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Hellooooo... I'm enrolled in Washtenaw Community College this fall for their CNA program. I'm taking the M-F 9AM to 4PM class, which runs for nearly three weeks. I've heard great things about their nursing programs, so I'm pretty psyched to get my career started there! I paid $468 dollars (I'm in-county) and about $98 dollars for textbook and materials. There's also an LTC facility literally right across the street from the college, where I'm pretty sure the clinicals take place. Where are you located? Even if you're out of county, I'd reccomend WCC.

Hiya Dave... I'm also going through the Ypsi office. I submitted my application for the program the day before the fit hit the shan. I remember watching the news at at night and thinking, "Aw jeeze, well, that was a colossal waste of time." I did all the six seminars, the TABE, etc., and I had all my paperwork nicely organized and waiting in a folder for...well...I guess the apocalypse, now. I guess I should have submitted the application first and THEN done all my requirements, huh? That's what I get. Sigh. I'm guessing my application is sitting on the bottom of the stack, the stack that will get swept into the rubbish bin shortly. I'm not holding my breath anyway. Good luck to you!

Well, now I'm absolutely terrified. Thanks guys. :-P I'm going to take the CNA class this fall...and I know that I've got a 99% chance of working in LTC facility. I mean, the people there...the patients...THEY'RE PEOPLE! They've all had hopes and dreams and crazy nights and loves and adventures...just like us...and the workers there are treating them like they're downer cattle?! I've definitely become more of a bleeding heart since I had a kid. I don't know what I'll do if I witness mistreatment and cruelty like I've just read happens.... I gotta admit: I've never wanted to work in a nursing home. The idea has never held appeal for me. Hell, I didn't even want to go into nursing until the day after I gave birth to my daughter. (August 28, 2009. :-) But that's what I have to do in order to be admitted to further nursing programs. I don't hate old people. Honest. I've just always had a hard time trying to relate to them...trying to have conversations with my husband's Grandma and Grandpa in itself is difficult, because you have to yell at them so they can hear you. And his Grandpa is dying (nearing the end now) from lymphnoid cancer, so all he talks about is dying now. Its very hard for the whole family, not just me. I hope I don't sound like an a-hole now. Did anyone else have similar feelings towards the elderly? Did you find your feelings changed? I should also mention that my goal is to work in a Mother-Baby Unit in a hospital.

Hiya gumby... Yeah, I never had my heart set on that money to begin with. If I got it, great, if I didn't, well...I applied for FAFSA...and the CNA program isn't that much to begin with ($588). So...yup. I was told at my location (Ypsilanti) that there was indeed money left. We'll see about that... At any rate, my husband and I had a talk last night about the time commitment of going through nursing school. Not only would I have to wait (a minimum) of two years to get in, seven pre-reqs plus the CNA license, we're looking at another 3.5 years to complete. I don't want to miss my baby's childhood. We thought it was best if I started out with just a CNA, (hopefully) find a hospital job to start out with, so at least we have some income while my daughter grows up. When she starts school, then my days are freed up a little. My dream is to work in the Mother-Baby unit, no matter what initials are on my license. Isn't it just insanity on the waitlists?!? Holy crow!! Geeze, maybe we should be building more nursing colleges or something...no wonder there's such a high demand for nurses! Nobody can wait six years for their job! What school/specialty are you going in for? (and thanks for the lucks.)

Yes, yet another one of the countless (I'm sure) kids rolling in, hoping and wishing to be a real-live nurse someday, bright-eyed and eager... I paint such a lovely picture of myself. I am currently enrolled in the No Worker Left Behind program, just need to turn in my qualifying documents on Monday...I have applied for Financial Aid also...I'm lookin' hard at the nursing and health science programs at Washtenaw Community College...etc...realized that NWLB probably won't cover any of my classes...yaaaay... I also have had no education since I graduated high school. In 2001. Huzzah. I noticed the two-year wait on the Registered Nurse Program...which is cool by me, seeing as how it'll take me that to get my pre-reqs done. If not more. Can't do school full-time yet; I've got a nine-month-old doll who kinda relies on me. :redpinkhe Anyway, anyone else here been through/is going through the WCC programs?