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1. Nurses with Rheumatoid Arthritis

   ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in Disabilities

   Thanks for your input, I've thought about the fact that I'm immunosupressed and taking care of sick patients. I believe that what I plan to do (hopefully) is work in the doctor's office as a nurse for a rheumatologist or going in nursing research. I ...

2. Nurses with Rheumatoid Arthritis

   ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in Disabilities

   Thank you for sharing your story with me, I will continue to have my RA as a priority in my life, but I've learned a lot about myself while having this as well. I was letting my RA control my mind, causing me to fear the future and what I would think...

3. Nurses with Rheumatoid Arthritis

   ssanders80 posted a topic in Disabilities

   Hi All: I worked and completed all my nursing prereq's w/ the hopes of becoming a RN (this would be a second career for me). I ended up being rejected from every school I applied to for an ASN b/c of my 10 year old SAT score and rejected from a BSN p...

4. How bad is RA while being a nurse

   ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in General Nursing

   I have numerous conversations with my Rheumatologist and for the past six years she has been working (and has done an amazing job) of getting my RA under control so as it does not affect my everyday life and thank God it doesn't. I've never felt bett...

5. How bad is RA while being a nurse

   ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for this info and I agree about being realistic w/ limitations. Even before I kept getting denied admission b/c of my SAT score (took the test 10 yrs ago, earned a college degree and was still was denied, c'est la vie!) I kept thinking about h...

6. How bad is RA while being a nurse

   ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your input, I greatly agree that people need to think about their physical limitations before entering a career. That's not to say they shouldn't go for it, but they should be prepared for what may lay ahead. Thanks again!

7. How bad is RA while being a nurse

   ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for this info, I do have a Rheumatologist that I've been going to ever since and she's got me from not being able to walk, grab a pen or hold my dogs leash to feeling and performing as if I don't have RA, although I know it's there. I have a ...

8. How bad is RA while being a nurse

   ssanders80 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi All: I've come back to allnurses.com after taking a sabbatical away from working to become a nurse. I was rejected from several schools and it became a battle to become accepted b/c the determining factor of my acceptance was something from 10 yea...

9. Gpa 2.73

   ssanders80 replied to 2bNurseNik's topic in General Students

   Hey there: I don't think you should quit, unless you do some "soul searching" and realize you don't want to become a nurse. Onyx77 is right, a low gpa does not a bad nurse make. But if you are serious about becoming a nurse, you may want to find a ne...

10. Any Nurses With RA?? How do you Cope?

    ssanders80 replied to grbrico's topic in Disabilities

    Regardless of what you may have, don't let it stop you from becoming an FNP. I can't lie, there will be days where you just want to give up if you have RA, but don't let that stop you, keep focus on your goal. If you need to make life adjustments, no...

11. Any Nurses With RA?? How do you Cope?

    ssanders80 replied to grbrico's topic in Disabilities

    Hi there, Research is a good suggestion, I never thought about that! I know I want to get my PhD in nursing, but I really want to have some patient experience before I advance. I've been thinking about working in the NICU since the patients in this a...

12. Struggling to raise GPA

    ssanders80 replied to cinder06's topic in General Nursing

    At some schools, if you have had to withdraw from a course, they ask for an explanation as to why you had to do so. If you can't get the courses dropped, maybe write a statement explaining about those two courses and add that they in no way reflect y...

13. Nursing Programs

    ssanders80 replied to ssanders80's topic in North Carolina

    Thanks for this info! I really appreciate it. I've applied to CCHS and I will apply to UNCC and ECU once I get my Chem. completed. I'm also taking nutrition next semester so as to have that done in case I don't get accepted again (thinking positive t...

14. suggestion for NC life

    ssanders80 replied to d_d's topic in North Carolina

    Howdy! There is NorthEast Medical Center, which is part of CMC in Concord, it's a really good small/medium sized hospital. I believe that is the "major" hospital of that area.

15. Just want to be a nurse =)

    ssanders80 replied to FutureRN718's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there: One of the things I did to pay for school was to get a second job. I was able to pay for the all of my prereq's that way. If your grades are high enough (which I'm sure they are!) see if you can obtain an academic scholarship. That way, you...