bluemalibu

A mere two more weeks and it will then be all over but for the shouting. I'll then begin about six weeks of intense NCLEX prep. I've had a choice experience being in the nursing program at our college while my son was completing the police academy right across the hallway from me. Occasionally our ten-minute breaks would coincide, resulting in a mini-family reunion. I really look forward to having an open seat for ride-alongs to maintain my LEO fix.

I too am entering the nursing field as a second career. I have one more semester left to complete the RN program. The route that I chose was to take one or two of the pre-requisite classes at night. (14 in total) It took me five years to be able to apply for the program. I'll now be 55-years-old and out beating the bushes for a job... but I would do it all over again. I simply cannot get enough of the work with patients. (And this is coming from a cynical old cop that could not understand how anyone could possibly stand to work in a hospital!)

It worked... I'm in !!!!! The only school that I applied to is 12 miles from my home; it's grads are routinely chosen over ivy league applicants; and the entire RN program costs $4700 ...with uniforms, books, and equipment included. I'm in heaven!!!!

Our entire program here is $7400... this includes books and uniforms. There are 13 pre-requisite science and math classes that are required to apply for entrance @ $25 per credit-hour. Because of the cheap price tag, we had 550 applicants for 29 open seats this semester.

I've held my CCW since 1982 and it in nowise effects one's licensure nor schooling in any way... go for it! We welcome you into the ranks of the sheepdog, keeping watch over the milling masses. 'Licensed to carry, licensed to care'

I begin our RN program in a few weeks... at 53. I maintained a 4.0 through school as I thought that it would offset my age during selection. This worked for me being accepted into the university's program, but I was also accepted into the local CC's program which only requires a 3.0 on your prerequisites and a 69% on the TEAS test, then applicant names go into a lottery... overall GPA is not looked at. A program like this would be your answer. (As a bonus, the entire program here only costs $4500 which includes books and uniforms)

I am 53, a retired cop, and was just notified that from 550 applicants I was chosen to fill one of 29 seats in the RN program beginning in January. Having a retirement income already under my belt, after graduation I will work full time as a volunteer in our local hospital until a position opens.

I too will be starting my program in January as a second career. Over the last two years of completing prerequisites, I've noted that those attempting to hold down a full-time job tended to consistently receive one-to-two grades below those that committed to their schooling full-time... most of them were still able to successfully complete the classes, but unfortunately, a few are now disqualified from our program. (3.0 minimum required) I am truly thankful that I have my retirement to survive off of, during training, and can devote my full attention to schooling. Best of wishes for your success...

I spent a career as a graveyard shift narcotics officer before retiring and beginning NS. You will get burnt out quickly if you don't make a concerted effort to ensure that you get adequate sleep. For me that meant an honest 8 hrs a day. It didn't matter if it was broken up into two 4-hr blocks, but I had to have a total of 8hrs to function up to potential. The best two things that I found to help achieve that rest was to drop the temp in the room 10* cooler than it normally stayed, and to seal up all windows with aluminum foil. If the room is light, then the brain triggers the ARAS (ascending reticular activating system), increasing its receptiveness to incoming stimulus, allowing you to be awakened easier.

My program begins in January... I'll be 53 before the training begins. I've spent the last two years completing prereqs after retiring as a cop.

. I'm taking both now and am half-way through the semester. I'm maintaining a 94 to 95 percentile average in each class, so it's doable. Micro is not even offered during the summer session here, as there are entirely too many inoculation/incubation cycles required to complete within two months. These classes would be a handful to complete together during the summer inter/session. ~Blue

. Nursing job opportunities are now just like the real estate market... It's whatever your LOCAL market dictates it to be. We've had both new grads and seasoned RN's alike complaining that they've been actively searching for employment for over a year... in their area, there is no such thing as a nursing shortage. Here in our part of California jobs are pretty scarce and yet there is still a two-year wait to get into a NS program. You might contact a few of the hospitals in your area and ask how many new grads they will be accepting into their next orientation cycle, and how many applied for their last round of training vs the number that applied. Here's a thread covering the topic: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/how-long-we-375985.html ~Blue

And may I extend a like invitation to you and your defense of the lack of professional decorum to visit our fair jurisdiction... bring the wife and kids... You can give us a public demonstration of your tried and true tactics. "I sure hope you don't employ this theory with kids - your own or anyone else's. Wow." . We'll see just how long your smug disregard for others remains intact while peering out from within the back of a squad car charged with disorderly conduct and breach of peace... Sheeesh, your poor family and co-workers. It's glaringly apparent where your priorities lay... as you've repeatedly played the 'termination' card, doc. But a little closer attention to detail might be warranted. I have a comfortable retirement behind me, remember? So you'd hold no threat over me... that dog won't hunt. I work because I want to work. Irrespective, after a lifetime of justly judging between right and wrong, I choose to do what's right and let the consequence follow.

Careful what you wish for doc... you just might get it. I would think that you'd be wiser than to brazenly step outside of the scope of your expertise, 'doctor'; but you know what they say about fools rushing in where angels fear to tread... I spent a very full and satisfying career adding to the population of jailhouse lawyers; smiling at many an "expert" that tried to educate me as to why their conduct was perfectly justified, just as you've done here... while I proceeded to place a pretty set of chrome bracelets on their wrists. A mere threat to harm is not an assault. There must also be an ability to carry out the threat. If subsequent physical contact is made, then it becomes assault consummated by battery. And, while the essential elements of the crime of assault would not have been met in the "yelling" scenario that we are discussing, (as a reasonable person would not have had an apprehension that an imminently harmful or overt offensive contact was about to be realized), that same reasonable person might well have had sufficient cause to believe that the conduct of the physician on the phone, coupled with the content of his oration, constituted a viable threat to her, as it very well may have been perceived an act of coercion wherein a negative consequence is proposed in order to elicit a response... thus meeting the elements of the crime of 'Conveying a threat'. Different criminal charge, same receiving cell. (And we haven't even broached the topic of his actions being tortious conduct... just think how loud he'll yell when he gets slapped with a civil lawsuit for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.) ~Blue

The 'cillin drugs act as an inhibitor to cell wall synthesis. They are effective against gram positive microbes which have a thick peptidoglycan wall. The gram negative microbes have an outer membrane of phospholipids which shield the cell wall from contacting the antibiotics, and therefore are relatively ineffective against them.