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I thought the same thing, at first. I now work as a CNA in a nursing home and I love it. I think it's very well worth it. You get to provide direct patient care on a daily basis, work around nurses all day and learn. I live in Louisiana and I get paid 9.25 for weekends. Around here, you can pretty much get any shift you want. Nights, weekends only, 12 hour shifts. It definitely works around school and family time.

Hi! I currently work weekends only at a local nursing home, I work 16 hr shifts. I am refreshing my math skills so i can pass the entrance test for the LPN program. It starts in January. Have any of you worked weekends only and attended school? I have a 2 year old so I probably won't get much studying done until she sleeps at night, then on the weekends I will be working my butt off! So I'm just looking for words of encouragement or some tips on how you worked and went to school full time. I really enjoy my job and don't want to quit!

Ok, well i'm going to give them a call today and see what I can do. Thanks so much for the information!

I'm in the same boat, I cannot really put work off for that long, and I know the RN program is tough. I have a child and work, and really think the LPN route would be best for me now, and eventually RN. I liked the fact about delta because their classes were 4 days a week, 8-3. What is the schedule like at CATC? And the waiting list? There is a LTC closer to me, in gonzales but there is a year wait list.

I'm going to meet with someone from Delta college of arts and technology later this week about the LPN program there. I'm in louisiana, and the program is 15 months and cost 22,000. Lately, as the appointment is getting closer and closer, im starting to reconsider my options. $22,000 is expensive it seems like for an LPN program. The school is accredited, but i'm still not sure if the lpn credits will transfer over to an lpn-rn bridge program. Has anyone ever attended Delta? I would love to hear opinions on the school and what not. Right now, I'm thinking in the long run, attending BRCC for the RN program would be a better idea, and less expensive.