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If you receive a job offer from Job A, I would get all the details such as wages/benefits, and an offer letter, etc. (this may take them a few days to send you the letter) and then ask for 2-3 days to think it over and get back to them. This buys you...

I hope you don't mind hearing from a current student, I only want to offer a resource that might be helpful to you, as I'm not sure if all nursing programs offer a psych nursing course. I am just finishing up mine and we used a book by Mary Townsend ...

I'm in an evening/weekend ASN program at a community college, so my schedule may be different from others... but 4 days a week I get my kids ready for school, go to work for about 5-6 hours, get my kids home from school and 2-3 days a week the babysi...

If your lifestyle allows, I would go for the ABSN. You can get the same RN license with a two year degree from a community college (ASN) but you will be more competitive with the BSN, which should only take you two years if you do an accelerated seco...

A laptop will be much more useful for classwork. In my ASN program they required us to purchase iPads which we use for testing, our e-books and for simulated charting. But that is more program specific, I still use my laptop for most of my school wor...

If you feel you have the aptitude to succeed, I would just go for the RN. Not to say you can't get a good job in certain areas as an LPN but you will have a lot more options as an RN. You can get your RN through the community college and then once yo...

I brushed up, especially on the math, as I graduated high school over fifteen years ago and although I have a B.A., it didn't require much math. I probably put about 2-3 hours into practice tests and studying. Even some of the grammar questions are n...

I'll be taking the one non-nursing class that I still need (MicroBiology) so that I don't have to do it during the regular school year. I'll also take some time to brush up on meds since I have a tough time with pharmacology, and do NCLEX practice qu...

I agree with the previous responses... this seems to be more of a relationship issue than a nursing school issue. Nursing school is tough and demanding, but if she is only able to spare a half hour a week to communicate by phone then I think the prob...

I have searched the forums for information on this topic, but haven't come up with anything specific, so please feel free to point me to an existing thread if you know of one. :) I'm currently in an ADN program and hope to graduate in May 2018. I pl...

Thanks for your feedback!

This is not a gripe as I'm totally willing to do what is expected of me here, but I'm wondering what other students have done during their mental health clinicals? I am in the second semester of an ASN program and we have 30 hours of mental health cl...

Thanks for sharing! I feel better about my school knowing that this is a common experience. Being a naturally shy person, it was difficult for me to directly question patients when it was really unrelated to their care but we did end up playing lots ...

I was very anxious to start clinicals as well, I felt like I was going to throw up and/or cry that first day. Actually I did cry, but not in front of any patients. :) Then I put on my big girl panties and a smile and I did fine. And you will too. I f...

I am starting my second semester and didn't use a study group last term. I also prefer to study solo, I find that in groups it is too tempting to get off topic and waste time. Its also hard to schedule for me as a working parent. I did find that form...

I looked into both options (also a career changer with a BA) and went with the RN first option. I am still in school, but so far I feel that I made the right choice. I did not have any healthcare experience before starting the nursing program, and I ...

I just finished my first semester of nursing school, I'm also a mom of 2 and work 25 hours a week. I'm in an evening/weekend program so I have class 2-3 nights a week. What worked for us is that the month before school started I made a bunch of freez...

This is a fun memory I have of trying to keep the "Santa spirit" alive... When I was a teenager, my youngest sister was like 7 or 8 and starting to question Santa Claus. She decided she would leave a tape recorder playing all night to investigate. My...

Sorry I am just seeing this! Yes we did receive our entire clinical schedule for the semester about 2-3 days before classes began. I am on nights/weekends and I have lab or clinical on Saturdays from either 7-3 or 8-4 and Mondays its usually from 3-8...

I am a first year nursing student and this will be my second career. I want to prepare now so that I have the best chance possible to obtain a good job quickly after graduation in Spring 2018. I am also working in my current field 25 hours a week and...

Thank you for your thoughtful reply! From what I understand, they will consider ASN's who have enrolled in a BSN program, which I plan to do online following graduation. But I will verify that. It sounds like the student nurse associate job might be ...

Congrats!! I will preface this by saying that I'm only in my first semester. But nursing school is as hard as people say!! The material so far has not been difficult to learn but there is a lot of it. I can already tell that things are starting to ge...

Just chiming in with support and my two cents for what its worth... I've always had my kids in daycare because my family needs my income and I think a lot of good can come from it. That being said, I would really consider waiting the 2 years until he...

Congratulations on being accepted to nursing school! I think as moms, many of us have guilt over the time we have to be away from our children. I worked full time from when my daughter was born until this year when she turned six and I have been able...

One thing to consider is your ability to work while in school (may or may not be a concern for you)... I looked into several accelerated BSN programs but went with a community college program because it was way more flexible for a working adult stude...