risking embarrassment , Nagy decided a better future might lie in her music video . `` I ca n't sing to save my life , but I will go ahead and try this because I am willing to do anything to get school paid for , '' Nagy said . Her husband , obviously a good sport , appears in the video along with her children . Watch the contestants ' videos '' Dressed in a bathrobe , she sits on the couch with her kids as her husband starts the video with the bad news , `` OK guys , I have to go to work . Sorry we ca n't send you to nursing school , Mom . We just do n't have the money . '' Nagy replies , `` Ahh man . '' Addressing her children , she says , `` know what we can do instead , we can sing about it . '' Nagy takes off the robe , revealing a nursing uniform and the stethoscope which acts as her microphone . Nagy then dances around her living room , belting out her tune , `` Doctor , doctor give me the news ;
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nicole Nagy had gone back to school hoping that a new career would lead to a better job . When she was turned down for financial aid , Nagy was told she could , as a song goes , `` sing for the money . '' She was directed to a contest called Careereoki . Nicole Nagy enlisted the help of her children and her husband to make her videotape . Anyone brave enough to videotape themselves singing -- and sometimes dancing -- about their dream career karaoke-style was qualified to enter the competition . More than 60 videos were submitted , from which five finalists were chosen to compete for online votes that will determine the winner . Most contestants were from Central Florida , likely because the grand prize includes tuition for a certificate program at an Orange County technical school . Nagy , a mother of three , was laid off in 2007 . When she could n't find a job , her husband supported her decision to enroll in nursing school . But tuition and books are costly , and the Nagys are a month behind on the mortgage payment . So