JamieA0321

Thanks for posting this. I'm going to be in a similar situation. Although I haven't finished my pre reqs, I currently have a 4.0 in my pre reqs. I hope I can keep it. I'm happy to hear others are getting accepted into programs.

Most schools accept it, there is only one school I've found that specifically states online courses arne't accepted and when I inquired aout this, they told me they would require verification by the department (biology) from the school where you took it that the lab was taken in-class vs. online. However, I'm not sure how this works or if they really do require it. I know there are many people though, who have taken it online and done fine.

I'm taking A&P I this summer with Psy235. I wanted to take it by itself, but I couldn't get my fin aid without taking 6 credits. I am expecting it to be difficult, but I am determined to make it work, somehow. I talked to previous students who have taken both and they all said that though it was difficult, not impossible and I should be able to do it. I also talked to my General Bio professor who also teaches A&P, she also thought it would be doable. Good Luck!!

This doesn't surprise me. Metro is adding more pre reqs also. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever finish, and if I do ever finish, if I'll ever even be accepted. But, I guess all I can do is continue on and try.

Well, I shouldn't have said opposite, I'm saying that thinking in terms of corporate desk job vs. patient care/helping career. I'll be switching from legal to healthcare.

I am not the OP of this thread, but I have a question about this. This information is for Regis, correct? I believe I saw that you were on faculty there. I'm currently finishing my pre reqs right now and plan to apply to CU, Metro, Regis and UNC. Right now I don't have a huge preference, though I'd like to stay in Denver and CU or Regis are my top choices. I already have a BA in another field and am finishing my pre reqs at a CC now. My undergrad GPA isn't an overall 3,9-4.0, but my pre reqs are. Is that GPA the overall undergrad GPA requirements or is that for pre reqs? Also, if I already have a BA and apply to the traditional program, would I have to retake a bunch of gen ed classes again directly from Regis (I've never actually attended regis and got my BA in another state)? Thanks for any help you can give

Just reading these threads freak me out completely and I'm not even IN nursing school yet! I'm going to have a BOATLOAD of student loans when I graduate (second degree, career change) I'm not above working as a CNA or whatever position I could get hired into, but I need to be able to pay my bills. I won't be able to just walk back into my current career role after graduation, which would I would be willing to do until I found a job, but it's also a tough field to find jobs and I know I couldn't just walk back in after being out for 2 years for education in a completely opposite field. I hope that everyone is able to find a job at some point. It has to get better sometime, at least that's what I keep telling myself.

The market in Denver, from my understanding is really bad. I'm very, very worried about finding a job when the time comes, even though it will be a good 3 years before I even get to that point. The amount of nurses they are graduating right now compared to the non-existant job market for them, I sometimes wonder if I will ever find a job. I'm still plugging away at my pre reqs and hoping, but I'll be honest, I'm not all that optimistic I hate saying that, but it just doesn't look good at all. I almost wish that I wanted to do something else so I wasn't so stressed and worried about it.

Thanks :) Where did you go to nursing school, tlapierre? I know things will be different when I finally get into and graduate from nursing school, whether it be better or worse, it will be different (and I'm praying for better right now!) I was having a minor panic attack that day thinking about the fact that I'll have to quit my job here and not knowing if I'll even find a job once I graduated or how long it would take me to find a job was/is freaking me a out a bit. I will need a job...any job soon after graduation, even if that means waiting tables or something. I know it won't be easy to go back to my old job (not that I will want to come back here) I guess my fear is that the nurisng market is so saturated just as the legal market seems to be and finding a job as a new grad will be next to impossible. I'm finishing my pre reqs n o matter what. Right now I'm trying to concentrate on just getting accepted into nursing school!

Thanks! It does help! The hospice case manager position actually sounds like a great position! Not something I had really thought of, but one that sounds interesting to me none-the-less. Right now I think I would like a hospital job, as that is where I always pictured myself, but that doesn't mean that it's where I'll end up or where it is absolutely the right fit for me, but like you said...If I'm determined and this is definitely where I'm supposed to be, I'll find my niche. I really appreciate everyone's comments, for sure! I still have a couple years of pre-requsites before I can even apply and another year to two years of nursing school before I graduate. I hope to have more vounteer experience and contacts under my belt before then which will hopefully help lead me to the position I'm supposed to be in!

Who should I talk to? When I talked to the last person (I think it was in volunteer services b/c I was asking about volunteer opportunities as well) they said they wouldn't arrange that for me, I had to know the person I was going to shadow and arrange it with them and then with the unit, but they wouldn't find someone for me to shadow, I had to find my own person, and I don't know anyone. Is there another department I should call about that?

Thanks! I've done a lot of soul searching and I'm sure this is what I want to do. Sitting behind a desk and hating it made me start thinking about what I wanted out of life. I've done some volunteering (though I realize is a far cry from the actual job) and I loved being there. I'm trying to find a nurse in CO to do a job shadow, but the only nurse I really know personally here is on a traveling job in NV right now. Once I get back into volunteering I'm hoping to do another job shadow while I'm finishing up my pre reqs. Thanks for the insight of what's going on with the job situation right now. I hope in a few years it evens itself out. Right now I'm trying to focus on getting excellent grades in my pre reqs and getting into school to begin with (and doing well there) Though admitedly I was starting to worry that even if I got accepted, did well, graduated, that I wouldn't be able to find a job, and I was panicking a bit b/c I'll be quiting my job in the legal field to pursue this career.

Thanks! That's so nice of you! I did register for the inclass one. Since this is my first semester back and I've been out of college for 10 years, I figured since it was available and I could do it, I should. I'm sure it will help to be there in person (or I'm hoping) I've heard that is a great text and that lots of people use it to supplement with the text I'm required to use. I was going to buy it, but since it was $100, I couldn't justify an extra $100 when I was already paying $175 for the text I had to have

An earlier Bio lab spot opened up so I registered for it. There is currently 3 spots available in the Saturday Stats class (as of the last time I checked). Should I drop my online class and get in the Sat. class? This will mean I'll be on campus on Sat. from 9am until 4pm. I'm a little worried about child care on a Saturday. But, I need to do well, and I'm a little worried about this stats class online as well. Thoughts?

Oh gosh, the story about your friend has me freaked out completely! It's not that I'm not organized (I'm completely anal about being organized) but I am working FT plus some, I am a single Mom to a 2 yr old and taking these classes, I feel overwhelmed already and I haven't even started yet. I hate to admit this, but what is rubrics? I feel sooooooo behind!!! I HAVE to do REALLY well in these last classes I'm taking and I'm feeling the pressure!!! I have a previous degree, with a guestimated GPA of around a 3.5 (3 different colleges) and then I'll have these classes. I got an A in Bio and a B Stats the first time around, but although I tried, I wasn't crazy anal about it, the B in stats was the only B I got that year, I remember that.