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Has anyone had any success/failures/experience with the College Network? I was looking into an LPN-BSN online program, and when I got a call back from the school I was interested in saying it was now available in my state, the lady told me their study materials were available through TCN. I noped right on out of that thought process, but I'm still curious.

I was emptying a patient's ostomy last winter during my critical care rotation. The smell wasn't that bad, but I have an incredibly low tolerance for smells. I waited till I flushed the toilet and gagged a little. Walked out of the patient's room with my preceptor who immediately started laughing at me about gagging. If it happens, it happens. Just do your best to hide it! I've buried my nose in my shoulder and have seen many other nurses doing the same thing to avoid embarrassing themselves in front of patients.

I was in college for 8 years because I didn't know what I wanted to do when I went back to school. I was working on a psych degree when I realized there were no job opportunities, plus all my research led me to the healthcare field so I followed my gut. I was in nursing school for 4 years when I didn't pass the class. I was enrolled in a BSN program, 2 terms away from graduation. What would I need vocational counseling for? There's no reason for it, they'd just tell me I belong in nursing. I know what I want to do with my life. It's just a matter of reaching my goal.

I can't repeat the class. I'm totally out of that school, which was the hardest part to deal with. Combined with not being able to work where there are jobs, I've just kind of been scrambling. But I took my blow, rolled with the punches and I'm still working on dusting myself off while I'm looking around the corner to see what's next and what can I do to improve myself. I would LOVE to go to grad school, I'm continually researching things, looking on reddit, etc., and I ma fascinated with nutrition and diet, as well as alternative health things, but my first goal is to get some work under my belt, hopefully get into an RN program, and pay down my loans in order to do more schooling if that's where my journey leads me.

Oh, nope. It's my brother's wife. My parents ARE helping me out; I'm living with them simply because I was in school and it's virtually impossible to work full time and do nursing school full time, but I'm hoping I can get some sort of job somewhere in the near future and then do the LPN-RN program. I'm honestly more than a little terrified by the prospect of not being accepted into a program though.

Oh I'm not married. I'm single and happy. If and when I continue my education, I'm going to pay out of pocket. I just can't help but wonder if I'm wrong wanting more education.

I was enrolled in a BSN program, didn't pass my critical care class and wound up getting kicked out of my program. Luckily for me, I had enough education to get an exception from my school to take my NCLEX-PN. I passed hte test last week and received my license yesterday in the mail. I was really excited! My problem (and question) is this: I live on the Oregon/Washington border, all the jobs are in OR, but due to not passing a PN course, I am not eligible to reciprocate my license and cannot work there. I'm also not eligible for a majority of jobs in my state due to the same problem. I'm looking for work, but all I can think about is how much I want my RN! I'm looking at LPN-RN programs and am going to start working on getting approval for and enrolled in a program at a community college near me. My sister in law has decided what I'm doing is completely her business and has sent my mom multiple emails about how dare they continue to support me while I work my life out and try to achieve my goals. I've talked to several close friends who are fully supportive of my decisions (as are my parents), but I can't help but feel like I'm crazy for wanting to better my life. My reasoning is simple. I spent 8 years in college working as hard as I possibly could for my RN (I'm 35), only to have my world fall out from underneath me when I didn't pass my class. I've gone this far in my life, I really want to be able to use all the skills I've worked so hard to learn.