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Thank you for your response rizzy81 =) I heard the tuition at MSMC was around $50,000. Have you decided which school to attend? Do you have any information about the College of Nursing and Allied Health School?

Hi Paige, You should definitely become a CNA first so you can start to experience what you are getting into. Once you start to work in the hospital, you will deal with many patients. You will learn time management and you will see how nurses work. Once you have worked as a CNA for quite some time, you will get more comfortable at your work environment and would eventually want to advance if you really like your work. Sometimes things are scary in the beginning, but you got to take a deep breath and just do the best you can. You say you don't want to make a mistake, then before you act double check and even triple check everything. Unsure of something, just ask one of your coworkers, you are not alone. I know in hospitals you deal with many patients, ask someone to help you until you can handle it all by yourself. I know many great nurses that started off as CNA's. I really believe they are better nurses than a new grad nurse without experience. They had experienced the pros and cons of being a nurse and have learned from those experiences. Once you have worked as a CNA, why not go straight and become an RN? That is where you are headed anyways :) I believe you can be a great nurse someday because of your compassion for wanting to help people.:yeah:I wish you all the best in your nursing career and I hope everything turns out great :) I hope this advice helped a little :)

Thanks for informing me:). The state where the schools are located in is at California.

I am currently at a community college and taking my prerequisites for nursing. I have been informed that applying to a community college might be a challenge so I am looking at private schools as another option. I came across two private schools that I thought were great schools, College of Nursing and Allied Health and Mount St Mary (Doheny). Which school do you think is best? Thank you :)