anyone else in nursing school?
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i used to be   - now i'm a school nurse and loving it... study hard and read the NCLEX questions carefully (without reading too much into them) and good luck!
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Wrong focus.  It's not like it's med school.  Just get into a convenient and decent nursing program.  It's what you do after getting your nursing degree and passing the boards that makes you a great nurse, or not.
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No way you're too old. I'm in my 3rd (out of 4) semester of nursing school and am 38 and am not the oldest in my class. Started taking the prerequisites at age 35. Nursing school itself is HARD though. It takes a special kind of thinking and it is NOT like regular classes. I had almost all A's in my other classes and then could barely pass my first semester of RN school. Get some support, as in someone who's recently been through it and make sure you have home support. \nWe go to school and clinicals and do homework that is easily equivalent to a 40 hr/week job+, yet only get 10 credit hours for school. That make sense and give you some perspective? Pretty hard to do with high family needs and another full time job, etc. \nYes, you might even be a better nurse with an ASN. I do my clinicals from a community college at the same place the students from a lg. university do theirs. Believe me, I'm more mature, more ready, more responsible, and have a way better attitude because I've had the benefit of more years of life and have had to work to get here. Good luck to you.
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Not at all, I am too, ask me anything you want to, I go to school on the computer, so I am home all day, and even though I have a son he is old enough now where he does not need constant attention. And it is so cold here that we really can not go out without being misserable.\nI am learning a lot of interesting things but if you mean schooling wise, it is not interesting, but it is something I have to do, I am going to become a Nurse\nHave a good night
295156
Nursing, Teaching and maybe Cooking.
1076013
I have all the sympathy for student nurses as it is a very stressful occupation to learn
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If you are indeed in nursing school and are having a difficult time due to your nursing instructors, all I can say is that you must have had attention drawn to you. From my experience in nursing school, the ones that had a lot of conflict with the instructors were the ones that always had some opinion where they could not keep it to themselves. \n\nJust go through the motions and tell them what they want to hear. It'll make those years much easier and calmer. Just do your clinicals, study hard, and keep any litigious comments/opinions about healthcare to yourself. Good luck.\n\nRemember, once you're a nurse and are working it is different from nursing school.
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contact a local community collage or trade school.... what I did tho is I went to nurseing homes, so many are so under staffed that they will pay your way through the class.
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to be nurse and to be professional
380446
hallo,try getting some attachement in a busy institution cause nursing is a very demanding proffessional,to get experience try that bye
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I have a degree in AB Communication Major in Photography and Film.  Graduated from DLSU but now realized I want to do medicine instead.  So i'll be taking up my pre-med as a nurse soon.
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The only thing I can say is keep your eyes on the prize!  You want that second degree for some rational reason, or you wouldn't be putting yourself through the stressful (yet gratifying) pursuit of higher education.  I got through nursing school (my 2nd degree and 5th and 6th years of consecutive college) by knowing that I was getting married as soon as it was over, and I was going to work in a pretty cool field.  I was so sick of school when I was done, but so glad it was over with.  I had a nice 3 year break to work full time before I became a full time student again for my masters degree.  It's daunting and stressful, but I really want it, so I work for it.  You have to do what you have to do.  If you really do feel burned out, you probably aren't learning the material well, and the whole point of school is to learn, not just go through the motions.  Just be sure that it is ok to miss a semester with your program.  I know some programs have a pretty strict schedule from semester to semester and it can set you back pretty far if you take one off (like a spring class is a prerequisite to a fall class, etc).  I liked the advice someone else gave about working in a field related to what you're studying.  Not only will it help you realize if you still really want to pursue it, but it gives you real world views on the field and something to put on your resume.  Then again, if you feel the only way to spend your time off is something fun and crazy like backpacking through Europe for a few months, more power to ya!  You're only young once.  Good luck with your decision!
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I'm right up there on the soap box with you with attitudes in nursing school. At mine the ones accepted into the program are al easily 3.5 to 4.0 students that get into the program, yet so many fail. What's the point in making it so stressful that so many fail. This isn't a case of not being smart enough or working hard enough or wanting to badly enough. It's an underlying attitude and competitivness. Anyway, to help you out, yes other schools will accept you. I don't know which ones, only that my friend failed out of another and they wouldn't let her come back for a loooong time so she's entered ours.\nAnd no, there is no preparation given for the totally different style of thinking and testing that nursing involves. I'm not sure I'll ever understand how all 4 answers being right, yet three are counted wrong makes sense.
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I know three women who are in the process of going from LPN to RN.  The one who is somewhat ahead in her classes says it significantly easier going from LPN to RN that it was getting the LPN in the first place.\nThat's the extent of what I can contribute to your question other than good luck to you!
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Not going to be able to answer that.  But I did look at North Dakota State.  They have an excellent nursing program and I would have loved to have been able to go there.  I can only tell you to research as many schools as  you can.  And try to visit as many as you can.  You have to remember most schools have a very strict curriculum based on the states requirements.  And all schools in that state are either right on the line or above.  Most try to be above the bar because they want their students to be prepared to pass the state exam.  Check out the schools in your area first.  Chances are you will find one that has the same requirements as the more expensive schools.
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If your current job is dealing with nursing you shouldn't quit.\nNursing school is not that easy. Maybe you can work a part time job to still make money
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Master of Science nurse-I know because,of one of my aunts.She's one.