New Pre-Nursing Student Here.....

U.S.A. Oklahoma

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Hello all! Just wanted to post and say hello. I'm a new pre-nursing student (started this spring). Here's a little about myself...

I'm a 38yr old married father of 3 boys (OMG....shhhhhh, don't tell anyone a man is here!! LOL). I've got a bachelors degree in Information Systems. I've been in the IT field for about 12 years now and it hasn't been very rewarding. Medical has always been a secret love of mine. So....here I am.

Needless to say, I've got all my pre-reqs with exception to my sciences...so that's where I am. Now I'm trying to figure out if I want to go for an LPN and get to work as I bridge to an RN, or just go for the BSN right off the bat. I have all the typical issues it seems....how much will it cost, what to do with the kids, how much time will it require, what will I make, how can I survive this madness???????????

Anyway....I'm in my first Biology class along with an online Psych class. I'm already feeling stressed with the amount of info you have to absorb. I haven't been in a classroom in 10 years!!

Helpful, encouraging words are definitely needed...along with a dose of reality.

Happy to be here and looking foreward to the future.

Oh...after eating chinese today, I got a fortune that I thought was fitting....."Use your abilities at this time to stay focused on your goal. You will succeed!"

Brett

Hey all....

Found this old thread of mine and thought I would update it to report my status.

I applied for the RSU program this spring, but didn't make it in. I was told that I missed getting in by 1 grade. I made a B in Dosage Calc, only by 1.5 points! CRAP! Anyway, I continued on....At the completion of the Fall 2010 semester I will have taken all the pre-reqs I can take for the RSU program. I will be applying again in the spring as well as taking some elective classes for the BSN degree there (the only ones I can take without actually being in the program) along with re-taking Dosage Calc to get an A.

Not sure what my options will be if I don't get in. Transfer to another school will cost me time and money since I'd have to take classes to be eligible for their programs.

All in all its been good so far.....all my science grades have been A's and a couple B's in other classes, so I'm sitting pretty good in that respect. I'm just ready to experience things for myself and not just hear about it from all the nursing students.

Hope everyone is doing well.....

Hey! I'm a first year nursing student at RSU. If I knew then what I know now... lol.

I don't know if you have taken these yet or not, but I HIGHLY recommend taking Micro, Pharm, nutrition, Psych, Soc, etc. before you start the nursing program. That way all you have to focus on is Nursing. This semester I took Nursing Concepts, Nursing Foundations, Sociology, and Pharmacology. It was too much. I ended up doing ok (2 a's and 2 b's) but I would have totally gotten the non-nursing classes out of the way first if I would have thought about it. I have 2 kids as well and 14 hours is a lot, plus the commute from Tulsa to Claremore. I love the program and I'm glad I did it, but it is hard. We just lost about 25% of first year students because they didn't pass. I just recommend taking as many of those in the spring and summer that you can before you start in the fall. Good luck on everything. Are you re-taking Dosage Calc to get an A? Don't forget your application deadline is March 1st (pretty sure).

GOOD LUCK! :)

Yes, I'm scheduled to re-take DosCalc in the spring along with Pathophysiology. After the spring semester, I will have completed ALL classes (required and elective) that I can take without actually being ACCEPTED to the program. So...once I get in, I can focus solely on the nursing core classes to finish. Let's hope I get into the fall program....

Good luck to you!

Brett

In reply to posts a while back....about RN school and sitting for LPN boards...you must complete your first 3 semesters of RN school before challening the LPN exam. HTH.

At RSU you can take the NCLEX-LPN after the first year (2 semesers).

Is it a 4 semester program? I go to OCCC and was told you can't challenge until after 3rd semester...which I thought was...odd, but thats what they said.

Yep. A 4 semester program.

Weird...you would think that would be up to the BON not individual schools.

It actually depends on the material that's covered and in what semesters it is covered. So RSU made it so their students could take the exam if they wanted to.

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