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 **How Can I Become A Certified Nurse? I-Search Jocelyn Jenkins Mrs. Burton May 1, 2009**

   **INTRODUCTION**

..............Hi, my name is Jocelyn Jenkins. I am 15 years old. I attend West Jefferson High School. I am in the 9th grade. I am a graduate of 2012. When I graduate from high school, I would like to attend Stamford University or Southern University. I would like to go to them colleges to be either a regular nurse or a certified nurse’s assistant. I want to stay on college campus so I can really get the experience the college experience. It took me quite a few days to put this report together, so I really hope you enjoy this report. I have learned a lot about the schools and career choice I want to be in. I am researching this topic because; this is what I’m interested in. I would like to save people from their illness so that’s really the reason to be in this career choice. I wanted to know many things like what the job pays, how much experience do you need for this job? I also wanted to know can you get a GED or is a diploma necessary. The requirements and benefits, special skills and stuff about colleges.


 * RESEARCH**

..............The reason for searching this is to find information my career. It was also a way for me to learn about the two colleges that I would really love to attend. Which the two schools are Stamford University and/or Southern University. I didn’t know it was that hard to find information about these colleges and my career. I guess it would have been better to go to the school personally tour the school. You should go to the hospital and follow behind a certified nurse as in a tour. I am truly glad I found all the information I needed on the internet, even though it was hard to find. Now I know all about my career and future colleges. I know the salary for nurses and their qualifications. It was actually hard to find information on that type of thing. It's like that because you shouldn’t get in a career just for money. In the long run all the making the money would not make you happy in the end. So you should get in a job because it’s something you really want to be, from your heart and soul and instincts that tells you to be a nurse or whatever you want to be. So I am proud to say being a certified nurse is what I want to be, for the fun of helping people and the experience to maybe even save someone’s life.


 * RESULTS**

..............It is also a necessity to have a certificate from the state of California department of health of services. You need a valid BCLS card C-course provider. Also knowing that you mess with different people you need to be proficient in the English language, also good verbal and written skills. Having a current certificate in health and a certificate of completion in specialty nursing area. You also have to at least pass the nursing exam with at least of 85% or more. Also while on the internet searching for information on my career I looked up the certified nurse’s salary scale. Their salaries are actually very reasonable to some people, and maybe some people might say it’s not enough. That is the reason to do a job you love, not because of the pay but to wake up every morning and be happy to go to work. But here are some of the salaries I found on the internet. For less than one year your salary is $24,000, for 1-4 years your salary is $23,510, for 5-9 years your salary is $26,702, for 10-19 years your salary is $29,492, and for 20 or more years your salary is $30,000. It can also be more than the actual, but that’s what I found. Also a certified nurse’s annual earnings are 83,440$. Also the schools I want to go to is Stamford University or Southern university, either would be just fine. Southern University has many school requirements. You have to at least have 17.5 units to attend Southern University. You need to have four English units, three math units, three natural science requirements, three social science units, and one survey units, two same foreign units ½ of computer science required, and also an additional math or science unit. You have to have an ACT score of 20 or better and SAT of 940 or better and a GPA of a 2.0 based on a 4.0 or better. You can even rank in at least 50% of your class graduation. You can’t have no more than one remedial class by having a minimum ACT English of 18 and minimum ACT Math of 19.


 * REFLECTION**

...............Well I finished researching all my schools and my future career. It was surprising to find out all this stuff about these schools and careers. I didn’t know I felt this compassionate about other people. I really would love and feel special if I saved someone’s life. I would proud of my self and over the world, I would feel like I’m the best. I also still feel that I want to be a Certified nurse. I still want to be a helper to the world. I know for my 10th 11th and 12th I will do way better to get tops so I can be want I want to be no regrets or worries. I played around for my ninth grade year not knowing what I wanted but know that I know what I want I will do much better for the rest of my high school years.   BIBLIOGRAPHY

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