My Delima Help Or Advice Gladly Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[89**11]

here goes january 2008 got accepted into the lpn program at my local vo-tech school. i had applied several times and finally got in as well as just finished certification for medical secretary. i got a job at a hospital for unit secretary it's ok i have been on the job a year now great. i am on a program that pays for my education but i can only obtain 2 certifications and the rest have to be degrees. now mind u i have a certificate in medical secretay which is okay wish i need did it that was an alternative until the nursing program became available once i was choosen as a alternate for the nursing program but was never called.

any who long story short while in the program i knew i was pregnant and was given an option to stop and end of first quater and return in october to graduate in june 09 or to continue and return after 2weeks of having my child in may i choose to continue so that i could graduate with my class in dec 2008. we began clinicals and i had a great time in the ltc facilites it was great but all of a sudden i passed out this was only day one and i told my instructor because i was scared and i sat down for a while and then at lunch and returned but we left early that day so it was great. next day i returned and it happened again and my instructor told me to go to my gyn to make sure all is well i was put on bedrest for unitl my next appt which was about a 1wk and the doctor said i could return and that is was normal some women who are prego experience orthostatic something of nother but i understood its were when you stand you have a decrease in bp and how it pools to ur feet and that's when u have spells of syncope yada yada yada

any who after i recieved my letter they said that they did not want to be liable for me and that i have missed too many days already but i could return in october 08 so i turned in my readmission letter i passed every thing that semester and finished all of my 1st semester so i did not have to withdraw. so i calculated when acceptence letters would come out and it would be in june08 for the fall semester in aug08 and i did not recieve anything. sooo i went out to the school and spoke with the director and she told me that the admissions have first serve and that my hand book states that their is not garantee for readmission once out of the program but if their is space available i could return in october which i know it will be our class the first semester started out with 44 and ended with 20 and that's after the 1st semester before i left now maybe its 18 or so left but i know that i could have a chance or not she suggested that i do cna to refresh and to meet the standards of the programs that are paying for my tution do u think this is at all fair what do u suggest.

i am so tired of everyone saying that it's going to be harder since i have two kids now and i am just feeling discourage and plus the program i am on pays me to go to school and pays for my tution but when i turn 23 in january the money will be gone but they will still pay for my tution which is great but i will have to start working full time again which i have before but my son was 3 and i only had one now i have a 4yr old and a 2month old big difference plus i am breast feeding and i don' t think i am ready to work those 12 hr shifts again and give up my weekends once more what should i do confused and frustrated and plus i feel like i am taking a step back by doing cna until then but it would be good for me because i don't remember a thing

[laydiebuug]

laydiebuug, aren't you being a bit too harsh. You don't know her situation behind her pregnancy, so please lets try not to judge. I recommended to her that she use precaution before getting pregnant. But lets leave it at that. How do we know she wasn't on birth control and it failed? Birth control isn't 100% so lets not judge. She came on this board because she was looking for guidance, not a lecture. Lets be fair here, and try to give her the benefit of the doubt. Just like I'm being fair to you by not asking you to rewrite YOUR post using proper grammar and sentence structure. I know what you're getting at regarding rewriting the post because I had to read it several times to try to understand what she was saying.

I hear you. I really do but sometimes we have to look at our situations and overcome them instead of whining about them. How many single parents are on these boards? I did give her guidance based on what I read. she needs to follow her heart we can't tell her what to do, we can't change the schools policy either. I see where she didn't want to become a CNA. She wants to go for her LPN. She should do what she has to, to make that happen, whining to everyone and wanting decisions made is something nobody can do for her. Only she knows her situation, only she knows what she is capable of. I am not being harsh, I am being real. We can't really help her until she makes her mind up.

[laydiebuug]

laydiebuug, aren't you being a bit too harsh. You don't know her situation behind her pregnancy, so please lets try not to judge. I recommended to her that she use precaution before getting pregnant. But lets leave it at that. How do we know she wasn't on birth control and it failed? Birth control isn't 100% so lets not judge. She came on this board because she was looking for guidance, not a lecture. Lets be fair here, and try to give her the benefit of the doubt. Just like I'm being fair to you by not asking you to rewrite YOUR post using proper grammar and sentence structure. I know what you're getting at regarding rewriting the post because I had to read it several times to try to understand what she was saying.

