Wanna_BA_Nurse

You don't need a BSN, an associates in nursing will work just fine. :) Once you do that, you need to get certified as a FNE, SANE-A, or SANE-P, depending on what you'd like to focus on. Forensic nurses can do death investigation, pediatric sexual ass...

You're right. I wasn't trying to be rude.

To you and anyone else looking for training programs in the US, I'd look at the sane-sart site. It has a program locator. Either way, it looks like Meriter Hospital has a SANE program in your area. The contact info is on this site as well. http://ww...

Awesome!!! Congratulations! I hope I am as lucky as you when I graduate!

Hello fellow student nurses and nurses! I have been looking at job postings on various sites and (to make a long story short) I keep seeing that they require one year experience as an RN. Well...once I start looking for a job that is just it - I'm L...

Oh! Thanks, I will check that out!

Thanks! It helped a lot! I guess it was a stupid question now that I know the answer, but I was under the assumption that RNs could not apply to do an LPN's job. Oh well! Yes, thank you very much!

You can't catch a break, can you? You have it pretty rough when it comes to going back to school. I can't pretend I have any good advice for you, but I will say to stick it out. Like Klone said, if it is a dream, you'll get there eventually. Don't ru...

What he says is right. I must add though, do not get discouraged. Nursing school is designed to keep the people who don't really want it out and the ones who do really want it in. It is supposed to be difficult (you're responsible for someone's life!...

That nurse seems a little immature and highly unprofessional. Jeez. Did you tell the DON? She can't treat you like that. It may not be a big deal to you, but that is technically harassment. I'm sorry. I can say that if I was a patient, I couldn't car...

I can't speak from personal experience, but I am also (as you put) "no einstein" ESPECIALLY in math! Ugh! But I know I will make it through. You just have to be motivated (and organized lol). It is normal to be worried about it (and you should). I su...

You take him out of there! That is so unprofessional of her to hang UP on you! What nerve! Poor guy.

Here is someone with WAY too much time on her hands. What happened happened - you can't change the facts or what the nurse who actually did the deed thinks of them. You can sit here and trash-talk the forum whilst using it, and further stir the pot, ...

If having the letters RN after your name is a dream for you then go for it (eventually)! From what you've described it doesn't sound like your environment is stable enough for you to continue your education. Going to school right now may further str...

There are many sub-specialties in forensic nursing. The ones I am aware of are SANE (Sexual assault nurse examiners - they help and gather evidence from rape victims), FNDI (forensic nurse death investigators - they help coroners), Forensic Psychiatr...

Hello everyone! I was looking at yet some more programs in my area when I noticed that one school offers both Associate of Applied Sciences and Associate of Science degrees. Is one better than the other? I don't really know the difference between th...

Okay, I was planning everything out and my schooling and I discovered that just to get an associates will take FOUR YEARS!!! Thats right: four years for a two year degree because of all the pre-reqs that I need to do! Is this normal? How long did i...

:)Its good that you're actually aware, worried, and doing something about it. That is what good nurses do - they're aware of things. Anyway, the older nurses probably do look at you like you're retarded because you aren't as skilled as them and as yo...

1: I don't find anything funny here... 2: For all I know you could (and would) have just edited that post. 3: I don't even know where that came from as the OP does not have a "very hard working spouse". 4: Your run-on sentences confuse me as to w...

I certainly hope you didn't get that vibe from me! I don't think you're making this up and I think you did the right thing by contacting your attorney - especially because they are not on your reference list! That is ridiculous! Good luck to you!

I think if you put them on your reference list they can say whatever they want because you're the one who wrote them down. But if they aren't then that is slander - unless you really do suck at nursing - which I doubt, or else someone would've told y...

Thanks everyone! I'll be okay with the four years, but I'll keep searching for something that may knock off a semester or two. Still, thanks for the input everyone! Really.

Really? Alright then! Thank you very much! I was freaking out there...

Me too.

Okay then...as long as this is normal I guess I'm gonna have to do them It will be worth it though. Thank you everyone for your input! Really! I appreciate it.