AngieSC

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1. How did you know you had the right stuff?

   AngieSC replied to AngieSC's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks again guys...actually I am planning to do the pre-reqs at the local cc. Those are the math and sciences I mentioned above. I feel like if I can make it through those I will be fine. Then I...

2. How did you know you had the right stuff?

   AngieSC replied to AngieSC's topic in General Nursing

   RNW - I taught for six years. I made the decision to be a teacher straight out of high school and knew I would be a good teacher. I felt comfortable being a teacher. I also love love love working...

3. How did you know you had the right stuff?

   AngieSC replied to AngieSC's topic in General Nursing

   Ruby, Thanks for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately, I really didn't have to take any advanced Math and Science classes to be a teacher. I will still have to take Anatomy and Physiology,...

4. How did you know you had the right stuff?

   AngieSC posted a topic in General Nursing

   .....to be a nurse? I am a SAHM who quit teaching two years ago when my third and final baby was born. At the time I knew I did not want to teach anymore but sort of blamed it on wanting to be home...

5. How necessary are episiotomies?

   AngieSC replied to WhatToDo's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I totally agree with the "only in emergency" philosophy. With my first baby I had an episiotomy that lead all the way to the rectum with full forceps and had stitches on the inside and out. It took...

6. Frustrations about L&D nursing

   AngieSC replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   With my third baby the doctor let me "labor down" and it significantly reduced the pushing time. I think I pushed four times and she was out. With my second baby I pushed for about 45...

7. Fastest route to become an RN?

   AngieSC replied to Homemaker's topic in Nursing Career

   RN-Associate, Do they earn the same like BSN do? depends on where we live I guess huh? I would like to know that also...I am pretty sure I want to do the BSN

8. 7p-7a nurses: do you spend enough time w/ your family?

   AngieSC replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   I am classified as "pre-nursing" but I definitely want to work the three twelves at night. I am a certified teacher and when I worked, I never got to go to PTA meetings, meet the teacher night,...

9. social anxiety

   AngieSC replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

   Brandy, I have/had social anxiety. I was shy as a child and even young adult...not wanting to be noticed in any way. When I went back to college to become a teacher at 24 I noticed that I felt funny...