cindy0624

cindy0624

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  1. They offer an LPN program and it's really cheap. But I've never heard anything about them and want to make sure it's reputable. (I've only lived here 1 year) Thanks!
  2. I'm about done with my prerequisites and I've found out my husband may be tranferred for 3 years to Ventura county. Does anyone know what the waitlist usually is at these two schools? Or do you know of any other schools in that area that may have a...
  3. I really want to take an ADN program but it is several years waiting list and very competitive in my area. However the LPN program has openings for August and it is only 12 months. There's not many LPN openings here but I've seen a lot of LPN to AD...
  4. Rural Nursing Scholarship?

    I used to work at a medical facility and we had a nursing student doing clinicals that was on a scholarship. The scholarship payed for her schooling and even helpd a little with living expenses but she had to sign a contract that when she graduated ...
  5. Working weekends/schedules? r/o

    Just when I've about been accepted in to LPN school I'm getting cold feet. I've starting researching jobs and the reality has dawned on me that as a nurse I'll probably always work a good deal of weekends. This concerns me because that is my only fa...
  6. Working weekends/schedules? r/o

    Thanks guys for you supoortive posts! I think I just needed a boost of reassurance. This is a big decision for me but I think I'm going to go ahead and sign the final paperwork and pay my deposit next week. I'm just going to go for it and worry ab...
  7. Working weekends/schedules? r/o

    I know-that is completely true. That's why I'm getting cold feet; hence the original post. I wouldn't blame employers for not working around my crazy life! I'm just concerned that I'll put the time, money and effort in to school and I won't be abl...
  8. Working weekends/schedules? r/o

    It's not a shallow reason and I am dedicated to being a nurse. I've already got 10 years in the medical field. However my husband is in the US Military and is sometimes gone months at a time. I have to worry about childcare on the weekends. On to...
  9. Because the wait for the ADN programs in my area are very long I'd made the decision to go with an LPN program first and then do the transitional to RN later. But after visiting all the LPN schools in my area I've found out that they either have abo...
  10. LPN jobs/salary Broward County?

    My ultimate goal is to be a RN but with the waitlist for schools being so long I'm seriously considering going to atech. school to become a LPN fist. Anyone in Broward know how the job market and starting salary is for new graduate LPN's? Thanks
  11. Does anyone know if this is possible? I found out about a good vocational school that has a LPN program I can start fairly soon. But it is full-time and I will have to cut my work hours down to part-time. I'm going to need a little additional mone...
  12. Hello! I live in Broward County, FL and the wait to get into a nursing program is long I decided to go the LPN route first. I was hoping to go to a Broward County Vocational School but I saw on the website that they don't secure student loans. I a...
  13. How much study needed for LPN?

    Hello-I am seriously considering enrolling in a LPN program at a local vocation college. Now I just need to figure out my work schedule is going to be. The school is Mon-Thurs. from 2pm-10pm. How many hours of study per day does the average perso...
  14. Anyone have any experience with this school. I'm trying to get information about there LPN program. Before I take time off work to go there (because it's a good ways from me) I wanted to know if they had a waitlist or required taking a health core...
  15. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I've spent about the most frustrating week of my life researching colleges in Broward. I've made the decision and I'm ready to do this and the waitlists were killing me because I'm kind of on a time constraint; on...
  16. lpn schools broward county?

    Anyone know of any reputable LPN schools in Broward? The wait for the ADN programs is so long and I thought maybe I[d try the LPN route first and then get into a transition program. I'd love to hear any advice/thoughts you may have for me!
  17. New here...LPN first?

    I've just made the decision to go to nursing school. I live in South Florida (broward) and the wait is very long for the RN programs. Is it beneficial to become a LPN first and then do a LPN to RN transition program?
  18. I've made a decision to go to nursing school and all of the programs here have a very long wait. I haven't heard to much about Nova though. I mainly wanted to know if there was much of a wait and how the school was. Thanks if anybody has any info....
  19. Thanks for the quick response! That's good to hear. I wonder if there is a wait to get in? What part of South Carolina are you in? I grew up in the Charleston area? :)