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  Question for RN's : How hard is nursing school? Click here to view this message
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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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          1 Question for RN's : How hard is nursing school? Click here to view reply in a separate window
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              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 Click here to view this message
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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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Jun-02 11
  Random thought about nurses and marriage Click here to view this message
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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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