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My grandfather was in the hospital dying of colon cancer.. he was on morphine and not really lucid most of the time. One day my dad and aunt and I were in the room, and all of a sudden he called us all over to his bed and wanted us all to hold hands, including the nurse that happened to be in the room. He had never really expressed his feelings much or been very emotional, but he proceeded to tell us how much he loved us all and how much he appreciated us being there for him, and that it was his time to go now, and he loved us... and it was his time to go.. he closed his eyes, and stopped breathing.. for at least a minute. We all were just looking at eachother in shock. Then all of a sudden he opens his eyes again, sighs, and says "Well, there seems to be a slight scheduling problem." We all did this nervous/relieved half-laugh, but we laugh about it today. He died a couple days later.

This all sounds like great advice! I'm currently on a waiting list for an accelerated BSN program in southern Maine... should find out any day now!! Hopefully I'll be able to use this advice come September!

Thanks! Yes, I have a degree from USM in media studies, but a hefty science background since I had majored in PT at UNE for two years first. I graduated a couple years ago, and have tried some other professions.. worked at a software company, working in education now.. but something keeps pulling me back to the medical field. I don't really have a back up plan if I don't get in, so we'll see what happens!!!!

Hey all! I'm new.. I've been reading posts on allnurses.com for a while now (I especially love the "what grosses you out" one... but just finally joined! I applied to USM's accelerated BSN program, and got put on the waiting list, and should hear any day now if I got accepted. What I'm wondering is.. does anyone know anything about this program, or worked with anyone that went through it.. you know, all the juicy details! Thanks!!