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Doea anyone know the starting pay rate of a CNA in central oklahoma?

Three 12's and one 6 hour shift! That would be awesome!!!!

How does an adult student survive while in the program? How do they get money to pay the bills of every day life? To be a CRNA would be AMAZING(!!!), but I just don't see how it's possible to be unemployed for that amount of time. Please help me unde...

You can take an LPN exam after taking two semesters of the nursing program? Is that true?

http://www.dns.amedd.army.mil/crna/ Lots of info there

How are other students making ends meet while they are in school?

So. My career's future ended in Dec when we were told that my plant would be shutting down in March. The nearest(?) facility that does my type of work is in Arizona. Moving away from my family and everything that I know is not an option. My current p...

There. Doesn't get any nicer than that! lol!!

I've worked nights for most of the past 18 years, but not as a nurse. Or anything involving healthcare for that matter. Some people are oriented strictly to a daytime schedule. Some to a night time schedule. To some it just doesn't matter one bit. Wo...

I don't think it's condescending at all. Whichever statement you didn't care for dosen't matter. They are still both true. Stress is the symptom of your reaction to a stimulus. It is completely internal. I'm not saying it's as easy as flipping a swit...

WOW! Thats all good advice on this thread. I'm getting smarter just being here. Haha!

I don't know anything about being a nurse (I've just started school to become one tho), but, if I may, I'd like to tell you these two things: 1. Stress is YOUR reaction to the world, it only exists if you allow it. 2. People will treat you however yo...

Is it easier to get into an armed service CRNA program? Also, for a younger person who's already in the military, Why Not? I don't think that CRNAs are common knowledge. I didn't know about them until I started school for nursing.

Losing my job is the reason I'm switching to nursing. I definitely understand about being on a TIGHT budget. I buy generic whenever I can. Except for toilet paper, I don't scimp in that department. Haha! I've started shopping at Sam's Club (or Sam's ...

Those pre-reqs to the pre-reqs start to add up. In time and money!!

Math isn't really a big problem. I just haven't taken it (or really been in any classroon) for the last 18(?) years. I need to brush up. I can understand how it could be a waste of time taking zero level classes. But I can also see that taking them p...

So, I get the impression that I'm not the only one who's "life plans" have recently taken an unexpected turn. Haha! Every time I've had a curveball thrown at me before things have (eventualy) turned out for the better. I choose to continue to expect ...

The news, paper and tv, keep running stories about the male population, in nursing, increasing. But I've also heard stories of people finishing school, getting the degree, getting a job, and then moving on to something else because the job wasn't wha...

I'm in Intro to Phsyc, Overview of Nursing, and a college success class right now. In the summer I hope to pick up 2 science classes and 1 easier sort of class. Tryin to move as quickly as practical while keeping my grades up. I want to be able to e...

Thanks for the info. I'm new to the healthcare scene. Not really even "new" yet actually. I'll start taking classes to knock out my pre-reqs for nursing begining next month. I have no idea how the whole "adult student" thing works. Haha!

So. My career's future ended in Dec when we were told that my plant would be shutting down in March. The nearest(?) facility that does my type of work is in Arizona. Moving away from my family and everything that I know is not an option. My current p...

I hope this works out for you, cuz I'm doing the same thing. Haha! In my off time, and while the kids are at school, I will be volunteering with area hospitals. They don't require a big committment, so I plan to help out at a few places. Try to incre...

I've worked in factory and high speed production jobs for the last 18 years. Those types of jobs are being out sourced to other countries due to our current political/economic environment. Just before Christmas we were told that our plant would shut ...

My factory could shut down at any time from today to the end of June. I'm on a "need vs want" budget right now. Just paying tuition and books seems like a HUGE expense right now. It will seem impossible when I'm out of work.

Thanks for all your input. Cutting corners and counting pennies is def a big priority for me right now. I plan to work as much as I can, as long as it doesn't affectmy grades