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No, unfortunately not. I'm just a lowly home health nurse. Guess I'll have to dig deep on this one. Guess this was the wrong place to get support.

So my continued battle with ECG Academy goes on. Today we are studying Hemiblocks. Now when we took the basic course, I at least had an idea of what we are covering. Now that we are doing the intermediate course, I feel like I have no clue what I'm doing. When did I get to be a cardiologist and know how to read ECG's perfectly? I feel so out of my depth at this point with this program. Please someone tell me its not just me. Please?

Interesting replies. I currently work full time nights. But i'm thinking that will come to an end very soon. I'm thinking that it will be too much on my plate to work full time. What would you think about working for a Home Health/Hospice agency while going to school?

I'm going the Adult/Gero route.

Also asked this question in the NP forum. Would like to hear from anyone who is far along in their program... I need to position myself for success in completing my upcoming program starting in August. So I have a question regarding my work. Currently I work in an acute care hospital, full time, 12 hr shifts. It is an LTAC floor. And it can get pretty hectic working nights. My question is how much or where I should be working for my NP degree to succeed? Should I be working less or in a less stressful position? Or can I do both comfortably? The program I am starting in is a 3 year program, so its not quite full time. Thoughts?

And you are so right about not giving up! Ever since my career change several years ago, it has been a struggle. But with every new milestone, I got that much farther. I remember starting from nothing, working a crappy job at Sam's Club, and going to get my CNA. I got my license and started working in the field. I worked up from CNA to LPN to RN. Then just finished off the BSN. It is so fulfilling to see all that hard work is paying off in a big way.

As of right now, i'm pursuing the Adult/Gero NP path. I think that would make the most sense for me at this time. I have very little exposure to taking care of children, so I did'nt think FNP would workout too well. I can always go back for it later if needed.

About a month back I posted on my woes of getting into NP school. Due to my crapola GPA from a previous career, this was really hurting my chances. As you know, to get into a MSN program, all coursework is cumulative. I applied to a local college in my city and was rejected straight away. I am happy to inform you that I applied to another college in the area and was accepted straight away!! This college only looked at the past 60 hours of my coursework. I'm off to become an NP!!! Wohoo!!!!

My schedule is hellish, running 12's. And the nights off are not much better. I usually keep my night schedule if only a few days off. But the more days off I have, i slowly reset to day shift schedule.

You will have to decide what your goals are. I did my pre-reqs first. Then went LPN, RN, BSN all from different schools. That could be considered the long way. Some choose to do a 4 year program and run straight through to the BSN. Mine was definitely longer, but more relaxed. Get ur prerequisites done first.

They say that it's all different when it's your family, and I can attest to that. Having been a nurse for the past 6 years, I have seen many things. But this one hit home for me. I will try to elaborate quickly. Long story short, girlfriend's dad comes into town. Was not sure of his age, but looked 60ish. Went out to eat with her family, no biggie deal. Came back to families' house, and got a reality check. So sitting next to him (GF's Dad) on the couch. Cannot help but notice his very audible expiratory wheezing. And like a mouse to cheese, so begins the covert assessment… Expiratory wheezing when sitting, Respirs of 30 (thank you smartphone), use of accessory muscles to breath, shortness of breath. His color looked good, but this was all just at a glance. And as I get home later this morning, sleeping sitting up in front of the TV on the couch. Now the bad news. Talked to GF, got in a fight over it. Her dad does not want to do anything. No going to the hospital, no Dr's apt. I tried to convince them to talk to him and make him go to the hospital, but he is not having it. I realize that patient's need to make their own choices, but if that was my parent, I would drag them kicking and screaming to the hospital. I don't care if they were mad at me. Knowing what was happening and possibly being able to treat it vs dead parent is okay with me. Thoughts??

I was unaware that graduate schools only consider the most recent coursework. The adviser at the school I applied to specifically stated that the GPA is cumulative and that implies all course work taken, even if it is not nursing related. My previous coursework was failed out of computer stuff.

Good replies. Its good to know where I stand. And i'm glad you guyz/gals told me about it. I have made the decision to attempt to clean up my GPA as best as possible in order to apply for NP School. It will be be painful, but it is necessary if it gets me where I need to be. Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow. I'll try the re-take and take new classes bit, we shall see where it leads.

I'm at the end of my rope here. I need some assistance. Just finishing my BSN degree with no problems. Considering the NP route. Applied to local college, transferred all my undergrad course work and filled out the application. And right away denied. Why do you ask, well due to low GPA . Not low GPA for my nursing career mind you, but from my previous career when I attempted to go to school as an engineer. So this epic fail happened in my poorly spent youth. Tried engineering, got my butt kicked, lots of person crap happening at the same time = epic fail. And thanks to those seven or so classes I crapped out on, they are following me, just like the movie It Follows. Now none of this garbage has anything to do with my nursing career. For that I got my crap together, went back and took all the prereqs, then CNA to LPN to RN to BSN ensued. And now I'm denied even though it has nothing to do with my nursing at all because getting into NP school is cumulative GPA. I'm very tempted to not even list that school on my application because it is dragging me down like a boat anchor. And I went there mainly for computer stuff. Thoughts? And don't tell me I can just take them over again like it's no big deal. Those entry level and upper level engineering/computer science courses were more difficult than nursing school. Waiting with baited breath.....

Sure Dafabb, any help you can provide would be appreciated. My email is correct on my resume, [email protected] I've been shooting from the hip when it comes to resume writing. I am by no means an expert. But i'm getting nowhere, so I'll take any help I can get. I just find it hard to believe that I can't get a job anywhere. I did get one call for an interview. However that was an nursing office type job, and was not interested. I really need to work on the floor and utilize my RN experience. So how close is my resume the second go around?