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I agree with trepinCT, I think you should leave out the "definintion of a nurse" part, because it's not "somebody who cares for a sick person." There's actually several definitions in the dictionary. If you wanted to use a definition, I would use the actual definition, citing the dictionary you got it from, and explain how you fit into that definition. I'm just saying that, because they may be sticklers about that kind of thing. Another part I would suggest is changing the wording in "Throughout my life,I have seen all different kinds of people in poverty, may it be infants, children, elderly people and even disabled people." to something like "Throughout my life, I have seen all different kinds of people in poverty, including infants, children, and elderly people, many with disabilities." I'm only saying that because "even disabled people." is setting people with disabilities apart from other people, including infants, children, elderly people, when they're actually included in those age groups. A lot of nurses I know use People First language, where you put the person first, disability, and/or diagnosis, second. I think your essay is coming out really good, and you have seen a lot of things, so you have a unique perspective, which I think will set you apart.

I would pursue all the financial aid possible! When I got my 1st. bachelors, I went to a community college for three years, and worked on getting good grades. I come from a low income family, and was the first person in my family to go to college. When I applied to universities, I got close to a full ride to Rutgers University, which was out of state, but had a good program in what I wanted to do, one of the top five programs in the country. I had to take out loans just for living expenses, because the academic scholarships covered all the rest. If my grades dropped, I was going to loose it, so I had to keep my grades up. It is possible to go to a university with coming from a low income family. Just let the school know you really want to go but can't afford it, and show them what you do have, instead of what you don't have.

it's age DISCRIMINATION and it's illegal. My advice would be to document everything. I recently started a job where the last person was laid off. At first I thought my supervisor didn't like me at all because she didn't talk to me, and when I said something she just kind of stared at me. I just plugged on, did my job. It took some time, at least a week but now we chat for at least ten to fifteen minutes after my shift, and it's all going good. I think she wanted to see if I was going to be like the last person before she opened up, who didn't do her job, or if I was for real. I would stick it out, because if they do let you go after you do a good job, because of your age, then that's their big legal problem. If you do a good job, who knows, you may be able to change their mind about "older" people.

I got a couple of cd roms for biology and chem, called biotutor and chemtutor, from amazon. They've helped out a lot, even though it's not in the exact order as the books. For math/stats, etc. I use mymathlabdotcom along with the textbooks, and that definitely helps me a lot.

My CC in CA for this semester was $26/credit, but I heard it's going down to $20 for next semester.:wink2: It was only $13 when I went 10 years ago.

Well, my all time favorite verse is Matthew 19:14. I saw a Precious Moments figurine I can't stop thinking about. It's a little girl with a tear on her cheek, and she's holding a letter that says, "Dear Child, I never said it would be easy. I said it would be worth it. (heart) Heavenly Father."

I think it's great you want to do hospice. My son was in hospice his last month (he was 14 mos), and how your resident's daughter felt about you is exactly how I feel about my son's nurse, I'll literally never forget her. Even if it's hard for the families at first, in the long run, they realize how you were there in the toughest of times. The world needs more people like that.:redbeathe

If it's the National Deans List, I would definetly do it. I was in it 2 yrs my first time around in undergrad when I got my Bachelor's. I didn't buy the book, because I was broke. The school's deans list I didn't get a letter to be in it, they just did it. They all ended up on my transcript, along with the honors societies I was in. So if schools are sifting through hundreds of transcripts and apps, it may help out a bit.

I'd just like to tell a story from a patient's perspective. My son was a patient at the local children's hospital for over a month. He was a year old and in critical care. Weeks into his hospital stay, I asked his nurse for that day if I could hold him, because it had been a long time since I'd been able to(several days, and I was there 24/7). She was really busy, and said that it may be hard because he was hooked up to a lot of tubes, and that it would have to be later. I went back in my son's room and within seconds another busy nurse from across the hall came in who had heard us talking, came in, and said "You wanna hold him?" Within minutes I was sitting in a comfy chair holding my son. The nurse said something like "sometimes all a kid needs is to be held by his mom." and left the room. This was a nurse that had taken care of my son maybe once or twice that whole month. After my son passed away a month later, I knew I wanted to be a nurse and that I wanted to be like the nurse from across the hall. He was male, and it didn't matter what his gender was, just that he cared.

Pediatric Special Needs or Pediatric Acute Care and later postmasters in genetic nursing Depends what program I can get into. I didn't think about nursing until I had a son with a rare disorder and disabilities that passed away. Now I work as a care tech for people with disabilities, and love it. I'm getting an associates in disabilities mgmt. and a cert. in early childhood intervention while doing my prereqs. There's no doubt in my mind I want to work in peds:redbeathe

Interm. Algebra for Bio and Math Majors Geometry refresher class Stats Disability and Society Techniques for Developmental Disabilities 11 units math, and so far stats is my fav. For alg. and geom. I have the same teacher, and he has the tests on the same nights, one right after the other. Had the first two Monday, we'll find out how I did tonight!

:kiss I saw your post, and thought, It's the truth!. My son was 14 mos. when he became an angel and also had a genetic disorder. I also only remember a few of his doctors, but the nurses were the ones there with us all the time, for him. They inspire me too. I have a picture of my son engraved in a necklace. He's in a santa suit smiling at me. He'd had a stroke a few months before, and couldn't look at me or smile, and all of a sudden he started looking at me and smiling, so I ran for the camera! When I have a tough test, or I'm just tired as heck, I look at that picture, and think, if he can do THAT, I can do this.

hi rachel! i'm in the same boat, just starting a cna program. i found sample test and guides at this website. you can search by state (there's a link to sample tests on the left, and then see if your state is there.) it was helpful looking at them, and taking the sample written test. it also had what skills i may be tested on, and explains the testing process. hope it helps! nursingassistantcentral.homestead.com

I'm taking statistics online. We're already done with Ch. 1 and into ch.2., and it only started last wk!It's my first time using a graphics calculator, and I'm still just learing how to use it. So far so good, my grade for ch. 1 projects was 100% But I'm taking 11 units of math classes (for my minor), plus major classes, plus starting CNA training next week, so I'm not getting too excited about being able to do that the next nine chapters.:Crash:

I'm having a little bit of uneasyness too. OK, a lot of it. I just found out I'm going to have to disect a fetal pig for class. When I think of other animals, doesn't bother me as much, for some reason this just does.