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What is the point of this posting. I can truly say that some RN's are the same way as aides. Some times RN's think they don't have to do anything. When I was on shift yesterday I saw two RN's on the internet shopping for watches and cameras!!! I couldn't believe this. Our unit was extremely busy and the Nurse wasn't going to bathe any of her patients because she was to busy spending her money on the internet. I think this issue goes both ways. Aides are treated very poorly in the medical field. I know for a fact that some RN's think that they don't know nothing else and have no degrees like them. I'm so sick of this!! Our patients lives are at stake because no one can work as a team. I know some units in my hospital work in groups (nursing teams). Can someone post something about RN's they are human to not GODS!!!

Hello Selly, Thank you so much for the reply. I'm sorry to hear about how expensive this country is getting. I lived in Brindisi, Italy for almost five years and I loved every moment. I even had a daughter in Brindisi her name is Cinzia. I love this country to death. I love the food, people and shopping. I wanted to become a Nurse all of my life and now that my kids are getting older I wanted to do some traveling as a Nurse. I still would like to do some traveling in the United States, because I haven't seen all of the states. I also wanted to do some international travel and hopefully take some courses so I can learn how to speak the language better. I want my family to see this part of Europe. Italy is so wonderful. I do know from experience that living in the southern part was a lot cheaper. I just want to buy a small villa and be able to come and visit when I want to. I have been dreaming this for years and I think I will be able to live that dream. Do you know of any websites that I can look at on buying or renting to own in Italy. Please write me again. Are you currently living there? Talk to you soon Carla

Hello Everyone, Today I take the ATI for the an LVN program that starts in Feb. I'm also register to take classes again this Winter quarter to keep working towards by BSN. I want to do the LVN program, but I will really lose focus of what my ULTIMATE goal is. I want that degree. I'm a single mother of eight children and need the degree to make a better living for my family (wish I would of thought about that before I got married and had children) It has been such a struggle raising a large family. I have for many years work many different jobs to keep my family afloat, but I just interview for a position that would help me out with my ULTIMATE goal. I interview for a PCA positon in oncology. My mother just died of cancer in July and I think this would be a great opportunity to help people with this disease. I have so much to give in the field of Nursing. Since being a mother of eight I learned how to appreciate everyday. I learned how to hold on to the moments even when times are tough. I know that I can share this with others. I hope and pray I get this position. I really need the work!! Please keep me in your prayers about this job and pray for me that I make good decisions. GOD BLESS to ALL

WOW, it sounds like my CNA instructor. I couldn't wait to get done. I also attend a University for my BSN. I had a very bad experience getting my CNA cert. I was told by my instructor that I had dyslexia and she also told our class that we were the worst class she ever had. She gave us a lot of encouragement. It was the worst experience of my entire health experience. I just wanted to give you a little advice. If you are planning on continuing your education into Nursing, CNA is not a bad way to get started. I think you will learn a lot. STICK IT OUT!!!!!!! You only have 2 more wks. I wish you all the luck.

Thanks so much for replying to my posting. I really think I need to stick to this BSN program(it's not a ADN). I really need to finish my education. I think that taking on a LVN program would not be worth it. I really don't want to keep going back and forth to school. I'm getting old for this. Thank you for your advice. Our you currently an RN? write back.

I really need some help making the right decison. I'm working towards getting my RN license, but I'm torn between going into LVN school this February. I STILL haven't even finished my pre nursing classes, so i would be able to apply to the RN program in Fall of 2008. The LVN program is an 18 month program and I could start working right away. I'm a single mom of five. I really had eight children, but three are all grown up. I just got my CNA certification and i can't seem to find a job with that. i have not been working at all for two years, things have been pretty tight for us. I feel like crap when I know that my car will probably be gone in the next couple of days, because I couldn't afford to make the payment. I had enough money to keep the rent and all other important bills. I feel like such a failure. My kids will probably not have Christmas this year. I did go on some interviews and one job hired me, but since I was related to someone that works for them they turned away and didn't hire me. I really need to make good solid choices in the next few months. I know this might sound so irresponsible of me to let things go this far, but believe me I feel bad for all that has happen in my life. My schooling RN schooling is paid for, but the LVN will have to come out of my pocket. I have always wanted to be a Nurse professional. I love this career. I just need to make the decision on weather I should just take the LVN route and start working for my family. Please give me some feed back please. I take the ATI-TEAS on December 18th for the LVN. I know i will get in. My nursing director said that if I go the LVN to RN route that will only cut off two quarters for my RN. I also heard that once I get my LVN I might be able to clep the NCLEX. Clep meaning testing out of it to get my RN license. Help me !!!!

