Getting Excited About NS

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i am getting excited and nervous about nursing school. i start on monday. it is creeping up fast. i went yesterday and bought my books and two uniform tops. it all cost me $686. i knew it was going to be at least $700. i just hope and pray that i pass. i have been a ma for 6 years and all i want to do is be a registerd nurse. i love to work with patients. i can do the clinical aspect, but the testing is hard for me. i have been practicing nclex questions the past couple of weeks hoping it will help me. :)

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It is soooo exciting!!

I had a very difficult time with test taking. Do what YOU need to do - do not worry about what others think. I chewed gum, wore a watch and earplugs and sat against a wall to help me with my test taking. Also, remembering to BREATHE really helps!:D

Also, our school offers free counseling services and I let down my pride and went to speak with them. They offered great tips and gave me the encouragement I needed.

Another tool I used was a self confidence c/d that I listened to every night right before going to sleep - sounds silly - but I am now an RN!! Good luck!

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congrats on getting in! I'm extremely excited as well. I cannot WAIT to dive in and read something other than my NCLEX review book. Wish my books would hurry up and get here (tick...tick...tick...) I ordered mine online. Well all but my A&P which I've been putting off for two weeks now.

I've always worked a desk job, and I'm really looking forward to getting up off of my butt and away from shuffling papers. More than that though, I just LOVE school. I have often considered teaching (and more recently...teaching nursing) because I love school so much.

Good luck to us both! May it be a year (or two) that will show us what we're made of!

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Yay! I'm excited too (starting in less than a month).

It IS way more expensive than I thought though- uniforms, badges, insurance, etc...

Did anyone else have to buy the $350/year ATI testing package?

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Congrats!!! Studying NCLEX questions really does help. Keep it up.

Oh and about the ATI package, cpartrid...we have it too. They didn't let us know about that expense until afterwards.

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