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depends on the job market for CNA's where you are. It took me from October 23 until December 12 o get my CNA class done (BUT that was a weekend ONLY class) i take my state test (Texas) Jan 6&7. In texas you have to be out of class for 15 days before they will let you test for state.

you aren't to old! I'm almost 28, 2 kids, soon to be divorced and no way to support me and the boys. so i am starting my pre-req's 10 Jan 2011 for my long time dream of becoming an RN. go for it!

thanks guys. idk why I'm feeling so bad these days. I think it is because this is my first holiday season alone (and my anniversary falls right after the first of the yr). I found a job opening today for a PRN CNA at my local hospital. I'm trying to decided if i should apply for it or if i should just spend my "spare time" (which i know will be few and far between) with my boys. My parents have told me I do not have to work through nursing school, but i don't like to "bum" off them (or anyone else) for any thing (more than i am anyway). I"ll think i just better hit my knees and talk to the "big guy" and see where He takes me.

single parents on state assistance and going to school on Pell Grant? I feel like the crappiest person ever for being in state aid! It seems like ever where i turn ppl are "judging" me. I know it doesnt' matter what other ppl think, but my husband of 9 yrs lft me when my youngest was 3 weeks old (he is now 3.5 months) i had no income, no "training" so to speak of (i've had the on the job training but not certifications) to go to work to support me and my kids while i'm in school. I am starting my pre-req's for an ADN program (hopefully i will get accepted to the program for fall 2011). Just wondering if anyone else feels like a crappy person for being on state aid...

at the college i am attending you have to take A&PI before you can take A&PII

i see i'm behind, i'm hoping to take the HESI for AC this coming spring for fall 2011...THANK YOU SO MUCH for your HESI post! i hate math, i am very relieved to see that the math is 8th grade level. i have loads of teacher friends that teach middle school and high school math!

in the spring i will be taking A&P2, Nutrition, and medical terminology (all those are online) Intermediate Algebra and speech (those are "on campus")

well what i'm going to do is get all my RN pre-req's done, once i'm done with those then i will attempt to take the RN entrance exam for the program, HOWEVER if i do not pass that then i will go to the LVN program then to the LVN to RN program. but i'm going to try to go straight into the RN program

I would like to have scholarships to cover tuition and books for spring and summer sessions (since my Pell isn't enough to cover it all and a few other needs). TO get into the ADN program instead of taking the "long" way around. HESI study guide (they use the math, reading and writing of this to admit to the ADN program and i'm VERY antedated by standardized tests)

IMO i don't think it is to old to be a CNA.... I am in the class (again, took it 11 yrs ago and for some odd reason the state won't take my hours from then...(j/k)). Are you looking for a career change? and looking into nursing? I am not going to stay a CNA, it is just a means of income for me and my boys (my husband of 9 yrs just lft me and my 2 little boys (4yrs and 2 months)) while i'm getting my RN. Good luck

oh didn't see that...lol sorry....(i'm having a tough time these days, husband decided he wants a divorce after 9 yrs, so i'm kinda scatter brained these days, trying to figure out what i'm giont to do before i get into (then out) of school)

that is your call, when i had my son a month ago, i went for (and got) a VBAC and a good friend of mine from high school (and still today) was the RPT on that night and she had to be there in case of a stat section she was in the delivery room when i delivered. she saw it all, it was kinda strange at first but then i had way to many drugs to even care.....i said some goofy things to her, but she didn't care...(not only did she do her job after he was born but she was also great support for me too)

right, but can i do the "book work" so to speak online? or does that have to be done "in person"? I've been thinking of places around here (our hospital is small and not many babies are born here) to get my hours in...

i am taking my pre-req's this spring then hopefully I can get into the ADN program at Amarillo College Fall 2011

my oldest son was an emergency c-section...(can't help you on any research)

well I'm a pre-nursing student, but just had a VBAC myself (4 weeks ago) I labored for 22 hours low does pit was started at 0630 Tuesday august 24th, labor stalled three times, and my son wasn't born until 0302 Wednesday August 25th, longest (and hardest) time of my life but was WAY WORTH IT!!! I was so stinking tired by the end while i was pushing i remember saying "I can't" 2 or 3 times. My L&D nurse was GREAT! she kinda "inspired" me (even more so than i already was) to become a L&D nurse (I've always wanted to be a nurse, but life happened and I'm not getting that dream until now and always wanted to do L&D/mom & baby nursing)

this may be a "stupid" question, but i can't find any place in my area to be able to take the classes, is there a way i can do it online? (cant find that info on the IBCLC site) I am also wanting to become a certified childbirth educator, would this be worth the cost of the coorifice, i want to specialize in L&D when i get out of school (i also recently had a VBAC and it was the most IMPOWERING experiance in my life, and would LOVE to help other women wanting a VBAC (or just a normal lady partsl delivery) achieve their goals! but can't find a the classes and what not that i need in my area...

i to am a pre-nursing student (okay i will be in the spring), hoping to graduate in 2013 as well. I am hoping to go in to L&D and was thinking of being a lactation consultant. I BF my oldest son for 6 months, an i have a new baby, that i chose not to BF, and am now wishing i would have. Would it be worth it if i were a "certified" lactation consultant in addition to being an RN? I live in a small town in the Texas panhandle (about 45 min away from a "large" city (Amarillo))

born/raise Amarillo (area), love it here....moved out of state 3 diff times...once to NM, once to ILL and once to OK....where i lived in OK & NM was almost like living in the TX panhandle (eastern NM(Cannon AFB to be exact), and Woodward, OK)

i see this is from 2007...are there any in the Amarillo area? Lubbock is 3 (or so) hrs one way) from here. I can't drive that far daily nor can i/we afford to relocate our family down there. My hubby and i have decided to both go for our RN (something i've wanted to do for a long time but life got in my way, and he wants a career change)

I am starting RN school soon (in the spring) and was wondering if in my last year (or even semester) if i should ask around at my local (not where i will be doing clinical at) to see if they will let me intern there? (I am good friends with A LOT of the nurse mgrs up there as i use to work there several years back as an admissions clerk). or if that is "unheard of" and not a polite thing to do. TIA

to be a phlebot in TX (i live in TX also) you just need a cert. There is a near by college that does it as a "continuing edu" class, it is a 9 week course (i think, it may be a whole semester, don't really remember, i called back in June and i still have baby brain).

my husband is tall and so is his uncle (not near as tall as you, but tall enough we can't find pants for either of them that fit the way they want) I make my husband's pants and his uncle has his made from a local seamstress. You may wanna find some one in your area that can make them

this thread helped me greatly, i am going to start school in the spring (to finish pre-req's) and then hopefully in the fall i will get in the RN program. ihad thought about going for my BSN, but now have decided not to

OMW, that is great! I think I'm going to start studying those, even though i won't need it for a few semesters