RNin08

Be careful here though, not every worker/company in the USA is covered. There are some qualifiers--such as company size and length of employment.

" "I can't believe she's not breastfeeding"(to be fair those are really "breast nazi's") " Or they are caring people who are advocating for the child who has no voice in the matter. It is better for your infant to be breastfed if YOU are a smoker than it is to formula feed them. I definitely do not think that it is okay to judge somebody, especially behind their back--as would be the case if you were saying "I can't believe she's not breastfeeding" but I do think that we need to realize that our culture really has it backwards when it comes to feeding infants--and women and children have a right to the facts, not to get formula pushed down their throats. Have you heard of this article? Watch your language, breast is not best. Breastfeeding is what is normal and expected. Formula feeding should be considered substandard and should be used only as I believe (is it a WHO statistic?) a fourth-line feeding option 1.nursing from the mother 2. mother's pumped milk 3.pumped donor milk 4. formula. I don't think it's fair to keep THIS information from women. I know this isn't a breastfeeding advocacy forum but I had to reply to those comments that were made. When you see the statistics on the detrimental effect that giving out just formula company bags (no formula) has on nursing rates I don't understand why you would be advocating keeping those in hospitals to give out to new moms. I don't think that women need to be made to feel bad for choosing to formula feed. I do think that women have a right to be PROPERLY informed. I'm working from memory here and can find some more links if anyone wants them. http://www.het.brown.edu/people/kjp/stuff/watch_your_language.htm FYI i think that you deal with anti O.B. people the same way you deal with anyone who is closed minded about any topic. Patience and good information.

My son will be 3 in April and is "still" nursing.

I'm a fall starter too! I'm enrolled at a community college in Maine as a general studies major to take 2 pre-reqs and start the "co-reqs" and will 'apply' (everyone who completes the nursing admissions requirements gets accepted, but they MAY have to wait a year or so to begin nursing classes) for admission to the nursing program in December to start nursing classes in Fall of 06 (I'm hoping). Starting this fall I'll be taking A&P 1w/lab, Intro to Psych, Intro to Lit., and Dosage Calculations. 2nd semester I'll be taking A&P 2w/lab, Developmental Psych, & Microbiology w/lab. After that I'll only have the nursing classes to take. I'm pretty nervous and excited about starting.

I bought the same manual to study for the NET. I read it and took the A practice test about 3months before my NET. I only got a couple wrong so I didn't worry about preparing any more than that. I think the study guide you bought should help you get a good idea of what to expect on the NET. Especially the math part, if you do well on the practice test math portion you should do fine on the NET math portion. Good luck!