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Does anyone know where to go on the IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE website, to print off the nursing application? I found where to apply for the college but have no idea where to find the printable LPN program application. thanx

So I remember you saying you liked working at the Nebraska medical center, I am currently enrolled in a CNA class it starts May 18 and goes to June 27, and am hoping to apply to work there in August when I move to Omaha. I liked that you said the nurses are very good about wanting to teach you stuff for when you start a nursing program. I've also checked out the website you gave me thanx for all the help!! I was so stressed about looking for job and have found a great place 2 begin :)

Oh my goodness what are they doing over in Canada?!!? haha Most classes here in KS are about $350.00 and a bit more for book and uniform good gravy that does not sound right at all and 6mnths? I don't think so, most classes here start every 6 to 8 weeks and in some even 4 weeks. 4 week long classes include you going everyday except Sunday, 8am to 5pm and that includes clinicals. 6 to 8 week cna classes include you just going on weekends and only some weekdays or just 3 days out of the week. Maybe the program your looking at has you doing CNA then CMA and then Medical Assistant, not sure just thinking outloud here. It just doesn't sound right, if you are doing CNA just to have a descent job while you are still going to school then you are paying way to much, for example I am wanting to do an LPN program so I want to do my CNA because I have to have it before I get accepted into a program but also so I can have some practice and hopefully learn from the nurses i'll watch over and see if thats truly what I want to do, also because I want to work part time and have a bit of money while attending nursing school. So the class will be worth all that money if that is something you want to do for the rest of your life or if thats the major that you have. Don't want to belittle the class at all I mean I want to be a CNA and I think you make great money and its a very rewarding job you make a difference in the lives of numerous ppl. What you could do is if you see and add in the newspaper or online you can call the place and say. "Hey you need a CNA I see and if you pay for my class i'll be happy to work for you once I pass the class." Most places will pay for your class, or you pay for it and once you pass the class they will refund your money. The only drawback is that some places want you to sign a 2yr contract with them but some places (such as independently owned nursing homes aka non profit organization) can't make you sign a contract with them. The chepest would be at a community college. Best of luck with the decisions you make :)

It all depends on how smart you are (in grade school I got incomplets the teacher couldn't even give me a 0) haha I always took one science class at a time and one math class, I am terrible at both. I took general psych and developmental psych online I think its the best way to go you'll pass them for sure :). I wouldn't take chemistry or micobiology online because the the labs will be hard to do at home (you actually have to mix liquids and things). I would do A&P-1 and 2 online or in the summer (the labs are done in a book and you just re-type them, you have to label body parts its easy if online) and if you do them in the summer your labs include you memorizing body parts and then your teacher will label them with numbers and you just have to number from one to 10 or something and but down the name of the vein or artery or what have you. Math and English I have always taken at school but medical terminology online. Online classes are a bit more expensive but worth it especially if you do not have as much time as you'd like and you are sure to pass them. If you have any question's let me know I have done all my pre-required classes except A&P-2 which I am taking online this summer :) oh and one more thing that I learned the hard way, make sure your online class is worth the 4 or 5credits that you need for the program you are applying for I did A&P-1 online and the nursing program needed it to be 5 and the class was 4credited so I re-took it in the summer . And almost all programs want the science classes to include a lab so make sure you inform yourself before you enroll.

I took A&P 1 online through Edukan and it sucked!! it did include the lab, the class wasn't too hard it was just that my teacher made us answer 25 to 30q's on each chapter and we had to retype the question and they were all way hard they included A B C parts to them it took me about 3hrs to type them all, including answers, I would always have to email her about 6 pages worth of typing. Well I passed it with a C and it was a 4hr acredited class. My advisor failed to do her research and for the nursing program that I was going to apply it needed to be a 5hr accredited class :s grrr!! so I cuzzed her out and found a different one, haha then I retook A&P-1 in the summer at a community college honestly when it comes to science classes I am terrible at them so for me the best way to go is to do them in the summer because the teachers don't care too much because they don't want to be there either so they are a bit more lineant (totally misspelled that) I also took micobiology in the summer. In the summer you don't do as many chapters as you would in the school year. Best of luck

Hey Christina I 2 am applying at Iowa Western and I 2 noticed that the school had 95% of passing and that oh man this is the place but someone informed me that metro had 100% passing :S. My GPA is 3.5 so I don't stand a chance at metro haha, the last class that I need is A&P 2 which I am taking online this summer but if I don't pass it I will 4 sure take it at Metro. I am living in KS right now but moving to Omaha in August and I don't know anyone there besides my bf so all I know about the schools there is from me researching online and calling them and having them mail me their info so have no idea what teachers are good or not. I am applying for the January LPN program and yourself?

You are such a lifesaver with that website :) thanx so much I will defenantly check it out for when I get up there. Since I won't do the nursing program at Iowa untill January I planned to work full time while doing my CNA, so Metro is the way i'll go. Your right about online classes they come in handy when your way busy, I don't have any kids (yet) but am always busy so kuddos for doing it because i'd fall underpressure :S they are way more expensive than regular classes but my gosh well worth it. Its nice to attend the class when it works out for you, I think with some people its simply making yourself get to the computer to do it thats the hardest part haha well once again thank you so much for replying to me I truly appreciate it.

