I never thought in a million years that at the age of 33 I would still be in school but here I am getting ready to start a pain staking new journey of becoming a nurse. I was under the impression that all I was going to have to pay for was tuition and books.... boy was a wrong.
Let start off by saying tuition is going to cost about 2500 dollars a semester which I guess isn't horrible considering, I'm on a payment plan thats 355 dollars a month. The program requires 12 books that range in price from 20ish dollars to about 130 dollars so I'd say about 1500 dollars for books, I expected that to be honest. What they don't tell you is all the shit they make you buy before you even start the program.... like lots of extra crap.
First day out of the first orientation you have to buy your uniforms from a certain place and you need a lab coat that also must be purchased where you get a uniform of course because I have 2 lab coats that I already own, right, can't use them. You need at lease 2 uniforms that 2 shirts and 2 pants about 140 dollars ok. After that your required to buy a name badge that 12 dollars not to bad either. ok you are required to have a stethoscope that must be at least a littchman classic 2 or better, luckily my sister is a veterinarian and she gave me her old one thats about 160 dollars I didn't have to pay yay me! White shoes cost my cheap ass 20 dollars at Walmart they had to be all white leather, you also need your own Blood pressure cuff forceps and pen light all of which I have from my job. In order to upload all of your medical records and such you have to buy access to castle branch which costs just under 100 dollars that also pays for your drug test and background check. That doesn't however includes co-pays, mine are 15 dollars a visit I've been to 2 Dr app thats 30 dollars. In order to use the lab you must buy your own lab kit from the designated lab kit website thats another 79 dollars..... none of your lab stuff is provided. You need CPR I have that so I didn't need to pay for that either. Not to mention all of the notebooks and markers folder and such that you need on a regular basis. I also found out that when you do your clinicals a lot of the places make you pay to park so add about 50 dollars a semester on top of everything I just said.
School hasn't even started and I'm already feeling overwhelmed, all I see is dollars signs and the clock ticking.
Monday, July 2, 2018
33 YOF
Hello my name is Tobie and I'm a 33 year old female attempting to better myself and my family. I have a husband who is a fire fighter for Baltimore county he also a paramedic in Harford county oh and did I mention a Staff SGT in the Air National Guard. I also have 2 children a 10 years old daughter and an 8 year old son. I live in a crappy townhouse in Middle River Maryland and I just got accepted into the nursing program at CCBC and start August 27th.
Today is July 2nd I have already been to one orientation for the program and have most of the stuff finish that is required of me before I start the program things like: physical, vaccinations, health insurance, uniforms, name badges, white shoes, certain personal equipment, and so on. I'm sitting in jury duty today, fun right, trying to finish up some module test that are required for the program as well, fun stuff like HIPPA, sexual harassment training and bloodbourne pathogens so fun on top of fun.
I have to say that I don't think I've always wanted a job in health care but thats the path I've chosen it's scary and I'm not getting any younger and looking around at that first orientation I'm one of the oldest ones in the room which is a little daunting, but like I said not getting any younger. I've been and EMT since I was 17 years old and I mostly worked private ambulance which is boring, slow and very repetitive, this last year I got 2 jobs working 911, it's fast paced never the same and you have to think on your feet. I went to college right out of high school took a couple classes wasn't feeling it so I dropped out in 2005 when I started back up after my kids started school in 2015 I was overwhelmed and didn't think I made the right choice but I stuck with it got all As and Bs and applied to the nursing program in the spring of 2018 and was accepted first try. Now I'm freaking out about all the responsibilities I'm going to have over the next 3 years or so. I know that nursing school is going to require a lot of sacrifice and quitting and failing is not an option for me at 33 years old, plus my husband would probably kill me.
I welcome anyone who reads this to join me on a journey of exhaustion, self doubt, learning, and great joy. I probably wont have to time to even blog about it but I'ms going to try.
Today is July 2nd I have already been to one orientation for the program and have most of the stuff finish that is required of me before I start the program things like: physical, vaccinations, health insurance, uniforms, name badges, white shoes, certain personal equipment, and so on. I'm sitting in jury duty today, fun right, trying to finish up some module test that are required for the program as well, fun stuff like HIPPA, sexual harassment training and bloodbourne pathogens so fun on top of fun.
I have to say that I don't think I've always wanted a job in health care but thats the path I've chosen it's scary and I'm not getting any younger and looking around at that first orientation I'm one of the oldest ones in the room which is a little daunting, but like I said not getting any younger. I've been and EMT since I was 17 years old and I mostly worked private ambulance which is boring, slow and very repetitive, this last year I got 2 jobs working 911, it's fast paced never the same and you have to think on your feet. I went to college right out of high school took a couple classes wasn't feeling it so I dropped out in 2005 when I started back up after my kids started school in 2015 I was overwhelmed and didn't think I made the right choice but I stuck with it got all As and Bs and applied to the nursing program in the spring of 2018 and was accepted first try. Now I'm freaking out about all the responsibilities I'm going to have over the next 3 years or so. I know that nursing school is going to require a lot of sacrifice and quitting and failing is not an option for me at 33 years old, plus my husband would probably kill me.
I welcome anyone who reads this to join me on a journey of exhaustion, self doubt, learning, and great joy. I probably wont have to time to even blog about it but I'ms going to try.
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