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CT here; passed boards over this past summer. Got in on a Med-Surg floor on days 7a-7p starting at $29.14-36 hours with benefits. Felt like a million dollars because I have struggled and fought to pursue my dream of being a RN. As a single mom with ...

May 2013 after a long road of 10 years on and off in community college. 4 children have gone on this journey with me and we are all looking forward to me passing the Boards this summer! Yahoo!

Taking Pharma this summer online and we have to take a math dosage calculation test at the beginning of each Nursing semester. We have Pharmacology for Nursing Care 8th edition iand its 1500 pages long...HEAVY!!! We just started with general charac...

I must live in the right state because ive never heard any restrictions or work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) TANF on the other hand has multiple requirements but food stamps?!?!?! Every human is flawed, i didnt make good choices in my past a...

I went to orientation 50 pounds lighter and i just stopped smoking cold turkey and within 6 months gained 60 pounds.....never have i been so large and i feel it could hinder my employability. But im in nursing school up late, munching and alot of th...

Started in January 2012 and go all summer infact really for the next 26 weeks because the break between summer semester and fall is 5 days! First week of 2nd semester just finished and i just have to have hope and keep pushing. We are doing OB/mate...

We have to hand write ours~ Drug Classification Uses:all uses Actions:all actions Names:both generic & trade Side Effects: life threatening side effects first, define vocab unknown to student in () example of Med name & Dose: Generic (trade),...

Wow......so relatable, at many times in my life...best wishes for ya~

I work at a community hospital and many people have tattoos and sleeves no less, it will all depend on what community and hospital. We also have a policy on piercings but i have seen many co-workers, nurses, techs who wear their nose rings and multi...

We as humans are all flawed~Nursing attracts a montley crew of people from all kinds of backgrounds and expierences. Im now 35 with four children and no partner and i start NS in Jan 2012, we all have battles~Good Luck to you and all of us trying to...

Im sorry to hear about your situation, my input is i would not leave my children if it were me and i left i would take the children with me. I am a single mother to 4 children 11,9,6,2. I finshed up all my pre reqs and start an ADN-RN (not sure if ...

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I will graduate 2013 but the program i choose starts in Jan and runs straight thru no breaks, summer and all. Its a new location for the States RN program not a new program so we shall see. I have orientation on July 19 and have 6 months before i b...

Protein, some glucose, water, D3, B12, Omega 3's through food sources, and Mountian Dew its my naughty pleasure....good luck!

We have a calendar tacked to the wall, During my childrens school year, i will not study from 330 till 800 in the evenings, do all the parenting & dinner, showers, reading, and i will hope to schedule time during Sunday for some family fun, other...

An RN program @ my local community college~so excited....and determined

Have you tried Department of Labor and the WIA Grant? look into it~

I live in less then 1500 square ft with a brood (4 children), during Preq.'s i study on the couch and had a small table next to me with my stuff spread out in a 5 foot radius or i would study at my desk top (small), but the monitor hangs off the wall...

Hello, Sparing you all my long story so not to bore people and going directly to the point~I have 6 1/2 months of "down town" before my Nursing program starts @ my Community College, so im looking for some advice (or direction with resources) what c...

Im starting late in "the game". I always wanted to be a CNM, and im starting with an RN 2013 with a huge family 6 kids (4 mine, 2 my partners)~we shall see what becomes of me, in the mean time i will learn all i can, touch and be touched by as many p...

I would like to be a CNM, but i have great compassion for anyone old or young that needs care. If we open our minds the world can be a humbling place, Everyone has a story and i find as much as Nurses teach, they learn from everyone they care for. ...

Just want to say thanks for reply, im still working on figuring AN out so it has taking me awhile to respond, that and 4 children to tend too @ the end of a school year. Im going to focus on Nursing Math & Medication stuff i can commit to memory...

I am sorry folks are having trouble with employment, but i think to generalize a group like this is dangerous. I learned this through a friend when i had done something similar with mid-westerns. Its negative, not of sound facts and wrong. I am in...

Thanks for blogging about this, as someone who is beginning a nursing program i love coming on Allnurses and reading from ones who came before. The insight & knowledge gets my wheels turning. This article gives me much to think about~Thanks and...

Interesting~i dont start until Jan 2012 and during orientation im going to ask this question because my A&P teacher let you take the test home and gave you an answer key when you left the exam~she rewrites all her tests~