CNAinUT

My name is Shawna, I am in Utah and have been a cna for over a year, working for a home health and hospice agency. I absolutely love my job and think that the experiences gained as a CNA are very valuable. I started out as a CNA to see if I really was interested in a career in health care....well, I am hooked! I have been working on nursing pre reqs for a little over a year and am looking forward to applying to nursing programs at the end of spring semester. Wish me luck! :)

Thanks for the quick response. I am almost finished with all of my pre reqs, one more semester. I am having the hardest time trying to work full time and be a mom and do well in school. I am definatly willing to pay the extra money to get the ball rolling. Unfortunatly I have a few blemishes on my transcript which I know will most likely affect my ability to get into Weber State or DATC. I am hopeful that a private school may be more forgiving. Does anyone know if they look at your whole GPA or just the GPA of the pre reqs? I have two bad grades unrelated to the coursework required for nursing school from a short stint in college when I was young and too stupid to realize what I was doing to myself. As far as the pre reqs go I have all A's and B's and a C+ in anatomy, I really don't want to retake that class, but figure I may have to. I am supposed to go to an info session at UCC and Ameritech, but am not sure I understand the consequences of them not being NLNAC accredited. Any info in this department would be appreciated. Thank you so much!

I am wondering how competetive it is to get into Provo college. Do any of you know?