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  1. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No I did not default on student loans. I am chipping away at minimal payments with my measly CNA salary. I had to pay for daycare for two kids for three years while doing pre reqs and working. Also...

  2. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    IMHO having an EFC of 0 is not a real hardship. You can make around 30k a year as a single person and still have an EFC of 0. Working full time as a CNA pays less than that! Hardships are the other...

  3. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had to take out loans to pay for my kids daycare when doing pre-reqs due to my controling ex (he would not watch our kids and he used my name for various things so I would not qualify for subsidized...

  4. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Working on these essays is a challange! There are so many things I want to talk about but so little words to use! I wish I knew an English professor to help me

  5. What else should I do to get a job as a PCA?

    DarkLotus replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    For the interview is scrubs issue: What if you just come off of a shift and have an interview? Do you change into dress clothes in the car or bathroom or is it acceptable to apologize for you...

  6. BSU Fall 2012 Hopefuls

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    robyn: never mind my question on the other thread you answered it here:) I really hope we both get in this fall! What classes are you taking now? Or this summer? NewSN13: What is the schedule like? Is...

  7. Boise State

    DarkLotus replied to IDalove's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks robyn! Do you still have your textbook? I'm taking the online section this summer! And I'm either taking Spanish or French online too but I haven't decided which.... I'm signed up for Spanish...

  8. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So do you think I have a chance at getting the scholarship? I am a single mom and work as a CNA. I have only had my job for a week. I just got out of a domestic violence relationship and am on...

  9. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not sure, I just use 'character count' in the word processor I am writing in to figure out how many letters I have

  10. 2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

    DarkLotus replied to MarkTX's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Would writing an essay about caring for a immigrant with no family in the US who was at a LTC facility on Medicaid be considered writing about serving a disadvantaged

  11. BSU Fall 2012 Hopefuls

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I can't believe I'm the only BSU applicant on all nurses! I have moved to Boise and have a job as a home health PCA. Hopefully it will keep me busy enough that the next two weeks of waiting won't...

  12. What else should I do to get a job as a PCA?

    DarkLotus replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    No tips because you're ahead of me career wise! I just got my first home health job as a CNA. However I wanted to say congratulations and best

  13. Home Health

    DarkLotus posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So I have been applying for many CNA/PCA jobs in my area. However I can not find a job at a facility because they all want me there by 6:00am and I can not find a daycare that does not have a waitlist...

  14. Am I being low balled?

    DarkLotus replied to afink87's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was just offered a home health care PCA job for $9/hr and I am going to accept it just to get experience and have something to put on my resume! I'm hoping to find a CNA job that pays $11 in a...

  15. Home Health

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for the feedback! I am kind of nervous about going into other peoples homes. I think I will find it hard to focus on the client instead of things like cleaning up clutter or caring for/playing...

  16. Help choosing a CNA school in WA state?!

    DarkLotus replied to CharrlieRed's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you can commute to Tacoma check out CPTC! They have one of the highest pass rates. They also offer a LPN program with a waitlist so you can do your pre-reqs while doing the cna class (it is three...

  17. Anyone been a PCA for "security checks"??

    DarkLotus replied to stigrl's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    If *I* was offered any job at a hospital that required a CNA and I was avaliable for the shift, I would take

  18. Out Of State Tuition

    DarkLotus posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just moved to a new state for various reasons and applied to the nursing progarm at the local university without realizing how much out of state tuition would be. In state tuition is aobut 6k a year...

  19. Hubby will not support my decision to return to school

    DarkLotus replied to Lola34's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    *hug* I could have written this three times over. See my first post here if you're curious. Anyways if he wants to keep a loving caring relationship with you, your carreer should have no impact on...

  20. Any CNA's with dreadlocks, I have a few questions:)

    DarkLotus posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am curious if those of you with dreadlocks have faced any difficulties in finding jobs or fitting the professional image required. Do you wear a head covering while at work? I do not have locks...

  21. Summer Classes at New University

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks for the suggestion. I agree Spanish would be the most practical. Taking three academic courses over the summer session seems like it might be too stressful so I am thinking taking a fun seminar...

  22. Summer Classes at New University

    DarkLotus posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So this fall I hope to start a BSN program. I haven't heard from admissions yet, but I'm planiing for the best! To take the program there are two courses that are not considered nursing courses but...

  23. Nurses with dreadlocks

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    Having had a few sets of dreads in the past I have found the comments on here insightful and hilarious. Right now My head looks like those frzzy rodent - homeless person type of dreads! But in a...

  24. Nurses with dreadlocks

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    I have always had the 'second kind' of dreads obtained by neglect and washing with soap every other day. This time around I will be back combing and hopfully look a little nicer. I plan to wear scarfs...

  25. Nurses with dreadlocks

    DarkLotus replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your first hand experience:) I hope to go into either labor and delivery and become a midwife or work in an emergency department. I usually cut my locks off every two to four years so I...