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Hi, I work and live in PA, but go to an online school in Texas. I graduated last year from a diploma program and when I was hired I was told I needed my BSN in 5 years. I started looking around and it was so pricey and time consuming. Jefferson want...

Well I took the NCLEX RN in PA on Tuesday the 14th. I took it with another person from my class. I was so worried. She had 75 questions and found out the next day that she passed. I had 130 questions and had to wait 48 hrs. It was nerve racking. My c...

I think you are using the amount of the ml in the whole vial instead of the medication concentration which is mg/ml for example 1)Calculate the number of mL to administer with each dose. Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Ordered: Trimethobenz...

Hi Valerie, I did not notice until you pointed it out. I posted a reply and I am not a nurse yet. So I am not an expert. However, having worked in the corporate world for the last 20 years and for several different companies, there are no guarantees...

Hi, I too was in a higher paying job, good benefits, head of the household, but it was not a career that I chose. I just fell into it. I am a mature student, I will be 51 when I take the boards. I have always known in my heart nursing was for me. I...

Hi Suzanne, First, Congrats for graduating!!!! YEAH! Secondly, it is JEALOUSY,JEALOUSY,JEALOUSY! Try not to take it to heart. Some people can't help the fact they are donkeys. I just got off of the phone with my sister in law. Family says the weird...

Hi Mommabear, I don't live in Berks, but I too was in a similar position as you are. I had no idea where to start. You need to ask questions. I went to my community college and spoke with the professors, academic advisors, and the adult education a...

Hi ODOZ, I don't know about the Sunbury program, but I have been accepted into a diploma program in the Philadelphia area. It is very hard to get into, only accepting about 60 day and 60 evening students per year. It is run by a magnet status hospita...

I am starting nights and weekends in Sept. while working full time during the day. It is a hosptial based diploma program, but I know there are others in my area that offer nights and weekends for BSN. They are more money, so I will stick with my dip...

As long as you are true to yourself you will be happy. The only one you need to impress is you. Follow your heart and be proud of you accomplishments. I will be 51 when I am done NS, but I don't care what my extended family thinks. My husband and ch...

I have a 3 boys and a disabled husband and must work full time and so I can go to school full time. I found a program that has class on Tues and Thurs nights and clinical about every other weekend. It is considered full time because it runs for 24 mo...

I know what it is like, I used lay awake hour after hour just trying to get comfortable. Clothes on, clothes off, none, one, two, or three pillows, left side, right side, back, or front. Nothing seemed to work. I have tried no caffine and many OTC sl...

I surely do feel blessed. I work full time and go to school nights and weekends. So far I have been able to pay for 2 years of prereqs out of pocket. I am starting a two year hospital based diploma program in Aug of 08 and they have a yearly fee that...

This is something that I have been worried about. I have to work full time while in school. My husband is disabled and we must have health insurance, not to mention money to survive. The job I have now I have had for a long time and know it how to do...

Abington/Dixon SON has a night and weekend program. It is a diploma program and highly regarded in our area. They also have a loan forgiveness program if you work for them after you graduate. I took all my prereqs at BCCC then it is 2 years at Dixon.

Good Luck! I just finished up microbiology in the spring and I really enjoyed it. This may sound geekie but, now that I am older I really think that I appreciate learning and have found the biology classes very interesting. I really didn't like schoo...

Hi, I am starting in Aug 08 when I am 49 will graduate when I am 51! So glad I am not the only one making a career change to nursing

Hi there, I can not speak for all the types of programs, but I can tell you what I have learned so far. How I am doing it I need to work full time and go to school, so I was able to do the prereqs for my school during nights and weekends, I will be ...

Pennyslvania here. Me too! I am done with the pre reqs. so all I have to do are the nursing classes, but I need to work full time also so I am going to NS nights and weekends. I am what I call a Sr. Student, (48 yrs young) I am so excited, this is a ...

Wow, I am going for a diploma program which has a very good pass rate. I am so thrilled to have a way not only to be able to a great education, but all I have to do is commit to work for the hospital for two years and I don't have any student debt to...

Hi everyone, I am not a nurse...yet. I have two more years and the nclex to pass before I can make that designation. However I know what you mean. My sister in law, who works in a Dr office, is always telling me how she is doing all kinds of procedu...

Yes you can do it! I had not been in school for over 25 years. I work full time and carried between 13 and 15 credits a semester. Because of the way the classes progress, you can only take A&P after Chem, and Micro after A&P it took me 2 year...

Hi Data Good to hear from you. I live in Lower Bucks, Bensalem, but I work about 2 minutes from the school. I need to continue working, that is why I really needed the night and weekend program. I went to BCCC for my preques. I am finishing up with ...

Hi Data, I had my pre-acceptance interview back in November and I happy to say that yeah!! I got in for the E/W program starting in 08. How about you? I am a bit of a planner and am looking for others accepted into the program. I am trying to at lea...

I am on my last semester of pre-reqs now and will be starting nursing clinicals in Aug 08. When I finish clinicals in Aug 10 I will be 51 years young!! I did go to school years ago but it was too hard to go to school, work full time, and take care of...