This question is boring. If you are to worried about your age maybe you shouldn't purse CRNA. AGE IS NOT A FACTOR!! JUST GO FOR IT

don't give in to all the negative. i'm 42 and sometimes feel like i'm too old to be doing this. i also have eight children and never thought in my wildest dream i would be caring for all my kids alone. i just finished a cna class today and will be taking my certification saturday. i also attend california state college. i feel pretty blessed that i have the ability do what i want to do. i have been put down so much trying to pursue this line of work that it only is going to make me a stronger woman. i know it will make you stronger too. i just lost the most important person in my life (my mother) she has always told me i could do anything and now that she is not here i have no one to tell me that. i just want you to know that i'm here for you and that no matter what age you have to pursue your dream to be a nurse. learn all you can. i will keep going for my kids and my dream. carla

I also have been looking for work. I have been a stay-at-home single mom for a very long time. I have no training in any field. I want to work part-time also and finish up my Nursing. I have eight children and I still have five to raise. I rely on my 16 and 15 year old to help me take care of the younger ones. It has been quite hard finding a job that will work around my schedule. It has been diffcult!!!! Good Luck Carla

Hello Everyone, I really love this website. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. Well, I started my education at local community college, getting a AA in liberal arts. I wanted to get my ASN degree,but went ahead and applied to a California State School. I have been attending that school ever since, but, I do have to say that I experienced a lot of hardship along the way. I'm really ready to go forward and try to become a Nurse. I have always wanted to do this line of work. Okay, now I want to go forward this year and make a change. I want to complish some educational goals. I feel like I have been trying to be a Nurse for so long.... My family has suffer a bit. I'm a single mom who has no work experience and i want to get educated so I can prove to my kids that education is important. Well, I registered for a Adult school program that if I passed the test in October I will be able to get in to the LVN program in February. I also passed a test to get into an LVN program in August 28th. The August 28th school (summit career college) is a 28,000 dollar school and the Adult school is only 3,000. I wanted to finish faster, but I don't think faster will be better for me. I'm older and it takes me a while to comprehend . I want to be the best Nurse I can be. I plan on attending the Adult school. I also would need a cna certification before entering into a program. I found a ROP school that would only cost $120 dollars to take the CNA training. I was so suprise that it was so cheap. I also finish taking classes at the Cal state school so I can bridge over and finish with my RN. I also would like to teach someday and would like to get some classes out of the way. Can anyone tell me if I can take A&P and Microbio online. I have 5 kids and it make a world of difference when I can work at home. I also would like to know if anyone has some advice about LVNto RN programs online. Thanks for your time

Miss Ivy, Thank you so much for your reply. I will not let no one get in the way of my dreams. Today, I had a meeting with my department of rehabilitation couselor. He told me that Nursing would not be a good career choice for me since I have a learning disability and hearing impairment. My contract with them was to finish my BSN, but I wanted to work in the field while I try to complete my BSN. My counselor signed me up for LVN Adult school program, which you have to have a CNA and take a Basic Medical Class. Well, since June I have been taking care of my mother who was dying of ovarian cancer. My mother passed away on July 20th and we buried her on July 27, 2007. Since all of this i have trying to keep my counsleor and his supervisior informed about my personal situation. Well to make along story short I went into his office this morning to let him know that I was going to take on another program, because of the amount of time miss in the Adult school basic medical class. I walk in there and he just attacked me saying that with my learning disability I would never make it and telling me that my life has to much stress and I wasn't smart enough to become a Nurse. :angryfire I was sooo upset. He also told me that because I didn't complete the Basic medical class that it showed that I had no interest in it. I told him that my mother just passed away and you were informed about everything. He just kept telling me that I should look into truck driving, cooking and cleaning. He also said that this field would completly stress me out. I understand that nursing is not for everyone, but I love to work with people and there are many other things that I can do with a degree in Nursing. I can teach, which I really would like to do. I'm so upset right now so please forgive me it my grammar is not perfect. I just want to tell you that I will become a Nurse and it's people like you that really motivate me to keep going. Thank You!!

