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I asked my professor if a Rh- sensitized woman would pass her anti-Rh antibodies to an Rh- fetus, therefore being born sensitized. My prof said no. This confuses me because anti-Rh antibodies obviously pass through the placenta, otherwise hemolytic disease of the newborn would only begin at birth. Is my prof wrong?

I think your best bet with a previous bachelors would be a second-degree or accelerated BSN program. Maximum results, minimum time/money investment. I think it is highly unlikely that you will find a nursing program that will accommodate a rotating schedule of 12 hour shifts. All the LVN, ADN and BSN programs in my area (Houston TX) require a 5 day/week commitment varying from 5 up to 12 hours per day. I think it would even be difficult to find a CNA program to accommodate that unless you could request all Saturdays off and get into a Saturday program intended for the M-F 8-5 workers.

I think BSW would look great on your résumé as a nurse! It could give you a little bit of an edge in this crazy job market. I don't know about every where, but where I live RNs are qualified to do social work, no MSW necessary.

My immediate goal is to finish my prerequisites and be accepted to a BSN program. When I am done with that, I'd like to serve the public in an emergency department. I am a survivor of sexual assault and my longterm goal is to become a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. I truly believe in the value of SANE/SART programs and want to help to establish more of these programs in hospitals around the country. My pipe dream is to get an advanced degree at a really fancy pants university like Johns Hopkins and go on to practice forensic nursing or teach at the BSN level.

PTA is something I considered extensively, to the point of taking the intro level classes at my school. There is more to PTA than LTC! You can work in pediatrics, sports medicine, military/veterans, prosthetics, etc, etc. If you are interested in it, do some more research. In my area (Houston TX), PTAs are in demand right now and pay is good.

I have considered lots of other health related careers as well as a few non-health related ones. I found that my mind would always wander back to nursing and, at 22 years old, I finally got the hint. A B is not a bad grade and one single B will not keep you out of nursing school.. If you are worried, you can explore your options for retaking the class. Depending on your program, there may be other areas of your application that can beef up your chances such as your entrance exam, preferences for A's in certain classes, work/volunteer experience, etc.

I just checked it. General consensus seems to be that she is a good professor who knows her stuff, just not very nice. Apparently, she made a girl cry in class this semester. I'm not very sensitive... So I guess I'm safe?

My school combines the sections, so each course is 4 credit hours and has 6 hours/week of class time scheduled. It's up to the instructor when/how much lab time we have. My first bio class we had labs maybe every other week but my A&P 1 class had labs every single meeting. On a side note, I just found out that they call my A&P 2 professor "The Dragon Lady" so now I am a little bit more nervous than I was before!!

Nope, there are no pre-reqs for micro at my school!

Thanks for all the thoughtful replies! I think I will put off the CNA course until the end of the semester. I am not worried about taking the sciences together because I am a science nerd. I made As easily in BIO 1&2 for majors and A&P 1. I struggle more with history/govt type classes. That being said, adding the extra CNA course may just be enough to put me over the edge! I don't want to make a poor choice that will effect my applications negatively just because I am impatient about getting medical experience. Thanks again, everyone!

The short answer is no. You will have a mental health clinical but you will also be required to participate in all other clinical areas as well. Now, depending on your school, you may have some input into which clinical sites you go to. Although, some schools will give you absolutely no choice in the matter.

I strongly disagree that psych and soci don't go we'll together. I didn't take them at the same time but, having taken them both, it is my opinion that they definitely overlap and expand upon one another. My only other thought is that it seems like a lot of hours. I took A&P I, Stats, government and speech this semester and it was quite a full load for me. My struggle was mainly balancing A&P with stats. However, if you are single/childless (unlike myself), I'm sure it is doable with a bit of effort. Good luck! :)

In the spring, I will be taking 12 hours: A&P II, Micro and Intro to Chem. I am really wanting to pick up a 9 week CNA course on Saturdays as well... I have two kids and I commute an hour to school but I really just want to get all of this out of the way! Am I completely nuts? Would you do it?

I took A&P I with Speech, Government II and Statistics. I don't work either and I felt that it was a pretty reasonable course load. I ended up with 3 A's and a B (in stats - yuck!).

It is just a regular Associate of Science degree. I wasn't sure what I wanted to major in at first so I took a lot of generic basics my first couple of semesters. I am choosing to participate in graduation simply because I have all the credits!I like what you said about working. I only considered it beneficial because I knew I would gain experience. I never thought about it as an opportunity to network! Great advice. :)