I did an accelerated BSN with a 1 and 2 year old. You can do it, just mentally prepare yourself..You will need good organization, support and long term high stress tolerance..but its
Nope, I became an RN at 39 :) I work in acute med-surg and have no problem keeping up with my 23 year old coworkers! Except when I was 40 and in my late 3rd trimester of pregnancy...LOL. I guess I'm...
Although I work days now, when I was on nights I had issues with falling asleep on the way home and my commute was just 30 minutes. The only thing that helped me was eating. I would save a granola...
I became a nurse at 39, so it's not too late! I did an accelerated BSN in 1 year, but I had to do roughly 2 years of prereqs before I could apply to that program. You will have to take all the...
Hi! Sorry for the late reply I just saw this. The average gpa when I got in was a 3.6 I think, but the committee looks at how good your essay is and if your prereq gpa is high they count that as...
I'm currently 33 weeks and have been working full time on a med-surg unit. I take all precautions patients I'm given, with the obvious exception of CMV and shingles, but my coworkers understand that...
I was a CNA before I became a nurse and I thought it was worth it. I was a lot more comfortable performing patient care and talking to and relating to patients than other student nurses just...
jjmm RN,BSN replied to metamedicine's topic in General Nursing
I did nursing school with a 1 and 2 year old, but that said not sure I could have done it while pregnant. I'm 30 weeks now with an almost 3 and 4 year old, working as an RN and taking only 2 masters...
jjmm RN,BSN replied to Student2017555's topic in General Students
I hear you..nursing school is really really tough, you have to really want to be a nurse, otherwise you won't have the motivation to get through it. Believe me, we all had some of these things...
jjmm RN,BSN replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in General Nursing
I work in acute care (med-surg unit) and I hated 8 hour shifts. I worked mostly 7-3 with some 3-11. I felt like I was always there, and unless I had really easy patients I would always be there late...
I am a new nurse (10 months) on a med-surg unit and although it is regular when I did noc shift to have 6 patients, we almost always had an aide. It would be really difficult to prevent falls, manage...
I did my pre-reqs pregnant with a 1yr old, then an accelerated BSN with a 1 and 2 year old. I also worked per diem as an aide the whole time. I had a great support system though with my fiance and...