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	Last Activity Jan 15 2016

Certification
Replies: 1 LastReply: Betsy

Does anyone know of financing for acquisition of a Certification? I am referring to WOCN (the wound,ostomy, continence nursing) certification. It is very expensive. I have looked, but the only financing is to get a degree. Hope to hear some positive answers (?).
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	Last Activity Feb 25 2013
Started By Haulie

Question for RN's : How hard is nursing school?
Replies: 2 LastReply: Luis

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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	Last Activity Mar 18 2012
Started By EliseR

Dumb newbie questions
Replies: 2 LastReply: Mayang

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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	Last Activity Jun 02 2011
Started By ICUgirl

Random thought about nurses and marriage
Replies: 3

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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