Published
I've registered for my first pre-req's, got my student I.D. and parking permit...just have to get my books and a bookbag/backpack now. I start school on Jan. 10th. I only have to take 5 pre-req's over the next year (the others from my dental hygiene education still count). Yet, as I'm doing all these things to prepare for school, it seems almost surreal.
Did any of you taking on nursing as a second career say the following to yourself (upon going back to school again)?: "WHAT THE HE** AM I DOING??! AM I CRAZY??!" :imbar LOL Half of me is SO excited to go back to school and the other half is freaking out! Not to mention, I will have to learn how to juggle family, work and school.
I've always wanted to become an RN, but even a year ago, I would've never pictured myself actually changing careers and going for it! Guess change is what makes life so exciting!
Angel
Congratulations!The only advice I have to give that hasn't been covered is get yourself a sturdy backpack and make sure it has wheels so you can roll it. You will kill yourself walking to the parking lot with all those books on your back!
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LOL! Thanks for the advice! :chuckle
Angel
I'm going to start my nursing education in the Fall of this year, and I turn 17 tommorow. The way I figure it, I'll be making 50,000+ a year at 19 years old! I was like, woah! I hope to do the RN-MSN/BSN bridge program, either way, ending up with a Masters and hopefully become some type of Nurse Practitioner. Perinatal (sp?), neonatal, or pediatric are my top choices.
FocusRN
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Congrats!!!... Are you getting a BSN, or an ASN. If you are getting an ASN, I would go LPN first, and then contiue with a proram like EC. I say that because ,you will most likely have some of their pre-req's done, and you can do the rest while in nursing school. That way by the time you become an LPN you would be ready to take the nursing concepts exams, and I have seen and heard of people getting through that pretty fast. I am shoting for Feb. 2007 that will be, about six months after I become an LPN. Therefore I will have gotten my ASN degree in about a year and six months, versur two and a half to three years.