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I've been an RN for two years. I've worked two jobs since then. I'm stuck in a dilemma and don't know what to do. Okay so my full time job is in critical care, 2 miles from my house making a little over $26 an hour base plus differentials so in tota...

I'm 35 years old. Yeah, the retirement benefits are great. Not many hospitals offer it. As far as long term goals as some of you asked, I'm not totally sure. I want to get my BSN, which I'm almost done with. I thought of the idea of getting a masters...

Thanks for the replies. My family think it's crazy to leave a job farther away for less money. But then the folks I work with at the full time job think I'm crazy for not jumping at the opportunity. Our unit at my full time job has really gone down h...

Hello everyone. I was looking for some advice. I am currently a nursing assistant at a hospital. I've had about four years experience. I was considering taking my last semester of nursing school off and working on BSN generals. I'm currently in an as...

Yes, Id be able to get right back in. No waitlist, the last semester is the smallest since most people have either quit or failed out.

I also wanted to add since I'm paying out-of-pocket if I just take the BSN generals I would be able to work more and make more money to pay for my tuition when I return to my last semester of nursing school. Since being in school I'm really strapped ...

We have to have an 82%. No rounding. 81.999 fails. Our math test each semester has to be at least a 90%. Its a tough program. Only a handful of people make it through without failing anything. My original class was 60 students. Only like 6 people end...

So my clinicals for med surg will be at the same hospital I work at and in the same dept I work in. The school knows I work there and work knows Im in school, so its not a problem in that aspect. Ive actually did one set of clinicals there already fo...

It took me 3 years to complete the preclinical classes. That was my choice though as I went to school part time while working full time. I started summer of 2010 then finally got in clinical at the beginning of 2013. So the clinical start date worked...

Take whatever you can get and then transfer later. I worked at an LTC for 2 years and hated the place due to the way it was ran. I tried and tried to get a hospital job at our local hospital. Applied for probably 100 tech/cna jobs , interviewed 6 tim...

I'm driving myself crazy on what to do and would love if someone could give me some input/advice. This is long, but I would appreciate any comments. Here is the deal. I'm a CNA. Worked 2 years in LTC and 1 1/2 years in med surg at a hospital. I'm ...

Thanks for this. Your reply made me feel a lot better. Your right, LPN students are not learning what we are learning. They are two different programs.

I've talked to other school and some general credits will apply but not the actual nursing classes. Plus there is the issue with financial aid as well. Its kind of hard to explain, but it just wouldn't be a good option for me to switch at this point....

Thanks for posting guys. I do appreciate it. I actually failed a semester before and think that's part of why I have no confidence that I will finish this semester. While I did come back and repeat it and learned more the second time around, I feel ...

Thanks for everyone's help. I think a lot of problem is I don't feel ready to be an RN and I'm also scared to be one. I'm scraping by with my grades. I feel like our instructors fly through our info and I don't even have time to properly study it. I ...

I'm driving myself crazy on what to do and would love if someone could give me some input/advice. This is long, but I would appreciate any comments. Here is the deal. I'm a CNA. Worked 2 years in LTC and 1 1/2 years in med surg at a hospital. I'm am ...

At our school anything under an 82% in the nursing program is failing. Crazy!!!

I started at $10 at an LTC in 2010. Went to a hospital in 2012 and started at $13.45 (that includes my shift differential). Im in central Ohio.

Hang in there. You sound exactly like me last semester. I was a 4.0 student in an ADN program. I had all my generals out of the way including my BSN generals. Had been on the waiting list for 3 years before getting into the actual nursing program (ou...

We started with 60. Only 8 people passed last semester.

Im attending Hocking College. I was on the wait list for 3 years. I took generals before I started clinicals. I got all A's up unitll my second semester and then that's when they start weeding out students. Less than 10 out of 60 made it through. Its...

Hi all! I've been an nursing assistant for 3 years (2 at LTC, and 1 on a med surg floor). I love the health field. I have taken all my generals and completed my first clinical rotation in college. I'm in my second semester now and failing . I spend ...

Also a couple other students and myself did speak with our instructors about possibly getting some help or guidance. They had a very sink or swim attitude. It was suggested if we were not doing well in RN classes maybe we should just be LPNs instead....

Thanks for everyone's help & input. I worked my butt off. I ended up with an 81.6%, so just shy of the 82% I needed to pass. So I know I will able to pass the second time around. We started with 60 students and dropped students throughout the sem...

Just curious what other schools grading scales are like. I'm in an RN program. 94-100= A 93-89= B 82-88= C Anything under an 82% even an 81.9999999 is failing