ladylysis

I like the idea of keeping some variety there, as well as a potential option for the future. Besides - it gives you joy, yes? What a nice respite and change of perspective to have after those inevitable nightmare shifts at the hospital. ( You know the ones...) You make a sound argument about the retirement bennies and all, but unkess you are desperate for that money it's not the most important thing in life. Yes, you are lucky to have this problem. Keep it. :)

Also, if you find some that are close - like New Balance, but they have grey stitching around the logo, for instance - use white shoe polish to rectify that problem. This expands your options quite a bit. Good luck!

Have you looked at Zappos? I've been able to find 4e shoes for my husband there. They have several pairs available that should work for you, and return shipping is free if they don't work out. I'm curious as to why you can't wear the Dansko ones with the closed back; they meet all the OSHA criteria.

You should be working on getting your prerequisites out of the way. What classes have to be done before applying to the program? If you haven't picked a program yet, start scouting them: it's the only way you'll know which classes you need. Make another counselling appt. Come prepared with information about the programs you want; don't expect them to do all your work for you. See if the program(s) you're interested in have someone specific you can talk to. There are many opinions regarding whether it is better to do an ADN first or to go directly to a four year program. I think it depends largely on job market where you live, but most agree that any RN is more employable than an LPN. In my area (Ohio), ADN is sufficient to break into the job market. Many then use their employers' tuition reimbursement benefits to complete an online BSN bridge program.

I already have a stethoscope, so that's not an issue for me. As a respiratory therapist, I love my Littman Cardiology III. A Littman Select is good, though, and will not run more than ~40 bucks.

Ordered my required texts for 114 on Amazon. Would have been around $225 at the bookstore for new books; I spent $135 not including the syllabus for new or like new. 115 looks rough; around 450.

Seeing everyone's costs, I'm suddenly less unhappy about having to do the program part-time: I get to space that out a bit! Since I'm not doing clinicals this semester, I'll hold off on iTouch/iPad considerations - though I would consider an ipad if all of our books were available in that format. Much easier on the back and neck!

Move to Ohio.

Book lists are up. Has anyone priced things out? For 114 (my only class) it looks like about $200.

I see my schedule posted! Since I'm part time, I'm enrolled just in NURS 114. Lecture and lab both on Monday evening.

If anything, I am *under*whelmed. I will have to pursue the part-time option and was really hoping I could manage it full time. The students at the end did a great job of scaring the crap out of me, though!

It was at a different school (CCC).

I am strong in math, but learned my lesson when I tried Applied Algebra online. It was awful! I got a great prof for my classroom-based Stats class, and that made all the difference. Unless you are a math goddess, I recommend taking it on campus.

As observed by so many others, group projects kinda suck. Not just for the inevitable person who doesn't want to do anything - we should anticipate that and just pick up their slack. Also, a contribution-oriented citations list goes a long way toward cluing in your prof as to who did the work and who just went to Wikipedia. No, the reason I don't like group projects is that they mean more work for me. I am not a Type A personality per se, but I am an idealist. I know how to write and how to spell, and I am mortified when the local paper/online news source makes a grammatical mistake for the world to see. This means my standards are usually the highest in the group when it comes to quality, and that therefore I have to put myself in a position where I can influence the final output. Usually, that means that I have to take lead - and that's cool, but more work. Mostly because I am very sarcastic, which doesn't read well in such circumstances, so I have to work to be really, really tactful. So I'm very much looking forward to nursing school. Hoping, though still will be at a local community college, that I will be surrounded by if not all like-minded people, then at least a higher percentage than usual.

Exactly, snickers! I'm not competitive with other students, per se, but I'm not happy unless I get an A - because I know that I'm capable of it. Type A, though? Hardly. Just a geek.