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Stop by and introduce yourself
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Hello my name is Linda McFarland
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Hello my name is Linda McFarland, I am a RN with 18 years as an RN and 18
years as LPN. I just moved to Valdosta in July. I am now employed at SGMC
Greenleaf. I started out as an LPN at SGMC in 1973. Married moved away
completed my ADN in NC. Work the last 13 years in Tucson AZ. Had some
glitches getting my lesson in georgia did any one else have
problems. Interested to know if other nurses are wondering about the pay
in this area. Glad to be here. Looking forward to getting to know other
nurses in the area.
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Question for RN's : How hard is nursing school?
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I start in 2 weeks and I'm SCARED from the stories I hear!?
I start an AA RN program in less than 2 weeks now.
I did
well in the pre-reqs (a B in anatomy and A's in Micro and Physio)
but I hear that nursing school is horrible and there is a TIMED math
test
in Pharmacology 4 weeks in to do medicine conversion
equations and
if you get anything less than a 90% you're
out!
I'm lousy at math, particularly algebra.
I
have a tutoring sessions planned to help a bit with that
and
ease some of my fears... but I'm starting to really wonder if I can do
this.
I have a 3 year old son and am a
single mom.
I've done alright so far and realize that I will
have to put out some effort...
but I really would just like to
know that this is truly Do-able.
People are making it sound
like it's the most stressful thing I'll ever do.
HELP!! Please tell me what your experience was like and what
to expect.
I'm freaked out here!
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Question for RN's : How hard is nursing school? Click here to view reply in a separate window
Nursing
school is what you make of it.
I had heard that nursing
school was the most stressful, difficult experience and that it was such a
hard program, etc. But nursing wasn't my first degree, so unlike many
nursing students I had something to compare the experience to.
As far as academics go, nursing is less intensive in terms of reading
/ writing / social sciences, etc. Your homework load isn't really all that
bad.
The part of nursing that's hard is:
1) It does take a lot of time. There are practicums (internships) and
depending on what school you're in they may not be paid. Doing classes,
doing an unpaid internship, having a regular job and trying to raise a
child is VERY hard. When my son was four I caught him throwing my textbooks
in the trash can because he wanted mommy to play with him. Talk about a
broken heart!
2) Tests, tests, tests. There are tests to
prepare you to take tests that are supposed to prepare you to take tests to
see if you're prepared to take your boards. And no I'm not exaggerating.
I'm a good test taker and naturally confident in that area, so it didn't
bother me. I had classmates that were miserable over all the tests
though.
That being said, nursing school is very do-able.
The good thing about nursing is that nursing students tend to make friends
fast and they'll help you pull through. Everyone hates math and organic
chemistry, but the vast majority of people who are committed overcome
it.
Nursing schools also seem to be more motivated to make
things work for you so that you can make it through. Compared to my other
degree, my nursing classes were way more flexible and my advisers and
teachers far more attentive and helpful.
Even though doing
nursing school and raising a child as a single mom was hard, it's paid off
in spades now that it's over. I am now able to support myself and my son
very well (comparably! :P ) by working only two days a week. All the time I
used to stress about missing with my son is made up now by the fact that
I'm home way more than I would be with any other job.
The
biggest thing is just to commit, find out what who you can get to back you
in your dreams, and then rely on whatever support systems are available to
you. It'll be hard but you can do it and you'll never regret making the
sacrifices you had to make to get through!
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Dumb newbie questions
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Hi everyone. This is my first post here. My girlfriend has decided to go back to school to be an RN. Her background is, she has an AS degree in environmental technology. She was laid off from an engineering firm in January and has not been able to even find a waitressing job.
We have kinda figured out the school part. I was surprised to learn that the RN program was an associates program. I was curious. When I see ads about RN jobs paying $ 30-40 an hour, is that for any RN or are those more for RN's with bachelor's degrees? Also, I see a lot of home health ads. She is not really interested in that type of work. She wants to work in a hospital. Are jobs there?
I guess if I had to boil it down to one question. If she gets her RN associates, what are her realistic prospects for type of job and salary? Can you do well from there? Or is a BS degree the ticket to success and $$$?
I know, that wasn't one question. Sorry.
Thanks everyone. Have a nice day
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Random thought about nurses and marriage
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I was sitting around tonight talking with the other nurses working tonight, and it struck me again how often nurses seem to be divorced, or getting divorced. Is this similar to most places? I've worked in 4 different places and everywhere I go it seems that nurses seem to have alot of trouble in their marriages. I'm in a relationship that seems to be heading towards marriage but it makes me nervous when I see these women that I know are amazing, faltering when it comes to making mariage work.
It can be nurses married only a few years to those married 15 years? Is it the stress of the job? Too little nurturing left over for the husband/family, or is it unsupportive husband/family? Makes me curious. I know it prob differs from situation to situation, but there is a high incidence of divorce.
Any way, it's almost the end of my shift and i'm on an interventional unit with two walkie talkie patients so i have the luxury of posting this have a good day!
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