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I have never been a ST, but I have worked in the OR. Scrub techs do make less than nurses and are more limited to the OR, but many scrub techs that I have encountered seem to enjoy their jobs. If you have an interest in becoming an OR RN, then being a scrub tech would be a great background.

I used u-world and found it to be very helpful and the questions were more similar to the nclex than any other questions I encountered. How well are you doing on the u-world questions? If you are having trouble, I would extend your U-world. If you are doing well then you may be fine to test. Good luck!

Goodluck! MTSU is a great school.

To me the extra one year it takes to get the bachelors is worth it. Employers prefer the bachelors degree, and if you ever decide to advance your career (mgmt, masters, etc), you will already have the bachelors degree. I went to MTSU so I am not very familiar with TSU or APSU's programs. I loved MTSU though. I hear better things about APSU than TSU. If you decide to go for the associates Motlow has a great program. Good luck! :)

I started working in a hospital as my first job as a CNA. It is possible, at least in my area (TN). The best advice I can give you is apply apply apply! I applied to multiple jobs at every hospital within an hour of me, and only got one interview. A lot of times it is luck of the draw; if you continuously apply to jobs you will eventually come across one where the staffing is so low that they are willing to take a chance on you. The other advice I would give you is be as professional as possible. Since you do not have CNA work experience yet, focus your resume on nursing clinicals and your experiences gained from those. The nurse manager I interviewed with loved hearing about my CNA clinicals and the fact that I was in nursing school. Hospitals oftentimes like to hire CNAs that can eventually become RNs. Good luck!!!