new-mi nursing schools?

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Hello I am new to the boards. I'm jennie, 26. Engaged to be married next summer. I could use a lot of advice! First, I have been going to EMU on and off since I graduated high school for elementary ed. During that time I have also worked in daycare with children of all ages. I would really like to be a teacher, but I am begining to wonder if I should continue to go towards elementary ed. Every one I know that has graduated has had to go out of state to get a teaching job. Now they are saying they are going to cut even more teaching jobs if the governor cuts some of the aide to schools in michigan. I just wonder if it's worth the time and effort to continue to work towards my teaching degree.

For the past year and a half I have thought about going into nursing. My fiance has crohns disease, and has been in the hospital at least once a year his whole life. Being with him in the hospital has made me very comfortable in a hospital setting and seeing the nurses is part of what made me want to go into nursing. I even recently job shadowed a nicu nurse at st. joes in ann arbor. I loved it! However I am scared to death about nursing school! I have heard so many horror stories about how difficult it is, and how the instructors try to make you scared and try to purposely fail you? I am also horrible at math. Is there a lot of math involved in nursing? Especially nicu? I think I would really like to do nicu if I went into nursing.

So basicly my question is can you tell me about some of the nursing schools in the se mi area? I am thinking if I went into nursing I would probably go to madonna? Do they have a waiting list? Also is nursing a great job to have when raising a family? Sorry this is so long, but I appreciate the advice!

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Specializes in ER/adult gero-NP.

Madonna is a good nursing School, I dont think they have a wait-if so it might be a semester or two- tops. There are is real long wait because it is a private school. The math for nursing is not very hard- a lot of simple equations, youll get the hang of it. The math requirement for Madonna is statistics. Michigans economy is very ugly, the nursing field is probably one of the few things that still show hope. The good thing is you've probably already taken a lot of course that you'll need, such as english, psych, sociology,philosophy.....they have the complete list online. Im a mother of 3 and I am so excited about becoming a nurse.

Good luck in what ever you decide to do.

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I'm a Nursing student at Macomb Community with only one more clinical/lecture set to go. (yeahhhhhh!) Macomb is a great place to go for nursing. There is no waiting list, but you need to have a great GPA and do well on the Hesi to get accepted. Yes, it can be intimidating at times, but the faculty has been great (in my experience). They don't try to fail you, most of them are very helpful in passing you. The program is very time consuming with a lot of studying and balancing between school and life, so any hobbies or fun you may have will be put on the back burner. As far as the math, it's basic and you can use a calculator.

There are a ton of jobs out there open for nurses in a lot of different fields. The pay is not bad either. I have 2 kids and as soon as I start working as a RN, my husband will be able to cut his work hours and we'll make more than we do now...so yes, you can definitely support a family as a nurse.

I wish you the best of luck in your decision! If you decide on nursing school, I hope you have as great of an experience as I have had so far....and don't give up during those stressful times because in the end, it will be sooooooo worth it!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

For Macomb Community how long is the program?

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