It is confirmed!!!!!!

nursn4me · Jul 3, 2007

I understand your fustration. Does your school offer the biology class online or distance education??? I know many of the prereqs for the nursing program were offered online at my school accept for Chemistry. Something to check into, I sure hope that they do. Good luck to you.

LMRN10 · Jul 3, 2007

My guess is that you must have your pre-req's completed by a certain date. And if you take it in the Fall of this year, you will meet that requirement. But it may be if you wait til the Spring, your semester will not be over prior to the cutoff. I'd look into it a little more to see if there is something you can work out.

Like I said, I am only guessing that may be why he said to take it this Fall. You may have to push it off until Spring of 2009 then as a start date.

*Blessed2BaNRS* · Jul 3, 2007

Like nursn4me posted, see if there is an online class that you can take. I have 4 kids at home, my hubby is in school in the evenings (4 days) so I took most of my classes online, including my A&P's. Lab was on campus, but I have seen others posting on here that they do labs at home also. Even if you do have to go on campus, if your hubby is only going 2 days a week, that leaves another 3 days for you to go to lab, and posssibly a Saturday. Most labs are only 2 hours long, so surely that isn't too bad. If you want it enough, you will find a way. Good luck~

smilingjaguar · Jul 4, 2007

Check into an online class as suggested or seriously consider a babysitter. Two nights for one semester will not be that big of a deal to them. In fact, you would be teaching them a valuable life lesson in that sometimes we have to do difficult things in order to achieve our dreams. Delayed gratification is not taught to children these days. Maybe plan a special family outing after you complete the course.

Edited to add: My mother went back to school taking her prereqs for nursing school and stopped because she thought her classes 2 nights a week was too much for us. The truth is that we were very proud of her for going back to school, but she quit without asking what we thought. If she would have asked, we would have strongly encouraged her to continue. If they're old enough (I was maybe 7, my brother 10) I would say have a family meeting about it. You might be surprised by what they say.

Jilaweez, BSN, MSN, RN · Jul 4, 2007

just wanted to say that whatever happens we'll be pulling for you to do well in that class and get into your program.

coolpeach · Jul 4, 2007

I agree with the person above that said that a sitter for a little while will be ok. When my kids were young I worked for a medical collections agency, and worked a split shift two nights a week. Tuesdays and Thursdays I would take them to daycare at 6am, and then my mom would pick them up and keep them until 9pm. I did that for over two years, but its what had to be done to pay the bills. Your situation is at least a short specified time period so I think they will understand. You could also put it off a semester, but thats up to you, and what you think is best for your family. Good luck