Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

Hands and Heart · Jun 28, 2008

Hi All,
I am 39yo, married for 17 years, and have a 14yo daughter (school is hard enough then I come home to a hormonal teen ;-). I am done for the summer, yeah! I will start my 3rd qrter out of 6 in the fall, which is L&D and peds. Long-term goal is to get my RN, work in crit. care, get a BSN, then if I am still sane enough, get a CRNA. It's early though, may change my mind. That's what's so great about nursing, you can do one thing for a while then do something totally different when you get tired of it.
Was (and still am :paw:) a veterinary technician for 9 years. Going from 4 legged to 2 legged. Believe it or not from what I have seen in clinicals human patients are more sane than pet owners. :chuckle
It's nice to be in web community where we all know what each other is going through.

I, too, am a veterinary technician: 12 years. My veterinary collegues all go "Ugh, why do you want to work with humans?" I am in my final quarter before the dreaded NCLEX. Just trying to keep it together and get through. Best of luck to everyone.

Oh, no children without fur or feathers: a dog, three cats, and a cockatiel.

aellisrn10 · Aug 13, 2008

Just thought I'd introduce myself as well! I joined the "allnurses" forum last night. I start TOMORROW as a student in a 4 semester RN program. When I graduate in May 2010 I'll have an associates degree in nursing!

I'm a 26 y/o mother of 1 and wife. My daughter turns 4 on Aug 23.... I am from Carthage Mississippi, and am attending Meridian Community College. I'll drive about 130 miles round trip to school. Our 1st semester class meets 3 days a week. My schedule for this semester is

Tuesday 8-12

Wednesday 8-12

Thursday--clinical day 7:30-1:20

I'm SUPER excited about starting, but the nerves have hit me today!!

Hope to get to know bunches of ya'll on this board and make tons of friends along our journey into nursing school!

I also have a myspace and facebook account!

myspace.com/mandals0810

and my facebook username is also mandals0810

:nurse:

sziq1 · Aug 13, 2008

Good luck aellisrn10! Congrats on getting into the program! The time will go fast and you will make many great friends and memories!

I am starting my 4th and last semester next week and I can't wait!

Let us know how your first day goes!

TexasGirl24 · Aug 13, 2008

Hello! My name is Taylor and I will be starting the ADN program on August 26th at Grayson County College in Denison, Texas. I'm 20 years old (almost 21) and engaged to my best friend as well. I'm super excited to start...as well as nervous!!! My untimate goal is to get my BSN and specialize in Obstetrics.

jermel · Aug 13, 2008

Hello Everyone! My name is Melissa, I am in my first year of an RN program. Should be an RN In May 2010. I am 28 y/o, married for 7 years and have 3 kids, 2 boys 8 and 6 months, and 1 girl 3. I am very busy!! But so excited to be in the nursing program. I have been a CNA for 7 years, and ready to move on!!!!! Good luck to all!!:wink2:

JJRN09 · Aug 14, 2008

hello everyone. i thought i should introduce myself.

my name is jennifer, i am 34 and the mother of 3 boys (14,12, and 11) and 1 daughter(10) and have been married to my wonderful husband for 15 years. i am starting my second semester of a 4 semester adn program on the 25th of this month. i also work part-time at a local hospital as a pns(professional nursing student). i look forward to getting to know all of you better.

Aelith · Aug 14, 2008

i am new here too and thought i'd say hello to everyone here hello! lol :chuckle

hi i'm marian but you guys can just call me mai :) i'm 23 years old, no kids (hoping i'll have one soon) and soon to be married to the man of my dreams (prolly next year - okay you didn't have to know that lol). anyway, i finished my bsn degree 2 years ago but have not practiced since due to personal reasons and practiced a different profession instead :roll

i decided to go back to uni and get a conversion degree in australia so i can practice there and refresh my mind as well (*fingers crossed*). like most here.. i am hoping i'll get the letter soon and hopefully i'll be this happy: :hpygrp: *wine i didn't have the heart for nursing before but now i am really missing it and realized this is what i really want to do.. i would do anything to get back on that track. :smackingf

fuuchan · Aug 14, 2008

Hiya,

My name is Yaischa. I have a 5 year old son who is my partner in crime. I will be attending Daytona State College on the 25th of August for my ADN. I will be graduating May 2010. It's nice to meet all of you and hopefully we can all encourage and help each other along on this wild ride. Maybe one day, some of us will work together. Take care and good luck!!!

:redpinkhe

GGT1 · Aug 14, 2008

Hello All,

It is amazing that this post has been on-going since 2002. My name is Grace and I will start my first semester of a 4 semester ADN Nursing program on Tuesday (Aug 19). I am a 29 year old mother of 2 wonderful girls who take care of me.

Good Luck to All.

~Grace

merrywhiterose · Sep 3, 2008

I'm Mary, 51, kids grown and out of the house. I'm in my first semester of Nursing school (Lincoln Univ.). I took my first test last night, and am waiting for results. There were several things on the test that we never went over, or was in our assigned reading. I don't know why they test us on it, when it wasn't part of our learning. Anyway, I think I did well. Anyone else in the classes find tests to be this way?

gdsgrl · Sep 3, 2008

Hi Mary, Congratulations on going back to school. I am 47, kids are gone, and am starting my 4th quarter of nursing school on Monday. In my school, some things were on the test that weren't covered in class but were included in our readings. Good Luck with your classes, I am encouraged to see another "mature" student.

Stephanie

merrywhiterose · Sep 3, 2008

Hi Stephanie!

There are many people in my classes that are 40 and over. I'm glad to see this trend. We will help fill in the gap necessary in nursing. Also, we bring something the younger ones don't have--life experience.

Good luck!