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  1. CNA first than RN program?

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to bwimfutureRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just finished my CNA certification because my school gives an extra point in their points system to get into the RN program if you are a CNA. I decided that I wanted some experience in the medical...

  2. Anyone else totally burnt out?

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to Cnala's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Is there some other field you can find a position that pays comparably so that you don't have to stay working as a CNA for another year while you get through school? It sounds like you really need to...

  3. Brand new CNA - tips?

    Laura_G_in_ID posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just finished my CNA certification, and I got hired on at a local hospital on the float pool. I'm super excited about this, because being in a hospital offers much more variety than being at a...

  4. Brand new CNA - tips?

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to Laura_G_in_ID's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thank you for the excellent tips! I start orientation next week. I'm super excited and a little nervous. I am no stranger to hard work, and I'm an outgoing person who likes to make friends of...

  5. No experience & No job history

    Laura_G_in_ID posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am 39 years old, and I haven't worked outside my home for the last 21+ years. I've been a stay-at-home mother. I have been in school the last two years working on pre-reqs for the nursing program...

  6. No experience & No job history

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to Laura_G_in_ID's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The things I listed were exhaustive, and not geared towards any particular job. I wanted to have all these items compiled so I could draw on the ones I wanted for whatever job I was applying. I...

  7. Suggestions for a wannabe?

    Laura_G_in_ID posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm a pre-nursing student at my local community college and I am super, 100% sure I want to be a midwife. I have 12 of my own children have done doula work, taught birthing classes, and assisted a...

  8. Nursing loans really that bad? 120K

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to nursequery1's topic in General Students

    DON'T do it! Why burden yourself with excessive debt for an undergraduate degree? I'm pretty frugal... getting my ASN at a community college, and going to a public state university for my BSN. I...

  9. Can I Become a Registered Nurse While Being TERRIBLE At Math?

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to HarleyQuinn's topic in General Students

    I wasn't required to take more than algebra 1 in high school, so I didn't. In college, I was afraid of having to take any math, but finally decided my goals trumped my fears of math. I signed up for...

  10. what do you say to friends who want to copy

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I had someone do this to me in an elective class. It was the end of the semester and in our music appreciation class she hadn't attended a concert and wanted me to tell her about a concert that I...

  11. Quit during orientation

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    After reading many responses here, I want to start my response by saying that I agree with the majority. Nursing care will involve plenty of wiping butts. That just goes with the territory. It is...

  12. Single mom planning to go to school

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to misskristy33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm 38, and I'm just getting started (and planning to get a doctorate degree eventually... just taking nursing pre-reqs for now). It is never too late, unless you are dead. I think you are right not...

  13. Single mom planning to go to school

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to misskristy33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not a single mom, but I am a mom with a large family. I wanted to go to school for a long time, but my husband's military career made it very difficult for me to have consistent childcare...

  14. Cnm as contract employee?

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to LornaDoon's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Being contracted would mean that you aren't an employee at all. That means you would basically be a sole proprietor of your own small business. Your paychecks would not be reported to the IRS, no...

  15. CPM to CNM

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to SwtRainbowbrite's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Wow, it is so good to read this thread. I am taking pre-reqs at my community college to enter the nursing program after years of hemming and hawing over which route I would choose, CPM or CNM, if I...

  16. pre-reqs

    Laura_G_in_ID replied to julzgarcia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started as a music major and avoided all math/science back then, only had one good part-time semester, and flunked the fall of 1996 because of my family needs, and it was too late to withdraw from...