pendulum9

Hello everyone! I just passed the HOBET and looking at starting the actual nursing program this summer. I have a little problem though. It seems every time I go in to see my nursing adviser, she tries to discourage me from going into the nursing program. Even though she knows I'm dead set on doing this, she always starts/ends her sentences with "if you still want to do nursing..." The last time I was in there, she rambled on about how hard the pass or fail tests can be. Today, she went on and on about how expensive it will be, how heavy the books are, how much information you have to learn in a short amount of time, how having kids and doing this is very hard (my 22 mo old daughter came with me today) and finally went on to say that "life" can simply get in the way of doing this EVEN if you're intelligent enough! UGHHHH! I just want to throw something at her when she does this! I do like it straight but this is just plain depressing. Shouldn't your adviser be just a little more encouraging than that??? I had straight A's last year and have an A in Anatomy, B in Chemistry and Algebra this semester so.....what gives??? A little history, I never recvd a phone call back from my first adviser who had a "family emergency" come up so I changed advisers. During the process of doing so, I had to speak to the head of nursing for the college. The advisor must have been a good friend to her because she became very rude when I told her she never returned any of my calls. I complained about her to the dean. He apologized and sent me to this lady. So, I don't want to change advisers. I just want to find a polite, yet direct way to tell her how she makes me feel when I go to see her. Thanks in advance for any advice you can share (:

Hi all! I'm new and just started pursuing an associates degree in nursing. A few days ago, I was disappointed to hear that it usually takes 3 to 4 years (as opposed to the 18 months I was originally told) to get the degree due to slot availability, pre reqs and so on. My husband will be getting out of the Army in two years to train for a federal law enforcement job. I will have to be out of school and employed at that time! So I thought I would get my LPN and then work through bridging to RN while employed. Today, several of my calssmates said "don't do it!!" I heard that all the women that say they'll go on to get their RN after LPN never come back.I need to know the real pros and cons to doing it this way. PLEASE help--registraion for next semester is the 6th and I'm so undecided!:uhoh21: