, things are somewhat stable, but my parents are in poor health and things are getting worse every day. I am used to handling situations and winging it like Charlie Brown (for every good thing that happens, several terrible things do.) I am more of a thrill seeker and like to live day to day, but I've realized that I need to calm down a little bit and start getting my life together. The sooner that I do, the easier it will be. At the risk of sounding rude and ignorant, I haven't come here to be told that I'm not looking into the right field and that I've chosen the option for shocking reasons. I have had enough of that. I know that I want to help people with whatever career choice I make, I know that I can hold my ground in both awkward and shocking situations and I'm not afraid to bust my ass to get the job done. I am used to that, also. I am used to typing block posts, as I have a tendency to get aggravated if my paragraphs aren't all the same length. I may have also posted this in the wrong place, and if I have excessive grammatical or spelling errors (I am watching my screaming 17-month-old niece on 16 hours of sleep since Monday and I've been babysitting a different number of kids for about an average of 14 hours a day all week, so I'm not at my best right now, nor am I in the mood to do spelling and grammatical check.) Also, if I have posted this in the wrong place, I apologize in advance and will show no protest to it being moved to the right place. If you managed to muddle your way through my excessively long post, kudos and gratitude to you, and if you have anything to add that might help me out or give me a little "been there, done that" advice, I'd highly appreciate it.