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How about a thread that will allow us to introduce ourselves to those who are new and the new students can do the same.
I am Stephany, 42, mother of 3 children, a son 22, a daughter 15, and a son 13. I am an LPN of nearly 11 years, and I am in my first semester of a five-semester rn program.
Care to share?
Hello Everyone, just got my acceptance letter 2 wks ago....WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Boy am I nervous, but extremely excited!!! Can't wait to get started. Oh, by the way, I am a mother of 3 (20, 15, 8). My 20 yr old is at Ga. State University doing her prereqs for BSN.
GOOD LUCK Everyone!
Hi I'm Jess. I'm a little late to the Student boards considering I graduate in a month and already have a job I'm a slightly crunchy mom of three kids ages 10, 7, and 3. I'll be graduating from an ADN program and have a job on a Med/Surg floor and plan to move to an LDRP until in a year or so. :redbeathe
I guess I'll use this to formally introduce myself! :) I'm 20, I'm from Missouri, and I'm starting the Accelerated BSN program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on May 12th. I currently work for a daycare, but my last day is Friday I'm gonna miss my kiddos!! I'm also finishing up the last pre-requisites...Statistics, Bioethics, Nutrition, and Interpersonal Communication. I've enjoyed taking all the pre-requisites, however I'm feeling very ready for the next step in life! If all goes well with my accelerated program, I should graduate by August of 2009!! :) Anywho, I feel much better now that I've actually "introduced" myself. LOVE the site! :)
heh...have to laugh because this thread first started in 2002! So, might as well keep it alive and well!
I just found this site from a reference in the book "Everything New Nursing book". I figure I should introduce myself before I start in asking all the questions I have! :nuke:
Hmmm...where to start. I originally got my degree out of high school in Liberal Arts (BA). My option (similar to a minor) was in Early Childhood Development. I worked in childcare/preschool for several years and as a sub. teacher in elementary schools. When I was 25 we moved to a different state and I became a stay at home mom. I've been home with my three children now for 12 years. Now that my youngest will be starting kindergarden next year, we figure it's time for me to look into returning to the work force.
My soul searching over the last few years brought me to the conclusion that I no longer wish to teach. My desire for the last, about, 7 years has been to become a nurse.
Starting next month I will be going to the local community college to begin my pre-nursing. I'm hoping to enter the ADN program in Fall 2009. The one at this college is 7 quarters at the completion of which you are eligible to take the NCLEX.
So, those are the basics about me and my most immediate goals. Oh, if all goes well I'll be 40 when I graduate. It's reassuring to see other ladies who are older on the boards here starting school. I spoke with one of the counselors in the program and they told me the average age for the students in their program is 35.
Well since this is all new to me, let me introduce myself.
I am just starting nursing school in August 08, RN. I am 37 years old and have wanted to be a nurse since I was in high school. Why I did not go to college right after high school, I will never know. In the meantime, I got a full time job, had a child and got married. I have been working on my pre reqs since 05 and tried three times to get in to my local community college for the RN nursing program. Finally getting my acceptance letter was better than I had anticipated. Being older and so sure of what I want to do when I grow up is the best feeling and knowing that I was "in" was wonderful. When I originally started my prereqs, my goal was to graduate before I was 40. If I go with the 2 year program, I will be 40 and a few months but I did find out there is a 16 month program that I have yet to ask about. That would be great too. At this point I don't care how old I am, I just want to be a nurse.
This is a great website and since finding it this morning, I have already learned so much!
Hello, I am also starting in August 08. Your situation sounds like mine, when I received my letter, I could not help but yell and scream. My husband and 10 year old daughter pretty much did the same. This is a huge, exciting step to my new profession and I could not be happier.
I have not received an official letter yet about orientation but called the school and ours is either in June or July. As far as the CPR certification, I was told by my advisor to wait a little closer to the start date so that the two years does not run out before school is done. Which actually, at this point could be done now and you would still be certified through graduation.
Best of luck to you! I know we are in different states but it was nice to see someone else starting at the same time.
I've been lurking for a while too. I started my journey to be a nurse a while ago...I took all the prereq's before and will start my actual nursing classes in the fall 2008. I am really excited but getting more nervous by the day. I work FT at a hospital and also am married for almost 5 years and have a 4 year old son. Hopefully I can continue to work FT and finish school!
I've been lurking for a while too. I started my journey to be a nurse a while ago...I took all the prereq's before and will start my actual nursing classes in the fall 2008. I am really excited but getting more nervous by the day. I work FT at a hospital and also am married for almost 5 years and have a 4 year old son. Hopefully I can continue to work FT and finish school!
I am a little nervous too, more about the having a husband, child, home and job-part while I am in school. I do plan on cutting back to part time at my job, which will help. And I do believe that if you want something bad enough you will do it no matter what. I think the difficulty of it will only make the end that much sweeter.
SecondGenRN
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Hi everyone:)
I've posted on here before but it was a long time ago now lol. Well now I'm entering year four of the BScN program and am about to do my ER consolodation. I couldn't be more excited!!!!! Not only am I getting close to graduating, but I get to complete my training in the place I want to work!! (which is hard here because there is a lot of competition to get into emerg)... anyway, just really really excited. To those of you just starting out... it seems like it will take forever but it WON'T!!!