NURSING STUDENT ADVICE

[dominique622, CNA]

Hi-

I need major advice regarding my future. I was in the nursing program in 2016 at WCSU, but I withdrew because I was emotionally drained and I thought I could handle it, but I couldn’t. One of my instructors suggested that I should withdraw and then come back, but I was in denial and thought I could keep up. I was involved in a relationship and long story short, I found out I was pregnant and had to make a decision whether to keep the baby or not. I ended up having an abortion because I felt unprepared in all aspects. But at the same time, I felt an inner sadness because of my boyfriend and just my body felt weird. I didnt tell any of this to the nursing chair department because I was embarrassed and I didnt want to be judged. Because of this, I withdrew without telling the program and the director of my decision and that caused tension. When I wanted to come back, they thought I wasn’t able to because they noticed that I wasn’t doing good on my tests and such, and I wanted to tell them about my situation, but I just couldn’t so that was it. Now its been almost three years now and I really want to continue on the nursing path, but I don’t know where to start. I had 4.0 gpa when I applied to the nursing program and my first semester of Nursing grade was all A’s and B’s. Please if you could give me an advice, Thank you.

[knittygrittyRN, MSN, RN]

Well have you looked into any of the programs close to you? Or have you decided what type of school you want to attend (ADN vs BSN)?

BSN will give you the most options, job wise in most parts of the state. Look at schools and see what they want for prerequisites. If your motivated you can do anything!