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  1. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi! 15 years into sobriety, I have taken the first step (pun intended) and applied to two separate nearby nursing schools, a nine month LPN program and a two year RN program, here in Panama City....

  2. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Time for the happy ending... Rode to the testing site with my best AA friend this past week - On the drive, we drank coffee while sharing stories about sobriety, life, and pretty ones who got away ....

  3. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And graduated.... wore all white - looked like a big polar bear. My mom flew in - I was pinned with her first nursing pin from 1967. Lots of happy tears. Exit exams passed... License application...

  4. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    99 days till my last final.... and I celebrate 19 years the day my practicum ends

  5. Role call!

    afbc replied to Twoyearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    26 November 1995 (Gawd, I'm coming up on twenty years..) RN student working a full time job as an aide - Less then eight months of school/clinicals left NCLEX after that... Grateful but tired,...

  6. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was reading back through this thread today and I saw this hidden piece of prophetic wisdom. Just confided to a close friend last week that it's been 10 years since I've been as far off the beam...

  7. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hrmmmm 18 months since an update... Probably about time to say Hi and tell anyone here on the forums in recovery to keep on trudging! Miracles do happen - my life is a perfect example. Middle of my...

  8. NP School Interview

    afbc replied to PavementRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I went through a somewhat similar situation about 3 years ago while trying to get into nursing school - I will ask you this: Would you prefer to tell the truth upfront and risk not getting in, or...

  9. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    "As a representative of the Admission Committee, I am happy to inform you that you have been conditionally accepted into the Associate Degree Nursing Program for the Spring 2012 Term." ACCEPTED!!!! So...

  10. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    HOLA!!! Please accept my sincerest apologies, much too much time has passed since my last update considering how often I lurk these forums while studying or doing homework. Sooo. . . Currently...

  11. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hrmmm....... I thought I had posted an update this past December after finals, apparently not... Anyway, life is absolutely spectacular, certainly more then an old drunk like me deserves. Pulled a...

  12. Recovering alcoholic RN wanting to work with addicts

    afbc replied to onlytimeforme's topic in Addictions

    Innlove, Being in recovery myself, I can truly appreciate your desire to enter into addictions nursing. I have recently started back to college, hoping to someday obtain my RN and find myself an...

  13. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just a quick update... After several weeks of increasing anxiety over a multitude of last second financial aid issues, it is finally done. Twenty three years after being escorted off my previous...

  14. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No felonys, NOTHING in the past fifteen years. Nothing on my background check for the admissions board. Just stupid alcohol related crap I did back in the early 90's. DUI, VOP, FTA, PI, crap like...

  15. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm not sure I will ever get past the question on the application "Have you ever been convicted of anything other then minor traffic violations?" Even though the wreckage is fifteen years old, the...

  16. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not selected, may try again in

  17. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My interview was this afternoon and I feel I did well. I am satisfied that throughout this whole process, regardless of the outcome, I did my best. As far as this interview, the only question I felt...

  18. Looking for student nurses, male and 50+

    afbc replied to wannabenurse14's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Awesome topic! This has been a very rough week age-wise for me. (Forty five year old fat biker here) Tuesday morning, while I was out and about shopping for scrubs, I was chatting with an overly...

  19. Please Help...should I self report?

    afbc replied to RNism's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Speaking not as a nurse, or even a professional in the healthcare field, but as someone who through the years, due to my alcoholism, has seen his fair share of legal issues, including multiple state...

  20. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have been invited to interview with the LPN admissions board when they meet in mid July. Recently, several of our local nurses in recovery (who are ALL huge cheerleaders of mine, :heartbeat Still...

  21. Comfort and words of wisdom needed-4 days til Rutgers Nursing gives me their decision

    afbc replied to futurepractitioner1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Phone call today!! Two hour interview/orientation mid-July with twenty other students. I have no idea if this means that I am accepted, considered as an alternate or still being looked at, but that...

  22. Comfort and words of wisdom needed-4 days til Rutgers Nursing gives me their decision

    afbc replied to futurepractitioner1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    YAY!!!!!!! (now we can all patiently wait for my interview letter to hopefully

  23. Comfort and words of wisdom needed-4 days til Rutgers Nursing gives me their decision

    afbc replied to futurepractitioner1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    No one on this forum can tell you with any certainty why you haven't heard from Rutgers yet. At most, maybe someone would be able to offer a bit of educated speculation about the selection process...

  24. Sobriety and nursing school interviews

    afbc replied to afbc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh gawd. My unofficial interview with the head of admissions for the two year RN program was interesting to say the least. I became nervous and volunteered quite a bit of information about my past,...

  25. Poll: As a male in Nursing school, my goal/desire is to work in this area....

    afbc replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I hope to be a CA RN with our local detox or rehab one