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Thanks a lot Kyle! All of that is really helpful. It's just nice to know how people are doing it and what has helped them. I'll check out that Test for Success book-sounds like a good thing! Good luck in your nursing program!

Someone else said that too, so I'll definitely be checking that out! Thanks!

The nursing school here will let you be enrolled in PSYC25 and Pharmacology and not be done yet when you apply. But all your Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, and all the other classes have to be done already...ugh!

That is really good advice! Thank you. I didn't think about that too much. There is so much to think about for nursing! Eeeek.

Thank you so much for that info. I'm in central CA, so in the same system as you. I'm at a community college with a very limited # of spots in the nursing school (50) so it's really hard to get in. I'm nervous! I'm working hard though and am going to try to get A's in all my pre-reqs...I'm also thinking about working as a CNA soon and before that as a home companion type of thing. Thanks for the advice! Feel free to give me more if you think of anything. I really appreciate it.

I'm really nervous that it's going to take me forever to get through nursing school here because the program I want/need to get into won't even let you apply until you complete all your pre-reqs and then you have to wait (2 or 3 years sometimes)! Anyone with the same situation? What are you going to do while you're on the wait list? ARG. This is frustrating.

I do the same thing (pause in the middle of a show or remember something that I just HAVE to know what it means)! I love House too. They're all good shows...soooo addicting! Glad I'm not the only one!

Haha, glad I'm not the only one! I suppose if you realize it's not supposed to be completely accurate and just enjoy the storyline it's not so bad right? Haha.

Congrats on passing and I'll be keeping your classmates in my prayers tomorrow! Hope they all pass with flying colors!

Thank you so much for the response Catherine! Good luck in your ADN course, kudos to you for going back to school with kids, I'm sure it's hard! And as for the bolded part-I actually did have this originally in the general discussion board but a mod moved it here for me... It's great to hear people's opinions and experiences. Thanks!

Thank you Emery for sharing that! I know that the majority of nursing students do have to work, I think it must take a lot of dedication! Kudos to you for doing it! And good luck with finals :) I sure know how those are...coming up soon here too (actually have an English final tonight, should be studying-haha)!

Same exact situation! I'm pre-nursing, community college, want to work NICU! We should talk. It was helpful to read these responses too :)

Thank you SO much Nikki! That was very helpful to hear. Unfortunately, the local nursing program/school doesn't allow people to get on the waiting list until they get all their pre-reqs done! :angryfire So I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to wait around for 1-3 years waiting to get in, although it is a great school, and only 50 students allowed in the program at a time. So it's competitive, and hard to get into for sure...it's just all so overwhelming! But hearing from other RNs how they did it and survived and what to know about it all is quite helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! I really appreciate it. And I'll definitely be asking more questions as they come up, so thanks for offering to help answer! Have a good night, and TTYS probably :) -Sierra

Thank you! I thought I probably had it right, but wanted to make sure. Hey, can you really blame me? Those shows are addicting :) (Although so unrealistic, I'm sure--they have kept me quite interested in nursing and given me a nice example of things I've been learning in A&P!)

NOTE: Sorry if the topic is kind of "over" - I didn't read through all the pages of the topic as I'm trying to rush and study for an English final :) As a 19 year old girl researching different schools and options for becoming a nurse, I just have to say that while I so appreciate when my parents and others let me make my own decisions, I don't think that at 19, either me or this girl that jls talking about, have 1/2 the experience that the older adults around us do. I think that helping kids to see what options are out there for them is important, is sure has been for me! I also happen to be opposed to the Iraq war, but I fully 100% support the troops and everyone that is putting their life on the line to help others. It's not the troops' fault where they are sent and what they're told to do. My own brother has been serving in the US Navy for almost 6 years, so I obviously support him and everything he's given up! I don't think that jls has a "disdain for the military," and I don't appreciate when pro-war people say that about anti-war people (that they don't support the troops and are anti-American and all that). I think that everyone should be allowed their own opinion, we thankfully live in a country that lets us speak our mind and believe whatever we want! Thank God for that. Just because jls happens to be against the war doesn't mean that she is trying to "steer" this mentoree down the anti-war path. I have wonderful mentors in my life and lots of resources (not financially, but the ability to find information and research things), and wonderful parents that accept and support me no matter what. Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that I think that support from other adults (like jls is giving this girl she is mentoring) is priceless. It has helped me through hard times and will continue to. I am so thankful for the adults and friends in my life who share their opinions and experience with me and then help me and/or let me decide on my own what it is that's best for me or what I want. Hopefully this is making sense! Sorry to ramble, I just feel like this doesn't have to be a matter of opinions on a certain government or war, but rather that jls should be applauded for having such genuine concern for this girl. I'm sure so many kids would avoid stupid decisions and non-informed choices if they had someone as caring as the OP! I'm so thankful that I don't have to go off to war, and at the same time, I'm so thankful for my brother and everyone else who does it to serve. That's all I've got. I feel like I totally rambled here, but hopefully I made my point? Sorry if not.