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It is possible. But you really have to know the rules and have a legitimate angle that you can argue. I live in Oregon. Technically you cannot draw unemployment unless you are terminated from your job and the termination was not for cause. However, I quit my job, have been a full-time student for nearly a year, and have collected full unemployment the entire time without having to go through the exercise of looking for work. First I got a shrink to confirm that, in her opinion, my job was extremely stressful and was a hazzard to my health. I qualified for unemployment on that basis. I was helped along by the fact that my employer didn't contest it. I would have won the argument but it would have delayed things. Then I created a training program for myself that was clear and concise and demonstrated a path to my new career. Then I got myself certified as a "displaced worker". Hard to believe this one but I managed it entirely on the up and up by working with a federal grant funded local employment/training service. With this certification and the training program, I was able to qualify for TUI (training unemployment insurance - payments while in school - all states have this in one form or another because the money comes from the feds.). Technically my payments of $410/wk can continue until I get all the way through nursing school. But right now payments are exhausted until congress approves another federal extension to unemployment. Good luck.

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I will be starting a BSN program in a couple of weeks. It was suggested that I get started on some of the reading in advance of my first class. I have been reading Life Support by Suzanne Gordon. It profiles three nurses and idolizes their styles as the epitome of good nursing care. Frankly, and in my opinion, it is an absurd glorification of nurse over-involvement and co-dependent merging of the nurse with their patients. I can't figure out for the life of me who is paying for it. It appears that each nurse couldn't handle a patient load of more than 3 or 4 of these people. Ridiculous. Furthermore, the book is highly critical of physicians because they only administer to the patients medical needs. What's with that? If I wanted to be a social worker - I'd get my MSW. Suspect I'm going to be crosswise with my intructors on this issue from the get go.

I think many people do this. Got to get those prereqs out of the way you know. If you have a good head for science, it is no problem. Last quarter I took A&P, Chem and Micro. It was a tough term I admit. But I did very well (I wasn't working so I had the time to devote to study). I really didn't have a choice. This is a second career move for me and I've got to get back into the job marked as soon as possible. The once-a-year application cycle demanded it. I just couldn't wait out a year while I took the prereqs at a slower pace.