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THen call the AZ state board of Nursing. You need to find out.

I am so sorry! Have yo thought about a different job that might be more flexible? Look into jobs with the college!

Sounds like to me that you meet their qualifications but they have not started accepting students formally yet. So I would wait for a leter and I would call now to get clarification as to the deadline of when you might recieve that letter.

Please move to Kansas City!

Your GPA is important, but after you get out of school and are working then the important thing is that you know what you are doing to save a life. If your goal is RN then do not settle! Take them again and get a tuter. You will do great this time! Not sure how old you are, but IF you are just out of high school even a few years, remember that A&P 2 is very hard as is Micro. As you mature you look at things differently and may have an easier time. And like said above you have seen the material before! Great luck to you!

When pts are angry, try listening with them Anyone in the hospital is experiencing loss of control. That increases anxiety and makes people cranky. I have a real hard time listening to nurses who talk about Drug seeking pts. These pts usually have a history of invisible diseases. Try living with an invisible disease. It is the hardest thing you would EVER do. To go home at night and have fatigue to the point it hurts to breathe. That bone aching exchaustion that does not go away because of the sleep disorder NO ONE CAN SEE once again. The only thing that helps is a pain med. To relieve the pain so you can work and simply function. Chronic pain pts do not react to pain like pts in acute pain.That is why they can sleep while you go get their pain meds. Sleep is a coping skill. When you think a pt is complaining of being in pain or you think she is a drug seeker, shame on you, and get to know your pt better. what is the pain like, what helps, what makes it better, how does she function with the pain, be compassionate. Their reactions are reactions to the knowledge that the nurses think they are drug seeking and that is very unfortunate. I hope no one that rolls their eyes at a pt for asking for pain meds ever has to ask for them herself. I am a nurse and have been for 23 years and have fibromyalgia. I found out that is what I had 9 years ago. I also suffer from narcolepsy, Raynaud's and alpha wave anomaly sleep disorder. Therefore even though I sleep many hours, it is not restorative. I see nurses judging pts every day and it is the hardest thing I have ever witnessed. Freq Flyers that have invisible illnesses, like me. No you did not here the term fibromyalgia many years ago. Thank God we have wonderful scientists out there that are discovering things on a daily basis. What else didn't we know 20 years ago, but we except those advances in healthcare? You can prove a pt had fibromyalgia now with a finctional MRI. You feel the pain in your muscles however it is actually a nervous system syndrome. Actually it involves the nervous system, and the HPA axis. The nervous system amplifies every sensation you have. Also when you take narcotics frequently, you have to take them or you experience withdrawl. You become dependant on them but that does not mean you are abusing them. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE PERSON IN PAIN MORE FUNCTIONAL. OK, Hope I did not hurt anyones feelings, but I have seen and experienced more than my fair share of ignorance out there about these diseases. I have found when someone is judging another person they are usually very ignorant of the subgect at hand. I just want nurses to stop and think how they would want to be treated if they had pain. thERE

I would buy a pair of the best walking shoes that you can find. New Balance, Reeboks, Nike, whatever fits your feet the best. You need a new pair every 6 months or so because they breakdown. Good arch supports are what you need!