Virgilio

Pen light. Don't they have them at your college bookstore? I think the disposable kind are fine.

OMG, don't listen to these people. There are so many people your same age in pre-med, pre-law and applied physics which are equally academically challenging. There are people your same age who are in the military and working as corpsmen/medics, or ...

I can't believe I'm the first person in seven pages /LOLing at all the judgey people!

I did the same thing just last week. We probably read the same article a few weeks ago. The Kinko's that I went to cut my soft bound books but, like you, couldn't cut my hard bound. Luckily they sent me a few miles up the street to the next Kinko'...

Make sure that you can do all of the math presented in that NLN-PAX book. Skip the vocabulary, none of those words will be on the test. Make sure that you can do the reading comprehension, I mean do a "No-BS" self appraisal. All of the science sec...

I decided to drop out of my ADN program in the 90's while in the final semester. After 13 years and a reasonably profitable career in another field I'm going back in January. So I'll be repeating three and a half semesters starting next month. Pe...

I didn't see your post early enough on that Monday, but I thought of you all of that weekend. I'm really glad that everything worked out for you!

For what it's worth I dropped out of nursing school in the 90's, when I was in my early 20's for many of the same reasons that you are describing. I followed other opportunities and happily earn pay comparable to an RN's. I knew after about two yea...

I would get pretty tired of long johns or under armor after two to four years of clinicals, but I think that would work. If you go with the shorter option then anything but white boxers or boxer briefs looks ridiculous. It isn't as bad as you think...

I wore white uniforms in the military, white boxers/ white T-shirt did the trick.

This is upsetting, I hope your school de-colon-ifies their heads. Any conversation about common sense should include your schools lack of it for failing to make it clear to you that this unacceptable before the fact. So many of these posts are scol...

Lol, does ED mean Emergency Department? I'm still a pre nursing student and I immediately thought of "male health issues"!

I'm going to offer a slightly different take on this subject, I've found in life that 20% of the people do 80% of the work. There's also an adage that applies here: "Grant me the strength to change the things that I can, and the grace to accept the...

Well the moment has passed that I had been dreading since I got hired, knowing that I was going to pursue nursing school. I've been here for less than a year so timing was everything. I've delayed telling the boss until I've had just one more succe...

I can't tell you what a relief it is to have that behind me. Of course, a positive response from my boss is not necessarily a guarantee of the reality of the next 2 or so years.

One thing I didn't realize about the post 911 bill until I started using it is that the 36 months refers to time spent in class and will last you for four years. In other words, if you attend class for eight months out of a year you will still have...

Have you considered online schools? I have a BS and I work full time as well. I also have a mortgage, two kids, day care bills, work benefits, etc. In short, no way I can quit and I have no intentions of doing so. I just got into an ADN program a...

I didn't have to go to an interview. I applied in early August for a Sept 5 deadline, right after I received NLN-PAX results.

Wow, I got my acceptance letter today! A month earlier than expected!

I'm in agony for waiting, this is a huge crossroad for me. I work in manufacturing now and make a decent salary, but I was a paramedic when younger and I want to go back to healthcare. I'm only giving it one shot though, if I get in, great! If not...

I'll be starting an ADN program in the spring, which means two summers will go by. I'm 38 now, so I guess I'll be 40 when we graduate. That's plenty of time for a second career!

I was about to open a new thread on this subject. I dropped out of nursing school in the 90's and got a degree in something else. I kept all of my old textbooks, though, and they have been great references through the years. I decided to go back t...