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This is crazy! I think it is because they are trying to wedge out LPNs. I was a CNA before moving to NC (army wife) and i made $18 weekdays and $22 differentials and weekends as a CNA in Washington state. When i moved here I planned on working, while starting back in school. But the wages for CNA's wouldn't even cover the cost of my daycare!! I was offered $10/hr., and had people tell me that's not bad! I have a friend who is an LPN here and she makes $23/hr working for a private Dr. office, but the guy is a pill. She won't quit because she knows that she will be hard up to find comparable pay anymore. Heck, I can sit on a stool in a gas station and make $13 bucks an hour... and they wonder why turnover is so bad.

Wow, I took that last semester. Out of 56 people, only 17 of us passed, I got one of two A's. Here is the trick. You have to read the chapters before the lecture even begins. Make good notes, using a recording device really helps. Then you will want to go over and expand on your notes nightly. There is a ton of info to learn, and since you want to be a nurse, you don't want to simply cram, and forget it all later. By the time the test comes, you will know it well, and when we get into nursing school, we will be ready. When it came to muscles and bones (which we had in A&P 1) I remembered them by physically touching where they are on my body. Now my professor looked at me kinda funny when I was moving my hand all over the place during my test, but I got an A, and thats what counts. I also did note cards, and printed off a bunch of practice diagrams to test myself with. Repetition seems to be key. There is really nothing more to say, then be diligent in your studies. A&P 2 was the hardest class I have ever taken, and the nursing students in my class kept telling me that our A&P tests were ever harder than the tests they were taking in the program. Your grade will reflect your efforts in a class like this, put in the work and you will do just fine.