LDRPHOPEFUL

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1. I need nursing school advice from experienced nurses, please

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to LDRPHOPEFUL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for being kind with your reply, I was afraid people would be brutal with me :) Years ago (maybe 2005) our health council had nurse shadowing. I shadowed for 9 straight hours in a busy L&D unit. I will never forget the experience. I hun...

2. I need nursing school advice from experienced nurses, please

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to LDRPHOPEFUL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   So let's say I decided to just give nursing school a try; would I know pretty quickly if I wasn't cut out for it? Thanks for sharing your wisdom with me :)

3. I need nursing school advice from experienced nurses, please

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to LDRPHOPEFUL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   HouTx, thanks, by the way :)

4. I need nursing school advice from experienced nurses, please

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to LDRPHOPEFUL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I have wanted to be a nurse since I was tiny. It's written in my school memory book year after year in the "what do you want to be when you grow up" section My mom passed away only recently. Unfortunately for me, I grew up in a home that didn't v...

5. I need nursing school advice from experienced nurses, please

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to LDRPHOPEFUL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   First, THANK YOU :) CPM's are illegal in my state, unfortunately. I have thoroughly researched becoming an IBCLC and I called the hospital systems within an hour or so radius of my home (I'm between two major cities) and they all say the same thi...

6. I need nursing school advice from experienced nurses, please

   LDRPHOPEFUL posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm going to acknowledge up front that this may be a stupid question, but I'm asking it anyway. I'm really struggling with my decision to attend nursing school. I memorized my way through my science prerequisites. Quite literally the professor had...

7. Positive thoughts for the burnt-out and anxious-

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to mrsbacktoschool's topic in Pre-Nursing

   GREAT idea! Though I am guilty of adding to the negativity in here, I find myself wishing I could hear more positives about Nursing as a career. I can do this because: I know I was born to be a L&D nurse, and possibly even a nurse-midwife! I ...

8. 2014 Applicants

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to emergenceRN17's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I have until August 15th to apply for Spring 2014 clinicals in a BSN program. That makes me nervous just typing it!! I will need to take four courses this fall (August 2013) before I can begin clinicals, which means I will get my letter (acceptance o...

9. Pre-Nursing Worries - Anyone Else Experiencing This?

   LDRPHOPEFUL replied to usfgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   YES!!! I've been considering registering on here, but after I saw your post I knew I had to respond!! I can SO relate to disliking the prerequisite courses. I've done all my A&P and micro, and while I can't say it was completely uninteresting,...