Starting CNA course!! Job After???

[BeJuled]

Hello everyone!

I am starting a CNA program tomorrow and I am very excited!!

I live in Orange County and I was wondering if anyone knew if there are a lot of people hiring CNA's in the area? I've heard different views, that some people think no one is and some people think there are a lot of open positions.

I have come to terms with the fact that I most likely need experience in a nursing home before I can work in a hospital.... but I really want to get experience in a hospital setting because that is where I'll want to be as an RN, do you think my hopes are too high to work in a LTC for 6 months and then start applying to hospitals??

Any advice is appreciated :)

[kelly138]

I was in the RN program at TCC in Tallahassee, Fl and i just dropped this past fall semester. I still want to be a nurse but I just don't know if I want to go back there for nusing so since i've been out I've decided to challenge the board and do the CNA. I'm a bit nervous about it but some of my friends that I made while in the nursing program say CNA'S are always in high demand and from what i've heard you don't have to work in ltc before applying to the hospital. As a matter of fact techs don't have to work Ltc b/f applying to the hospital, I can't really speak for orange county but from what i know you should be able to go straight to the hospital if that's what you want.