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Whoops, that got away from me too soon! I appreciate you saying that you said "NO" to your moochy friend who wanted credit for your work. Every prereq. I had had at least one student who would catch my mercy and compassion vibe and try to act like the birdie with the broken wing to get out of work by using MINE. Uummmm. NO. I usually helped a little and the drew the line. Their post rejection attitudes were gross. I PRAY I haven't made myself a target for snark monsters that I will have to deal with in nursing school. But I will learn how to handle it. I am no longer in jr. High :). One more week until the acceptance calls rolls out (breathe in. Breathe out.)

Anyway, I obviously told her no. I busted my butt on those reviews, not for her to copy & get the extra credit for nothing.

Loved reading everyones stories and experiences. Whether you believe it is supernatural or biochemical, it is definately fascinating! My own experience with near death events happened while taking care of my dad in the last three months of CHF. In his last 5 days he did experience some confusion and anxiety.... It seemed to all revolve around the idea of being called away to some important business that needed him. I would go with the flow, let him know how we were going to make arrangements for him to get his work done and administer the meds the Hospice nurse left with me for anxiety. At that time, I was taking things moment by moment and wasn't aware that these were his final days. On a Friday, I knew. Dad's last remaining leg strength to get to his power chair was gone and he was now bedridden. On Sunday we sat together while he picked at some breakfast and tried to drink his coffee from a sippy cup. He had such a sense of grace and humor about every change. As he slept his apnea increased and the rattle started. When he was in a breathing period he was working hard at breathing with his eyes closed and would not respond to my voice. But the most fascinating part was that when he was NOT breathing, which could go for 20 seconds or more, he would open his eyes, scanning slowly a few feet back and forth. All of his facial movements were in slow motion but he would mouth words with such a joyful expression and had the most amazing look of delight. No air was coming out, not a whisper and his muscles were too weak for me to lip read anything. He even did a slow mo, no air laugh once. The last time I roused him from that state, he looked at me and said..."the colors! So many colors!" Those were his last words to me. I didn't have the heart to rouse him again. He died a few hours later. I was so grateful to see his joy and delight. The impression I had was that he was meeting up with people he knew and it made him really happy! He finished his life with as much grace as he lived and I was honored to witness it. I am just beginning my nursing journey but I hope to work with Hospice and support those caring for their loved ones someday.

I couldn't agree more with Sycamore guy. Our program requires all prerequisites to be finished before you can be considered for the accelerated program. Getting those finished and working as hard as you can on them will get your brain ready (a little!) for what will come in nursing school. I was coming back to the academic scene after raising four daughters and had a lot of performance anxiety to work through too. If you want this, you can absolutely do it! Blessings to you and your career path!

I did purchase the ATI study guide, and both sets of tests on their site as well. I also used two aps.... Pocket prep TEAS and TEAS math. Plus anytime I came across a concept on any of those I wrote it down and then looked it up online. I studied for 3 months Solid, which might have been too much for some...I had not seen some of that material EVER and some not in 20 - 30 years. I don't regret it at all. Happy studying!

Studying for the TEAS was helpful for me. I would recommend taking it at a time when you can devote time to studying for it. Hoping you have great success!

Hybrid is basically the "blended" sort as explained by pmabraham. Our instructor has the blackboard online education system set up for us for the lecture part. It has tabs for assignments and all prep materials for each exam. She records her lectures with whiteboard visuals for us to take notes from and also makes additional supplement videos for us about topics that many students need additional support in. She also has tabs for power points and a study guide. So we do all our prep at home and then come in twice per week for lab. She will answer questions in person during lab or at her office if we have used all the resources and still have questions. Coming back to school after so long, it is WONDERFUL to not have to drive to school, sit and listen to lectures on someone else's time frame. I also appreciate not getting sidetracked by someone's "stories" or random questions. I know there are good things to be learned from those things, but sometimes it feels attention seeking and frustrating. :/

I am in micro as a hybrid right now and LOVE it. I am going to recommend to our dean of sciences that they use this prof.'s set up as a model. Having already taken AP1. & 2 as hybrids I would have loved to have had it with this level of preparedness. Sure hoping we have at least some prerecorded electronic lectures for nursing school. SO much more convenient!

Your post resonates with me because I had those inklings while in school for my first profession back in the day. I kept thinking I will like it better when I get to ---. Or when I find my niche, ect. ect. The more time I spent the more I knew I wasn't going to change majors. I thought briefly about nursing school, but the competition scared me. So I plugged along. got a masters degree to practice as a Speech Pathologist and never developed a love for it. I worked for a couple of years and then started my family at which time I laid my career aside. Now that my babies are big and can afford for me to have some time away, I am so so so excited about taking this nursing path. I feel like it is something I am supposed to do. I know it is disappointing and scary to make a change. Just wanted you to know that when my heart was not In my profession it was hard for me to truly enjoy it. Hope you find your path!