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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.

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

welcome joshua!

much continued success.

hi everyone! after 10 years in the restaurant industry serving people i've decided to serve in a way that really matters. i start emt-b training in june and my pre-reqs in the fall. if all goes according to plan, with the grace of jesus and mary i will be in a bsn program by '06. this site has proven to be a real blessing as i plan my future .thanks to all the established nurses for their wisdom and to all the aspiring nurses for sharing their hopes and fears.

with light and love

joshua

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

sandy, welcome! glad to know you have improved and back on your way to complete school.

hi, i'm sandy. i'm working on my lpn degree. i start back for my summer semester on may 25. i have to just do clinicals until the end of july, then i start iv therapy. i was in the program last year but had to have emergency surgery in the summer term, i couldn't return and finish. so here i am starting over with students i don't know. wish me luck. i'm a little nervous but determined. we will have our pinning and then our graduation in dec. 04.
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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

pete, welcome to the board! all the best to you.

hey whas up every one!!!pete here!i'm an 18yr old nursing student in galway ireland!! (and lovin it!!):) so but at the mo i'm tryin to relocate to the bay area, seattle/california or san fran!!findin it diff to get info, so any help would be great!!!:rolleyes: hope to hear back from ye guys!!! tog bog a(take it easy in gaelic!!!) i know i will!!!!

pete

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Hi all,

I'm Adam, an RN student in my first year of a hospital diploma school here in NJ. This for me is a second career (or third, depends which way you look at it) I finish up in June 2005, and love nursing school!

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

welcome adam! much continued success.

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everyone!

how about a thread that will allow us to introduce ourselves to those who are new and the new students can do the same.

hi stephany and all who responded...i am joanie and have been a nurse since 1992. i got my aas in nursing from philadelphia community college. it too me quite a while due to life before i found the time to get my bsn. i just finished up 3/31/04 from university of phoenix online and plan to return this september for a duel degree (msn/mba-hcm-health care management). that is 61 credits and when that is done in about three years i plan to continue and get my doctorate degree in education.

i am a home care nurse and am not planning a change in my practice setting any time soon:-)))

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

joanie, welcome!

congratulations on the completion of your bsn. much continued success.

look forward to seeing you "around" the board.

everyone!

how about a thread that will allow us to introduce ourselves to those who are new and the new students can do the same.

hi stephany and all who responded...i am joanie and have been a nurse since 1992. i got my aas in nursing from philadelphia community college. it too me quite a while due to life before i found the time to get my bsn. i just finished up 3/31/04 from university of phoenix online and plan to return this september for a duel degree (msn/mba-hcm-health care management). that is 61 credits and when that is done in about three years i plan to continue and get my doctorate degree in education.

i am a home care nurse and am not planning a change in my practice setting any time soon:-)))

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Hi, I'm Catherine, mother of three a 5, 3, and 1 year old. I start my clinicals in Jan 05 at Del Tedch in Dover, De. I'm excited and nervous. I want to wish everyone luck and if anyone has some good tips or pointers or things to do t get prepared, I would like ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!:chuckle

Catherine

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My name is Dana, I am a mom to 4 children, age 8 (daughter), age 6 (daughter), age 4 (son), and a 1 yr old (another daughter)................................................ (whew, that was alot of writing!) LOL.:uhoh3:

I am finishing up my last pre req, Microbiology, this summer, that started a week ago. I am going to start my clinicals this Fall, 2004 and will be graduating in 2006. I am very excited, yet nervous at the same time. I am very happy I found this board, you all sound so supportive!:)

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i'm rose, married 13 years, mum to 2 children 7 and 9. i am starting a & p next week, and starting my first clinical in september. have been plugging away at prereqs for awhile now...so grateful to have gotten accepted into the program. if all goes well, i will be done in spring 2006. i am so happy to have found this site, it's great to have somewhere to turn where others know what you are going through...good luck to all!!!

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Hello everyone!

I'm 39, married (for one year so far:-), no children, and I am in the 3rd semester of 5 semester ASN program at my local community college.

I have previous, advanced degrees in an unrelated field and have been working in printing and graphic-design for the last 12 years. I had been thinking about making a change for a long time and had never taken any action until...I got laid off! I live near DC, so our area had a lot of job loss after 9/11. Started taking my prerequisites (had never had a&p, or chem), got them all out of the way, and here I am. I opted for a two year degree due to my "advanced" age :rolleyes: , I just wanted the fastest and most ecconomically feasable way into the field, especially knowing that any hospital in the country will pay for my to get my msn degree.

Good luck to everyone!!

Margaret

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I have a year left. I'm in a new program that lets me keep my day job and go to school nights and weekends. I don't know if I'll make it but I'm giving it a heck of a try. I feel like a visitor in my home but it will all be worth it someday. We started out as a class of 14 and are down to myself and one other. We are each others life lines. I am really getting too old to do this but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Say a prayer for me, please.

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