[clee1]

Hi all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hello, being a newbie to this site and a newbie to nursing.

I am 38 years old and Nursing will be my second career; having spent the last 15 in the IT industry.

I am not totally new to medicine, however, having been a Military medic and a civilian EMT afterward - I even did some time as a phlebotomist before there was such a thing as a "licensed" phlebotomist.

I start my LPN program on 9 JAN and will graduate next December, and am planning to imediately go to a LPN-ASN/RN program after LPN licensure.

My primary interest in the field, considering my previous experience, will be ED/Trauma; but my dream job would be as a flight nurse.

Any words of encouragement or advice would be appreciated.

[Thunderwolf]

Oh my, do we have a board for you! Glad you found us. Some forums that may interest you are: General Nursing Student Discussion forum, Nursing Student Assistance forum, LPN Corner forum, and Military Nursing forum. I assume that you might be male, so please check out our Male Nursing Student forum and our Male Nursing forum. When you are ready to take the NCLEX, we also have a NCLEX Discussion forum. After you get your LPN, we also have a LPN to RN forum to check out. Jeeze, I really think we have much to help get you started as a nurse...in school and out! You got the best here, pal. Guess what?....you will fit right in here!



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Originally Posted by clee1

Hi all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hello, being a newbie to this site and a newbie to nursing.

I am 38 years old and Nursing will be my second career; having spent the last 15 in the IT industry.

I am not totally new to medicine, however, having been a Military medic and a civilian EMT afterward - I even did some time as a phlebotomist before there was such a thing as a "licensed" phlebotomist.

I start my LPN program on 9 JAN and will graduate next December, and am planning to imediately go to a LPN-ASN/RN program after LPN licensure.

My primary interest in the field, considering my previous experience, will be ED/Trauma; but my dream job would be as a flight nurse.

Any words of encouragement or advice would be appreciated.

Hey, I just replied to your reply about my pt tracking issue. Was curious to see if it was M or F that was devising a DB for our new Pt tracking program. (BTW, it HAS to be compatible for both Palm and PPC ;-)
And of course youre a guy. Not that ladies couldnt do that sort of thing, just not too typical. We have a lot in common as I too am an EMT and will end up in the ED/Trauma. I just started LPN school in Sept and will graduate this June (10 mo prog). It would be great to network together, dont ya think?
Deb