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Anyone submitting an application to the nursing program at WTCC this upcoming July for spring 2017? Wanted to connect with others who may be in my shoes. I'm still working on some prerequisites (TEAS and CNA) but hope to finish them up by May. I will be transferring most of my prerequisites in from another school.

I think if you challenge the exam that you have to have paid hours, not volunteer. Not sure though. I do know that you will have a hard time finding anyone to let you volunteer and get contact hours for a CNA. Why not just work somewhere per diem to get your hours? It will give you experience too which will help in school and you can work it around your schedule!

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Hey KALA! I believe it has to be either or. Any applications submitted after January 2017 will need to be 200 paid hours. Whew right, I know! There's nursing home here at Rex where I work. I'm also debating if I would like to transfer over to the CNA role now from phlebotomist. Don't want to jump the gun just yet, but I'd like to still work while in school and would more then likely have to work at night as a CNA. Are you done with pre-reqs yet?

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I think you're right -- it can be paid or volunteer this year.

I've applied for some hospital PRN jobs but I don't know how easy those are to get without experience. That's why I was thinking volunteering might be a good option, because I don't know if I want to work at a LTC facility (and those don't seem to have a lot of PRN positions). JPeters, do you like the nursing home where you work?

I'm finishing up two prerequisites this semester, but I still have 2 others I haven't done (sociology and developmental psych). I need to meet with an advisor to find out if I need to fit one of those in this summer. It sounds like 150-160 points are the goal?

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Look at per diem or prn spots at UNC hospital! They hire people with no experience. I got hired there right after I passed my CNA exam. I know right now we are hiring per diem/prn on my unit, and i know there are other units too.

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I applied to several PRN positions at UNC!! That's great to hear, I'm definitely hoping I'll hear something back from them. Mind if I ask what unit you're in?

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I work on 5West/Transplant. I love it there! Fingers crossed for you!

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Wow, I would LOVE to work on that floor! I applied to surgical actue care - 5 Anderson job. Is that the same thing?

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It's on the same floor but a different unit (that place is huge!) I believe 5AND does vascular surgery and something else. I can't remember. They're actually down the hall a bit from us! 5East and the BICU are between us.

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Specializes in CVICU.

Finally convinced myself to sign up for the CNA exam... my last step before turning in an application in July. Fingers crossed I pass in May!!

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Hello 2bRN919, If you took the class, I truly believe you'll do just fine. I watched you tube videos OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and the night before performed a number of realistic skills on the hubby, which by the way never got, and all went well. I believe confidence and talking to the client as if they were real and even your human partner that you'll be paired with will stand out. 2 people ran out of time and not sure of the errors with the other students. The written I was able to find online (sample quizzes) and found that it was ALOT similar to the actual test. Please watch R Myer CNA skills, I believe she shows you 22. I didn't practice until the day before with a real person. Being confident allows you to move swiftly. I also was the second with my partner to began, so I laid down as the client as was able to get my barons together. I also watched her mess up a lot of things which MADE me want to make sure I knew what to do. We had different skills and you wont know until its your turn.

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Hey Kala, I work as a phlebotomist at Rex (I'm stationed in the Medical Office Plaza at an OBGYN office) I know sounds confusing. We, however are an outreach lab at Rex, so we placed outside of the hospital for convenience of the patients. Rex also has a nursing home that I plan to ask if I can volunteer. Worst case scenario, I will try to apply to one of the jobs as a CNA, or shadow one of the nurses at the OBGYN office. My next challenge is taking the TEAS, signing up to take it in May. My advisor told me it's not worth my wild trying to retake Eng 111 to remove the C. So thanks for that cause I feel like I've reached the end of my tunnel with all these pre-reqs, I'm so over this pre stage, ready to move on, lol.

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Specializes in CVICU.

Thank you for the advice Jpeters247! What did you get as your vital? I'm nervous about BP!!

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