PUZZLEPIECES

Your story was really remarkable, and could easily be made into a movie. I honestly think personal life experience is what make a good nurse, and the only way to have life experience is to learn it the hard way. You've learned, you've grown, and I think employers would be silly not to recognize that. Good luck, sorry about your past, and hope things keep improving.

Thanks Dave, that makes me feel much better, to know someone else has been in my shoes and came out on the other side okay. I really appreciate the offer, and may take you up on it...Thank you so much again.

What's the difference between a CNA, a developmental tech, and a PCT? They all the same to me, so I was just curious. Thanks.

I already have a bachelor's degree, in chemistry. I worked so hard to get it, studied a lot, gave up my social life etc., but I graduated in 2009, and have yet to get a job with it. I have done everything: unemployment office, online searchs, sending out resumes, asking people if they know of any openings and still nothing. At this point, I'm scared that my few references from school will have forgotten about me, the university I went to had 30,000 students, and honestly even though I worked so hard I had a difficult time and my grades did not reflect my effort and I don't know basically I just went to college the first time to make my parents happy, but it wasn't what I wanted. So I went back to my local community college, this time because I wanted to. I took my anatomy classes, and I got into the fall nursing program. I'm excited/scared. I took a course similar to a CNA one to try to ensure that I would really like nursing, but the one semester I took it they didn't do clinicals, we used mannequins, so I still don't know. Does anybody already have a bachelor's degree but went back for their ADN? Where you able to find a job in nursing? Are you happy with the decision you made?

I got in the nursing prgm at my school :), but I really want to have all my non-nursing classes out of the way, so I have to take a psy class and a computer class...but I'm really sorry you have to be at class at 8, mine are online at least, but I have to get all the paperwork done for nursing school and the orientations and stuff done, so I feel your pain.

Does anyone particulary in NC know if employers will look at a health care technician class differently than a CNA course. My local community college does not offer a CNA class. I took the health care technician class, because I wanted to make sure nursing is something I wanted to do, since this is my second time in college, but the class well...it wasn't as indepth as I was hoping, we didn't do clincials just worked on mannequinsor each other and even though the instructor promised the healthcare technician class and cna class are the same thing...I don't feel confidient employers will see it that way or in my CNA skills . I would really like to be a CNA, or something similar, in a new born nursery or a pediatric setting, while working through nursing school. Any advice would be appreciated.