My story of getting to this point is so long it's pathetic. I had almost given up on going back for my RN, and had even started looking into other areas of healthcare. I kept feeling, though, like I had unfinished business in nursing. I had put in an application for advanced placement LPN-RN over 2 years ago (and because of life--new baby, moving, etc. I hadn't followed up on how soon I could start).
In December, on a whim, I figured to just call and see what's up with my application. I figured I would be told to keep checking back for a spot. I had planned to leave my job in Jan/Feb 2013 regardless, and was looking forward to spending some time home with my kids. I also planned to get the last 2-3 BSN prereqs done in 2013. Well to my surprise, I was invited to start the 2nd block of the nursing program! After scrambling to arrange for a sitter and several back-up sitters, getting health documents, books, etc. I'm finally starting tomorrow.
Now the reality of it all is setting in and I have a wicked headache! My schedule is not even so bad: Tue/Wed labs and lecture for about 3-4 hours and 10 hour clinicals on Saturdays. I guess I'm remembering the M-F schedule and grueling LPN program and I'm just so scared right now. I know I can do this, but now I'm second-guessing myself on whether or not I made the right decision. I keep telling myself it's only 3 semesters. I'm just reaching out and hoping someone else knows this feeling or can provide some much-needed words of encouragement.
