MATZ

Appreciate the opinions of "fromthesea" and all others! Seems to be a popular school of thought to skip the cna route and just start taking the appropriate classes while I'm here. Thanks again for the input. MATZ

Ahhhh, now I understand the confusion. I'm not looking to work as a cna but to become qualified. Maybe I should collect credentials over the next two years! CNA / EMT/ PCT :)

Thanks for the reply Cursed Irishman! I was under the impression that the more qualifications you had the more "grease" would be applied to the slow application process from date stamp to acceptance. And some of the schools I'm coming across are even requiring it. I've also read that cna's have a step up as the first block is similar to the training you already received. I've taken the Human A&P's, Micro's and Chem's but I'm sure they could be improved upon!

Hello all, My wife and just moved to Phoenix from Telluride so that she can start her MBA at the Thunderbird School of Management this fall while I'd like to get back into health care... particularly Nursing. This is a great site and I've learned a lot already but I'm still a little unclear as to which route would be best. By the way, I really liked the slogan in the Humor Section for Nurses that are male: "Do You Have The Balls!?" Thats great!:) Anyway, I'm a little older than most students but have almost 5 years of college courses in the Health Sciences when I was at Penn State. From what I gather in AZ the normal progression that one can follow is: CNA --> LPN --> BSN --> RN Or am I mistaken? To make things a little more difficult we're probably not going to relocate here and are planing to move closer to our families on the west coast once Amy has finished her MBA. Sorry this is so long winded but I guess my question is: I have 2 years to burn and would like to start working towards the goal of a RN. Where should I start?