Today was suddenly so much better than the last couple of days. I had dinner with a friend last night to talk about my options for school and he made a lot of things clear for me that had gotten confusing. I don't know if it was the clarity for school, the fact that it was super nice outside today, that is was Friday, or a combination, but my cloud has lifted.
After work today I went to a party for a therapist friend who finally got her license and is able to move out of the horrible AKC and on to another community service center or on to private practice. It was a fun party because I got to see a bunch of my old Skills Trainer and Therapist friends and I actually got a job offer out of one of my friends. He is going to have me call him on Monday and he is going to get me an interview to work an on-call position, which will give me some more Skills Training time, but allow me to keep my full-time job and go to school. I am super excited!
As for school, here is my new plan:
1. I will continue to work on prerequisites. It looks like I need A&P 122, 231, and 232. I also need a nutrition class, human development (because my previous child development classes were too specialized), and maybe Statistics.
2. I will do my CNA 1 in May-June and my CNA 2 soon after that. I will then hopefully be able to get a job at the same hospital C works at and get experience working with patients.
3. This coming November-January (or February) I will be applying for Nursing School at pretty much all of the schools that offer it (except for Carrington and the other online schools, they are crap and expensive). Hopefully I will get into either OHSU or U of P because they are linked to the major hospitals and the hospitals tend to hire the students who do their rotations there. If I get into somewhere like MHCC I was told it might actually be better because after a year and a half I can apply for the fast track nursing program at OHSU and move over so that I get the same patient contact and same job prospects, but it's actually cheaper because MHCC is cheaper than OHSU.
Anyway, that is my plan, and I am excited. This Spring I will do A&P 122 and then the CNA 1.
I am moving on and moving up in the world. Now maybe my body will cooperate and I will get pregnant.
After work today I went to a party for a therapist friend who finally got her license and is able to move out of the horrible AKC and on to another community service center or on to private practice. It was a fun party because I got to see a bunch of my old Skills Trainer and Therapist friends and I actually got a job offer out of one of my friends. He is going to have me call him on Monday and he is going to get me an interview to work an on-call position, which will give me some more Skills Training time, but allow me to keep my full-time job and go to school. I am super excited!
As for school, here is my new plan:
1. I will continue to work on prerequisites. It looks like I need A&P 122, 231, and 232. I also need a nutrition class, human development (because my previous child development classes were too specialized), and maybe Statistics.
2. I will do my CNA 1 in May-June and my CNA 2 soon after that. I will then hopefully be able to get a job at the same hospital C works at and get experience working with patients.
3. This coming November-January (or February) I will be applying for Nursing School at pretty much all of the schools that offer it (except for Carrington and the other online schools, they are crap and expensive). Hopefully I will get into either OHSU or U of P because they are linked to the major hospitals and the hospitals tend to hire the students who do their rotations there. If I get into somewhere like MHCC I was told it might actually be better because after a year and a half I can apply for the fast track nursing program at OHSU and move over so that I get the same patient contact and same job prospects, but it's actually cheaper because MHCC is cheaper than OHSU.
Anyway, that is my plan, and I am excited. This Spring I will do A&P 122 and then the CNA 1.
I am moving on and moving up in the world. Now maybe my body will cooperate and I will get pregnant.
