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Posted over 5 years ago I want to get my RN. I am having a very hard time trying to get a job in the medical field since I currently work for the school system. I am in a catch 22 here, I can not get a job because I do not have experience yet no one will hire me. I only have AP 1 and 2 left for my prerequesits into a nursing program. Does anyone have ANY suggestions for me? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Haley, Will you still will need an income? To start, get a little medical exposure, volunteer a couple of hours per week at a long term care facility, from there take an CNA or MA class, and start applying around, you can use your volunteer time as reference, but I will tell you, starting pay as an CNA or MA sucks!!! Good luck. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Take the CNA course, work full or part time. Alot of nursing homes and hospitals will foot the bill for the nursing courses, and your A&P. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Thank You for the advice. I am going to look into taking the CNA exam. I do have experience but that was YEARS ago. I also do need to make some money so that I can support myself. Isn't MA the same amount of schooling as LPN? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago haleybeth said: MA shooling can be the same lengh of time in some schools, Most tech schools do shorten them almost to half the time. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago How do they shorten the time? How is that possible? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago In a congenital classroom you have your electives and other classes just like college courses. Let's say at Olympia, you are in that classroom 8 hours per day 5 days per week. They can meet the mandated didactic, lab and clinical hours that are required by the licensing board at a faster rate since they are only covering the bare minimum. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago al_chamizo said: Wow. I have never heard of a program like that. Unless I was getting paid, I could not do that anyway. My medical covers my kids. I appreciate you being kind. I am new to this type of format. I have never belonged to any online anythjing before, accept ebay. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Haley, if you got a family, then I would strongly suggest going to school part time. You have to dedicate at least 6 hours of uninterrupted study time per week. Nursing school is tough and falling behind even a little does have an impact. Good luck, we are here to support you how ever we can. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago haleybeth said: LPN school is a 12 month program-very intense or 18 month program. The difference is the 12 month has very few breaks-maybe Christmas (short) and that's it. I'm not sure how long the MA program is-but I believe it's shorter. than 12 months. You didn't mention if you have a family or not. I attended the 12 month program and let me tell you, for that 1 year, I did nothing else! I had 3 small children at the time .I'd put them all to bed early and study my ass off. I would suggest becoming a CNA first. That class is not as long and it will help you to decide if you want to continue on in the nursing profession. If you do, then you can work as a CNA while going to LPN or RN school. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago HI, I just graduated from MA and I got an AS degree...it took 18 months...I have 30 yr's experience, so that helped. I started with CNA,MA, EMT and went back to school so I could become certified and get the AS. I'm gonna start LVN school hopefully in May, I think it's 14 months...I waited just a tad too long and now there's a waiting list. Bummer, but My daughter just passed away in March, so I've been home taking care of myself and my MIL that has alzimers (no, I can't spell either..lol) |
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| Posted over 5 years ago al_chamizo said: I appreciate the support. I have decided to change schools. I have to work so I will start Winston Salem State University and hopefully their career center will help me get a job at Wake Forest and then I can do both at the same tme and juggle my kids nd their schedules. The only thing is I missed the deadline for spring classes and will be admitted for summer. I need to take some classes at GTCC to keep my loans at bay so I am not sure what I am going to do about that yet. Any Suggestions? I will take the CNA test, I am sure I can pass that without taking the class. I looked at the tests online and it is a piece of cake. Do you have family? When and where did you do that 6 hours study UNINTERRUPTED? I can't imagine that with my 3 boys and my life. It is always go go go and children, phones, animals....I can't do anyhting in peace at home. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago cmckeag said: Thanks for the idea...I am working on that now. The only problem is the pay is terrible and I want to take the test without taking the class. I am working with a new university and career center and hopefully I will get a position in a hopstial, get some exposure and have them educate me at the same time. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Sometimes there are no shortcuts or ways to get around the prerequisites. It's easier to accept it, bite the bullet and get it over with, than spend alot of time trying to figure a way around it. Your energy can then be focused on other things. |
