Should I go for my CNA while waitlisted for RN?? Can't find a hospital job!

[Ilovehellokitty]

i need help figuring out what to do! i am about to go on the waitlist at hfcc for the rn program. i will have 1-2yrs, and only one or two semesters will actually be productive (i will take the co-reqs, such as a&p, etc).

i started looking at hospital job sites to see if i could get my foot in the door anywhere. although i have a fabulous paying job right now, it is 45hrs/wk, and i just can't schedule classes around it anymore (i work 7-6pm m, t, w, th), it's impossible! so i told the family i am with (i'm a nanny) that starting in the fall i'd have to leave them so i can have more flexibility with classes. i have to put school first, even if i will be broke and possibly homeless.. haha.

the problem? i can't seem to figure out how i will get my foot in the door at a hospital. i have never worked in health care, so the only jobs i'd be evenly remotely qualified for are patient transporter, clerical (not involving med terms, which i have no knowledge of yet), etc. i have been searching around and these types of positions just don't seem to be available. i have looked at dmc, henry ford health system, st. joe's in ann arbor, u of m ann arbor, etc. i am seeing a few jobs for cna's though.

sooo my question is... should i get my cna while waiting to get into the nursing program?? i really feel like i should try and get into a hospital for the experience, but i don't know how!

thanks so much, and sorry for the long post... i'm just frusterated and don't know where to go from here.. :heartbeat

[momof2*s]

you dont need your cna to work in a hospital its up to the unit manager but you do need it to work in a nursing home also at WCC they require you to have your cna for thier nursing program now! I know a few people at the UofM that have started out as a patient attendant (sitter) and in the housekeeping departments and got to know unit managers and came on the floor as an aide that way. I am an aide now and I cant even begin to tell you how much I have learned!

Good luck