schools in St. Louis

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hello fellow missourians! :p

just wondering if any of you are in the st. louis area? i'm just looking for some general information regarding hospitals, schools, programs, etc. i have been looking for a job that will train me to be a cna, i plan to get my asn (probably at meramec) although it looks like it's going to take me a lot longer than i planned (3 1/2 years) i'm anxious to get into the field and get a good job so if i find a good lpn program i'd probably go ahead and do that first and get my assoc. degree later. also, does anyone work at any st. louis area hospitals? i'm also looking for a scholarship program since i can't afford to pay for school. please let me know if you have any advice/input! ;)

thanks everyone!

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Most of the hospitals have some form of tuition reimbursement, up to a certain amount. The best thing to do would be to contact the HR department of whatever hospitals you are interested in. Fortunately in St. Louis there are a lot of hospitals to choose from. Good luck.

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Well I Am Looking For Cna Work As Well Here Are A Few I Have Heard Of

Delmar Gardens

Village North

Mark Twain Manor

If You Find Any Other Schools That Train For Cna Let Me Know

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Hillcrest in DeSoto will train CNA's but that is about an hour south of st. louis

Well I Am Looking For Cna Work As Well Here Are A Few I Have Heard Of

Delmar Gardens

Village North

Mark Twain Manor

If You Find Any Other Schools That Train For Cna Let Me Know

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Specializes in OB/Gyn, Post Partum, Antepartum.

Barnes-Jewish will train you as a PCT if you apply for the position on their website. Also, they offer great tuition reimbursement plans.

www. bjc.org or http://www.barnesjewish.org

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Regarding nursing

I have heard of nurses taking a dslike to you and really making your life a mysery!!!!! what can you do about this

(worried about this)

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Specializes in OB/Gyn, Post Partum, Antepartum.

rn to be,

I have not really had any problems in this area. I am a nursing student at Jewish Hopital College of Nursing, and we perform a lot of our clinicals at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. I have found the nurses to be very helpful and friendly. But, I have only worked on 2 floors for clinical thus far. I also work in BJC as a unit secretary and the nurses are all friendly.

But, that is just my experience. Other people may disagree. I have worked in other hospitals not just in STL, but in other parts of the country and they are not nearly as good as BJC.

In any job there are going to be complainers and people who are just never satisfied, and people who are lazy and always trying to get over. But, if you truly like nursing, I dont think you should have a problem.

Just my humble opinion.

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"But, that is just my experience. Other people may disagree. I have worked in other hospitals not just in STL, but in other parts of the country and they are not nearly as good as BJC."

April is correct in a lot of her statements. BJC is a very powerful entity and you will get a great clinical experience there. Barnes is a trauma 1 and a transplant mecca. Jewish college gave me a great platform to work from. Be warned, BJC is very political. I now work in the THR system in Texas. Not quite as big, the benefits equally s--k, but they staff better than BJC, care more about employee concerns, and I actually see the administrators walking around.

I like where I work because the mean RN age is 35. The younger the group, the better the environment and the less of what 'rn to be' was referring to.

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i have several fellow students that work for delmar as cna's they did get their training through them, and if you work there long enough "i hear" that they help you wout w/ your tuition. also, recommend st. anthony's hospital. they will hire you and train you, and while in school you can work (when you have time) as a student nurse. i "hear" they have greeeattt pay and benefits! i did my clinicals there and it was probably the best experience!

good luck

18 more days til graduation......can i breath yet?

nursing n 2004

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I wanted to see if it was true that St.Anthonys Hospital and Delmar Gardens will train you in the CNA field.Because I am really intrested in nursing and wanted to be in the nursing field for quite a while now.The only issue is that I have already been to college and got a degree in something I have no interest in.And I cant afford to pay another tuition bill to go back.So if You or anybody else can give me a few leads that would be great.Its so hard to try and get any info. on training I have been surfing the net for a while now and finally came across this web page.Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

theuregegrl

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I work at St. Lukes and I am pulled to different floors all the time. I notice that most of the nurses and very nice and pleasant to work with. If you haven't had fundamentals of nursing then they will start you out as a patient care tech I and then I'm pretty sure you can be trained to be a patient care tech II. You will do blood draws, EKG's, vitals signs, blood sugars, I & O's. If you are part time then they offer tuition reimbursement. Part time for them is 16 hours a week.

I really enjoy this hospital and think it's a great place to work.

I also currently attend school at Lutheran School of Nursing and I really enjoy their program. It is the only diploma program in missouri. I don't think they have a long waiting list.

If you have questions PM me.

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.
I have heard of nurses taking a dslike to you and really making your life a mysery!!!!! what can you do about this

My only experience with nurses prior to NS was as a patient or when my daughter had her babies.

I have found nurses that were positively hateful (there is, in particular, one facility I will never step foot in as a patient or an employee based on my clinical experience there), and found nurses who I'm quite sure were angels in scrubs.

The best bet is to avoid the miserable nurses (and you'll know who they are pretty quickly -- they often roll their eyes or give you the look when you introduce yourself); stay out of their way and only interact with them when you have to; and you will have to. Understand they are either overworked, not comfortable with dealing with students, or just plain unhappy people. Be as pleasant and professional as you can and thank them at the end of your day.

When you find the angels who don't mind working w/students, don't take advantage of their helpfulness. Your instructor will still almost always be your first contact for issues, questions, meds, etc. Your RN will be who can help you when you have concerns about the patient or your instructor sends you to them to get clarification on whether to admin certain meds or withhold others, etc. Don't wear them out for those who are coming after you in school!

And most of all, don't fear these people or build them up to have more impact on your getting through school or not. They are just small obstacles and learning experiences as will be difficult patients or their families or other folks in the hospital who you will need to work with throughout your newly chosen career. No worse than what you deal with in the grocery store or your kids' schools, etc.

Best wishes!! :heartbeat :redbeathe :heartbeat

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