grakiasaurus

Hello I am the mother of four children following a dream I have had of becoming a nurse for a long time, I have been raising my kids and working on and off as a teacher's aide. I am 51 and I have applied to LPN school which starts in January. I met with the nursing director of the school she was sweet and friendly and knew I was eager to learn so she recommended I get CNA training in the mean time. Here is where my experience collides I get into a CNA class with an RN instructor who just hated me for being shy, I needed to warm up for the skills performances and she just kept harping about how I am doing badly on them when I knew that I was rapidly getting better. She kept saying your having trouble and I kept humble and appealed to her and emphasized my respect for her and desire to learn. She talked a lot about herself and took a lot of smoke breaks she also admitted she had anger issues during lectures. Anyway, she would have us lined up outside to wait our turn to show skills, when into about two and a half weeks into the 4 week course, I was taking my turn to demonstrate a skill, I walked in enthusiastically and ready to perform, one little mistake I walked in w/ the skills sheet rolled up in my hand I immediately corrected myself and re entered to start .... Well she was livid, stopped me and did not let me continue the skill.( I pointed out to her that she was angry and her decision was based on her emotions) she found this reason to ask me to leave, of course the DON backed her up they even tried to say that I would cause an accident to a person because of the paper in my hand or I was trying to cheat. So, because I knew I was leaving, I graciously told them a human being in my charge would certainly fare better than paper, thanked them and left. I am disheartened because I tend to be an altruist I also know how hard the job of nursing can be and do not expect to be coddled ,I know better and I am a hard worker obviously at my age I have to put forth even more effort. I do plan on going to LPN school and I want you guys to know that it was hard for me to post this because I like to take responsibility for my actions. What do you think anybody have a similar experience?

Hello I am the mother of four children following a dream I have had of becoming a nurse for a long time, I have been raising my kids and working on and off as a teacher's aide. I am 51 and I have applied to LPN school which starts in January. I met with the nursing director of the school she was sweet and friendly and knew I was eager to learn so she recommended I get CNA training in the mean time. Here is where my experience collides I get into a CNA class with an RN instructor who just hated me for being shy, I needed to warm up for the skills performances and she just kept harping about how I am doing badly on them when I knew that I was rapidly getting better. She kept saying your having trouble and I kept humble and appealed to her and emphasized my respect for her and desire to learn. She talked a lot about herself and took a lot of smoke breaks she also admitted she had anger issues during lectures. Anyway, she would have us lined up outside to wait our turn to show skills, when into about two and a half wks into the course I was taking my turn to demonstrate a skill I walked in enthusiastically and ready to perform, one little mistake I walked in w/ the skills sheet rolled up in my hand I immediately corrected myself and re entered to start .... Well she was livid and( I pointed out to her that she was angry and her decision was based on her emotions) she found this reason to ask me to leave, of course the D.O.N backed her up they even tried to say that I would cause an accident to a person because of the paper in my hand or I was trying to cheat. So because I knew I was leaving, I graciously told them a human being in my charge would certainly fare better than paper, thanked them and left. I am disheartened because I tend to be an altruist even though I know better and I am a hard worker obviously at my age I have to put forth even more effort I do plan on going to the school and I want you guys to know that it was hard for me to post this because I like to take responsibility for my actions. What do you think anybody have a similar experience?

You are great encouragement for my journey thank you!

many nursing schools consider CNA a prereq and it makes sense since diaper changing is also part of the job :) not glamorous but rewarding!

Hi I am 51 and I am just going to get cna training and start LPN school this winter season. Be encouraged :) yes it will be hard but that makes me feel more alive. Don't get me wrong I will have a lot of work, I still have young children. I just recently heard of a woman who went to medical school at 40. So I think I can can swing LPN 12 months in my state, one step at a time who knows eventually RN. So try to get your pre requisites to start like nursing math and physiology and anatomy. A GED is just as good as a High school diploma, so call your local technical college and go for it. You just have to like learning and studying and of course helping people in their most vulnerable life situations and be ready for foul odors and bad tempers. good luck to you you can do it with hard work and patience :)