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Okay, I'm sure this sounds terrible... I really want to be a Nurse Practitioner. But I want to be an RN first. When I discuss this with people in my family, they immediately ask me if I really want to clean up poop all day. Now I know nursing has ...

Nope. DH is a cop, I used to be a 911 operator. DH *had* a bike...until he became a cop and found out that at least 95% of the motorcycle-involved wrecks are *not* the cyclist's fault--but the cyclist is quite often very seriously injured or dead. *M...

Oh no, I fully intend to work as a RN for at least a few years before getting my masters to be a NP. I want to be a nurse first, then a nurse practitioner. I agree, it's just part of patient care, and I certainly think it falls under the category o...

Thanks so much everyone for your replies...I feel better! I still need to shadow a few times so I can really feel like I know what I'm going to be in for, but apparently a couple of hospitals don't do shadowing anymore because of HIPPA worries...so ...

Thank you, that's exactly the kind of feedback I need! Yes, I know that I need a masters. Unfortunately, my wonderful DH can only support us (DD and he and I) financially up to a certain point, I need to get out of school and working full time agai...

Yeah, that's what I figured too, a year and a half to two years depending on when they offer the classes. I have to work full time right up to the point where I start school, and I have an 8 year old daughter that I like to see occasionally! So I'm...

Northern Kentucky University's accelerated BSN program has a work agreement with St Elizabeth Hospital--you sign before you start, and it's a 2 year agreement, they pay your entire tuition. I considered their program, but I think I'm going to do an ...

Oh yeah, me too...graduated HS in 1993, went to school for a year in pre med, almost flunked out. Dropped out, had my DD in 1996. Went back to school for psych, dropped out a year and a half later because I realized it was a waste of my time. Qui...

I'm not a nurse (yet!) but I feel qualified to answer part of this. My husband is a cop, and I am a former 911 operator/ police dispatcher for a large city. So I have a lot of experience on strange shifts, working around your family (we have an 8 y...

I would check the Philly yellow pages and see if you can find a day care center that offers sick care, or an in home sick care service. I live in Cincinnati Ohio, and there are a couple of them in my area, they put something in their ads saying they...

I agree with Mitchsmom, if you get daycare because you don't trust your husband to take good care of the baby, he won't trust himself either, and you will do *everything*. At some point all of us who have kids had to learn how to care for a baby, ei...

Sigh...I'm going to work full time and kill myself doing as many prereq's as I can fit in. I need to finish them by May, and I still have 6 to go, and since I'm working I can only take a class or two at a time.

Susan, two of the ADN programs near me treat former military corpsmen like LPN's--you basically take an RN completion program, and it's a lot shorter. You may want to check other schools near you if there are any, if that would interest you.

I just have to comment...this is a major part of why I want to be a nurse as well. When I had outpatient surgery for cervical cancer a few years ago I was given Epinephrine as a local anesthetic, and the nurse warned me that it would make me even mo...

LOL...I'm an addict too! I'm here every day, just absorbing info. Makes me feel more confident, and I'm starting my prereq's next month! Thanks everyone for sharing your stories and information...it's helping me a lot!

Hi everyone! I'm just starting my nursing journey. I'm starting my prereq's this summer so hopefully I'll be able to start an accelerated BSN program in June 2005. I keep reading about how intense everything is, and I'm starting to wonder if I can...

Hi again! Well, I talked to my advisor today, and he gave me some suggestions on financing my education. Since I'm not paying for my prereq's (I work for the University) I figure I'm going to go ahead and get started. I have the option of taking c...

Thanks for the input. I'm considering taking out student loans so that I don't have to work, but I already have a bunch of loans from getting my accounting degree, so I'm really afraid to rack up more debt, even if it is likely to be paid off--what ...

I'll be starting at the University of Cincinnati School of Nursing this summer. Can't wait!! I have to do a few prereq's there, and then I'm hoping to get into the Accelerated BSN/MSN program for summer 2005. Louise, I know several people who went ...