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Thanks a lot! :)

Thank you sooo much, you were also very helpful! :)

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Ohhhh. Thanks so much ZiggysGal , That was VERY helpful!! :)

Oh no the credits DO transfer from the Military college.. but I need to see if they also offer training. It's the other college that actually offers EVERYTHING I need (knowledge AND training, AND become a CNA or RN) that doesn't transfer credits.

hello, people! i am new to this site and i have a few question and would love if you answered them. before i ask them i just want to let y'all know what's going on. *clears throat* well, i've been considering a career in the medical field for a very very long time. when i was very young i wanted to be all kinds of things, a model, a stewardess, a lawyer, all kinds of things. eventually i decided that being a veterinarian was right for me, i've been saying that for 8+ years. it wasn't until recently that i realized that even thought i loved animals, i had a fascination with the human body and what's inside it. i came to the conclusion that i wanted to become a doctor, a surgeon of some sort. i played around with this idea for a few months....up until last night. somehow the thought of becoming a nurse never crossed my mind. see, i live in a small town, and many of the people here either want to be nurses or get into the music business. for some reason, i just never saw myself as a nurse, i always saw myself as being dr. hamilton and not nurse hamilton. i don't mean to offend anyone when i say this, but when i used to think of a nurse i saw him or her as less than doctors. i know that sounds soooo bad, but that's just what i thought, because that's how a lot of nurses were portrayed. but now that the idea of becoming a nurse has entered into my head, i've done some research last night and early this morning (i went to bed at 6 something am) i actually found this site last night after i googled "medical school vs nursing school" and it led me to a blog post of the same name. up until i decided to become a nurse, i thought that both doctors and nurses went to the same school. that blog post along with another website (http://www.career-opportunities.net/articles/view/different_types_medical_nurses) gave me a much better understanding of nurses and their duties. i'm sorry for ever doubting you lol:). i never even realized they had different schools. i realized that being a nurse might not be so bad after all. i've looked at the different types or nurses, looked up different nursing schools in the state of ga (where i currently live), i even decided that i no longer want to become i doctor (i wasn't 100% on that idea anyway) i would like to pursue a career as a np. but i am honestly confused as to how to do it. one of my questions are: do i need to become a cna before i can become an rn? i think not, but i would love to know for sure and also, because i am working on pre-nursing major with no experience. i am attending georgia military college to get my degree so i can move forward to obtain further degrees. there is a technical college in this town also, that actually trains people to become cnas & rnas, but the credits aren't transferable so i won't be able to get my bsn or my msn with out starting school all over again. i would have to go to school to get my aa degree but would still have to do 4 years of college, then 4 more or grad school. i don't like that idea. at all. another question is, since i am working on my pre-nursing degree at a school that may not offer training, will i still be able to find training at a hospital? if so how would i go about doing this? do i just go in and ask or will they have me doing training at the nursing school at gcsu? (the college i'm transferring to to get my bsn) i'm pretty sure i have more questions than this before i got started typing, but i know for a fact that those were the main ones (i had about 3 or 4) i'll come back when i can remember what the rest of them were. i feel like these are pretty much common sense questions, like i should just know that to do, but i honestly have no idea. once i get started, i'm good to go... i just have to get started. thanks fir any help you can give me!