shelleys

I'm 18, and almost done with my first year of a four year BSN program.

Hello.. : ) I am a nursing student at Purdue, and the requirements aren't too bad for being a nursing student. If you take all the required courses, get mostly A's and B's, above a 1000 on your SATs, or I think it's 24 on your ACTs, then you are pretty much set to get in. One suggestion I do have is to apply early for any school or program that you are interested in. Here, the program fills up really quickly, and if you don't make it into the program as a Freshman, it'll take you a lot longer to become a nurse than four years. When I was considering being a nurse, I had the opprotunity to shadow some really great nurses in lots of areas. If you are trying to figure out what type of nurse you want to be, I would try family friends that are in the health field, or even volunteer at a local hospital. You'll see things then a lot of times the general public doesn't.. and then you'll either LOVE it, or decide perhaps that it isn't your thing. Good Luck in deciding.. : )

I think you are right. At Purdue, if you aren't accepted directly into the nursing school your freshman year, most likely you will spend at least three years preparing to get in, spending 6 years in college. I personally think it is ridiculous. This year I watched numerous girls dropped out of the nursing program because of the human phys class, so therefore a couple more transfer students will get in to the program. I think it is a huge part of the shortage.

I am a nursing student, and at my school we are accepted directly into the school of nursing as a freshman. Although I have not had too many of my clinicals, I personally think nursing can be a very profession. I think you will get out of nursing what you put into it, and I think that it is a profession worth entering. I have also been told there is not much money in it; however, what other profession can you change positions in and have something new every time. Last week my nursing prof was telling us how she has been a psych, peds, ICU, nurses, administration, and now is a prof. I think it is so cool that we have so many options open.

I am currently a Purdue nursing student, and I am trying to write a paper about what a nurses role in euthanasia and assisted suicide is or should be. If anyone has any comments, suggestions, or stories, please let me know. Thanks.