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Hi. I also graduated from Gordon's nursing program in 2002 and was a nontraditional student, as I was 40 when I returned to school. It had been 23 years since I had taken any kind of class. I enjoyed every minute of it though, even though it was stressful. It took me a year and a half to complete my core classes, taking night classes and summer classes. You will love the nursing instructors, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Purvis, Mrs. Wright, they are the greatest. As far as book prices, expect to dish out plenty for them. I bought several of mine from http://www.half.com, an ebay website that offers used books from private sellers. You can access the required book listings for each class from Gordon's web site. Get the UPS # (I printed out a copy of the book listings with UPS #), type that into your search on half.com, and viola, if anyone has that particular book for sale, it's usually way cheaper than a new one. Also, toward the end of each semester, check the bulletin boards in the different buildings on campus, students at the college will post their used books for sale. And if I knew of someone who was taking a class that I would be taking the next semester, I offered to buy their book. This worked on several occasions. Just be careful with fall semester, this is the time that books are changed to updated editions. I hope I'm making sense, if not feel free to question me. The best of luck to you!! And be prepared to study, study, study. You will eat, drink, and sleep school, I did for 3 1/2 years. Hang in there, the medical field is desparate for nurses!

Hi Leeyon. Try the website http://www.teachgeorgia.org which list school job openings for the state of GA, including nursing positions. You might also contact your local board of education for information.

SRBear, do I feel your pain.........and amusement at this point!! Like you I am in Georgia and was excited when I took a HH position, thinking that it would be much easier than a hosp staff job. Didn't take me long to find out that there was a lot more to it than just seeing patients one on one in the home. I loved the patient visits, but the continous paperwork is what done me in. Just couldn't stomach filling out one more OASIS. The '9-5' job turned into 10-12 hour days, after driving an average of 100 miles/day and trying to stay abreast of filling out form after form. The agency I was hired by was also sold 3 months after I started, just at the point I was becoming comfortable with the paperwork and agency policies. New agency had new paperwork and policies, which included having to code diagnoses. AGGRR!! I would have loved this job if I had had an LPN position, NO OASIS to fill out. I just wanted to be a nurse, not a secretary. Anyway, I left after six months, and gained my life back. I cannot imagine being thrust into the position you find yourself in. Sounds like way more responsibility than you're trained/experienced for at this point. I was told it takes a long time to learn HH, found that to be very true, and in your case a month on the job doesn't even begin to break you in to the job. I would RUN from this job........like yesterday. Way too much stress involved. And I admire you for sticking it out as long as you have.