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I noticed a thread that was talking about when people ask why study to be a nurse instead of a doctor. I get that too, but I also get people say that I should be a nurse practitioner or physician assistant. I have my reasons for choosing BSN/ RN such...

I am applying for 2 different RN programs that will start in January of next year. While I am hopeful, I am a bit concerned due to the numbers of people applying and how many will actually be accepted. One program is solely based on GPA, an applica...

Ok, I am taking anatomy right now. Instead of having a&p 1 and 2, we have one class that is anatomy and then a class that is physiology. From what I understand, anatomy is identifying parts of the body and physiology is learning the functions of ...

Hi all, I am still working on getting into nursing school. I am hoping to get good news about next semester. Anyways, I was reading an article about the nursing shortage in the October 7, 2003 issue of Woman's Day magazine. It was talking about worki...

Hi, I am hoping to enter nursing school in the fall. I have been reading a book called "BABY ER : The Heroic Doctors and Nurses Who Perform Medicine's Tiniest Miracles" by Edward Humes (Author). It is fascinating and makes me want to work in the NICU...

Hi, I was just wondering if you all could recommend any websites that compare and contrast information specific to various nursing specialties. I would like to learn more about working in NICU, working as a CRNA or NP, as well as other areas and area...

I was talking with my mom this morning on the phone. She is at the hospital visiting with her brother who had triple bypass surgery on Monday morning. So far, he is doing pretty good considering before the surgery he had pneumonia, was on blood thinn...

I have fallen in love with my Speech Language Pathology classes. I have decided to stick with it instead of trying anymore for the nursing program. I wish I could do both as well as major in other stuff like deaf education, interpreting, photography,...

I am trying to get accepted to a couple of RN programs near where I live, but they are very competitive. I have a 3.6 gpa and an associate in health sciences, but the lowest they accepted last semester was 3.9. I want to start working and am interest...

Hi all, I wanted to inform you all that I won't be going to nursing school after all. I got fed up with trying to get into the program. I also registered for classes for the Speech Language Pathology program while waiting to hear about the nursing pr...

Hi, I was just wondering if you all could recommend any websites that compare and contrast information specific to various nursing specialties. I would like to learn more about working in NICU, working as a CRNA or NP, as well as other areas and area...

Hi all, I am going to take Pharmacology, Medical Terminology, and Intro to Surgical Technology this semester. Remember, I said that the nursing program that I applied to was cancelled and I will be applying for the BSN program for the Spring? Anyways...

Actually, today I went with my husband to his doctor appointment. The doctor was saying that my husband has an ear infection that needs drops. He was telling my husband what to do and my husband just looked at me and said that I would be the one to d...

Well, I lost another 1.6 pounds. It's been the same for the past three weeks, but I guess I can't complain since I am at least losing steadily. Only .8 of a pound to lose before I reach my first 10%. Dixienurse, exercise is definitely important. My h...

As of last night, I lost another 1.6 pounds. I only need to lose another 2.4 pounds to get my first 10%. I have also found that since walking every night, I can't sit still as much as I used to. I used to have to force myself to exercise in the morni...

Where is everybody? Last night at the meeting there weren't very many people either. Are you guys sticking with it even though it is getting warmer? As of last night, I lost another 1.6 pounds for a total of 19 pounds so far. I have a long ways to go...

I will be starting a surgical tech program this fall. It has a bit to do with how difficult it is to get accepted to the schools around here (last semester the lowest gpa was 3.9), a lot to do with the fact that I am 37 years old and don't want to ke...

I weighed in last night and was the same as last time. Considering the last minute trip to Phoenix for the funeral and not being able to control what I was able to eat, I am pretty happy with that. The leader of my meetings also said that it could be...

I also tend to like online classes. There have been times when certain things aren't presented as clearly as they would be in class, but the teachers have been open to answering questions through e-mail. I especially like the fact that there isn't a ...

Hi all, I got rejected once again from the school that last semester only took people with gpa's of 3.9 or better. Obviously it wasn't a huge shock. I still have one more to apply for, but have also been accepted to a surgical technology program. Sin...

Thanks for the great encouragement. It is interesting to see that there are other people from different programs. What I have decided I will probably do is to start the ST program if I don't get into the last nursing program I have to apply to for th...

Thanks. I actually did ok considering that most of what I had to eat was things that people brought over that I wasn't even entirely sure what they contained. Since I missed the meeting, I weighed myself on my scale which isn't as accurate. I think I...

I haven't taken it yet, but I already bought a textbook for Pharmacology and will be studying it on my own this summer. I figure if I work through it on my own without the stress of grades, then when it does count for grades it won't be all new infor...

I will have to miss the meeting this week as my uncle died yesterday and I have to fly to Phoenix for the funeral. He was my Mom's only living relative other than my brother and myself. Hopefully I will be able to stay op pretty good, but it's not li...

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