Since you on a grammar kick, I thought you might like to know you capitalize words at the beginning of a sentence.

[89**11]

I understand where you are coming from. I want to let you know I did not plan to get pregnant, but I love both of my children and I was on birthcontrol and regret nothing. It is hard not to judge others and I did not know that I would feel so be-littled by the words of those I admire as far as those in the nursing profession. I want to be a nurse because I care for others and I enjoy helping people. I also know that the post was not gramatically correct but that's what happens when your emotional, frustrated, and indecisive. Hopefully I did not miss spell any words god forbid. Welp thanks for your advice and the hard part is up to me.

[laydiebuug]

I understand where you are coming from. I want to let you know I did not plan to get pregnant, but I love both of my children and I was on birthcontrol and regret nothing. It is hard not to judge others and I did not know that I would feel so be-littled by the words of those I admire as far as those in the nursing profession. I want to be a nurse because I care for others and I enjoy helping people. I also know that the post was not gramatically correct but that's what happens when your emotional, frustrated, and indecisive. Hopefully I did not miss spell any words god forbid. Welp thanks for your advice and the hard part is up to me.

It seems harsh but sometimes a kick in the butt is needed. However if you read everyone's post you will see everyone telling you to follow your heart. We all get obsticles thrown in our way, its just life, it happens. Only you know what you are capable of. It doesn't really matter what the rest of think. Look at all your options and figure out how to acheive your goal. Its not the cards you were dealt, its how you play them.

[KIMMY03]

Hey guys, I am sure that by this point willamsa has heard from more than enough of us about how gramatically incorrect and barely comprehensible her post was....we have all made our points and it's apparent that by now we have made ourselves crystal clear, but on that note...lets not use this board as a means of attacking others, judging people and or putting them down. This is supposed to be a supportive site, especially considering many of us don't have very strong support systems in our lives and even of those of us that do, many of us aspiring nurses don't have a plethora of nursing friends to turn to for advice. That is why we come on this site...to seek others such as ourselves who are either on the same (or a similar) journey as we are, or have traveled the roads that we someday hope to and are in a position to extend a helping hand and a few words of wisdom about the obstacles that are to come. Hopefully, through us learning from the experiences of others on this site as well as our own, we all can turn to someone on this board in the future and offer our own words of encouragement. As you will soon learn, there is more than enough negativity out in the world that we do not need to turn to AllNurses, a place that many of us view as our comfort blanket, to spread those terrible vibes. Please, no one is perfect and at times we all succumb to our weaknesses and feel the need to voice our opinions but as cliche as it may sound...If you don't have anything nice to say, (even if it means trying your absolute hardest) dont say anything at all.

Good Luck Williamsa

[readytoroll]

Williamsa take a deep breath, relax, and ignore the negative feedback you have received about your post. I am sure the fact that it was rambling and contained gramatical errors had more to do with the fact that you had received news that was upsetting to you than any of the things that have been insinuated by some of our fellow posters.

I know that waiting is hard but your time will come. My advice to you is to plan on getting back into the program and to have a fallback plan just in case it doesn't happen. While I was waiting to get accepted into my LPN program I continued to take courses at the local community college that I know I will need in order to bridge to RN. If you continue your education, in whatever capacity is possible,you won't feel so far removed from your dreams! The path you are on is a little crooked, welcome to the club! We will get there in our own time.

[NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN]

Since you on a grammar kick, I thought you might like to know you capitalize words at the beginning of a sentence.

Oh I'm sorry, but it looks like your screen name is "laydiebuug" not captalized. Hence, the reason why it's not capitalized. Just thought I'd point that out :nuke:

Anyhow, now back to nursing. Are you in the LPN/LVN program, or are you a nurse already?

[89**11]

Is this in reference to me or laydiebuug

[missjennmb]

i am in a very accelerated program. i have seven children and i still manage to work part time. it can be done, but you must have the will to do it.

totally off topic, but i have to know... how did you manage it with 7 kids and a part time job? i have 3 (13, 2, 8 mos) and a part time job and will be starting school in the fall and would love to have some insight! :)