tigerlily1234

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1. After the Storm

   tigerlily1234 replied to prettyn88's topic in General Students

   Around here, hospitals pay more than physicians' offices. They also have more in the way of benefits (health insurance, etc.) than most physicians' offices, unless you work for a large group of physicians, and even then insurance is usually not offe...

2. Anyone here that is in their 50's and going to school for Nursing?

   tigerlily1234 replied to chesneyone's topic in Pre-Nursing

   LIke someone else somewhere else on this forum said, you can be a couple of years old or a couple of years older AND a nurse. It's never too late to learn, so encourage your mom to go for her dreams.

3. Anyone here that is in their 50's and going to school for Nursing?

   tigerlily1234 replied to chesneyone's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I am going to be 50 in December and will start my prereqs in January 2010. I debated many months about making this kind of change this late in life, but after realizing that in 3 years I would be doing exactly what I am doing now (medical transcript...

4. Looking for info on Angelina College (Lufkin, TX)

   tigerlily1234 replied to tigerlily1234's topic in Texas

   Thanks, Williams! I've been studying math like a fiend for the past month. I hope to start NP in fall 2010. Where are you going to school? Good luck with your studies as well. :)

5. Looking for info on Angelina College (Lufkin, TX)

   tigerlily1234 posted a topic in Texas

   I am planning on attending Angelina Jr. College beginning in January. I am looking to connect with any future, current or recent grads of this school. I am about to take the Accuplacer test and am afraid that I will bomb the math portion as it has ...

6. Good general health?

   tigerlily1234 replied to tigerlily1234's topic in General Students

   thanks everyone! you are all so encouraging! this is a kind of change of career for me as well. i am and have been a medical transcriptionist for the past almost 20 years now. this field is slowly circling the drain with the onset of voice rec...

7. Good general health?

   tigerlily1234 replied to tigerlily1234's topic in General Students

   thanks for the quick reply! i guess i'm just a little nervous about the prospect of going back to school at my age. i have only been hospitalized twice for the pancreatitis, once for the initial acute attack and once for an attack brought on by ...

8. Good general health?

   tigerlily1234 posted a topic in General Students

   I am a 50-year-old woman who wants to enroll in nursing school in the fall of 2010. (I hope I'm not too old for this! :chuckle) In reading the web site for the community college I want to attend, one of the qualifications for entering nursing scho...