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1. I am horrible with Math should I even try to get into a nursing program?

   beginning replied to 123xs a lady's topic in Maryland

2. I am horrible with Math should I even try to get into a nursing program?

   beginning replied to 123xs a lady's topic in Maryland

   I was not good in math in high school because I did not apply myself. I believe I had an attention deficit. I was always preoccupied about my mother dying. However, I did pass my math classes -2 without any remedial work. What I did do though was...

3. ISU or EC

   beginning replied to saltwaterstat's topic in Online Learning

   Not only VA and GA but I know MD because I checked. The only one that MD accepts is ISU and there actually is a campus in which nursing students go and also the distance learning. Looks like ISU is more stable right now. You are an LPN and that qu...

4. Anyone 40 Or Older Starting A Lvn Program??

   beginning replied to shalamar's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I am 48. Been at this thing almost half of my life with it's ups and downs. I failed RN school - 8 wks to graduation and can't go back to that school. I have had it hard because I had no backup -- had to work. I will go back and get my LPN if I c...

5. How could she! Please read, need advice

   beginning replied to lilypad2424's topic in General Students

   I need to share this with you and it's something that happened in my office which is not a nursing office. Once there was a bully in my office that for years tormented everyone at some given point or time. I watched her do this time and time again a...

6. Excelsior Grads - Do You Think Online Nursing Is In Jeopardy? What State Are You In?

   beginning replied to beginning's topic in Online Learning

   How many clinical hours does an LPN have to have in order to bridge from LPN to RN at this school? It, I believe, is the only one that MD BON will accept. Am I right? Look like I remember this in some of my research?

7. GA BON no longer accepting Excelsior education; Speak up Cont. Updates!!

   beginning replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

   Who can one write to instead of just commenting on HR 5924 and Excelsior distant learning amongst ourselves and commenting on website http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/? What do you think? Help to reduce the shortage and save your investment if...

8. If you were not so far into nursing what you your major be?

   beginning posted a topic in General Students

   Do sometimes you feel that you should have gone into something else? If so, what would it had been? Please give me a strong rationale. Thank you.

9. Excelsior Grads - Do You Think Online Nursing Is In Jeopardy? What State Are You In?

   beginning replied to beginning's topic in Online Learning

   Does any one know about any other states in which Excelsior is cool? Who can you contact in order to find this out?

10. Excelsior Grads - Do You Think Online Nursing Is In Jeopardy? What State Are You In?

    beginning replied to beginning's topic in Online Learning

    Can you possibly move or get with a state that is accepting it near you and do your thing? I live in MD which is one of the states firstly that won't accept EC grads. However, I think VA and WDC does. I had been informed that I can only get licens...

11. Vultures

    beginning replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    I understand and what is so ill about this is that good nurses, docs and medical personnel suffer. When these commercials come on I think about what it is doing to those persons (like me) who want so badly to be in the medical field. It makes me th...

12. New nurse made a mistake!

    beginning replied to newnursewithquestion's topic in New Nurse

    Well, look at it like this. We all have had to start somewhere and have made mistakes that we hopefully have learned from. I am not a nurse yet but have had clinical and did okay in but my last one - the one before transitioning. I say I went to c...

13. How Do You Overcome the Emotional Scars?

    beginning posted a topic in General Students

    Thanks to persons on this forum who thought I was not crazy for still loving nursing after I have failed two nursing schools. In one school, you could only repeat one course and another it was two courses the max. However, I did not through neglect ...

14. What Would You Do If This Happened To You?

    beginning posted a topic in General Students

    I clashed with a clincal instructor and I have never had this problem. I totally shut down in performance because she really taunted me. She would go and stand with her foot against the wall and look at me so angrily. I was so exhausted from fear ...

15. Excelsior Grads - Do You Think Online Nursing Is In Jeopardy? What State Are You In?

    beginning posted a topic in Online Learning

    I want so badly to get started with Excelsior. I read so many things on this forum about online problems and State BONs being negative about them. Tell me what is going on with this aspect? I am almost about to change my career goals. Nursing is ...