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I just wanted to tell you whoever you are that thank you and I guess give an update. In November of 2009 I was diagnosed with Migraine Associated Vertigo and was put on Verapamil ER and Gabapentin; since then I have been able to live a normal life vertigo free. I turned 21 four months ago and have been living my life and thanking God everyday for my health and wellbeing. I am no longer going into nursing but I did get my CNA and plan to go on to graduate school for becoming a teacher as I'm a senior in college now. I wish you the best of luck and thank you so much for posting this, if anything it will help someone else.

Right now at my CNA job, I am getting paid over $2-3 more an hour than if I was to do a job in my feild even if I am almost done with my degree! I want to get my Early Intervention/ Special Education license and I could teach preschool right now and just for the heck of it looked up how much I would be making an hour; only $10! Even though I have an education and sometimes feel overqualified I love what I do as a CNA! My educational experience adds to my confidence and my committment to getting things done. On a side note, I would be prepared if you do get a job as a CNA that a lot of your coworkers might not appriciate your degree; I get so ****** off when people don't respect an education, I don't know if that is one of your petpeeves but it is one of mine. I work my ass off at both my education and my job and yet my coworkers laugh that I can't work 40 hours a week, go to school full time to maintain that B+ average, and get ****** off when I say no to add on extra shifts.

I'm working towards my BS and will be graduating in 2012. When my DON saw that I had education experience she asked me about it but thought that I had completed my degree already and she asked me "I was going to say if you had a degree why would you want to be a CNA?". None of the CNA's I work with have a degree but some of us are working towards degrees. I think I get paid more because I have more educational experience and I think it helped me land a job as well.

I said that I was going to be late due to the weather and I would try to get there as fast as I could. They called back and offered to come get me and I said no thank you my dad will come get me because I was stuck so I called my folks, big deal. I'm not married, no close friends in the area so who else was I going to call? My car wouldn't have made it and I explained to them how I do not know how to drive on ice (like anybody does really). I live five-ten minutes away but it's 5 miles on a street with a higher speed limit.

If you read the post I AM PUTTING MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE. Just because you call your parents doesn't mean that you are living off of them and not putting yourself through school. Everybody else was late that morning as well, and no I don't just want to be coddled, I'm not asking for that I was just asking for people to DROP it when I walked in, I apoligized, I get it there was no way for me to do anything about it so why drag it out for the entire day? I don't know what the hell crawled up your ass but there's no reason to be a *****; I came on here asking for advice, not to be treated like crap.

Okay, well screw you. Ovbiously you don't live in a place where the weather gets bad and I apoligized profusely so way to be a *****. I'm sure you're so educated and perfect. I'm not clueless either. Oh and by the way I had to let them know someone else was going to come get me; sorry not all of us are 40 and still working CNA jobs, some of us are still in school and oh yeah the only people who are up that early are my parents.

It was unpredictable; meaning that the news did not predict it was going to happen. I check the weather everyday and live about 5 minutes from work but give myself 30 minutes because it's winter. I gave myself 40 minutes yesterday morning. There were several accidents in the area and no bus service on weekends; I did the best I could and they knew it. I apologized and there was no reason for them to be that rude. But thanks for the support, really. Oh and by the way, I didn't take my full lunch, second break, and worked 20 minutes over; it's not like I didn't make up my 12 minutes.

I just got my CNA license 11 days ago, and I started working a brand new job 12 days ago. I'm a full time college junior who is not doing nursing but doing something in Child and Family Studies I got my CNA license because there are a. jobs and b. I love helping people. I'm a little slow at my job which is to be expected as I was just licensed 11 days ago. Most of my work has been pretty good so far. Except for yesterday, I was made to feel like a complete dumbass. I was 12 minutes late to work because where I lived completely iced over so the roads were like a skating ring. This was not predicted. So I'm driving to work at 6AM and had to pull off the road as it was too bad. I pulled over and called my work and asked said that I was going to be late and I get told "we are a 24 hour facility, nobody is here to fill for you, your patients need you, and I'll TRY to find somebody to fill in for you". So I said well I will try to make it there as fast as I can. I get off the phone and start crying and have my mom and dad drive out to come take my car and me to work, I get there 12 minutes late and it was all down hill from there. I was told "you need to take driving lessons and your dad some how made it (like I was trying to avoid coming to work). The rest of the day it was my fault things were late, my fault things were bad, my fault god forbid the lazy ass nurses couldn't get off their asses, and my fault because I'm still new and learning where everything is and how to do my job. I was also asked to work a double and declined because I have studying to do that I couldn't do yet and need to do and was treated terribly because of that. At the end of my lousy day, I feel as if everybody was completly unprofessional. I also feel bad because I'm going to ask my boss on Monday to cut a shift from my schedule, if I don't do this I will fail and since I'm paying for school I do not want that to happen. Can anybody offer some advice? I feel completely discouraged. Thanks.

