Cakelady1

YES. I really had to speak up during my clinicals. I had to volunteer, ask "May I do that for you?", etc. It wasn't that the CNA I shadowed wasn't doing a good job, it's just that she was so busy trying to get everything done that I'm sure it was ...

Check your sonography program carefully. I looked into it, and the ones around me require a 2 year degree in a medical field (nursing, respiratory therapy, etc) first or a 4 year Bachelor's in Biology, etc. There are no CNA programs online. It's ...

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Hmm. Kansas only has a written test? CO has both a skills test and a written test.

I can't speak for every CO program, but my program (I am also in CO) requires a Colorado Board of Nursing CNA License. So, they specify that it has to be Colorado's. You need to check with your program of choice and find out if it has to be a CO CN...

It will take me two years. On purpose. I really cannot go to nursing school full time until my daughter is in school. So, I am taking my time with my prerequisites.

I'm getting an ADN *and* a BSN at the same time. For me, it's more financially responsible. My schools work together with a dual enrollment program. I can take some BSN courses while I'm working on my ADN, and after my ADN is completed it will be ...

I'm 35. I have always wanted to go to nursing school. But, I had to work while my husband was getting his Master's Degree. Then we had the kids - and that took a long time due to my fertility issues. Then I was a stay-at-home mom, which is a wonde...

$120K is what many people owe on their mortgage. How will you pay for housing after you graduate and those loans come due? Rent or a mortgage, PLUS a student loan payment equivalent to another house/apartment payment? My husband makes good money, ...

$16,000 for my ADN. $8,000 additional for my ADN to BSN program. My ADN program has a 98% NCLEX pass rate. I will have the same degree as you for $24K total by the time my BSN is completed. $24K vs. $120K. Needless to say, I feel $120K is absurd.

The answer is no. It is always, always no.

Cannot.stop.laughing.

I have a friend who is a CNA. She allows people to call her a nurse. She doesn't dissuade them. It irritates me because she allows the misconception. But I don't say anything. I'm not a nurse yet, either. I have only finished my CNA prerequisit...

I figured. Odd, though. I never had any homework during my CNA course, unless you count going into the skills lab to practice before the state test.

Mainly, I think of conditions that are named after the people who first discovered them or were first diagnosed with them, etc.

My family is pretty supportive. They have to be because I can be scary when you double cross me, haha. My husband asked once, when I asked him to pick up our son from his track meet because I had to be on campus early to meet with financial aid; if...

For my program, acceptance is weighed according to: Grades (#1) - and not only science, but for all prerequisites HESI score (#2) Then little "brownie points" such as: Hospital volunteer, CNA work, EMT work, etc. NA certification is a requirement ...

It's taking me 2 years to knock mine out, too - that is including summers. I have to take beginner's math before I can take the math pre-req. I have to take Bio 101 before I can take the *two* A&P classes required for my program. I have to tak...

Another nurse I worked with got engaged..she was insistant she was going to wear her ring all the time. One night I looked at her ring and the stone was gone! We had no idea when it was lost in the shift or even where to start looking. We searched hi...

I don't know why I never realized that even a plain, flat band could be an infection control problem. I was planning to get such a ring to wear to nursing school/clinicals/work. Guess I should forgo that idea. I learned something new today. I love...

Around $11/hour here in the Denver Metro. (From what I've been told, anyway. Haven't started working as one yet.)

My dream job is to be a Nurse Practitioner specializing in Reproductive Endocrinology (Infertility.) If I'm pretty burned out after nursing school, I'm okay with being a Fertility Nurse and not pursuing additional education to be an NP. During all o...

My experience is minimal, as I have (so far) only "worked" as a CNA during my CNA clinical. So you might completely want to disregard what I have to say, but please read. The first day was, to put it mildly, rough. I got in my car and cried. I fel...

Yes, you need to do it. But make it a BLS.

HESI for mine.