abbylee1211

I have a sort of related experience... Went into the hospital with a ruptured ovarian cyst (what a boat load of fun that was!) was initially seen by an ER doctor who then returned to tell me he was leaving me in the VERY capable hands of another ER doctor... A few weeks after I'm discharged, I run into the 1st ER doctor while at work (I had just started working NICU before getting sick) and he stops me in the hall. He explains why he passed me onto another doctor... he had seen me before & had wanted to ask me out. No WAY was he going to treat me as a patient. Well, 2 years later, we're married So I think there are ways to go about this sort of thing, and ways not to do it. He was discreet, never made any sort of indication he was interested until I was a) not his patient, b) not a patient at the hospital at all... See, it can be done in a non-sketchy way! And now we have very little interaction at work unless we intentionally meet up. Just my .02.

won't comment on anything except... if you're so interested in what others' 1st careers were... read more carefully. I was ARMY, not NAVY. and no, it's not all the same. :angryfire

Couldn'tbehappier: :biere: I know exactly how exciting that 1st pair of scrubs was! So full of happiness & potential! Before that, I remember trying to hold in the excitement when we were issued our 1st BDU's during ROTC. Definitely didn't want to be the silly girl who was excited at everything... then again, I think the boys were a bit excited too

VRNH: another thing that was occuring to me... do you really want to start again somewhere fresh pretending not to know any skills? it will be embarassing, frustrating, and even a bit degrading not to be able to step up & say "YES, I know how to do this..." and this is NOT something you will be able to do if you don't say you've been in NS before. also, some schools ask you to map out what you've been doing in the past X years. you'll end up having to lie about the last few years, or throw in some alien abduction story! I worked briefly as a recruiter -- and I swear it is the MOST obvious thing we check for when verifying employment or education. And SO many people lie about it. Geesh. STOP people!

as for stethoscopes -- littman does some more basic models that can be quite reasonable. even these models can out-perform some other brands. just my personal experience. as for shoes -- i like to alternate between my Saucony's (best arch support, comfort, breathability I've found), my Birkenstock "Tokyos" (clogs with heel strap) and Crocs Professionals (no holes on top). i think they're all great shoes, but alternating seems to keep my feet happier & gives the shoes a chance to air out. but most of all, I miss my combat boots Hooah!

it seems like a really bad idea to lie about the op's previous education/experience. many schools put a clause on the bottom of their application that you have to sign, stating that all facts & information you've listed is both truthful & complete and that your application & enrollment can be revoked if evidence is found to the contrary. it is better to be honest & be responsble for your actions. even if you failed 2 classes, you must be mature enough to admit that fact, and explain why you'll be able to do better this time. don't get caught up in lies & stories -- do you really want to pretend like that to your fellow classmates & teachers? how about to yourself?

i'm just not sure what your point is here. so you've been to a good high school. you've been to college. you've been to grad school. in all of your posts, i don't see one good reason why you want to be a nurse. it only seems like you look down on nursing, and anyone associated with it, including current nurses, community college programs for nursing, even the rn licensure process... you seem like you're on such a high horse hear, like you are so much smarter than anyone else in the field. 1) grow up 2) stop thinking you are inherently smarter than everyone else 3) stop assuming you are above all the traditional education, training and procedures associated with starting a program 4) think for just one minute about the fact that you are insulting the very people you are asking help from to answer your questions: 1: i was a captain in the us army 2: i bartended through school & worked graveyard fedex shifts 3: it is not absurd for you to have to pay for a 2nd degree - you are benefiting by gaining more education and diversifying your resume - no different from a 1st degree 4: i believe most schools will bristle at the idea of students "challenging" nursing exams simply because they feel they're "above" them 5: your course work may be "non-transferrable" if for example you took anatomy i but haven't taken physiology, and they offer it as anatomy & physiology i & ii, or if your statistics class didn't include a lab, or if your microbiology wasn't medical micro. there are multitude of reasons - don't assume community college = podunk 6: if you took basic chemistry & biology at 15, do you really believe you remember enough of it (in enough detail) to say you don't need to take it... and have you thought about the idea that there may be advancements in the meantime? 7: how is a nursing degree not a medical degree? of course a nurse is not a doctor... but it's sounding like you wouldn't have any respect for health care workers except doctors -- or are you smarter than all of them too? 8: you are being belittling & disrespectful 9: there are ns waitlists because there are so many qualified students out there who have a hell of a better attitude & more defined desire to be a nurse than you!