ahowe07

So I barely passed A&P I with a C. I could have gotten a B but was too worn out to study for the final so I failed it and accepted a C. I'm in A&P II now and it is really hard. I'm kind of confused because I've always been smart. I was in gifted and talented classes in middle school, and in high school was in honors and AP classes. I don't understand why this is so hard for me now. Okay I do, I have small children and my hubby is military so he is always gone (currently deployed) I don't work though. Is every single class in nursing school going to be as hard or harder as A&P II? I know I can do it, but I don't know if I have the self discipline to force myself to do what is necessary (ie study) after laundry, dinner, baths, etc.... Do I have 2 years of an uphill battle ahead of me?

oh my gosh lady! You gotta take control of this. You get paid as an RN NOW like as in TODAY, or you tell them you're going to leave and find a new job which you can and will! They are going to lose you as a CNA anyway and if they are really hurting so bad that they have to fill a CNA position with an RN than so be it, they'll get a new CNA fast those are a dime a dozen. You need to be paid that is the bottom line. *** I am not a RN or even in nursing school yet I was just reading posts to get some of MY questions answered and this just sounded crazy that you're not getting paid. In the real world this is NOT okay but it nurse world, I couldn't tell you sorry.

We are military and will be moving in 2012 before I start my program. All I have left for the ADN is A&P II and micro, so I decided to look into a BSN. I cannot take statistics because the class is full. I am currently enrolled in A&P II, sociology, and nutrition for next semester. I have been looking at some course requirements for other schools (for BSN), but most of them don't post them. On one I saw that nutrition was NOT required. Can you give me some basic classes that would likely be required at all schools? (I know it's just a guess I'm not going to hold anyone to anything, as if I could anyway) so far I've taken ENG I&II, intermediate algebra, computers, speech, intro to psych and developmental psych, and one humanity or whatever they're called (religion class) oh yea and my nurse aid class. So any suggestions would be helpful, I don't want to have to take a year off and I don't want to take classes that I don't need.

Yea that is what I was figuring that I'd have to go to ROTC route to get a timely commission. I've contacted the local university ROTC just waiting for a reply.

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I am prior service army enlisted. I hated it I was a private doing a stupid job. I am also female which I think has a lot to do with it too. I did a hard labor job and that just isn't woman's work. I have no problem breaking a sweat, I just don't want to be doing back breaking labor all day in the hot sun. We did a lot of pulling weeds, PMCSing humvees and what not. Lots and Lots of running which I regularly puked. I also didn't like being treated like an ahole dirtbag 24/7, I was a really good soldier, I never got in trouble, always did what I was told, and passed my PT tests. I'm getting my BSN and I'm thinking about joining as an officer. With my time in service within 2 years I'll be making about 66k which as a civilian nurse would be closer to 44k. And in the army I'd have more financial growth. I'm just wondering what the life of an army nurse is like. What does an average day look like, and how do you feel about your job? Also I'm seeing things about it being competitive to get into the military/army..... will being prior enlisted get me any bonus points, and is there any possible way to join without having 2 years civilian experience, because that kind of changes things! Thanks!