Becoming A Registered Nurse

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I don’t like to see people sick. If one of my loved ones are sick, I try to take care of them. I have a deep passion for caring for people, so this is why I choose to become a registered nurse. When I was young I always said that when I grow up I wanted to be a nurse. Now that I’m older, I have to learn the steps on for becoming a nurse. Currently, I’m a student at Little Rock Job Corps .I will enroll in nursing assistant for my second trade here at job corps to get my C.N.A license. My first step is to obtain my high school diploma. I must pass the NCLEX-RN (Bureau of Labor Statistics). After I exit job corps with my C.N.A license, I plan to work at a nursing home while attending college at Pulaski Tech, in North Little Rock. All programs

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