heather925

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1. young mom, nursing school, job can i do it?

   heather925 replied to thinkbe4youink's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck! As a former high school teacher, I love when I see young students with an actual career goal. You should truly pursue this 100%. I wish I could motivate my niece to pursue it- As a 36 year old mom to 2, ABSN student, I wish I had pursued ...

2. **Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2011**

   heather925 replied to thebread's topic in California

   brendalwelsh- I just met your friend today, as I bought a bunch of books off of her! I was so glad to meet her (single mom to an amazing 5 year old) as I'm in school now, with a 1 year old and a 5 year old- There's hope of making it thru this program...

3. Samuel Merritt Accelerated BSN Program - is it doable?

   heather925 replied to nursetobein2010's topic in California

   Concurrent law school!! You're wild! And I thought I was bad for going back to RN school after earning my MBA . . . Yes, there are evenings too. The clinicals occur at night too-- There are 8 hr shifts, 12 hr shifts, weekends and night shift (during...

4. Samuel Merritt Accelerated BSN Program - is it doable?

   heather925 replied to nursetobein2010's topic in California

   AMB4- Don't delay 'applying' to try and schedule the 'best time-' The no. cal. bay area schools are so impacted, you need to apply ASAP after you have your pre-reqs done. I'm at the SF campus of SMU and loving it- But as a fellow mom (little one was ...

5. Mom Seeking Details of Schedule @ Samuel Merritt ABSN - Oakland -

   heather925 replied to brendalwelch's topic in California

   Fellow mom of 2 tiny ones here and I'm waist deep in the SF ABSN @ SMU (+ LOVING IT!). You really do need to sign your life away for a year- There is no way around it. I had to ask my mother to move in with my family for a year (in addition to paying...

6. How difficult did you find pharmacology?

   heather925 replied to raydon's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I took pharmacology as a prereq for an ABSN program I will start this fall. It was a fully accredited online course from a community college. It was the easiest class I have ever taken- only difficulty for me was my personal scheduling- I'd read the ...

7. Am i smart enough??

   heather925 replied to mkup29's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I found that my local library had no TEAS prep books as there are none on the market, outside of the one published by the test maker (ATI). I didn't see any TEAS specific prep books at my local bookstore nor on Amazon.com. I saw non-ATI online test ...

8. Transcripts haven't made it yet...what next?

   heather925 replied to HighNursingGoals's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I've been to a number of different colleges during my undergrad career, so i had multiple transcripts sent to my prospective schools. I just found out i was not considered for 2 schools as they were missing the official transcript from one particular...

9. Anyone just take Pathophysiology at SBCC?

   heather925 replied to wannabe an rn's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I took pathophysio and pharmacology from SBCC in fall 2009 and have notes/books. If you are interested in learning more and which instructor I had, send me a private message.

10. Samuel Merritt University Nursing Reputation

    heather925 replied to jb32's topic in California

    Congrats