JazzyJ601

If you are able to keep your current job then stick with it. If not i'd recommend a nurse tech. The hours are flexible and you can make your own schedule . Here in mississippi, we are able to shadow an Rn and see tons of things . It's like an externship , except you cannot give medicines but any skill that you have been checkoffed in school you can do if the Rn doesn't mind, great practice.

I will be looking at about 25,000 when i graduate because i chose to attend a private college , which will run about 60-80,000 for 4 years depending on if you live in a student apartment/dorm or off campus.i'm too thankful for fin aid or i would not be here. I look at it as your education is a great investments and alot of hospitals here give you a monthly allowance to help with student loans.Also there are programs for nurses that will help pay back your student loans some 100% if you work in a urban area , you should google this topic.

i have several of older adults in my class who have no problem with the material. You could be a nurse tech one or two days a week and several hospitals offer scholarship contracts in exchange for them hiring you. You could look into that and that way you'll have a job when you graduate.

you should research this that 66% pass/fail rate is horrible, you should consider somewhere else if you have heard no positives, nursing school is hard but some are insane and maybe that's one of them and they do not have accredidation? I would reconsider:eek:

I also felt this way my first semester and still feel like this now sometimes. This nursing world was extremely new to me. What i would suggest is that you practice your clinical skills as much as possible, this will help with confidence. After picking up my patient on wednesdays, i would go home and watch them perform whatever clinical skill i would be performing on thurs and fri.If i knew that i would be hanging a iv bag, doing a push, or could possibly be removing a foley, i would watch those videos the night before. It helps alot

I'd like to say as well to not get discourage if your 4.0 drops because the grading scales usually are different. after well you will just be thankful that you are passing because their will be some who are not. Also, we have alot of parents in our class who are doing well, i think that will help you even more to focus and stay on track.A job that I would recommend is a nurse tech, i work as a tech here in mississippi. it's a great flexible job where most of the time YOU make your own schedule, which is what a nursing student needs. It counts as experience and helps get your foot in the door if you choose to work there in the future

i'd also suggest purchasing a math for meds book since math is a subject that you can teach yourself by following along with the book. I'd also suggest you purchase a N-clex book ( saunders) is a good one. For me the hardest thing when i began was getting comfortable with answering nursing test questions. They are completely different from what you will be use to. They are theory and application type questions and at my school they often have more than one right answer and you hae to choose the BEST answer often ( as a nurse what would you do next....). so grab you a nclex book so that you can learn how to approach the questions