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I never heard anyone at my hospital say that, but I think it's pretty harmless. Usually, when I do hear this, be it in a church or out in the street from someone you don't even know, it's meant to recognize a unity or that we're one big family in a way. So in a hospital, your co-workers calling you brother probably represents you being a part of the community and the community being one big family. In my opinion, having grown up in an environment where everyone calls each other family.

It's up to you on whether or not you want to go to rn school. I say do it because RNs make more money and you can still work in home health but just with better pay. I say yes.

I already avoid going home all day, like a lot, but I still have very little confidence I'll pass nursing school living with my family. I'm scared that my avoidance lifestyle won't be enough for nursing school. And to answer your question, I may or may not go to RN school. I'm already doing prereqs for it but I might do LPN instead or as a backup just in case I don't get into RN school. Plus, I'm in this grant program that pays for either-or and it will end before I'm done with RN so I thought I'd do LPN which I'd finish before the program ended. Then I'd do an LPN to RN program with better income to take care of myself. Do you think that's a good idea? I'm a first generation student so I really have no one close to me to talk about this with.

Thanks for the advice, but my *nephew is under my mom's guardianship. He won't leave unless my mom takes him away which I highly doubt she'll do because she always uses every bs excuse she ca think of to keep him here instead of somewhere he can get help. I live in an area with fairly low rent too, or at least the places I'm looking at has it. Avoidance can be a possibility but it also can't because my mom's overprotective and demands I be at home for a certain time (before dark) and they constantly go at it even in the middle of the night which is also a reason why I don't wanna live there so that's why I'm thinking about going to such extremes like saving a s***-ton of money just to move out by the year I go to LPN school.

I'm a pre-nursing student and I plan on going to practical nursing (LPN) school in 2020. I still live with my mom and have a lot of time to finish my prereqs, get a good job, and SAVE MY MONEY before I go. The thing is, I want to move out and be on my own before starting nursing school. I know that I would save a lot of money during nursing school if I stayed with my mom, but the house is very chaotic and stressful. I live with my mom and teenage nephew who is basically a delinquent. They bump heads quite a lot, and it even turns violent. Almost every day. I literally can't study or concentrate living with them. I enrolled in three classes this semester and had to drop two of them because of my mental health (stress) and lack of concentration. Lucky, those classes weren't super important, but that's not the point. I always kept good grades before all this happened, at least when I was living on campus at my old school. I know that if I lived on my own, I could concentrate better on my studies. But I was always told that nursing school was very hard and it was best not to work during your studies. However, it's hard to study now with just prereqs and I live at home for free while working. I'm torn between taking a chance and setting myself free or staying at home and risking failing due to too many distractions...and possible mental breakdown in the near future if I'm being truly honest here. Should I move out before starting nursing school? Is it possible to do LPN school while supporting yourself?

Hey, I'm a pre-nursing student and was planning to move out of my parent's nest before starting nursing school. I am always told that nursing school was very rigorous and you would have to focus most of your energy on studying. Outside of school, I would have to cook, pay bills, fix myself something to eat so I don't STARVE and the whole nine yards. Will I have a bad time juggling nursing school with work and life obligations? P.S, I plan on going to nursing school at a community college so I don't know if that'll be easier or harder on me than going to a university.

I'm so sorry to hear that. How about you reason with them? I'm a pre-med/pre-nursing student myself so I can attest to this. Medical schools want you to have patient care experience. The best way to get patient care experience is to work in healthcare, right? Nursing is a great way to GAIN that experience and since you're an undergrad, and there is no specific major that you have to take in order to get into medical school, you can do nursing while in undergrad or community college (however you wanna do it) while earning your prerequisite courses for med school and taking the MCAT. It'll basically be a win-win. If you don't wanna go to medical school then you can just stop after getting your nursing degree. They can't do anything about it after that. :^) Regardless, you shouldn't have to choose whether to follow your own dreams or someone else's. It's your life and sometimes you gotta take that leap of faith and do what you wanna do. Good luck! If you have any more questions about pre-med, I know a lot about it!

Really? Thanks for the input. It's just that the thing with getting a BSN when I would already have an RN with the saaame eligibility to take the NCLEX and pass is just feels like waste of time...plus I'd rather get bachelor in something different yet related to the health field (I like the variety) if I were to get a bachelor's degree. I'm not gonna lie. Lately I have been thinking about doing RN to BSN. I'm still pre-nursing. I'm just trying to figure it out.

Hello, I'm a pre-nursing student and was wondering if going to an accelerated RN to MSN program is really worth it. I just think that doing RN to BSN is kind of a waste of time and money especially if you're interested in becoming an advanced practice nurse. I mean it's quicker, right? But at the same time, is it worth it? Those who actually went through that process, what are your thoughts? What do you think is best to do?