mnewbaker

You will be a 55 year old nurse or you won't! I absolutely love how profound this short statement is. I'll either be a 24 year old mom of two children when I'm 30, or I'll be a Nurse with 2 beautiful girls! HOW rewarding does THAT sound! Inspiration! Thank you!

Wonderful story! Sounds like you're in the profession for the right reasons and that makes my heart SMILE!

I will be starting the PN program in the Fall with a Pell grant. However, I still have the cost of childcare on my hands. Can anyone tell me if you can still receive your Pell Grant AND receive a student loan? I need $6,000 for the 12 months that she will be in childcare. YIKES! Any input would be greatly appreciated!

I start the PN program in the fall and will not be taking summer classes. I plan to try and familiarize myself with some of the major drugs like beta blockers and such. But I'd also like to find a good book that helps teach the best ways to study/take tests. With 2 children on board, I feel it's important for me to try and prepare and maybe a book could help me learn to manage my study time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!:)

Wow! What an encouraging thread! :) I have a 5 year old (almost 6 in Sept) and an 18 month old, both girls. I'll be starting my nursing pre-reqs (again) in the fall! I attempted once before when I was 17, after I had my oldest daughter. Obviously, maturity level alone...I just wasn't ready, not to even mention that she has chronic neutropenia and a pancreas enzyme deficiency and we spent A LOT of time in and out of hospitals, and the outpatient cancer clinic was practically our second home. However, 5 years later, I am sad I wasn't this motivated before! I think about this day and night. I've dreamed my entire life of being a nurse and finally pursuing this is worth every struggle I KNOW is to come. My sister is an LPN and she told me about a girl in her class. She found out she was pregnant about 2 months into the program, went without missing her entire pregnancy, had her baby by c-section on friday and was back to school on monday... all with 2 other children at home under 5. If SHE can do it..... WE CAN!

It's very important that I soon make a decision of which class to take out of these 2. I've heard that they are both very challenging. I haven't a clue yet, but am leaning towards Micro? Any ideas?