Hello Everyone, Hopefully I will be starting LVN school on August 28th. I have been attending a local state college since 2005. I really wanted to start working as a LVN, before I try to get my BSN. I decided to get into this local vocational school to get my LVN. How demanding is the LVN program? I know with any program that it will have it's demands, but I was just wondering if this would create a problem if I took on a pt job. I'm so nervous about starting this program. I have six kids to raise and i'm just not making it on 1,093.00 a month. Before I was divorced I stayed home to raise my children and now I have to get training or something to get a better job. I have been wanting to become a Nurse for many years, but what's scary is that I'm in my 40's. I'm still raising children. My youngest is 9. I have eight children total. I know with many of you on this website that getting an LVN is not like having a RN. I also would like to know if anyone would tell me if they are really phasing out LVN in California. I live in California. I live in the Inland Empire. I really would like to someday move to a much better area. I want to know if there is room to grow as an LVN. I will continue and get my BSN, but I need to be working in a marketable career. I also have very little support. My mother just died of cancer and I helped take care of her. She was the biggest support in my life. I really would like to get to know some of you people on this website. All of us will need encouragement and support in anything we do. Please if anyone could give me some feedback on becoming an LVN I would appreciate it. GOD BLESS AND GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

I wanted to get some informaiton on moving to Italy as a Nurse. It has been a dream of mine to own a home and work in this country. I want to make my dreams come true. I was wondering if anyone knows what I need to do to make this happen for my family. I will be finishing my education in California and then I would like to move. The only reason why I stayed so long in California was because of my MOM. My mother passed away on July 20, 2007 and her funeral will be this Friday. She wanted me to become a Nurse and live my dreams. I took care of her in her last days. I loved caring for her and I know I would enjoy working with others. I know people can be extremely diffcult, but I know that I can handle this line of work. I want to start making plans for myself and kids. I'm a single mom. I know that anything is possible with alot of hard work. In my younger years I lived in Brindisi Italy and raised to of my children Andranii and Cinzia. Cinzia was born in Brindisi!! I love the people and the lifestyle. I also would like to have a home in California. I was raised in California and Love It. If anyone can give me some advice about what I need to do I would appreciate it. thanks

Thank you!! It has been very diffcult.

Thank you!!! I will be taking a lot of time off from the University. I will be working on my LVN, so that I can start working as a LVN. I really need to get the RN. I really love people. I help my mother with her illness and watched her take her last breath. It was hard!!!!

Thank you so much for your reply. YOU ARE RIGHT!!! I need to stop all of this. I really need to all the memories that we shared. Thank you so much for your reply

My mother died this past Friday July the 20th. I have been feeling empty. My mother was my biggest support. She wanted the best for all 12 of her children. I know she would of been proud of me in what ever I decide to do. I could of been a circus clown and she still would of been proud. I WILL MISS HER SO MUCH!!!! What sucks is that I have been in school for many years and never really got myself together. I have eight children and have raised three of them. I have been trying to get that Nursing degree for sometime now. I really haven't been able to go full time because of the amount of children I have. I'm also a single person. I don't want any one to feel sorry for me, because I have made the decisions myself. I'm going to go into an lvn program this August because I really need to work. I take the entrance exam tommrow and the program will begin August. This will be my ticket out of this dump that I'm living in. My mother funeral is on Friday and couldn't even afford to get her flowers or anything. This really sucks. I can't even get my kids that clothes they need to go the funeral. I really feel bad. Well thanks to whoever reads this I need to vent and I feel terrible and ashame of myself.

