About To Give Up...........

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*Caution..this is super long..but really important to me :( *

Hey all...I live in Bloomington, Illinois. I just turned 21 and Im currently attending a community college. I was a great student in highschool but still had to finish pre-requisites for the nursing progam offered here. Well, I walked into school in October of last year to sign up for my first semester of classes(I started in January). I'll not be done all of my pre-requisites this summer..so obviously I only needed 6 classes (they were mostly Psychology, Sociology, Oral comm, Calculus, and an englsih). These classes are REQUIERD to even apply to the nursing program..so my advisor said I should wait unti lI finish those classes to apply for the nursing program. I didnt know the questions to ask..because...I guess I jsut didnt think about it.

Well...I met with my advisor again on Friday to schedule my summer classes. I asked her about applying to the nursing program..she said I cant apply until this coming October...and I wont find out if I get accepted until next April. She said the chances of someone applying for the first time is pretty low unless you get picked randomly (75% of seats are chosen on applications...25 is chosen randomly)-so she todl me to plan on waiting atleast two years to get into the program.

Now....she NEVER trold me thsi the first time i came in..and Im so angry because I could have applied when I first came in. The real college here (Illinois State) offeres a BSN program..but they have a wait listthat about 1 year as well..and I really dont wnat to get my bachelors in nursing...because Im already working on my BS in Biology.

Well..I decided to take Nurs 110 to get my certification as a CNA this summer (8 week logn course) but...Im at a lsos now.

I literally sat and cried while I talked to my boyfriend..because I really dont know what to do now. According to my advisor the best chance I have of getting into a nursing program in this stupid little town is 3 years away. I dont want to sit and waste so much time....and to top it all off my b/f wants to move back to Los Angeles (we moved here a year and a half ago) in a year or when im done my nrusing school..and Id hate to have us locked down here for 6 more years for a stupid assosciates degree.

I know you are all over the country...does anyone have any advice of maybe another school I should apply to..a place in California I should focus on? I need help :(

STUPID ADVISOR :devil: grrrrrrrrrr

Thanks anyone who can help....

~Elyse

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I am as frustrated as you are!! I am a 29 year old mom who took the long way around and am very anxious to just get through all this hub-bub. I have finished all my pre-reqs (they call them pre-clinicals at my school) only to find out that I will more than likely not get accepted the first time I apply either. My school has over 400 applicants per semester with only 60 seats. Alot of those applicants I've been told are LPN's transitioning into the RN program, so the likelihood of them getting accepted first is at the top. That's not to mention that my stupid advisor knew that I am on a "timeline" and want to graduate to get into the work force so I can make some money...and did not tell me that I could have easily gotten my LPN cert before my RN and been working already!! THen I could take a couple classes to transition and make more!! AHHHHHHH I feel your pain.

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Wow..yeah. Looks like we're sharing a boat.

I actually didnt know I could be a CNA until I met with the Nurse Recruiter at my hospital. (I met her totally accidentally.. Iwas there for an interview for a job i nthe Wellness Center- kind of like a nice healthy gift shop!) So..figure I'd met my advisor twice..and been in school for 3 months..and enver even KNEW about thsi ONE class that Icould take to be a CNA.

And...in my area..you have to be accepted into the program to even take classes to become an LPN.

I spent my entire weekend in tears..because...Im 21 years old..I should be doen school. I have experience in medical Billing..but..its not something I enjoyed doing..and now I have thsi whole plan of what I want to do with my life (which drastically wil leffect my b/fs as well) and...none of it will work out the way I want! Im such a patient person and for some reason right now..I just want someone else to figure it all out for me >.

Ive emailed a lto of nurse recruiters around the country asking for help..and pretty much they all tell me to goback and talk to my advisor..not knowing that my school has apaprently bottle necked the entire program..and Im about 2 hours awya from any other accredited schools. BOO!!!

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Sorry to hear about your bad luck, but I know what you are going through! I live in Ohio and there is a school in a town called Centerville. IT has a wonderful nursing program for LPN and RN.. it is really tough due to it being a FAST PACED course..... you go for 3 semesters and that is it... but the 3 semesters last for about 10 months..... they put alot of work on you and expect alot out of you, but all the teachers and instuctors are really nice and are eager to help with what they can...... BUT my sister-in-law is going to another school in the area for RN and it has a 2-3 year waiting list... she has been going for almost 2 years now and hasn't even taken a nursing course.. I started at my school in January of 2006 and already doing clinicals at a nursing home... so I feel bad for those who have such an obstacle to get in a school... but if you look around you may just find a school similar to the one i go to in your area... so unless you want to move down here where I am, I don't know too much about your area... but I hope it works out for you and like everyone always told me.......... DONT GIVE UP!!!!! ;) :nurse:

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Jerseygirl - have you looked a little further west to Peoria? Get your name in at several colleges and hopefully that will help move you along. At 21, please don't worry that you should be "done with school." With the acute shortage of nursing instructors, its not unusual to have a wait list. Good luck.

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Do not give up!!!

I like everyone else applied for the associate degree in nursing program and was told there was a five year wait. So I went for my LPN/LVN. My LPN/LVN program took one year. Then I went on to Excelsior University's RN associate program which took me 18 months. Keep perservering!!!!!!!!!!!

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Specializes in Peds - playing with the kids.

i don't have any advice for you accept...don't give up.

i'm sure a solution will present itself.

:icon_hug: until then...lots of hugs to you!:icon_hug:

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If you will look on the forum of LVN/LPN alot of them they are frustrated too and when they found out the big help for them to get into Nursing program is through LVN/LPN they pursue it(that where i'm going this May), it's not easy but workable. my classmates last year got accepted easily in CC because she is a license LVN and she's graduating this year after only a year on the program.

Nat

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All I can say is that it took me 10 years to finish my BSN - start stop start stop for alot of reasons........but this May I graduate. Its truly not about how old you are or how long it takes but girl you already have what it takes ----DESIRE----- You lose that well youre done......But I can feel it in your post running strong through your heart.............

So, regroup, reorganize, refresh and resurrect a positive attitude---

My advice - stay wherever you are, hunker down, realize you are closer than you think and move well within your own system and transfer. People who are already paying customers of a school are more likely to be accepted into their own program especially if you have a good track record already. If you go skipping around to every college you think may want you, you may lose your chance at the one that is already in your own backyard.

Diffuse your anger with your advisor, suck it up and continue on that path.

Yes. it sucks and you will be a tad bit older but hey, you'll get there. The Journey is the Destination.....You are learning patience - what is required of a good nurse.............Recognize this and may you be the better person because of it. Relax you'll get there at the right time for you!!! Which sometimes is different than what you had planned, but life always throws you curve balls, you just have to know how to get out of the way!!!!

Good Luck- Heather/Class of 2006 BSN

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My advice - stay wherever you are, hunker down, realize you are closer than you think and move well within your own system and transfer. People who are already paying customers of a school are more likely to be accepted into their own program especially if you have a good track record already. If you go skipping around to every college you think may want you, you may lose your chance at the one that is already in your own backyard.

Diffuse your anger with your advisor, suck it up and continue on that path.

Yes. it sucks and you will be a tad bit older but hey, you'll get there. The Journey is the Destination.....You are learning patience - what is required of a good nurse.............Recognize this and may you be the better person because of it. Relax you'll get there at the right time for you!!! Which sometimes is different than what you had planned, but life always throws you curve balls, you just have to know how to get out of the way!!!!

Good Luck- Heather/Class of 2006 BSN

Amen to that

Nat

P.s

Congratulation Heather on your coming Graduation day:biggringi

Nat

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