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adding: I don't have children. Actually, for the peds and mother-baby and labor-delivery stuff, I think NOT having children and not ever having been exposed or interested in that stuff was a disadvantage for me. I had to learn it all from scra...

The school, if it's a college, should be able to tell you exactly how many hours per week you have in lecture, clinicals, and sim labs. If it's a diploma school (Pennsylvania still has those), or a trade school, then their schedules can be much m...

I left RN school without completing it. But I think that all of the 35 or so that graduated from the diploma school R.N. program found jobs, most in 6 months or less. There was one woman who decided that she didn't want to do floor nursing. It to...

Or it might be that your ex-school's modules don't line up with the semester content of the other college RN programs. I would be in the same boat if I ever decided that I want to get a ADRN or BSRN. I was at a diploma school for one year. But th...

If you choose med school: People have gone to med school at the osteopathic school in Lewisburg, WV as nontraditional students. I know two who were single mothers with one child in tow, each. And a former lab tech who moved his mother to med sch...

-- You are not prepared to work in a women's profession and put up with that kind of workplace culture. It is quite different from business, industry, and military. -- You can't suffer fools gladly, day in and day out, and like it. -- You expect ...

Why even go to ml? Just stay in ounces. Use the easy conversion factor and it becomes an easy pencil and paper calculation: 1 fluid oz = 6 tsp, if we are using USA units, not UK or other. ac doses are 2 tsp x 3 meals/day = 6 tsp + hs one dos...

That's just stupid. I am not a RN. I left RN school and did not complete it. This crap about nurses should just take abuse boggled my mind. If a patient hit me, I'd have pressed charges, no hesitation whatsoever. I fail to see why the hospital...

2009, Pennsylvania R.N. average was approximately $63,000 per year. That was a statewide average. New-grad salaries seem to range $22 - $25 per hour in western PA. (LPN average was about $40,000 per year. New-grad LPNs get about $14-$15 ...

This is my experience and ymmv: I bought mine. I had Trade Act retraining money that paid for all of it, though. When we got to care plans and care maps, we had to cite references (page numbers & all) from the textbook(s) for whatever we chose a...

I empathize with you, OP. Can you hire a tutor from some outside source, if none is available through the school? I had the same problem and same experience in my year of diploma RN school. I never found a solution, so I am out of nursing altog...

Western PA. Probably the average here is in the $8 or $9 range, and down nearer to Pittsburgh might be a bit higher. Unionized CNAs at The Washington Hospital were making $15/hour, I heard. LPN pay here is only $15/hour, and that can go up t...

Yes, RN school is far harder than the prereqs, unless you already have experience w/ caregiving, children, motherhood, and illnesses and medical conditions going into it. I found that the mothers and homemakers and the LPNs and CNAs in my nontradi...

Some of those accelerated RN programs have additional requirements, beyond the typical ones mentioned. Pitt's program, if I recall, also required 3cr abnormal psychology and a specific pharmacology course that was only offered undergrad by Pitt itse...

What happens? Over half the cohort flunked out or was forced out. The diploma school I was at had instructors making their own questions. And answers. Some of the questions were nonsensical, and the situations implausible, but I digress. Wha...

^ This sounds like a good strategy. I was going to say get a GED math review book, and learn the factor-label (dimensional analysis) method, and also the basic english-metric and metric-english units conversions. That nursing math book migh...

Just be certain to ascertain that the "clinical" is actually clinical time. I was a student at Washington Hospital diploma school for one year of the 2-year nursing program, under their old curriculum (28 months but the first 4 were all college pre...

Try the rural areas of central and NW PA, someplace that doesn't have a lot of colleges and universities cranking out RNs. The rural hospitals like UPMC Greenville and Sharon Regional still hire LPNs because they have trouble recruiting and retaini...

I believe that newgrads started at $25/hour at The Washington Hospital, Washington, PA. New-grads, no experience. That hospital was higher than others in the area. I believe they no longer hire associate degree new-grads, but I am not sure what...

I agree. Nursing schools all have many more applicants than seats. Of course, not all applicants are highly qualified. But apply to many and then you can pick and choose if you get accepted by all of them.

Having an associate degree always sounds better on a resume than "some college." Even if you are just applying for CNA or unit secretary jobs. Hospitals in western PA and in the Charlotte, NC are were still hiring associate degrees. They might b...

1. Not all associate degree RN programs require very many prereqs to be completed before you apply or before you start nursing. The prereqs vary widely. sample: or their alternate that they allow to apply with is from http://www.wvup.edu/...

You'll have to work out the financial aid angles yourself. But as for associate vs. BS RN, you can complete the AS RN, pass the NCLEX-RN, find some kind of job, and then do the bridge to BS RN totally on line while working, or at least in Pennsylv...

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Some schools bury it in there under the things that you should have taken in high school. So read the prereqs and admission criteria carefully. I think typical freshman chem would be overkill for RN school. Some colleges have a special section...