berta102

If you are going straight into UCF BSN you will need to have your AA completed with all gen. education courses per UCF standards. If you do not have your AA as the person aboved stated, you can apply tothier conncurrent either at Valencia on West campus or Seminole State college in Sanford. Daytona also has a program for RN not sure about the BSN though. If you have your RN license, I am not positive if you need the Gen education credits for UCF BSN. Does anyone know this? I went ahead and got most of AA finished including bth foreign lang. I do however, have two semesters of math left until my AA is complete. D-:

Hi NB321, I just wanted to say Hi since you are the only other person on here that mentioned EFSC Fall Nursing program 2018 besides me! I hope there will be others?? lol. Best of luck getting in! :-)

I am not a nurse but I do read alot about the disease process. Edematous lower leg...possible heart/lung issues? Deformed....broken bone? (assuming it wasn't deformed before the accident) Blood continuously seeping from wound...aspirin would make this worse (thins blood) Wound warm to the touch...lots of inflammation going on...underlying tissue damage (Bone, etc) Fever....infection Diabetes and heart issues complicating matters I know this was an old post..but it seemed fun to try out.. I just got accepted into Nursing school..little excited :-) Hoped I was close??

So encouraged by these posts !! I am starting my Nursing program in two months at 50 and I think I will be about that age by the time I am able to travel as a Nurse. I am assuming I will need a year or two of critical care under my belt at least! Thanks for giving me hope!!!!

I literally did all those things!!! :-) Especially recording lectures. I listened to them while jogging and waiting in traffic. Getting super organized, feeding yourself properly (esp as an older student) is tantamount to doing well, staying well rested, "change of life" issues are manageable with proper nutrition and supplementation and should not ever be underestimated in impacting your day to day life balance and being able to do well academically. I never did flash cards but that works for many people. I just made sure my phone was on full power and brought my charger to class so as to record. INVALUABLE :-) Also take great notes and rewriting them if possible. I rarely had time to do this but when I did it helped immensely. The other things I did was consume Instagram Medical content voraciously!

I started out at 45 and took on five classes! Bad idea lol. I did C's in all and so I took the next year off feeling defeated. I went back in Fall 2015 and dipped my toe in with Med term and Intro to Healthcare and got my first ever A's. Then I tackled Gen Bio, A&P 1 and 2 then Micro...all A's...then did the rest of my A.A. degree except for my maths..cuz thats what I do lol..don't recommend that btw ;-D Long story short, my confidence was what was holding me back from the beginning. Once I felt I could be disciplined and adjust my life to include studying (because I never studied in my life!) I did really well! All the myths about it being harder to do academics is largely just heresay, at least that has been my experience. But also I would not accept that as an answer and give up on myself just because I am an older student. Having said that there was definitely a learning curve in the beginning. I think you are on the right track by starting out with "easier" class like Med Term. Then as you gain confidence in yourself and your abilities to do well (which is largely time management in my mind, and we have a lifetime of those skills!! :-)) I am positive you will find age has little to do with it! :-) Don't allow the stigma of age to rob you of your ability to do well in whatever you choose to do! Its so easy to buy into those beliefs. Just don't! :-)