WDWpixieRN

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  1. need input- statistics vs finite math

    WDWpixieRN replied to helenjp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took a graduate statistics course about 6 years ago....passed with an "A" (?) -- don't ask me HOW.....my concern is how much I should have actually retained from the class and how applicable the...

  2. need input- statistics vs finite math

    WDWpixieRN replied to helenjp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Does anyone know how much you actually USE statistics while in

  3. What is informatic nursing and how do I get into it?

    WDWpixieRN replied to BeckyJN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Question: I am still waiting to get in to an RN program -- have been accepted for Fall '06. I am currently a systems (IT) analyst for a large company where I have worked for 5+ years. Are there...

  4. LPN programs

    WDWpixieRN replied to mel1977's topic in General Students

    Which -- or who's -- program did you do online if I might

  5. LPN Distance Learning

    WDWpixieRN replied to MAnders1405's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Allamerican: Did you ever find out anymore information on this program? I am curious because I live in St. Louis and am trying to check out all my options! I thought Deaconess was bought out in the...

  6. To become a nurse,how smart do you have to be.

    WDWpixieRN replied to brandyl123's topic in General Students

    Well, this is good news!! Because I feel like there's so MUCH I didn't get a lingering grasp on in some of these classes! And then it's the old "use it or lose it".....I worry because I sit in a cube...

  7. LPN programs

    WDWpixieRN replied to mel1977's topic in General Students

    Just curious as I am rather new to a lot of this....why would someone go for their LPN or LVN rather than go straight to an RN? I am accepted for a Fall '06 RN program where I currently live, but may...

  8. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, because working M - F at least 8 hours a day (often with mandatory overtime -- UNpaid because you're salaried) and then spending your 2 days off catching up and trying to familiarize yourself...

  9. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Much as in many other occupations....but I think it's about where each personally find their rewards and enjoys showing up each day....my current "job" is not

  10. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Renae: Make sure you check out this thread: Older Nursing Students for a more "heartening" version of becoming a nurse....as someone who had just turned 50 and has completed all the prereqs (and then...

  11. Help- White Nursing Pants!

    WDWpixieRN replied to AbDz41's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh, good Lord!! You GAINED 16 lbs. while in school?!?! I was hoping that getting away from my cubicle and desk job would help me shed some lbs. while in

  12. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    My neighbor's 16-year old just spent the better part of 2 months in and out of hospitals due to a staph infection....guess what she became inspired to pursue as a career?!?!?! I gave her some links to...

  13. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    WDWpixieRN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    my parents have married and divorced several times over since i was kid....my mother and her 3rd husband have spent christmas eves, christmas days and other holidays with my step-father (who actually...

  14. I don't think I want to be a nurse

    WDWpixieRN replied to caholbr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOVE this response!! After reading some of the posts on another thread about "I wouldn't go in to nursing again", you've hit on some of the reasons I want OUT of my boring cubicle job and the 8-5...

  15. Please Help,,cold Feet!!!

    WDWpixieRN replied to structureband's topic in Nursing Career

    I have a friend at work who's in IT with me. Many years ago he started down the path to nursing, but got discouraged as he realized how few males were in the profession. He choose to do something...

  16. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    hbncns35: bravo!! your words are true for any profession! i hope to be able to live up to the standards and beliefs that you set forth!! from those of us just beginning this journey -- thank

  17. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    One of the reasons I was warned away from Resp. Tech (from someone in the field) was that there was a very low ceiling or opportunities for advancement and very few options to do anything else....and...

  18. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks Pat....I appreciate the encouragement....you brought up a couple of points I neglected to mention.... Among the other reasons I want out of Information Technology and the business world: I...

  19. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    WOW.....at almost 50 years of age, I have been taking all the prereqs and classes I could take outside of an RN program and looking forward to (finally) starting a program in the Fall of '06. I just...

  20. Is anyone going to Nursing school in Missouri??

    WDWpixieRN replied to dgclough's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi! I live in St. Louis and might be attending St. Louis CC in the Fall unless I end up moving to AZ! I was accepted for the spring semester, but due to personal reasons had to take a deferral. So,...

  21. Is it true?

    WDWpixieRN replied to olanurse2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The community college here in St. Louis doesn't require pre-testing nor do they have any kind of competitive process to get in. You complete your requirements (w/the minimum GPA), put your name on a...

  22. Bad at chemistry

    WDWpixieRN replied to olanurse2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have avoided the sciences like crazy all through high school and a bachelor's degree in Business. And I'll be 50 this month. Due to the timing, I ended up enrolling in an 8-week ONLINE chemistry...

  23. Another vent

    WDWpixieRN replied to stpauligirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't HAVE to have the Kreb's cycle memorized?!?! Oh, thank goodness!! I'm trying to finish A & P II with a "B"....I have had the hardest time figuring out this instructor and she's probably...

  24. Worried...

    WDWpixieRN replied to Hope2BaRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    He won't change....he will always be like that and if that's how you want to live out your life for 20, 30, 40+ more years, then you have to accept it. I am almost 50 and have lived with that for...