julyeah

Thank you for saying everything i have been thinking!!

Hey everyone, I am currently a nursing student at Virginia Commonweath University working on my BS in Nursing. I have been getting really excited thinking about the idea of becoming a school nurse. I love kids and I think that school nurses have the unique ability to educate, promote health and intervene early with health problems/issues. Can anyone talk to me about there experience as a school nurse? I understand there is alot of paper work. Is there alot of freedom in things you can do to promote health other than giving meds and doing screenings (ie organizing health related activities for kids maybe with working along side P.E. coaches, etc?? Or helping putting on health related events...ie maybe a fun health food fair for kids or something like that.) Timewise, is that realistic to be able to do things like that or are you already too busy doing other things? Just want to know. OOO, this is making me excited thinking about it. Anything else you could let me know would be great! Take care, Julia

Yep, I made it out alive this summer :) It was alot of work but if you are motivated and a hard worker you can definitely do it. I actually enjoyed it alot, and met alot of really awesome people along the way. My first clinical experience was really great and I learned alot. The only negative thing I can say is that the nursing school is a bit unorganized in the begining of the semester. I was unsure of what my schedule was for the first 2 weeks of the summer semester and just showed up everyday at 8 AM and they would let us know how long we would be there. Lecture days are a bit rough (8 hours!!) but the people you meet who are all in the same situation make it a bit more tolerable. Overall, I would recommend it if you are seriously motivated about becoming a nurse.

I called and asked about financial aid for the summer and they told me that you can't apply for the loans and stuff like that until you register for the classes which I believe we do in March sometime. As for scholarships for the summer I am not really sure, so if anyone knows about that I would like to know. I should probably just call them again and ask... :)

Yayyyy! I got in too! I can't wait to pack up my bags and head out to Virginia!! Does anyone know anything about scholarships/fin aid for the summer? I already filled out my fafsa and had it sent to VCU but not exactly sure what the next step is... Thanks! Julia