I'm 20 years old and a junior in college who has recently changed her major from education, to health sciences/ pre-nursing. Nursing has always been my first love even though I decided to go through with education because I was told that "nursing school is extremely competitive" I took that as, you might as well not even try at 16. I decided to get my CNA this summer and fell in love with nursing especially when I did a clinical rotation at a hospital. I had 61 credits left to go in my degree and could have had my Bachelor's degree by this summer. Now since I changed majors, I have 86 left to go. I was planning to get a BS in Health Sciences and then apply to a ABSN or Direct Entry Masters program. But I'm wondering, should I just stop going to the university, transfer to a community college, complete my pre reqs and then transfer to a nursing program? I have a B+ GPA. I've had an internship at one of the major hospitals here and a CNA. What would you do if you were in my shoes? Thanks so much for responding!

I'm a junior at the university so I consider myself seasoned lol; it's hard to explain what these classes are because they are exclusive to the university. These classes are university requirements but do require a lot of reading, writing, group work outside of class, and participation. Thanks for the advice; I appriciate it! I will go today and see what is involved; if it's too much I can always drop.

I just started my CNA 1 course last night. I think they're like this in all states but it was 2:30-9:30 two days a week and will be like this for 5 weeks until we move to clinicals. In clinicals, I will be working 2:00-10:30, two days a week. I am also taking 2 other classes at the University the other days of the week. I feel like I'm biting off too much with my other classes. Could I be biting off too much? I am one of those people that likes to put in quality learning; I do all my readings for all my classes, spend a lot of time on my assignments, basically I am a suck-up but I do it for myself, and I do use the 1hr = 2 hr studying. And for CNA I will be practicing the skills at home probably several times throughout the week. I know the course is easy but I want to spend quality time at it so that I become a great CNA. What would you recommend?

Thank you both for the suggestions! :) Does anybody know if I can copy and paste this to the Oregon board?

I'm 20 years old and I live in the Portland metro area. I'm currently attending PSU; I just finished two years of courses; mainly gen ed stuff. Last summer I had an internship up at OHSU; best experience I've ever had in my life. I fell in love with the place. But I also have a love for teaching and working with kids as well as healthcare; I watch Discovery Health for fun. So I feel as if I am at a complete cross road. Teaching is SO dismal in this state; I'm scared to dole out $50,000 in loans to not be able to get a job to pay my $500 loan payments. I am getting my CNA 1 license this summer through PCC and am very eager to start; I've began studying already. But I have a few questions. 1. GPA: During my first year and a half of college I was trying to figure out my own personal health issues. Basically I had an undiagnosed vestibular disorder and lived with migraines/ dizziness 24/7 since I was 16. Now I'm doing better health wise. But, my grades are not the best; right now I have an undergrad GPA of a 3.16. I have taken A&P 1 and Chem 104; both were jokes. I feel like a complete idiot. I did incredibly well in science at the high school level and now; it's like what is wrong with me?! I do not know what you guys would recommend for that. The two C's I recieved were in the two science courses. Are PCC's courses better; like are the classes smaller, the professors more available/ helpful, etc? 2. ABSN: I plan on getting my BS from PSU still; my family wants me to finish and I really want to finish up. They have a degree in Health Sciences and it would allow me to take pre reqs for nursing as well as get a BS from PSU. What is known about ABSN programs locally? What do they require? I've looked at UofP, Linfield, OHSU, and Walla Walla. 3. Pre-Req Courses: How do you guys maintain a high GPA while managing to stay sane and work? I'm looking at taking Cell Bio at PCC this summer and since it's been 7 years since I've done Algebra; a remedial class. Are remedials normal? Is taking 2 classes normal? Sorry for all these questions; I'm just looking for answers and maybe some hope. Are my chances still good? I'm a really determined person, I love learning, I love school, and I hope I can get some answers! :)

I have Meniere's Disease and I am a student too. Don't know what is going to happen with school now that my surgery for Meniere's has failed.

I'm a 19 year old with Meniere's disease and I've had it for about three and a half years. I'm doing my pre-reqs for nursing; this summer I had an internship at OHSU and have just fallen in love with nursing and helping people (I want to be an NP). I had surgery three months ago but it looks like it's failing I've been laying around crying all day because I don't want to give up on my dreams. This disease is HELL and it's more hellish if you are trying to be a normal 19 year old who hangs out with their friends, goes to school, works, and just has fun. Any nurses with Meniere's out there? Or just people with advice in general. I feel like if I let my profs know about Meniere's they give me bad grades; which has happened to me before. Or people tell me I can't do it; my uncle even told me that nobody would want to hire me because I take days off, I've had profs embarass me like telling me to take a leave of absence when the disease is permanent, and a family who sometimes gets it then sometimes doesn't. Can you be a nurse with a disability? Or do they not want you to be; are you more likely to be laid off or fired because of your disability or do people treat you unfairly? Any advice or guidence would be very much appriciated!