sofismom

My children were 2 and 6 when I started an ADN program. I worked full time during the day and went to class in the evening and occasionally on weekends for three years. It was not always easy and I was guilt-ridden most of the time. In the end, my children benefited throughout because they saw the dedication and determination I had to achieve my goals. Now, we have more time together, and more funds to be able to live more comfortably. I was fortunate enough to have the support of my husband who stepped right in and took over the household duties and made up for any of my absences. Good luck with whatever you choose to do. I know I am so glad now that I made the choices that I made. By the way, one woman in my graduating class went through two pregnancies during nursing school. She gave birth to her first during spring break of our first year and gave birth to her second during spring break of our third (and final) year.

I also just took the NLN exam 10/21/06 and just received my results. I did the practice tests in the review book but did nothing else to improve my vocabulary. I scored in the 91st percentile on the verbal. I didn't feel very confident about a lot of the vocabulary on the exam but many of the questions I was able to eliminate one or two answers and take a guess from the remaining choices. The recommendation of looking up common latin roots was a good one, wish I had thought of that, can't complain though. I was pretty pleased with my results.