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I am so tired. 2 more clinical days & about 3 weeks of school left (including finals!). We are almost there!

That is AMAZING! Good job!!

I work 12 hours per week and juggle 18 credits this semester. I think working while going to school depends on what you are like. I thrive off being busy. Even though I get tired, having so much to do keeps me on track.

I am about to head to a clinical right now! I will keep your article in mind.

I can only speak about my school, which would not accept that. Can you retake your science classes to bring those grades up? And possibly find a school that looks strictly at your pre requisite grades.

If all you want is a job, then stay away from nursing because you aren't guaranteed one and if you do get one, you need the right mindset for it. What did you plan on doing with your biology degree? Become a professor, a teacher, a scientist? Any other areas if healthcare that you are interested in?

Your school really made out like a bandit on that one. What is that person working as now?

Akulahawk is right. New things are uncomfortable. Remember learning vital signs? It is pretty nerve wrecking at the time but I am sure you are an old pro at it now, after a year of nursing school. Consider Dr. Benner's nursing theory: novice, advance beginner, competent, proficient, expert. It can take years to get to the next stage... but you will get there. You may always feel like a novice but your skills and confidence will improve.

By "out" on Fridays, do you mean outside your house in a yard? Because that is not fair to the dog. I would look into someone stopping by your house and taking the dog to the bathroom.

As Dory would say, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming".

I am halfway through my nursing program and a new member of this website. I have the option of taking medical surgical 1 in the spring and pediatrics in the summer or pediatrics in the spring and medical surgical 1 in the summer. I have no idea what to do. Which is a better course sequence? What did you find harder? What did you have to take first? Thank you!