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I loved my nursing elective, caring for the terminally ill. We can all learn to care for the living, but caring for the dying is a special art

During my prereqs, I was able to take A&P 2 and Micro along with 2 other classes. I made a B+ in A&P 2 and a B in Micro. These were the only two B's I received during my prereqs. I was also working about 30 hours a week with no kids. It's definitely possible to do and if your only taking these two classes you should be able to make A's in both! Good Luck!

After your prereqs are completed, mine is 6 semesters. So it takes three years after being accepted into the program. This is for a BSN.

I was able to sit for mine and I'm in Ohio. I had to have the nursing department fill out a paper stating that I had completed so many hours of clinical/class time. After turning that in, I was able to sit for my state boards.

Just curious but what hospital are you employed at? I'm also a nursing student in ohio and I'm wondering why cincinnati children's or Miami valley wasn't recommended since its a level 1?

Thanks everyone! I'll look into the saunders since it seems to be a favorite :)

Hey Everyone! I'm in my first semester of nursing school and just had my first exam in fundamentals today.. AHHH!! I felt like I studied enough and I knew the material but every time I got to a question and felt like I knew it, I would see another answer that totally made sense too. This got me so hung up! I don't think I did well now just because I second guessed myself soooo much. Will a nclex book help with this? I do all of the practice questions at the end of the chapter but I feel like I need something to supplement it. Is it too early for these types of book? If not, which ones do you recommend?

Hey everyone! I'm starting nursing school this fall! Yay! Ok, so I'd really like to get into a hospital as a pca. I have a friend who works at the local one and she said even though I'm beginning nursing school this fall, it would still be beneficial to get my cna certification due to how hr looks at the applications. She gave my name to the floor manager but HR looks at applications that have a CNA license number.. I thought about just waiting till I get through my fundamentals and taking the test but my classes are set up weird. I'm taking foundations of professional nursing and health and assessments nursing classes. So I won't any clinicals done the first semester. Do you think it'll be too much on my plate to take these two courses along with anthropology and cna class? The class is from 10/1-10/18 monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday at 4-9:30 pm. Is this too much with just starting nursing school?

I looked and my schedule was posted on wednesday! I'm in a bsn program so I'm taking Nursing fundamentals on wednesday, Nursing health and assessment on tuesday, Epidemiology on wednesday, and anthropology on monday and wednesday. I have a total of 13 credit hours. I'm pretty excited though, the anthro and epidemiology are the last two classes I have to take to complete the bsn requirements except for nursing classes of course :)

Thanks for the comments :) I am so burned out right now but I know I just have to keep going and finish. The nclex pass rates are both very high. Both schools are very reputable in my community. I'm in a hospital city.. There are at least 6 major hospitals within 45 minutes so both schools use the same ones as clinical sites. I think I'm just going to relax and not stress and stay where I am. I guess this is God's way of telling me to stay put lol!

I'll be attending Miami University in Ohio. :)

Ok everyone I'm desperate for some advice! I'm currently a student at my local university. I've been working on pre-reqs consistently for 3 years.. AHH! This is do to me starting out fresh from high school and not knowing what I wanted to major in. So I figured it out and I want to be a nurse! Whoot! Well I finally managed to complete all of my pre-regs and I'm 22 ( I know I know I'm still so young but the fact I should be graduating this coming year just grates my nerves) Anyways... I was admitted into my university's program this fall! YAY! But.. Even though I have everything but nursing classes done I STILL have 3 years left due to how they space their courses ahhh.. I'm just so ready to be done at this point. I have also applied to a BSN program that is a hospital based one (Both are BSN) and it will only take me two years.. but... They just called and informed me that my acceptance is based on completing four MORE classes this summer.. OMG! I was looking forward to having my summer off and paying off my car and whatnot. It just really gets me because I have taken similar classes but they weren't the "right" ones. I want to die lol So would you stress yourself out and take 4 classes this summer to end 10 months prior to a university that you're already extremely comfortable with? IDK! I guess I should mention the hospital based school is about 10k more than the university in total and about 2x the drive amount.. lol I know I know why am I even debating it. But I just want to be done and be able to finally get a house with my boyfriend and not be 25 living at home.. Thanks for letting me rant! Sorry for the long winded post.. I know I should just attend the university and not stress myself out but what would you do in my situation?

I just applied for the BSN of 2012. Just curious if anyone knows, but do they have good job placements after school? Does Kettering Hospital hire alot of their graduating nurses? I've been accepted into Miami's BSN program for this fall also. I'm trying to decide which school to attend since Miami will take me 3 years to complete and Kettering will only take two, but Kettering is also more expensive. Is it worth the price? I haven't met any one who attends kettering so does everyone love it there?

hey everyone, i'm in a bit of a pickle and i need your opinions! i have been accepted to a bsn program that starts this fall. it's about 15 minutes from my house. i did all of my prereqs there and am extremely happy with the school and my experience thus far. the only downside is it's still going to take me 3 years to finish! i've already completed my prereqs but how their classes go it's pretty much three years and there's nothing you can do about it. my pickle is there is a private school about 40 minutes away from me. it's also a bsn program and is about 5k-7k more expensive. the upside is i'd be done with my bsn in 2 years rather than 3. this is also a hospital affiliated school so the chance's of getting hired right after graduation is pretty significant i've heard. i guess i'm just going to apply to the private school and see if i get accepted and go from there. i'm just so ready to be done at this point and even if it's more expensive and a much longer drive, 2 years sounds soooo much better to me than 3. what would you do, if you were in my shoes? i know i'm very lucky to have already been accepted into one program.

Keep your head up! I'm sure you'll have your spot next year :)