And thanx so much for all that info and yes I have tons of questions haha I don't know anyone who is doing an LPN program but online always read how its very time consuming and how you have to read all of these chapter and test on almost the next day but am hoping to be okay for I am getting all of the needed classes out of the way to concentrate on strictly the program classes, I too will stay up all night and run on no sleep, my favorite time to study is at night I can have zero distractions to be able to concentrate. I am not sure if I will do the CNA program here its 600.00 and 120hrs and I know Nebraska only requires 75hrs plus don't want to have to retake a test for me changing states, what are your thoughts? and after I get done with it where would you recommend I apply to work? allot of cna jobs on Craigslist.com for example want someone with 6mnths experience. I worked at a nursing home and it was more work trying to stay out of the drama with the CNA's and CMA"s who work there then actually working. I worked there for 7mnths as a Activities director. I have heard you make more money as a CNA if you work for a traveling agency but am not too sure about it, I will be new to the area and am from a small town (10,000 population) so driving on the interstate scares me haha.

I am taking it online at bartononline...I went to the community college and graduated with an associates degree in science and did all my pre-requesetes there for their nursing program. The class is a 5hr acredited class and includes lab its 500.00 for the class same if instate or out of state student(in ks, moving to Omaha in Aug). Books are about 300.00, i'm trying to find mine used though. If you'd like to check it out you can go to Barton County Community College.com, I have often taken online classes but have always had a friend who takes it with me so we can help eachother out and this time i'm not so am a tad bit worried...the class starts May 25 and runs to July 25, since I am not applying for the nursing program till January was planning on taking it at Metropolitan and also doing my CNA so if I fail it here that is my back up plan. Are you taking the class?

So you got in without having all the pre--req's done? thats great! :) some people do get in I guess I just have bad luck because I applied here in Kansas twice and never got in the program because I had some more classes to finish. I have decided to do the LPN program at Iowa Western the only pre-required class that I am missing is A&P-2 I took 1 in the summer two years ago, sucks because I took it online first and passed but the college I was applying for required it to be a 5hr credit and mine was 4 so re-did it . I am taking A&P 2 online runs May 25 to July 25. My old nursing adviser said its better to get all those classes out of the way and I figured I don't need to rush myself and stress out so its best to take it easy and do them first. I have never had Chemistry so since Metro asks for college Chemistry I figured i'm going to have to take pre-chemistry then college chemistry and A&P-2, Iowa only asks for A&P-2 and no chemistry. My plans are to take a&p-2 and do CNA when I get to Nebraska in August and then start the program in January. Do you know if the Iowa LPN program is different from the Metro program? Cost wise? self teching wise? Iowa's LPN program page said it had 94% graduation rating so seems pretty okay. I also was wondering, well I always hear bad things about nursing programs such as that they are time consuming and teachers are really rude and mean, so do you study 24/7 and have time for nothing else? or is it that clinicals and being in nursing classes require long hours? let me no what you think thanx!!

I am not sure which LPN program to attend to. I am having the same exact debate iowa vs Metro.....I live in Kansas and have done all the pre requeset classes-a&p-1 public speaking,microbiology,comp 1-2,college algebra,basic nutrion...so many more and graduated with an associates in science but chemistry and a&p-2 are not required here. My bf wants to go back to bellevue university and finish up there so we will live in Omaha. I know zero people there so unsure about the drive or schools. I have lowered it down to Clarkson which there program requires you to have basic nutrition and comp 1, I think to get accepted, however the program is 2 yrs long 2 days out of the week (part time) its so you can work full time and do school part time. Its at the most 2,000 per semester so basically you can pay 8 grand for the 2 yrs while you can do it in one at metro for 3,500 same at Iowa, not including books. Clarkson would be a great choice so you do not have to deal with all the pre required classes however since I busted myself to get them all done i'd feel much better if my classes that I took here would count for something. If I go to Metro I would have to take basic chemistry then college chemistry then A&P-2 so I would have to wait a yr to apply(plus have to be a CNA). If I attend Iowa Western they require no Chemistry but would have to take A&P-2 in the fall and am able to attend the LPN program in January. I have not been able to get up there to talk with any advisors so am planning to see all three colleges to see what they think about my transcript which I am praying all will transfer. I have not yet done my CNA I am hoping to do it here so I can work part time there in Nebraska but Ks requires 120 hrs of it and Nebraska only requires 75 and I may have to re test since my CNA license won't be issued in Nebraska. I am really lost because I would not have to take any more classes here and can do my LPN as soon as I apply here, here you do not need to be a CNA or have Chemistry or A&P-2. I am about to give up on LPN and just do surgical technician. Its 4,900 with no pre required classes at Iowa and the program starts August 17 and goes till the end of July. You are required however to re-new your license every four yrs since your working with the tools and technology changes so rapidly, but its an 6 to 3 job and you do not have to deal with patients family or bodily fluids and work no weekends. You have no 12hr shifts and basically only work durings surgery. Clarkson, Metro, and Iowa are the 3 best community colleges for the LPN programs I have researched and called all the other colleges in Omaha and near Omaha and the rest have no pre-required classes but are 24 grand for the one yr including books, scrubs, and tools.