What are your aspirations?

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg.

I aspirate on soda when I laugh.

Okay, just kidding. I would like to know what your future plans are, whether they involve remaining a CNA forever or becoming an MD.

Personally, I would like to one day be a nurse practitioner, though I'm a little iffy as to what specialty I would declare. I plan on getting my ADN/RN at a community college, though the waiting list is currently longer than a line at the county fair, but hopefully it would work! (But if it doesn't, I may go looking for an online LPN program and then take the LPN-RN bridge...)

I live in Western Maine, a rural area if there ever was one, with little in the way of educational opportunities. So to advance to BSN I would probably have to move south to Portland. However, I have a family of three (soon four) and we are well below poverty at the moment, so it looks like I will have to go with distance learning.

After BSN, I will go for my MSN, either by moving and attending a physical university or by distance learning. Hopefully at this point I will have a specialty in mind. Then, I sit for the NP exam and hopefully pass.

Oh, and I hope to squeeze an EMT course in there somewhere. I'm fascinated by EMS.

So let's see, I'm 19 now... Will be probably be about 23 or 24 when I'm an ADN, let's say 26 for BSN, 28 for MSN, so by the age of 30 I could be an NP. Not bad.

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tie it in a knot if u want to do all that, u got one kid now and another on the way at age 19.

in general, getting a ed with kids/wife/little money makes it harder, but it's still doable.

nice 11 year plan, but i doubt u planned on having a woman, 2 kids and living in poverty at age 8 (11 years ago).

focus on the lpn or adn first, then see where you are when that's done.

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Specializes in LTC.

I'm 25, no kids (and not planning on any), and I want to be an OT. It's going to take forever :( but I have bills to pay so my job has to come before school.

I really wish I had gotten a move on with my schooling while I was age 18-21 and still living with my parents. But I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life at that point so I just took a bunch of random classes and now most of them don't count toward my degree and I pretty much have to start over.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Not only do I aspire to be an RN in the very near future, but I also hope to attain a certain comfort level and competency with my future role as an RN. I really don't want to be a Nervous Nelly or a reckless-appearing nurse.

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hmmm....

my current aspiration is to complete my CNA course & pass the state board exams.

after that, work at a skilled nursing facility.

and after that, complete my degree in veterinary technology.

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg.
I'm 25, no kids (and not planning on any), and I want to be an OT. It's going to take forever :( but I have bills to pay so my job has to come before school.

I really wish I had gotten a move on with my schooling while I was age 18-21 and still living with my parents. But I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life at that point so I just took a bunch of random classes and now most of them don't count toward my degree and I pretty much have to start over.

I had the fortune of volunteering at a nurse's station in a hospital when I was 18, so any vague ideas I had about my future were vanquished after seeing a day in the life of an RN.

However, due to financial hardship I could not attend college (weird FASFA quirk-- can't get more aid even if your parents decide that paying for college isn't so important anymore), so I went for my CNA. I start working tomorrow on the night shift as a student nursing assistant and I'm glad I took this course! Who knows what the future will bring me.

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Specializes in LTC.

Yeah i ran into a fafsa quirk too. It seems that even if you don't live with your parents and don't get any money from them whatsoever they still expect you to send them their tax info until you're the ripe old age of 24.

My parents are both flat broke but refused to give me their tax returns. So I couldn't submit a fafsa. So aggravating.

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Specializes in MDS/Office.

To hit the Lottery then quit working!!

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Yeah i ran into a fafsa quirk too. It seems that even if you don't live with your parents and don't get any money from them whatsoever they still expect you to send them their tax info until you're the ripe old age of 24.

My parents are both flat broke but refused to give me their tax returns. So I couldn't submit a fafsa. So aggravating.

Same here. It has taken me 4 years to convince my father to give me his tax info because I can't get it from my mom cause she makes too much. She believes that grants will pay for all my education. Yeah, right.

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]To become an RN. As fruity as this may sound, achieving this goal would mean the world to me. I'm still at a young age of 20 but I've made plenty of mistakes with my education that has led me to be in a position of struggle that I am in today. So right now, with this opportunity given to me I'm hoping I do well on my entrance exams come next month, smoothly go through all the other pre-screening requirements, and ultimately earn a spot in the ADN program for July. It's a long way to go but I'm staying positive and praying for the best! :)

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Specializes in LTC.
Same here. It has taken me 4 years to convince my father to give me his tax info because I can't get it from my mom cause she makes too much. She believes that grants will pay for all my education. Yeah, right.

Yeah! My dad didn't even have a job for the longest time, and all my mother did was make excuses. "I already gave that to you (no you didn't)." "I don't know where it is." "I can't get a copy until I pay the accountant (is that even true? I do my own taxes so I wouldn't know!)." The one time she gave me something it was 3 years old! Then I found out that i could use a copy of her W-2s and some other paper you request from the IRS. I ordered the special paper and guess what? She "couldn't find" her W-2s either.

She is the same way thinking it's totally easy to just get a free ride through every year of college on scholarships.

And then she had the nerve to claim me a couple years ago on her taxes. I wasn't living with her and was supporting myself. But because she claimed me, I wasn't able to get anything back on the community college tuition I paid out-of-pocket for, and I missed out on that rebate.

:banghead:

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1) Complete 14 prereqs at my community college over the next two years

2) Begin the evening/weekend RN program spring 2012

3) Take the CNA test after completing the first semester (NU101) if I can get over my fear of lifting patients (my back may not hold up to it)

4) Test to become an LPN halfway thru RN program, work as one if possible for the remainder of nursing school

5) Become a part-time RN until my children are old enough for me to work full-time

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