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How can I get hands on nursing experience? My dad wouldnt give me any money for a CNA program?

  • He thought it was a waste of money and time and that all you do is empty bed pans and clean people. Im starting some pre-nursing classes before I apply to nursing school and I hear a ...show more

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    I am starting the CNA program next semester, and it costs like $500 in total. You need to go to fafsa.gov and apply for Financial Aid. If you take the CNA course at your local community college, financial aid can pay for it. That way, you won't need your Dad to pay for it. Financial aid will also cover your continuing your education, you never want to stop at CNA. Continue on to LPN or RN. And actually, I don't think its a waste. They don't just empty bed pans or clean people. I have a friend who is a CNA and she said its more checking blood sugar, taking vitals, blood pressure, temperatures. It depends where you work. She works in a hospital, not a retirement home. Why don't you talk to your dad about the LPN program. Maybe he will be more receptive. They do all kinds of things, give out medications, take vitals, all kids of stuff. They make $20.00 starting out where I live. It only takes like a year. If you have any questions, feel free to email me. I have educated myself about the CNA course and I am trying to be an LPN. That is why I am taking CNA - because they require you to take a CNA course. You know, CNA is great for experience if you want to be an LPN or RN. Tell your Dad that RN's are NOT a waste. My cousin is one, she worked as a CNA while going to school for LPN. She worked as an LPN while going to school for RN. LPN school paid for her entire nursing school. She saved like $20,000. She graduated only a few years ago and makes $40.00/hour. Ask him if that's a waste...making thousands of dollars each week, 60,000 a year. Saving people's lives or helping people get better. Someone has to do it. Nursing is one of the most in demand jobs right now. nd. Good luck!!!

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Have you spoken to the school where the CNA classes are run? Perhaps they offer some sort of financing. If that doesn't pan out, are any of the nursing homes hiring for any jobs that don't require any experience? It may not be nursing but you will get exposure to the environment and a foot in the door. Good luck.

Andrea

"Nursing experience" will not help you get admitted to a nursing school program. Fulfilling all the academic prerequisites first will.

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Finally! A non-advertisement. I would HIGHLY recommend you consider the military's ROTC program. In the military your training will be paid for and you will then graduate an officer. In addition to this, you will immediately have a job lined up for you when you graduate (job security.) So, they pay for your training, you receive the military's excellent benefits (health insurance, etc.) and you graduate school with a job lined up for you. The work you would do in the military is just like the work you would do in any regular civilian job. I am not a recruiter, just a young college kid. If you do talk with a recruiter, I suggest you meet with one who is on site at a University in conjunction with the ROTC program. I have found that these recruiters are far less pushy, if pushy at all.

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