RainbowHead

Bumping this to hopefully get an answer.

If any of you have read my recent discussions, you'll know I've been trying to get into the CNA program. But I had a thought: if I'm going into the RN program, won't I just learn every thing a CNA would need to learn during the first part? I don't see why I should waste the time and money to learn something I'm going to learn down the road anyway.

I'm not starting until Jan. But I'll be starting my basic English, math and humanities :) So excited.

Wow, that's really something. Maybe there are more hidden costs to online than I thought. Money is an issue for me.

I'll be starting classes (pre-nursing) in the Spring and I've been discussing how to work out my schedule with my partner. We will have a new apartment by Sept 15 and we both work to pay the bills. I may need a second job to pay through my classes which is one reason why I'm only taking two at a time. The second reason is to not overload myself and make good grades. People tell me that online classes give you more flexibility and may be cheaper, yet I've already changed my availability with my manager multiple times for non-school reasons that I'm afraid I will be denied if I don't have a solid schedule to show her that I need a specific day off for study. Since I'm only taking 2 classes a semester, I will only be in class for 5 hours a week, which doesn't sound bad. Any advice?

My friends from high school went into the cosmetology program. I'm going to college and into the nursing field. I pray to God I can meet them again one day at the hair place where they work and casually explain what I do for a living. Meanwhile they are cringing on the inside at their last paycheck. Teehee~! (I'll leave a nice tip)

That's interesting. There is a note right below the list of coursework that needs to be done saying that I can take a Med Term course in addition to the pre-reqs, but it's not required. I'm strongly thinking about taking that, maybe online.

I'm unfamiliar with the career of a DA. But three things that come with a nursing education are growth, flexibility, and variety. (Notice I didn't mention salary)

I'm sitting here trying to think of a way to respond to this. The immensity of the loss and grief those two are living through right now is too great to imagine. I hope they have loved ones to take care of them.

I'll be signing up for the Spring of 2017. Here are the pre-reqs my CC requires before entering the ADN program. Human Anatomy & Physiology I (3 Credits) Human Anatomy & Physiology I LAB (1 credit) Math course with prefix: MAC, MGF or STA (3 credits) Developmental Psychology (3 credits) Principles of Nutrition (3 credits) Human Anatomy & Physiology II (3 credits) Human Anatomy & Physiology II LAB (1 credit) Microbiology (3 credits) Microbiology LAB (1 credit) General Psychology (3 credits) Humanities I, II or III (3 credits) English Composition I (3 credits) Total = 30 credits I only want to take 2 classes at a time (MW) because I will be working 2 part-time jobs 4 days a week. Thursdays are reserved to be my one off day of the week so that I can have time with my boyfriend and family and not drive myself crazy. I was thinking I would take English and Math first. Classes with labs such as A&P should be taken alone since they could be more challenging. Feel free to criticize.

I would work. But I wouldn't be able to as much as I would be through pre-reqs because it would be full-time.

@Sour Lemon, RN I understand. I only plan to take 1-2 pre-reqs per semester. I don't want to overload myself.

This coming spring I'm going to be starting my pre-nursing course work, ideally online. I'm thinking about getting a second job to have deposited directly to my savings account while I take my pre-reqs over the next few years. My boyfriend and I have a joint account to pay the rent, bills, food, etc. and after we have next to nothing, let alone to save. I was thinking if I got another part-time job and saved about 500 a month that I could use it in the future to pay the monthly rent and help carry me through school, because the only option is full-time and there are no part-time programs in my town. Do any of you think this possible?

I think that might be why. Apparently since it's a vocation and not pure education then they don't want to pay for it.

So today was interesting. My boyfriend of two years and I found out that we will be moving into our first apartment next month, both exciting and worrying. I also found out from the school I will be attending that the CNA program I am applying for does not accept any type of financial aid, which I thought was odd. Even if it is a vocational program and doesn't contribute to college credits, I assumed they would at least take a pell grant which I do qualify for. So I need to pay out of pocket. I'm curious, did you have to pay for yours?

I'm just beginning college to start working on my prereqs. I've had anxiety and depression since I was a teenager and my doctor just prescribed me with Prozac medication to better maintain it when it hits me. I'm sure you have to go through a physical before going into the program to make sure everything is right with you and you have to state what kind of medications you are taking. I'm only asking this because I was rejected by the Navy for this and I'm afraid nursing will be the same, and I don't want to waste my time working towards something I won't be able to achieve for something trivial about me instead of my experience and grades.

Get it into your head that when you're going to be in a hospital with lots of lighting, your eyes are going to take it that it's still daytime which will keep you awake. When you are home you can either go to bed that morning or stay up for a while (my stepmom worked nights and she stayed up and set a time for herself to go to sleep to wake up for work). Make sure you use room darkening curtains in your bedroom to trick your brain into thinking it's night so that you'll sleep better.

