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Rn's go to nursing school for at least two years (for Associates degree) after taking the necessary prerequisites and being accepted into nursing school. Only after completing nursing school do RN's take the licensing test. Is this what you are wanting to do? Does your company offer education in the medical field as applies to the type of equipment you are selling? Maybe that would be the way to go.

I think the main safety issue here is agreeing to meet with someone she doesn't know--like other posters said, this could be an internet sexual predator.

I, Like you, am addicted to food. I eat out a lot, although i really can't afford to, mostly because I'd rather eat alone in a restaurant than at home. I know that's different than a lot of people. I am working on making lifestyle changes because I do know that I have to make changes and calling it a diet just sets me up for failure at the start. One thing that has worked for me is the organization TOPS (take off pounds sensibly) and I plan to rejoin this week. I am making a grocery list for healthy, tasty foods. I don't usually buy non-fat stuff, just cut down on my consumption of the regular stuff. I just know that I have to do something about my weight now before it is too late. Good luck to you, and to all of the other posters who are struggling with this problem.

The first five weeks we had Fundamentals lecture and lab and Pharmacology. The next 11 weeks, we kept Pharmacology, but had Med Surg I lecture, lab and clinicals. i can't remember how many total hours. The first five weeks we were at school 4 days and the next 11 weeks we were at school 3 days and at the hospital 1 day for clinicals. It was quite a bit because we had a lot of reading for both pharm and fundamentals or med surg plus preparation for labs and clinical paperwork. We also did several papers and community service hours.

The thing that helped me the most was the open labs. In 101 we learned the bones and muscles and open lab helped me a lot. In 102, the open lab instructors actually embellished a lot on what we learned in lecture, so what I didn't understand from lecture, I could usually figure out in open lab. Another thing that helped me were the online exercises that were an adjunct to our textbook. There were labeling exercises and I printed several copies of them off and practiced a lot. Also, we were given links to slides that we could download onto flashdrives and I used those to practice as well.

Passing is 75 and NCLEx first try pass rate is 99%

I'm 56 and will be finishing my ASN in July of 2010. I plan to immediately start my prereqs for a BSN program. I always wanted to be a nurse and it just happened that this was my time. I really don't care if I can only work 10 years as a nurse. I hope to get my BSN and maybe even my MSN, and use those degrees to serve in areas that won't be as physically grueling on me. I can see myself as a parsih nurse in a church, as an instructor, or maybe even working in research. I don't think of myself as being in my twilight years at all. I think age is all in your attitude.

Thanks for sharing that information. I'm going to print it off for myself and several other students.

I thought Micro was harder but only because the exams were essay questions, so I had to study for them a little differently. I learned a lot that way, though. Micro has helped me tremendously during nursing school. I agree with previous posters, though. It is important to devote a lot of hours to studying in order to be successful in these classes. Also, if your school offers open labs for A&P, try to take advantage of those as well.

We started clinicals in the sixth week of our first semester, so we had to wear scrubs to the hospital then. We also had to either wear our lab coats or scrubs to skills lab, so a lot of us starting wearing our scrubs the first week! The rooms were very warm and the lab coats were too restrictive, so I wore scrubs to lab most of the time.

I know what you mean about getting nervous and shaking. One of our checkoffs in the first semester was a group checkoff. We all took turns doing the skill and I was one of the last ones to go. By the time it was my turn, I was so nervous that I was shaking uncontrollably. I could barely hold the equipment! One of the other students said that she could see my legs shaking through my uniform pants. The instructor took me aside after everyone was finished and let me do the skills on my own. I was able to complete them without contaminating my sterile field when no one but the instructor was watching me.

We have to get a level 2 or better when we take it. If we don't, then we get to remediate at home by taking one of the practice tests and scoring better than 90% on them. So far I haven't had to remediate.

Depending on your TEAS scores, you won't have any trouble getting into LPN with two B's, but I only know of one or two people in my class who got into the RN class with one B. Good luck.

The books are useful. I have used them when studying for tests.

Our school uses ATI but it doesn't count towards our grade. We have to reach a level 2. If we don't, we have to remediate at home and score a 90% or more.

I'm one of those people that has a sympathetic gag reflex so when someone is vomiting, I feel like I need to too. In fact, a lot of times when my kids were vomiting, I would be right there with them! Even if I hadn't felt sick before. Now, as a student, I have been able to fight it. I watched endoscopy one day and one of the patients was really fighting the tube and was gagging a lot. I had to take a few deep breaths, but I was able to get through it without gagging right there along with her!

Definitely brush up on math because you will need it to do dosage calculations. Our nursing school gives a test in the first semester that you must pass with an 80%. You're given three chances and if you don't pass, you can't go on in the program. Then we have to take a test in the last semester which we have to pass with a 90%. Same thing, we have 3 tries and if we dont' pass, we can't graduate.

We wear ours to the clinical site. The main reason is we're lucky to have somewhere to put our books, much less having a place to put extra clothes. I do change mine as soon as I get home because of what I might carry home.

I don't know about rankings, but I know that the Indiana State Board of Nursing has NCLEX pass rates for all of the schools in the state--and this is an important statistic to know. I'm sure all the states have this information, so you might go to Michigan's site.

Have you done a FAFSA yet? If you have, you could check with your state to see if they have any nursing grants or scholarships. Some of the state scholarships require that you agree to work in that state for 2 years after graduation. Also, check with your school, although they will require that you have a FAFSA as well to determine your need, etc. Good luck.

I am 56 and just started my 3rd semester of an ASN program. As far as I'm concerned, it is never too late to start. I will be almost 57 when I finish this program and plan to start on my BSN prereqs immediately upon graduating. Just keep plugging away at it and you will reach your goal.

We are not required by our school to receive it; however, some of our clinical sites are requiring anyone who does not receive the vaccine to wear a mask when caring for patients. I am going to get the vaccine because my daughter has a brand new baby and I am over there quite bit. I do not want to give him anything that would put him at risk.

Do you understand that when you get into actual nursing classes, the questions are not knowledge based, but are based on critical thinking skills? In my classes, we have lectures, but a lot of what we are expected to know is in the book and we are expected to read the book. Have you thought about trying to find a course that will help you with your comprehension skills? You might go to the college's learning center and see if they can give you hints on how to read and comprehend. I know that I have some problems with that, and I found that if I take notes or even highlight while I read, it forces me to focus more.

If your school has a library, be familiar with it. A lot of schools even have virtual libraries so you can do all of your research at home. Be sure you are familiar with this tool if they have it. It will help a lot when doing papers. I use Noodletools to check my citations when I am doing my papers.

Congratulations on your A. I am notorious for second guessing my answers, but I am trying not to change them now. The only time I change my answers is when I realize that I mistakenly filled in the wrong letter on the scantron.