FuturePedRN2016

only you know what you can do! I am taking A&P during a regular semester and my class was only offered 1 time per week and I am struggling trying to keep up with it and the other 3 classes I am taking. You know your limits...I personally would take it when there is more time during a full length semester (more than one time per week)

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

Hi. Congrats on the TEAS score. The prerequisite courses are required and from what I understand you can't get into a program until they are completed. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I would apply when the prerequisites are closer to being completed.

I agree with this whole heartedly. Your family may be upset but will truly respect you by following your dreams in the long run. You will be able to attend school by grants, scholarships and loans. Go for it!

Hi hun....welcome to AN! I appreciate your wanting to make a difference, that is commendable. However; it concerns me that your CONS are exactly apart of nursing duties. You will look at wounds and care for injuries (that is what nurses are about). You definitely have to have a heart for this field of work and working with needles is again, apart of the job. If thinking about it makes you faint, then I would definitely reconsider. The members all had excellent points! Good luck to you!

I definitely had to learn and all the posts before me are right. Everything we do is tracked now a days. I for one don't want to be found! I need a place to vent freely! ?

wow I am sorry to hear that! Keep at it! Someone WILL say yes!

I am currently taking A&P 1 w/Lab and College Math ( I need Algebra) as my pre-reqs. But I am also taking some course classes also: My humanities elective-Music Appreciation and Human Growth and Development for a total of 13hrs. I can't tell you how much I study because I study ALL the time! LOL

I want to first say congratulations on wanting to enter into a profession where its not about you. Becoming a nurse is all about other people. And once you understand that, you will do fine. None of us can tell you if the ER would suit you. Only you would know know that. As you go through the program and start clinicals that may change. Unless people in Sarasota, FL don't ever get sick and the doctors and hospitals are closing then the outlook for nurses is pretty darned good. For someone to say RNs are ass-wipers clearly doesn't understand what it is RNs REALLY do. It is so much more than that. I am not a nurse but my BFF is and everyday is a new adventure. No 2 days are the same and the days are very unpredictable (especially in the ER). Maybe some of the other students and nurses can shed more light. Best of luck to you!

I just getting started. So I need the support and possibly offer a little of my own. The name reminds me to stay focused. Thanks!

I too would be interested.

Thanks everyone

Thank you. I surely appreciate the advice.

Yes this helps. Thank you!

Thank you Ecl09! I am trying so hard, but when your spouse is being an "orifice" for lack of better words, its hard!