RNhopeful21

How do you get a job at a hospital being a CNA? How competitive is it?

That makes me angry. I just applied for an ADN program. It is VERY competitive and it's a great school, you learn so much! I hate to say this, but I am graduating with an associates degree in human services in May and I don't have the money to do another four years of schooling. The ADN program I applied to is inexpensive because it is a community college. If they enact this law I don't know what I will do. I would most likely go to be a CNA or LPN and go from there.

Not sure downstate, but I know of a few upstate (Near Albany region) there is Morrisville or Hartwick. But Hartwick is rather expensive. Both offer BSN though.

Okay all so I have been seeing many questions about a BSN vs. ADN. I was planning on attending a community college near me for an associates in Nursing and they are accredited and it is a very competitive school. I know everyone keeps saying on here to just go for the BSN, but this school is pretty cheap compared to other programs and I can afford it, I can't afford the BSN programs near me. I know there are RN jobs in my area and they only require an associates and then some experience in your position. Should I just try for my associates? I also know CNA's are in demand in my area, once place about 30 minutes from my house starts CNA's at 14.40 an hour and they hire them all the time. What would you do? I'm just so confused now on whether I should go for 2 years or 4 years or what. And I will be graduating in May with an associates in human services. Help?

I think it depends on the area just like others have said. I searched my area just now for RN jobs and found 4 in my area. Then I searched an area that is an hour away from me and found 66 RN jobs there. I am from New York, and not downstate, I live upstate near Albany.

My marks are good too, I have a 3.9 GPA and when I told the pre-nursing advisor this, he said that was great and once they confirm it, I should get in, but I may be wait-listed because they only have 30 seats available and they are first come first serve and tend to fill fast so we shall see! Good luck!

I think it depends on the area, I know near me in Albany new york it's about $45. hr on their job posting site, however in Cooperstown, NY it is somewhat lower and is a smaller area.

It depends on the school but I have taken 2 separate sociology courses at my school and they were very easy. We didn't have a lot of papers, just study and read the book to get the sociological perspectives right.

So I applied for nursing school for Fall 2012. I will graduate from my current college in May and then hopefully transfer for the nursing program. I am missing one of the prereqs which is A&P. So I called the school and talked to a pre-nursing advisor and he said that if that is the only prereq not met I can take it with nursing 101 and I won't have to do the pre-nursing program. He also said based on what I told him about my grades I should get in, but I may be wait-listed because they only have 30 seats and they may be full already. I just asked my high school and current college to send my transcripts, so he said I should know by the end of the month, or the beginning of next month. So since I have sent everything in, now it's just playing the waiting game!

Hello all! I am currently attending college majoring in child and family services, I plan on graduating in May and then transferring to a community college to get a degree in nursing. But I wanted to ask all of you...what made you pick nursing? What clicked inside and made you say "that is what I want to do!".. Well for me, my brother passed away in 2008 when I was 17 years old 6 days after his own birthday. Ever since then something clicked and I wanted to help people. I'll never forget the nurses that worked in the ICU with my brother. They kept our spirits up and were so helpful and answered all our questions. They even said he was cute and fought over who would give him a sponge bath which made us chuckle. They were such a blessing...and for me I want to be a part of that. Even though my brother passed on, those nurses tried their hardest to keep our spirits up. I want to help other families. I want them to have the experience we had. So anyways, what "pulled" you all to nursing?

Hi everyone, I am currently attending a state school majoring in Child and Family services. I graduate in May and then I plan on transferring to a community college to get my nursing degree. Since an associates in nursing is becoming obsolete according to some of you, will my child and family services degree help me in getting a job at all? Then I would have two degrees under my belt.

I plan on calling them but they are closed for the holidays right now and re-open on the 3rd. I plan on calling them then. I want to see if some of my credits will transfer too. If they do (my freshman foundation class, math, composition, sociology and psychology) then I will have all the prereqs done except the A&P1. And on their site it says they have a pre-nursing for those that do not have the prereqs so I am assuming they would stick me in that and my first semester would be only A&P since everything else would be met. We'll see! I hope not because that would entail another semester, which I really don't want to do, but if that's what it takes to get my nursing degree then so be it!

Hello all! I am currently enrolled at a State School in NY majoring in Child and Family Services. I plan on transferring once I graduate in May to a community college for nursing. I am a tad confused though. These are the pre-req's they have for their program: [h=3]Prerequisites:[/h] High School Regents Level Chemistry with lab, Regents score of 70 or high school score of 70 within 10 years of admission to first Nursing course. College-level chemistry with a grade of C or higher. Appropriate math placement test score, MA 45 or MA 050 or college-level math grade of C or better. Anatomy & Physiology 1 (BI106) GPA 2.85 current. I took chem in high school and passed the regents as well as the class with better than a 70 so that is met, for math I took 112 at my current school and 111 was introductory math so that is met and I have a 3.93GPA so that is met. I am confused because it says a pre-req is A&P 1, but when you look here: Degree Programs | MVCC | Mohawk Valley Community College (their nursing degree, not pre-nursing) it says they recommend taking A&P 1, the same class as they have listed as a pre req for the nursing program your first semester. How can it be a pre req and be a suggested course your first semester for nursing? If I am accepted, can I follow the suggested route of action for nursing or do I need to just take A&P first, then get into the program? Hope this makes sense! :]

Grats! Hoping I get in too!

It seems like that is what everyone keeps saying. That nursing school in itself is not hard on the academic side, it is just very time consuming because you have clinical and other classes to keep up with and it is so much to learn in a short amount of time.