Galvingirl

I think you have lots of experience. When writing your resume, I would most likely leave out singing, music, and your own personal birth experiences. While those births are valuable to shape you as a nurse they seem odd on a resume. Stress your birth education jobs and Fula experience. Maybe even look into seeing if a local birth center will hire you! I am a 23 year old mother, wanting to go into l&d and think your experience is inspiring!

I start at the university of Saint marys in June. It is right across the Kansas/ Missouri boarder in Leavenworth ks. I had a 3.2 for my first degree (graduated in under 3 years) but I did have 5 years Heathcare experience. I know they require micro, stats, and a&p 1,2. But it's worth a shot and they have great nclex plans rates

A lot of people don't realize that on unit noise is a factor in how hospitals are rated (yes it's small, but still matters) and can even effect insurance compensation. I'm only in pre nursing, but I currently work in the health information department at a large local hospital and have noted almost all of our floors are very quite except labor and delivery due to large families. I also progress the data rating papers for our hospital system (9 hospitals) and have seen the noise breakdown in points on ratings.

Why do you say you will only be happy working with babies? Do you have experience with babies, children, or pregnant women? If not you are making an assumption based on a rosy idea that everything is always sunshine and rainbows in these departments. I also want to work in l&d or nicu, but the difference is I have 2 kids, I've known what a pregnancy loss is like and what those patients will experience. I suffered pre eclampsia and my son was nearly a premie after dealing with over a month of bed rest. I'm not saying that you need to have these experiences are needed to go into these fields or that not having children bars you from entry into them but you can not say those are the only roads to nursing happiness for you. I will be keeping an open mind through nursing school and my job hunt! I can understand having doubts about nursing school. I start a 11 month accelerated second degree program in June after deciding I didn't want to pursue a masters in psychology. Do you have any experience in healthcare? I would recommend taking a year to work in the field you went to school for. You will have a better chance of getting into nursing school if they don't just think you are going to jump ship on nursing as well. Shadow a nurse, talk to nurses, speak to a college career counselor, but most importantly don't have a closed mind or think any part of a profession is below you or something you won't like unless you have any experience to base that on.

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If you are not sure of nursing have you looked into other health care jobs? Radiology tech ect? Nursing is not for everyone, even with financial aid it is very expensive and not a career you want to regret

Is there a reason for the f that you can explain. I recently got accepted into a very competitive absn program. I had to explain why I got a D, and F and a W all in the same semester. My mother died during finals week and I missed the two weeks prior to help her plan her funeral. I also had to show that every following semester my gpa improved even earning honors the semester after. If something in your life contributed to it explain it. I even pointed it out in my personal statement. Don't make excuses, but showing progress after and retaking helps them see it's not a pattern.

Did you get into st. Mary? I was accepted into the summer 2016 accelerated program

It really depends on the person. I am working on my second bachelors (1st was in psychology) and am now taking a&p 2. Most of my class mates this semester and last have been freshman. I have seen many of them struggle in our class that I consider relatively easy. I work 48 hours a week 3rd shift and have two kids under the age of 3 so I am only able to dedicate 3-4 hours a week to study. I have a medical background as an Emt which has helped me tremendously, but I also know how to study more effectively than many of the freshman students. If it is easy for you, then great! Get an A and try to retain some of the info for later in nursing school but don't stress to much about content as all of it will be recovered again in much greater depth. If you are struggling I would recommend khan academy videos, crash course anatomy on YouTube (although he talks REALLY fast so listen to these as a refresher not at first. Make study guides, do group study and answer test like questions. You can find these in many a&p books or by using quizlet. I average about a 98% on exams, but got an A- last semester because our lab is much harder than the lecture. I spend 4-5 hours a week physically in these classes and know many community college classes aren't as long or in depth.