This posting is great. Today I signed up for the CNA program at the Red Cross it goes from July 3 to the 31st. I have been attending a state college for a while and thought I would get some experience in the Nursing field. I'm also going to try to get into the LVN program in Dec. The LVN program will be at the Adult school. It really affordable for me. I will still continue going to the state college to get my classes out of the way for the RN. Carla

Well, I would like to say that they told my daughter she could complete the LVN program through Job Corp and then they denied her. She said that their is a lot of favortism in the program. This program is not for everyone. I also think they are a little racist.

It's posting like yours that keeps me going. Are you an RN now?

I'ts so weird that I seen this message this morning. I'm going through the same thing as you. I'm going to be 42 years old in June and I'm a single mother of eight. I'm raising the reminder of my children which is seven and another child will be eighteen in Oct. I have been struggling with the fact that in June I will be the big 42 and I'm still not a Nurse. I have begun my venture on trying to reach my goal. I find that I have so many obstacles that I have in order to get there (my mother has cancer, my ex getting arrested for molestation in other county and going through court again after ten years, making sure my children will never see their father again and to top it off the Department of Social Service became involved). The molestation charges had nothing to do with my children, it was his girlfriends kids. The Dept of Childrens Services want to make sure my kids are safe. I'm currently taking classes at a local Cal State school. I LOVE SCHOOL!!! I try everyday to keep my head above water, just like you I will be taking on an 18 month program. I was thinking that maybe this would be to much for me and my family. I think my thinking gets the best of me and that's why I haven't reached my goal. I will start in Dec (LVN). I'm working toward my BSN, but I will probably not graduate until 2010. I will still remain taking class at the state school and keep furthering myself with education. I would like to someday teach Nursing to the college age. Please don't give up pursue what you want and don't let your mind think other wise. You sound like a bright and smart person. I think age is something we has woman will always have to deal with no matter what our occupation is. Please let me know what you decide. I would really like to know. As for me I will start the LVN program and I will continue taking classes until I reach my goal. I don't work, but I sure wish I would of started earlier in life. i could be working right now.

I have two daughters who have their cna license. My oldest is 20 and the other is 19. My 19 year old is working in Rehab at Loma Linda University Medical Center. I would support your daugher in whatever she wants to do. Have her take a cna course and let her work so she can get a feel for the profession. You say she is young and shy!! Well maybe she might just bloom like a flower when she become a nurse. IT's TIME TO LET HER DECIDE. I also have a 17 year old who will be graduating in June. She is going to New York to become a CHEF. God Bless and good luck to you.

Hello to everyone!! I will be starting an LVN program this year through an Adult School and the cost is much lower then everyone else pays. I will be paying 2,700. It's a 18 month program. I can't afford to take any student loans out. I'm currently taking classes at a california state school. I wanted to do a quick program, but I wouldn't pay that kind of money for a LVN program. I'm currently trying to enter the BSN program. I wouldn't be done until 2010. I want to start working for my family. I have been struggling badly, so I decided to get enrolled at the adult school. I will continue taking classes at my local California state college. I want my bachelors so bad. My lvn program starts in dec and I will have plenty of time to organize my life. This lvn program is requiring you to have a cna or Medical assistant certification. I will probably be going to the American Red Cross for this certification. The Red Cross has a 21 day program. I wouldn't be taking classes in the summer.

I really don't have any training in any field. I would like to get something that at least pays a good salary. I do have my training paid for and would like to get into something that I can feel good about. I wanted to be a nurse because I enjoy the interaction with people. I really don't think it's for me now. I have been in school forever and I do have to support my family (single parent). I have been making a lot of stupid mistakes along the way (retaking classes) and I'm still not getting the grades that I work so hard for. I just don't know what to do with the rest of my life. I know right now my main priority is my children. I have eight children and only six at home. My daughter Janay turns 18 this october and will be graduating in June. I have spent so much time trying to become a Nurse. I'm currently in MicroBio and also finishing up my capstone classes (4 extra classes in each discipline). I'm so tried of talking about the Nursing field. I just don't know anymore!! I need to get some training in a field that I will make some money and enjoy it. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.