SeekingNur

Hi All, Firstly, I'm having a hard time finding LVN programs in the Houston area. Does Memorial Hermann offer a program? I read that they do, but I can't find any information online at their website. I know Houston Community College has one and Cy-Fair, but Cy-fair only has fall starts and I need to enroll by this spring. Any advice? Now, my dilemma. As of this fall I will have an A.A. in 'pre nursing' just meaning I've taken all the courses I need to ensure that I can get a BSN once I transfer to a BSN program. I have a 3.9gpa, great science and math grades etc. Suddenly I find myself in a precarious financial situation because of some family problems and I'm afraid that I may be left with no marketable skills to be able to take care of myself. I haven't worked outside the home in almost a decade and a "pre nursing" associates is useful for what? So now I'm faced with possibly having to throw all that hard work --and it has been hard I am not a natural math/science person I put a lot of sweat and tears into that gpa-- to the wind. I'm just afraid that I'll get the LVN and start working and then when I'll never be able to go back to school because my family is too dependent on my income. Or I'll have to take all those "core" science classes over again because no school will accept them after 5 years and then I'll still have two years of school and clinicals for a B.S.N which means all I've been through these past two years will be meaningless. I know this is not just nursing advice, it's life advice. But I'd appreciate hearing the perspective of nurses on the struggle of turning an LVN certification into a BSN. I could take the risk and just go the BSN route and pray that over the next two years catastrophe doesn't strike, but that's seemingly less and less likely.

It's not completely online. There are clinicals that must be attended.

LOL. I guess I'm just too green in nursing to understand these things. Thank you for enlightening me.

I've looked at schools in Michigan, Oregon, Texas, California and they *all* want nurses to have at least one year of experience before FNP school. It makes no sense at all to me to demand that of BSN's who already have a clinical and academic background in nursing, but not someone with a BA in basket weaving with a minor in nose picking. I would love to see some sort of justification for this.

i've use breastmilk (my own) to cure my children's conjunctivitis. works beautifully.

What is per diem nursing? How does it differ from other types of nurse work i.e. full time, part time etc.? Thank You

Hello All! I'm an American currently working toward my BSN. We are seriously considering immigrating to Canada after I obtain my MSN as a nurse practitioner. We are looking at the Vancouver area, btw. Can anyone offer me any information on salaries and employment opportunities for Nurse practitioners in Canada in general and/or that area in particular or any forums for Canadian nurse practitioners. Thank You.

lol, good point.

Well thought out and articulate as usual. Thanks.

lol, i admit i was hoping for that reaction to at least get folks to open the thread. But really I was just trying to get a feel for where nursing is headed in the opinion of all the smart nurses 'round here. I'm enjoying the replies thus far. and really appreciative of everyone who has bothered to reply.

Did the title catch your attention? Good, I was hoping it would. I've seen people talk about this attitude on allnurses quite a bit, and I find the reactions fascinating. I'm amazed at the passion, care and professionalism of the nurses on this board and really about every nurse I've ever met. BUT, everyone-from the most seasoned nurse to the student- knows that nursing is changing and will probably continue to change dramatically over the years to come. There are CNAs and MAs who seem to have an increasing role in the healthcare system and nurses themselves have more responsibility (all the charting etc.) and demanding jobs as new diseases, new medicines and standards of care make their way into our lives. My question is, do you think their should be a change in what nurses do? Will there come a time when basic hygiene and certain other tasks often done by nurses in the past will be the responsibility of CNAs and others in similar roles? Would this be a good thing for nurses? Is there really anything wrong with nurses who feel that four years of education + all of their other demands and responsibilities should mean that they shouldn't have to do these tasks?

I can tell you as a Bay Area native who now lives in Houston that, that cost of living calculator is wrong, wrong, wrong. Our family income is around that 58k mark and we live in a house that's 10 years old and almost 3000 sq ft. in a great neighborhood with excellent schools. Our house sold for well under 200k. On a salary of 88k in San Jose, you couldn't find anything close to our home for under a million. No way no how.

Yes, that's what I thought you were saying. I understand differently now.

Oh good Lord, I think you must be a saint.

Sorry, Mullti I got you and Tazzi mixed up. Yes, it does appear that we agree. The bottom line for me is respecting the wishes of the patient and not making assumptions, it seems that is your bottom line as well. There is little that chaps my hide more than assumptions that because I'm a Muslim woman that I'm not capable of making my own decisions. I have been treated this way more times than I care to admit and it just :angryfire. I hear my friends complain about it ALL the time as well. Excuse my passion on the issue, I didn't mean to flame you.