can'tdecide

This line of work fascinates me. I am 40 years old and just starting college.( I waited until my youngest started high school ) I'm doing my pre-reqs now for nursing. What steps do I take to get into this line of work? I'm wanting to be a nursing home surveyor. Just about everything I have read states that I need to be an RN for at least 2 years. What classes in addition to nursing should I be taking?

Sorry, my computer was down, and I just made it back to check the message board. Here is a link to their next class starting. http://labette.edu/commserv/coursedesc/Summer%2011/C_N_A_Morris.pdf and I was wrong, we have 45 hours of clinicals, not 65.

I'm taking my CNA class online. It starts Monday. All class time is online, but we do have clinicals that we have to go to, I think clinicals are 64 hours.

Yes I am. I'm friends with several nurses, respiratory therapist and CNAs at our local hospital (we live in a small town) HR told me to come in and fill out an application as soon as I pass my class. They said they would pay me $11.96 starting out with no experience. I'm not worried about finding a job. Even the 3 hospitals in the next town over have at least 20 CNA jobs listed for each hospital. I have not doubt that I will be working in a hospital.

Ok, I realize I'm not going to need one for class, but is this something I'm going to need if I get a job in a hospital? I'm not really sure what CNA's learn but I thought one of them was checking Blood pressure. And if I don't learn it in my CNA course, where do I learn it?

I have been looking at jobs on the hospital website. Every job for CNAs reads.... Basic Life Support required. CPI certification preferred. Is this something I will learn in CNA class or will I have to take other classes to get certification for CPI? Not even sure what that stands for.

I start CNA class next Monday. The only things on the list were scrubs and TB test. I asked the lady enrolling if we needed a stethoscope and she said she didn't think so. Is this something we are going to need? If so where do you buy them and how much are they?

I'm taking English Comp 1 and Psyc. Haven't signed up yet but after reading the post about all the papers that will be due, I might change my mind.

Check with the nursing program you are wanting to attend. The nursing program I am trying to get into requires that you have a CNA license first.

I'm so undecided. I signed up at my college for the Radiology program. After talking to several of my friends that are nurses, I decided against it. They convinced me that there are not any jobs for radologist. I then decided maybe I would try the Phyiscal Therapy Assistant program. Same thing, after checking hospital websites, there are not that many jobs out there. Everyone that I have talked to has told me to do the RN program. My area still has lots of jobs to choose from. I'm just not sure I'll be happy being an RN.

I have several colleges in my area to pick from including 1 university that has a great nursing program. I went to check to see if I could get any help with the cost. I was turned down, even though I was laid off from my job last year, we still made too much money to qualify for anything. Since I'm paying it all on my own, (not going to get any loans, want to pay for it as I go) I was wondering if the nursing program is the same cost as the pre-req classes. I enrolled at a community collgege for some summer classes and I am paying $90.00 per credit hour plus books. I'm trying to plan for the cost of nursing school. Does the nursing credits at your school cost the same as the regular classes? .

Congrats!!! I can't wait for the day to get her that I get accepted into Nursing School!

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This was just discussed on another message board I visit. One gift suggested was to get her a "girls day out". Pick her up take her shopping, go to lunch and go get a pedicure or massage. They said she would be stressed, on her feet a lot and this would help to relax her. Another gift people suggested was a nice watch with a second hand.

I think you could get a job of CNA just about anywhere you wanted. I know a few that work in nursing homes and I have a friend that started working in a hospital as soon as she finished the course. They told me the places around here are begging for CNAs. I talked to a hospital about working for them when I finished the class and the only thing they asked was, "will you show up everyday?"