ARmickie

I suppose I would be officially included in this group! I am just starting college at the tender age of 33! This summer, I'm taking Personal Health and Western Civilization I for the first term. Scond term, I'll be taking .... uhmm.. I don't know yet! Whatever it is, it will be another 6 credits of prereq's for the BSN program. I'm taking classes at a CC and then I'll transfer over to a tradition 4 year program to finish up. I have four kids, ranging in age from 13 to 6, a husband and a dog.... Good luck to one and all, and may God have mercy on our souls through all of this... :uhoh21:

From what I understand, you can take the NCLEX-RN after your junior year if you are attending a four year BSN program.. I could be wrong, but that is my understanding.

I thought over this same process. I knew that I would be looking for fin aid when I got ready to do the bridge program, and where I live, the only bridge programs go from LPN to MSN and I don't live near any of the straight to RN programs in a CC. If I took the bridge course online, then I'd be left to pay for it out of pocket. I just decided to bite the bullet, pull down as many prereq's as I possibly can as fast as I can and then head on over to a university for the BSN program. I figure if I'm just REALLY sick of school by the time I hit that third year, I'll just take the RN test and then get the BSN after I've had a break. Might not work for you, but that's how I'm doing it.

If it's wrong, then I'm going down with you!! I'm just waiting to hear that my old boss went down in flames!! This woman trained me for my position, and she knew that upper ranking people had pulled me from my training six weeks early. After I got moved out from under her as a trainee, she refused to help me at all... I'm not talking about asking her to do my job.. I just asked where our company allowed us to buy certain things.. she wouldn't tell me. Then, as fate would have it, this woman gets a promotion to be my supervisor. The b*tch fired me two months later for not doing my job, even though she knew what I was and was not trained on and refused to help finish my training.... :angryfire I'm just patiently waiting.... :chuckle

I read this story and remembered the first time I ever tried to give blood. I was 17 and the Red Cross came to our high school. I went through the screening and they did a finger prick in order to spin the blood to check for anemia. The explained all this to me (if the blood bounces after it's spun you're anemic and they can't use the blood). Of course, this is all done in front of our entire senior class, mind you. They took the blood, dropped it into the vial to spin it, and before they touched anything else, the little ball of blood looked like a yo yo bouncing up and down. lol.. Needless to say, I was NOT allowed to give blood! This has came back to haunt me, later on though. There's been no definite diagnosis as to why I seem to be so anemic, but there have been several times where a count was done and instead of being around 12-13, mine was got down to 6.. no known reason.. :uhoh21:

Well, I agree, and I would as well. But, if you read some of these threads it sounds as if some people are just saying, "I hope it doesn't...." w/o making sure first. I have a friend who was in the same position and the BON told her that her offense would not automatically bar her from sitting for the exam, but that each case was handled individually, and they couldn't tell her anything more until she applied for licensure. I can't say that if I was her I would even chance it.. but, it's not me, so...

There have been several posts recently about criminal offenses, both felony and misdeamenor, and how it will affect ones chances of being allowed to sit for boards. I'm just curious as to what someone would do if they were NOT allowed to sit for boards after they'd invested so much time and money into nursing school? I mean, with a BSN you might have other options (don't know, just guessing)... but, what if you don't have the degree? I just think that would be so horrible, but I'm sure it has happened.

Glad things seem to be working out for you. A friend called me today and said she'd heard from the BON as well and was told that the offense wasn't an automatic ban from taking the test. However, they also said that they couldn't/wouldn't say anything else until she applied for licensure. lol.. Poor thing.. she doesn't know whether to try to get in or not! I'm saying go for it -- besides, I really don't wanna go thru school alone!!

