Brinley

I live in Bellevue,Ohio.... Thanks everyone for the advice- I think I am going to apply to different schools.

I attend a local community college and after this semester I will be done with all of my pre-req's. The college I go to is in transistion on their nursing program (they are waiting on state approval for their transition) and won't tell anyone how many seats are being offered, and won't even give a definite answer on when applications for Fall 06 will be available- first it was march, then april, now maybe may! How do they expect students to be in limbo for that long. I am seriously considering going to another school that is over an hour drive away, or even possibly going to an LPN program that is also close to my home. I am frustrated b/c I have put a year into the school and they seemed to really have it together when I enrolled there... now it seems like no one has the answers. Has anyone else run into this?? It's just frustrating.... thanks for listening.

I am so sorry for you to have to go through this. I am not a nurse yet, but in November I had to help my cousin through the birth of her son, he had Potter's syndrome (no kidneys) and lived for about a half hour after he was born. The nurses she had were fantastic- some cried with her, some did not, but all were genuine. I think they all handled it in their own way- but they all helped her through her grief. After her son passed each nurse in the NICU held him and said goodbye- even though she only had a short time with him the fabulous nurses she had made that time memorable by their compassion. Please don't feel like if you cry you didn't handle the situation well, I think that the mothers appreciate everyone expressing their feelings in thier own way. Have a merry christmas.

I admire anyone who can speak two languages.. I myself am struggling to learn spanish as I know it will help with the migrant population in the summer here... that said I think that only English should be spoken in the workplace, unless the patient requires a different language, I think it is rude to talk in another language in front of coworkers and I also think it is rude to whisper- If the conversation needs to be that private take it behind closed doors, or outside of work.

I'm a girl too.. and a student, I drive a 1999 Pontiac Grand AM, I love that car!

cheerfuldoer.. take a list at the courses for my program.. this is how most of the programs in the state I am in look? I am wondering if the OP school includes more instruction in the nursing rotation... I myself am trying to take everything but nursing classes while I am on the wait list.. I am slated to start my clinical rotation in January.

are there any courses included with your nursing program besides basic nursing courses? Like micro and pharm?? The program I am in requires the following: Program of Study- Minimum GPA for Admission 3.0 TECHNICAL COURSES BIO 121 Anatomy & Physiology I BIO 122 Anatomy & Physiology II BIO 123 Anatomy & Physiology III BIO 131 Anatomy & Physiology Lab I BIO 132 Anatomy & Physiology Lab II BIO 133 Anatomy & Physiology Lab III BIO 171 Microbiology I BIO 172 Microbiology II BIO 181 Microbiology Lab I BIO 182 Microbiology Lab II BIO 220 Pharmacology NURS 114 Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning NURS 115 Basic Nursing Concepts NURS 125 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing NURS 126 Maternal-Newborn Nursing NURS 127 Child Health Nursing NURS 128 Comprehensive Adult Nursing I NURS 205 Applied Clinical Ethics in Nursing NURS 210 Comprehensive Adult Nursing II NURS 213 Comprehensive Adult Nursing III NURS 245 Advanced Concepts in Nursing GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES MTH 135 Algebra MTH 140 Allied Health Math ENG 105 College Composition I ENG 106 College Composition II PSY 121 General Psychology PSY 136 Lifespan Development SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology SPE 110 Speech Humanities Elective Language Elective - Preferably Spanish

Some of the classes you are reffering to can be taken in conjunction with your nursing rotation. That's why it's a 2 year program. Most students where I go complete all of the classes you are referring to and then some b/c of the wait lists, but most classes after your basic science, math, and english can be taken at the same time as your nursing classes. No the programs are not EASY, just DIFFERENT than what you knew when you went to school.

the classes you have sound about right for the ADN schools where I am at.. I do know that most BSN programs include most of your general ed classes with the program but you are still required to have your Chem, and Bio to get into the BSN programs. Good luck to you!

Where I am it takes most people 3-4 years to get their ADN, that is the route I have decided to take b/c of cost, and b/c some employers will pay for your BSN. I am also taking extra classes towards my BSN as time allows in my schedule. I guess you have to look at it as an investment.. an LPN in my state takes at least a year, so there is not quick route to nursing. I have days where I get impatient myself, but when I talk to new grads I realize that I too will be there someday and I wonder what the heck I was so impatient for :) Good luck.. (and I wouldn't take those classes over.. it doesn't seem necessary in your case)

I think it's great you want to help them, but I have to agree with everyone else. I agree with contacting social services. In our area we have several homeless shelters, that provide housing and job training skills to help these people back on their feet. Perhaps there is a facility in your area like that? I volunteered for the one in my town during high school and they really take good care of these people, and they help people who are willing to just help themselves.

I'm in the same boat.. I am going on the wait list at the end of July as soon as I finish my chemistry class. I am hoping to start in the fall of 2006 this winter would be the soonest that I could start. Sometimes I feel like I'm never going to start.. other days I'm glad that I have a little while yet.. there never seems to be a happy medium. I to wish that I could have started right after high school, but sometimes life gets in the way! I will be 25 when I graduate so I still have a lot of life left to go! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one in the same boat!

I am from Bellevue Ohio, I'm still a student, but I am hoping to work in a NICU someday

I think the biggest problem with having that many children is that the older ones don't get to be kids. I work with a woman who was the oldest of 8, bye the age of 9 she was doing dishes, ironing, and changing diapers.. while she has gotten over being angry with her parents, she said she would never do that to her kids. That is my biggest concern with big familes.. I am from a family of 4 and being the oldest I of course was expected to help, but not to the extent of having no life like my coworker... I just think you should consider the quality of life of your children before you have that many.