meatandveggies

This thread is so hilarious. I'm a nursing student and here are few stories.... My husband's grandmother checks her blood sugar and is in a diabetic research study. I tell her that she cannot be drinking sugary drinks and desserts. She says she is not diabetic. I ask her how did she get into a diabetic study if she is not diabetic. Her answer: "Because I have been friends with my doctor for many years and he works wonders. " Yeah,...i had to let that one go. My husband (poor guy) had recently been having trouble with his stomach. He asks my opinion and ignores what I think he should do. Such as him telling me "Im consitpated",..well honey have you been taking the stool softeners the MD prescribed,.."NO,"..well then take them and then let me know how your stomach does. On one occassion he has been asking me to come look at what his stool looked liked in the toilet convinced he was bleeding from somewhere because his stomach had been hurting (he has IBS). I explained to him if he was bleeding his stool would be black. For 2 weeks I did this and every time he argued with me convinced he was dying because his stool was a dark brown instead of a light brown. After the 2nd week I couldn't take it anymore and I said ok you win,..you think you have a GI bleed then I had better get you to the ER before you die. He rapidly gets dressed, I take him to the ER, I tell the doctor he thinks his stool is black. I know what exam the doctor is going to do to determine whether he has blood in his "black stool." Hubby didn't think this far ahead. Doc comes in with petroleum jelly, blue gloves on,...and tells him relax this will only take a second. The look on his face was priceless, but he never woke me up at 3am again to look at his stool. Hint: During the exam the doc declares that he has a tight sphincter. The hubby was mad at me for the whole day because I didn't 'warn' him what the doc was going to do. While waiting to be discharged he makes me swear not to tell anyone what happened. His buddy calls him on his cell and he starts by saying,.. "oh man, you will not believe what happened to me!" and "she didn't even warn me!" I couldn't help but smile the entire way home, and in bed until I was able to go to sleep!

I think it really depends on what you feel is right for you. I am in a 2yr RN program at my community college in Texas. It is estimated to cost around $10,000 for the entire 2 yrs as they have estimated it in the Associate nursing admit packet. LVN, RN, and BSN are all nurses. You would still be achieving your dream. The question is what are your own expectations for yourself? I could have gone into a LVN program, but my personal expectation is I wanted at least a two year degree. Also, in my area many hospitals are no longer accepting LVNs. LVN's mainly work in homehealth or nursing homes. RNs in my area have difficulty getting jobs right out of nursing school, and internships are highly competitive. I completely agree that you may want to manage your debt first. Also, if you went through an LVN program and completed that first, you would be able to pay debt down faster while still working. I am in a 2 yr associates degree program (am in my 3rd semester), cut my hours to part-time (entire 1st year I did 36+hr/wk), I have 2 children (5 and 6 y/o now)+ husband. I am also taking pre-reqs towards my BSN while completing my associate's program. I do not have time for socializing with friends (only study groups), I do not watch tv, and I have to meticulously schedule my study time, family time, doctor appts, dentist appts, and work time while leaving ample time to sit in traffic for 30min-hr. It is not impossible to work full time and be in nursing school, but it is difficult with a family and small children. I will say that does put some strain on a marriage. Some couples have become divorced and others are on difficult terms with their partners after beginning nursing school. I am 26 now and 5 years ago I had started nursing school only to take time off after getting married and bed rest for difficulties in my pregnancy. All my classes expired that I had taken. So 5 years later I am working 2 jobs and we decide we need to cut expenses dramatically, and move back in with my parents so that I can afford to attend college. Decisions are not easy, but some are necessary. After those 5 years passed I said,...I should have stuck with it and I would have been done by now. In 2 years will you have cut your debt and actually started school? In 3 years will you still be saying you need to go back and follow your dream? There never seems to be a "right time" to do anything. We can plan things, but things very rarely go according to plan. Good luck in whatever decision you make. I sincerely hope everything works out for the best.