I'm about to enter a CC and possibly a LPN program. My eventual goal, however, is to be a RN. Does anyone have any advice as to whether or not to do the LPN program and then try to get into a RN bridge program somewhere, or should I just do my prereq's at a CC and then try to transfer over to UCA, UALR or even the program at Baptist? Any suggestions here would be appreciated. I am tempted to do the LPN program just so I can hurry up and get into learning what I'm there for (nursing), and I'm not sure what kind of chances I would have to getting into a 4yr school after I've taken all the prereq's at a CC. (I know that UCA gives preference to students who have been at their school from the beginning.. Pre-Nursing Students.) But, I can't just start out there, as I want to get started now and I've already enrolled at the CC where I live, not to mention it's much cheaper this way. Ugghhh!! I just don't know what would be the best route to take financially and emotionally.. I would be very upset if I made it through LPN school, but I couldn't get in to a RN program. Okay.. enough.. now... anybody got any suggestions?

I don't know if you are still interested in this, but I agree -- you should try it. A few years ago, I was being treated for a ganglion cyst in my wrist. It took over a year for the diagnosis to be made, as the doc was thinking carpal tunnel. At any rate, if you've ever experienced carpal tunnel or a cyst yourself, you know how painful it is. The cyst sat between tendons in my arm, and when it was enlarged, I would develop tendonitis. I was in so much pain that I couldn't even sleep at night. A friend of mine offerred to do Reiki on my arm... it was amazing. The pain was eased substantially, and not only could I sleep, I could work!! Of course, I wasn't exactly "taking care of it" by working and doing the same repetitive motion that had started the pain to begin with. Once I did start taking care of it, though, on the few times that it would flare up after that, I'd go look for my friend... and I've not had any problems with it since. I'm a firm believer in Reiki.

There was another thread on this somewhere that got pretty heated. My personal opinion is this: If you feel more 'professional' in a dress, by all means wear it. As for me, I'll stick to scrubs. I'd rather not have any doubt in my mind that not only will I be comfortable, but everything will stay covered up, no matter how many times I bend over, or squat down, or if I should fall, whatever... My vote is scrubs.. but, to each his own..

The only way I can see that being acceptable is if it's a ped patient.. otherwise the patient has a right to know before family members.. or at the very least, at the same time.

I'd be just the opposite. No bath for me. Any risk of infection to my baby is not worth it. Now, if I felt like I HAD to be washed for some reason, I'd hop into a shower for a quick rinse. But, everyone has their own opinion.. and I never had to deal with that, because my water never broke. I had an emergency C section the first time, and then followed that with C sections every time (total of 4).

I would have probably got in trouble in that class.. as soon as it came out of her mouth, she'd see me.. :rotfl: . It's crazy!!!

I believe you should tell the truth about the situation. I have said over and over, I do not think anyone should just tell a family "it's going to be ok" if that isn't the truth. I'm simply stating that's what is in their minds.. that's what they want to believe more than anything else.. I'm not suggesting to lie to anyone, and I agree wholeheartedly in being honest. My whole issue here is that because a family has this type of mindset most of the time, it's hard for them to grasp the actual reality of it sometimes. Nine times out of a ten, a family is going to hold tight to anything positive the doctor has had to say and let the rest of the info fall by the wayside for a bit. I don't see anything wrong with telling a family either of those things.. the truth is the truth. I'm just saying that sometimes, as a family with a loved one in a critical situation, it's hard to wrap your mind around the total truth when it's presented to you and not all of the information you are given "sticks". I have a lot more respect for those doctors who DO shoot straight from the hip when it comes to telling things how they are. I've learned over the years, after being in the critical care waiting area more times than I care to remember, to stop a doctor in mid sentence if I have to in order to ask a question. I get all my questions asked as they come to me -- but, at the same time, I've seen many families who speak w/ a doctor and say "thank you" after the doc says his part, only to have them sit down and talk to family and when they are asked something, it's "I don't know, I meant to ask that, but...." Again, I'm not badmouthing doctors or nurses or anyone else. I was simply stating what I've seen happen over and over.. it's a mindset.. not a fault of the medical community at all. And, while I agree that the medical science is still much a gray area, I'm not going to beat a dead horse here.