sunnywake

Well, initially my mom had started going to our local community college in illinois, working towards her lpn program. Then had planned to go for the RN program. However, she was trying to get me through college at the time, so she couldn't not work and ended up not going through the nursing program. However, she did have all of her pre-req's done for the lpn program here. I realize that things don't always transfer right and so on, and then if she does go straight for the rn program, which I hope she does, she'll have more pre-req's to do anyway, correct? How long did you all have to spend on the waiting list? Hopefully she'll be able to enroll at acc, and be able to get into the RN program as soon as she finishes what ever pre-req's she'll need. So hopefully no more than a semester or two? I adore my mom, but we get along quite well when we don't live together, so the shortest amount of time we have to live together the better :) As I'm sure most of you know, living with your kids after a certain age will drive both of you crazy :) She's got no body else though, and I am happy to do it. Did any of you do this on your own? Just curious

Thank you guys, I've been checking out the links and info you folks posted. My mom is definatly interested in the RN but..the problem comes in to financing. She needs to be without work for the shortest amount of time possible. She's not married and I'm her only child who will be working hard to support myself and help her as much as I can, so she doesn't have much of a support system to not be working and she tried at one point to do the lpn program at a commmunity college where she's from in illinois and work at the same time, but it just was too hard. How did you all do it?

Hi all, I'm not into the nursing thing so pardon if I step on any toes, I'm trying not to but I don't know much about the nursing world. I am currently living in wisconsin, but I'll be graduating from college in May and moving to Austin, Texas. My mom has done everything and anything to help me through school and I plan to do the same for her. It's hard to do things from so far away but I'm trying to be proactive about things. My mom is interested in doing the lpn/lvn type of program, but cost is also a major concern for us. She'll be living with me while she's in school. So initially what I'm looking at here is getting her into austin community college and working on some pre requisits for her (she has previously gone to community college here and has many of them out of the way) because I figure there is a waiting list to get into the program. Then after that's complete, she would like to get a job and then get her RN degree. So my question for you guys, is has anyone done anything similar to this that would be willing to possibly befriend my mom a little and help her along? Some advice here and there? She's not too computer savvy (whicyh is why i'm posting this on her bahalf) but she's getting better, got email and all of that such things now. She's an awesome lady, 45 years old, recently divorced from a pretty bad ex-husband and trying to really make something of her life. She's really excited about doing all of this, but there's only so much I can help with. So if anyone is interested in helping us out a little (advice wise, not monitary heh). Even if you don't want to talk to her, you can just pass along some info/advice to me and I'll pass it along her way.