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1. Holy Crapola

   WVlpn2b replied to pharmgirl's topic in General Students

   Oh, wow, I know how you feel! I just posted a long-winded weepy tale about my first week -- it is pretty overwhelming!

2. One week down, two years to go...

   WVlpn2b posted a topic in General Students

   I'm overwhelmed to the point of tears. I just began my ADN program last Monday and feel like I am drowning. I really am not trying to complain, but I could use encouragement from others going through the same thing or those who have been there and ...

3. Any older people in pre-nursing?

   WVlpn2b replied to Dancinagain's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Good luck to you! My fall semester starts Monday. I, too, subscribe to this thread to remind myself that I am not the only one (I'll be an RN in 2010, when I'm 45).:redpinkhe

4. Energy Level Of "older" Student

   WVlpn2b replied to luckylin08's topic in General Students

   I love these threads! I am almost 44 and just beginning my ADN program as well (after a year of pre-reqs and changing my plan from becoming an LPN to becoming an RN). I can't do all-nighters either -- no way! In fact, I turn into a pumpkin after 11...

5. What are you studying before school starts?

   WVlpn2b replied to EleniRN's topic in General Students

   OK, after reading some of these posts, I feel like a giant slacker but I am studying n*o*t*h*i*n*g whatsoever except a couple of fluffy novels by the pool. My poor old brain is tired after a year of pre-reqs with no breaks and I know that once I sta...

6. Cost of books first semester?

   WVlpn2b replied to Mat4mel's topic in General Students

   My books will cost $500 used -- I have to wait until the financial aid office gives me a book voucher to purchase them. If the used ones are all gone by then, it will cost upwards of about $750. My uniforms are another $225 (which I have to purchas...

7. should I cut my hair?

   WVlpn2b replied to picurn10's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I'd cut it -- I did, actually. :) You can always grow it later. Mine is chin length -- a "graduated" bob: very short on the nape and wedged in the back and a little longer in front. Very little layering, and I've grown it out before -- there's n...

8. POLL: How far in debt will you be???

   WVlpn2b replied to pumpkinhead's topic in General Students

   I will owe $5-7K. I'm going through the ADN program at my community college, and it's fairly inexpensive. I had hoped not to borrow any -- I didn't for my pre-reqs -- but my uniforms/supplies/books for the first semester alone is right around $1K. I...

9. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

   WVlpn2b replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism

   Absolutely not.

10. "Performance" Anxiety?

    WVlpn2b replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Students

    I'm so happy to see this thread! I'm scared out of my mind -- actually even posted a thread about it yesterday. I start in a month, "cold" as well. I have a CNA license as a requirement for the LPN program I was going to go into before I applied an...

11. Is anyone else petrified???

    WVlpn2b posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all -- I start my ADN program August 18. I have straight As in all my pre-reqs and am even finishing up Micro and A&P2 right now with As so far, so that once I begin the program, all I have to take are nursing classes. I should be sitting pret...

12. Any older people in pre-nursing?

    WVlpn2b replied to Dancinagain's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I am 43. I will be 45 when I finish my RN program. It's never too late!

13. It's really happening...

    WVlpn2b posted a topic in General Students

    Today I signed up for my fall classes to begin my RN program. Ordered the (dreadfully unattractive and uncomfortable and expensive) uniforms, and the cap (!) and priced my textbooks. Officially, I am both grateful to be starting and scared to death....

14. Dow your program require you to wear a cap??

    WVlpn2b replied to WVlpn2b's topic in General Students

    Yes, my program is in WV. It's supposed to be a really good one, too. *sigh* I guess I just may as well suck it up and put on the cap. And then burn it when I finish.

15. Dow your program require you to wear a cap??

    WVlpn2b replied to WVlpn2b's topic in General Students

    :angryfireOurs are all white, too! This was exactly my thought when I found out. I wonder about the brains behind some of these ideas, frankly.