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Hi All, Just wanted to inform you that I feel so much better about the program. I just got my test score back from our first test(on 14 chapters btw) and I got a 93.3!! YAY The class ave was a 78 so I was excited!!

Thank you all so much for your caring and support. Today is a little better, butI still have my moments..plus I have another week until clinicals!! I will keep you all posted on how it goes!! Thanks again! Laurie

Hi everyone, I don't usually post here but today I just need to vent. We had our orientation for Clinicals today and I am freaking out...I am not so much concerned about the paperwork, but I always doubt my decisions. Everyone in my class is so excited to start working with the patients, but I cringe when I think of it. Not because I don't like people, I am definately a people person, but I do not know what is wrong with me. Even basic things, like moving a patient from their bed to the wheelchair or to the shower or soemthing like that...we only did it for about half an hour in lab..and now I am supposed to know what I am doing with a patient? I keep telling myself that I can do this, yet while my professor is instructing us on how clinicals work, I am on the verge of tears bc I am embarrassed that I won't be able to do it. Embarrassed that if I end up quitting, I will have to hear it all from my coworkers, friends and family how I couldnt cut it. I am just dreading to go next week, I am so scared that i put all this effort and money into this program and I am ready to bail ship already

Hi there, You can definately start without the prereqs but it will be harder. I also have a BA(in sociology) which gets some of the pre reqs out of the way, luckily I only had to take Growth and Dev and still have to take Micro. I was a nursing major originally (ten years ago) so I already had A & P under my belt(and got an extra 20 points on my application for it) but i am retaking them bc I honestly remember nothing!! I would enroll in prereqs asap and maybe try testing out of them. You CAN do it, but most of the nursing professors don't recommend it. I lucked out, I only applied at NHCTC-Manchester and was accepted...my pre-nln's were ok, but nothing great! Goodluck to you!! ~Laurie