fyrephish ADN, RN

I'm pretty close in age to you. I'm 34 (soon 35) and just finished my first semester of prereqs. You got this! It's exciting and exhilarating to remake yourself at any age. I've been in retail banking now for 8 years and really decided I hit a dea...

I guess I'm excited because of two reasons: One, I haven't been in school for over ten years, and two I did much better than I expected. I'm not sure exactly how to judge how hard my classes are, but they were much easier than I expected. I've bee...

For those of you who came to nursing from a very different background (i.e. business, retail, etc) did you inform your employer what you were going to school for and keep it a secret until your graduation? I'm torn because I do want to keep my emplo...

I'm doing very well in my chemistry class. I have a grade of 99 so far. Yay me. Anyways, I have become increasingly frustrated with other classmates in my lab (not my lab partner) coming over to me to ask for explanations of the lab work or what a...

I know this is a long while back, but I wanted to ask you GiustinaSchiano what your experience was taking microbiology as a summer course. Is it very difficult in a shorter semester? I was considering it for Summer 2017. Thank you!

I've had something similar happen to me, in my chemistry class. As easy as it is, there are some struggling I guess because I spend half my lab explaining how to do something to a couple of other people. I was so frustrated one day because I would ...

I learned that I can do better than I thought. I had serious doubts about how I was going to do in school after 13 years out of college. It's been a very busy few weeks but now I'm building confidence because my grades have kicked butt so far! I'm...

Thank you, I think I can keep it on the down low for the time being. When folks ask me what I'm going back to school for I bubble up with excitement and want to share my aspirations, but I always tell them that I'm going for general studies and the ...

I am currently enrolled in Capital CC and starting my pre-req classes for nursing. The class I've enrolled in is Concepts of Chemistry, which is a pre-req for A&P. Definitely check with an advisor if you need both Gen Chemistry to cover the equ...

Hello, I've finally decided to make something out of myself. I have wanted a more meaningful job than the one I have, sitting at a desk, opening accounts, pushing products/life insurance/investments. It's not me. It never was. I have been thinkin...

My mother just finished her RN in May of this year at age 62. You can do it! It's never too late.

I don't see my job being flexible as the demands for my time both at work and after hours seem to be increasing. I could go part time, but even that is around 30 hours a week which is pretty darn close to full time but with costlier benefits. I'm g...

These are great suggestions, thanks. I have a three year old daughter so finding time to study is putting me into sleep deprivation mode. Ideally I'm going to leave my job and hopefully work part time when I'm in nursing school but my current job i...

I just started my semester last week. I'm pulling a Chemistry class/lab and a computer class (prereq for nursing, and I could have tested out I think but I wanted an easy class to boost my overall GPA). So far it isn't as bad as I thought, but then...