LindsayLu

I live in North Dakota, and there are a lot of nursing jobs open here. I don't know whether the hospitals have a preference for experience, but with so many job postings and such low unemployment, I imagine they aren't as picky as places that have to...

Chemistry classes at the university where I live are that expensive. When I found that out, I was determined to take it at a community college. Unfortunately, the university (where I may apply for nursing school) doesn't accept chemistry from the com...

North Dakota has jobs. Some of them are in rural areas, but there are also cities with hospitals that don't seem to require years of experience (at least, that's how the postings read).

A friend of mine is in the Peace Corps in an African country. She's completing a health education project and helps a lot with HIV testing drives and educating people in her village about healthy habits. She's actually sort of helped with some clinic...

I work in journalism right now, and if I complete my goal of becoming a nurse, I'd probably be making twice what I do now. (Not to mention more than what I'd ever make if I stayed in this job.) As a single person, my current wages are enough to get b...

Louisiana State University includes anatomy and physiology. In fact, most of the time if you take it beforehand, they won't give you credit. They use cadavers and assume that any A&P course you'd have taken beforehand wouldn't be as good. And the...

Even though online courses don't require you to be sitting in a classroom at a specific time, there's still guidance from the instructor and feedback from other students. I've taken some online classes before, and I've always been able to contact the...

I'm not in nursing school yet, but just volunteering in a hospital has helped me. I used to be kind of nervous just being in a doctor's office, but I'm used to the medical atmosphere now. I had to stay overnight once at the hospital I volunteer at, a...

I'm sorry to hear that you weren't accepted. It must be very disappointing. There are usually a lot more applicants than slots to fill in nursing school, so it's very competitive. So, it's often not enough to meet the minimum requirements. I'd sugg...

That's a lot of debt to have, especially when it can be avoided. And waiting two years seems a little unnecessary, and disappointing, I'm sure. Since you're young and single, I'd consider looking at other state schools in Florida (or community colleg...

I don't think having a biology minor will help much beyond aiding you in getting your prerequisites done. Med school doesn't look down on other majors. Some of my former classmates who were applying to med school were actually told that their other m...

The health system where I live has a clinic where some of the specialties are based, including family medicine and ob/gyn. It's on the same campus as the hospital, but they are run much like a doctor's office with business-type hours. There are also ...

Everyone has a right to keep private what they want to keep private. I think you have to weigh your priorities. I'm sure that your co-workers would respect a kind response that you'd like to keep that information to yourself, but a lot of people don'...

I know exactly how you feel. I work full time, also, and have been trying to plan my prereqs. Like you said, I know I have plenty of time, but I want to know that I'll be able to take them at some point instead of worrying about it. I'd also suggest ...

You've gotten so far! If nursing is what you want, then I think you should go for retaking the class (maybe with someone else). I think it'll be good for your kids to see their mom going for something she wants and succeeding. When I was a teenager,...

As others have said, it's kind of expected that she was irritated by this. People get sick, though, and at least you know for the future that she'd prefer a phone call. It's pretty hard to get people lined up to cover employees where I work, so if I'...

It's hard to pass up a dream job! I agree with most of what everyone else has been saying. Think hard about what this would actually mean for you. At least it would be only three days a week. Is it possible for you to move to live closer? If there i...

Anybody willing to move to North Dakota? I don't know exactly what job prospects are like here for nurses (I'm not even in nursing school yet), but we have the lowest unemployment rate in the country. The recession has hit, but not as hard as in othe...

It's not looking too good. From what I can tell, a lot of schools require that you be pursuing your first bachelor's degree. I checked UND's site again, and it doesn't really specify though. Some schools refer to it as a scholarship you can get (with...

There are quite a few programs for second-degree students. It depends on what sort of nurse you want to be (LPN, RN, RN with a BSN). I'm looking to enter a second-degree BSN program, and from my research, the accelerated ones range from 12 months to ...

There might be. I used their search tool on their website: WICHE - Student Exchange Programs. Choose BS > health care professions > nursing. It came out with a long list of schools. So, I think there are schools that include nursing in this. H...

I'm starting prerequisites, too! I'm taking statistics this summer. The community college here is kind of sparse with its offerings, so it was the only one that was available for the summer. The university is better but super expensive. I'm taking bi...

I'm starting to take prerequisites to apply for a second-degree BSN. Because I've been out of school for a few years, and my courses were in a completely different field, I'm hoping as time goes on to find some professors who can write recommendation...