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  1. Is nursing the right direction to go?

    penelopelp replied to student2be09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Shadowing is a great idea. You could also volunteer at the hospital, or get a job at the hospital. You could try getting your CNA first, and seeing how you like that. Some schools are requiring the...

  2. Nursing as a Second Degree

    penelopelp replied to cleo724's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can't get pell grants for a second

  3. Nursing as a Second Degree

    penelopelp replied to cleo724's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You might want to really look into whether a BSN will get you higher wages than a ADN. Where I live, the salary for a beginning RN is the same. The BSN becomes an advantage for certain supervisory...

  4. Nursing as a Second Degree

    penelopelp replied to cleo724's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have two Bachelor's degrees--unrelated to nursing. I am going to apply to both the local university for accelerated BSN and the community college. The cc has a long waitlist, but is cheaper. Either...

  5. Pre Nursing Jobs?

    penelopelp replied to Screen name's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am in a program to become a unit secretary. In this area, you can take a 8 week training program. It includes medical terminology so that you can do

  6. Anyone out there who switched to nursing from teaching just for the money?

    penelopelp replied to skilledteacher's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad that you asked this question. I'm enjoying seeing the others' responses. If you really love teaching, then I don't see any reason to change. You could increase your pay by getting more...

  7. Server here looking into career switch!

    penelopelp replied to dancergalhue's topic in General Nursing

    I was an educator, and I've decided to move to a nursing career. Job shadowing is a great idea--so is volunteering. If you are still interested, you could look into training that would get you in an...

  8. Accelerated BSN student-completely stressed!

    penelopelp replied to avsmch's topic in General Students

    I think you should go with what you really want to do. If you really wanted to be a nurse, maybe you could remind yourself why that is what you want to do? Maybe you shouldn't be in an accelerated...

  9. Nurses , How to afford retirement?

    penelopelp replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like the teaching retirement plan at all. While I was a teacher, money was taken out of my paycheck, and it went to the state teacher retirement fund. I did not pay into Social Security--only...

  10. College Algebra

    penelopelp replied to LilQueen CMA's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you taken any Algebra? You might want to just try the test. It will give you an idea of what is going on in the class and what you need to know. Sometimes the first test is mainly a review of...

  11. Experience

    penelopelp replied to yenid0327's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This has been brought up on other threads. You might want to do a search to get more info. You could get a job as a patient transport or clerk. You could get some training and become a CNA,...

  12. I am tired

    penelopelp replied to niali's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I recently returned to school part-time to start my pre-reqs. I started two weeks ago. I am so exhausted, too!!! This evening, I have been laying on the couch and can hardly move. I swear I was going...

  13. Besides Caffeine, what keeps you energized to study?

    penelopelp replied to Hanna0225's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The other day I was completely exhausted, so I took a bath. That may sound crazy, but I actually felt more energized when I got out, and I was able to do another 3 hours of

  14. Chemistry Fall 2008

    penelopelp replied to CracklinRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My Chem class and lab was also moving very quickly. I was taking the class online, and I actually dropped it today. I wanted to drop it while I could still get my money back. My online teacher was...

  15. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    penelopelp replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    Back to the original post, my grandfather said the same thing to my grandmother back in the 70's. He was in no way abusive. However, he was born in the 1920's, and he probably also just didn't like...

  16. Chemistry Fall 2008

    penelopelp replied to CracklinRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My class is online, and there are about 34 of

  17. Chemistry Fall 2008

    penelopelp replied to CracklinRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would be frustrated if in a college Chemistry class, people kept forgetting their supplies. Of course, everybody has their bad days when they are distracted, but on a regular basis? That's just...

  18. An Important Questions for everyone.

    penelopelp replied to Anursesson's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    NM has some programs that could help you. It is set up for people who can't get health insurance on their own because of the cost and/or pre-existing conditions. We had very good luck with it....

  19. Classes start 29th...still no support!

    penelopelp replied to Want2BARN2010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    want2barn, I've had a lot of people who obviously think that I'm nuts for going back to school. They don't understand why I won't just stick with my current career. My bf has been the most supportive...

  20. So angry right now. Warning: Extremely long

    penelopelp replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so sorry you are going through this. We had a terrible time with my father-in-law's care several years ago. We ended writing letters and faxing them to the president, head nurse, and head of the...

  21. what unit is best for ADD type?

    penelopelp replied to mh356's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You said that you liked being an ED tech. Have you thought about working in the ED? I'm not a nurse yet, but I am also ADD inattentive type. The ED has always appealed to me. I get bored if there is...

  22. Chemistry Fall 2008

    penelopelp replied to CracklinRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is anybody else worried about chem lab? How do you coordinate working with a partner? What if your partner isn't really into the class? They don't want to do much work? They play around, or worse,...

  23. Chemistry Fall 2008

    penelopelp replied to CracklinRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm pretty excited about my online class. It is going to be a whole lot of work. I spent all of yesterday evening just trying to get through all the orientation materials. I'll start on Ch. 1 tonight....

  24. Bulging disk in my lumbar/sacral region... is my Med/Surge career over?

    penelopelp replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine went through the same thing. He had the surgery, and had to take about 6 months off work as a psych nurse. It took him a while to get to where he is now, but he's back to bicycling,...

  25. I Got A Nursing Scholarship!!!

    penelopelp replied to Katy-NursingStudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's wonderful!