I didn't know where to post this so I just decided to make it a general topic. Unrelated to nursing, I'm not even in school for my CNA program yet and I'm already having a hard time keeping up with my family. I moved out to live with my boyfriend and his family a few months ago, been working 30-35 hours at Walmart. As much as I want to, it's difficult to make plans with them because there has to be an absolutely perfect time to visit them, and even when there is, plans get canceled because my grandparents have so many doctors appointments to go to and my mom tells me she's always busy (even though she doesn't even have a job). Tonight my grandma called and said she wanted us to come see them. I told her we couldn't because we had already planned to go to dinner at his parents. She said well we could come see them in the morning, and I told her I was going out with my mom for breakfast. She then sounded a little irritated, even when I told her I thought the plan was we were going over to see them tomorrow afternoon. They changed their plans on me and expects me to drop everything else to see them. I don't see what would be wrong with staying in town just one more night like they were going to so that I could see them. It isn't my fault I never get to see them. It isn't my fault they like to change their plans. It isn't my fault I have my own life to live along with having to divide myself between my family members. What's wrong here?

During my middle and high school years my mom would drop hints that I should become a nurse because they are always in demand and have a decent salary. I hadn't given it much thought until my sophomore year when I started doing butt loads of research on different careers more than the average teenager. It became a hobby of mine. The day my grandpa was ambulated to the ER due to kidney failure (which was a VERY close call because he was barely responsive by then) my mom picked me up to go be by his side until my grandma got there. My mom noticed me watching over the nurses with curiosity and asked with a smile, "Do you think you'd want to do that?" When my class had the opportunity to visit the college for orientation, I jumped out of my seat when they called for students interested in the health profession. I was thrilled to be able to venture inside the nursing classroom, creepy dummies in hospital beds and all. As we listened to the speaker the hand of the spiky bright-red haired girl (me) popped up frequently with a question, and another, and another... and then I started to feel strange and realized I was the only one out of 15-20 students asking. I'd look around and see a lot of bored expressions. Hm. That was when I realized if anyone was going to become a nurse, it better be me.

The stresses of being a nurse on top of being a new grad wouldn't be good for you or the baby. Wait until you've given birth so that it will be a more comfortable transition.

Schools may not always require the cert or the exp, but getting a job is getting tougher, even in the nursing field. Hospitals don't like to hire new grads for the lack of exp, and being a CNA while going through school is a major perk to getting your first job, and it also helps with clinicals because you already know how to do most of it and makes you feel more comfortable. Also, in my area I'd actually be earning a dollar more as a CNA than at the job I'm at now.

I am not yet a CNA, but I do work with the public in retail. I have been treated rudely by customers even when I was doing everything in my power to solve the situation. The very first customer who wasn't afraid to let her mouth flap at me was when she was in a hurry one early morning with her two small children. I was new and had been thrown into the self-checkout area without any training. She had finished scanning her items and apparently she didn't know how to use the new version of the credit card. She didn't understand why it wasn't letting her make the payment and proceeded to call me over for help. Again, being I was new I didn't know how to fix it, and she proceeded to be very open-minded with me, saying how this "always happens when I'm in a hurry" and how it was "my fault". I kept apologizing which she kept refusing by telling me I wasn't. I finally got help from my supervisor and we resolved the issue in which she then turned her frustrations onto him (much to my relief, no offence). That is when I learned you can't meet everyone's expectations. As long as you try your best and treat them with respect, you don't have anything to beat yourself up about. The only time I've cried was one I knew I wasn't doing my best and a customer called me out on it.

Nursing school is one of my interests after high school because I had been considering medical school to become a doctor, but realized I do not want to be the one giving orders and would rather carry them out and making things happen for the patient. What draws me to the medical field in general would be an ambition to learn the skills needed to provide medical care and what to do in emergencies which I find very interesting. Some perks would be: there is a nursing school in my hometown (BSN), the education will be cheaper since I don't have to live at a university, a variety of specialties to choose from in my future career as a nurse, and it can provide me the life I want for myself and (possibly) my future family.

I have considered going to school to get my BSN to become a RN. I am in JROTC at my high school and I will probably also want to serve time in the military. I was wondering what would be the best way to become a RN in the military? (Fyi I will probably join the Air Force)

I'm going to become a CNA after a graduate high school to see if I want to become a nurse or not, but I am getting really discouraged from all the stuff nurses say on the internet about how negative the job is. I know nursing has a lot of cons but every job does. Is it really that bad or is it just a matter of attitude? Thanks.