marysuehil ADN

It is absolutely doable. I will be 54 next week and will graduate from my program in May. And I continue to work full-time (In class/clinical Mon-Thur and work Fri-Sun). You've got this.

I am 53 and just completed the first year of my program. It is doable. Just go for it.

Well as this post is nearing 200 pages, I figured I would add another story from my experiences. I currently work in a small hospital that is under going renovation. I have experienced quite a few things since coming to work here several years ago....

Ok, I am back with another tale of strange occurrences. As from an earlier post, I was once stationed at a base in NM and the hospital was downsized to a clinic. We still ran ambulance services, Family Practice, Immunizations, Women's Health, etc, ...

Ok, I posted a couple of stories a while back so in the spirit (pun intended) of keeping things going and the fact that Halloween is coming, I will post again. I was stationed at a base in NM and worked in the hospital that was downsizing at the ti...

Hi, I commute 88 miles 1 way. Thru a lengthy construction zone and around the Research Triangle Park. Traffic blows and I spend anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 hrs one way in traffic. It can be annoying but I am in the school I wanted which makes it wort...

Rather than printing things out, what worked for me was getting a Surface Book. I can write directly on the slides and hand write all my notes in OneNote. I just set up a "notebook" for each class and would take notes in which ever notebook I neede...

I think one of my biggest pet peeves is when you go in your patient's room and find the significant other "servicing" the patient......

Thanks. It's gonna take me about and hour and a half but I agree that it will be worth it. I go to UMO-RTP on Thurs to sign up for classes. I already faxed my VA paperwork to my financial aid person so hopefully that goes thru quickly. I didn't g...

Just wanted to post this and say that I have been accepted to the University of Mount Olive/Watts School of Nursing program! I will do my prereqs in Jan thru UMO and start Watts in Aug. I am excited and happy to be finishing something I started a l...

Thanks! I am really happy to have gotten in. (although not looking forward to the drive to Durham but one does what one needs to.)

Alrighty, in the spirit of Halloween week and because I have more than a few stories, here is another. This one is not hospital related as my first two were but I hope y'all like them. When I was around 6 or 7, I was at church and in between Sunday ...

Ok, one more before I call it a night. At my first assignment after training, I was at a base hospital in northern California. We had the usual stuff, call bells that went off when no one was in the room, tvs turning themselves on, etc. After about...

Ok, I have finally finished reading all these wonderful stories so I must add one of my own. I have many from over the years starting in childhood and continuing to present. I was a medic in the Air Force and since retirement, work in a hospital as a...

So, after much procrastination, I took my HESI this week. I made sure, I got a good nights sleep and arrived at the test site about 15 min early. I only had to take Math, Reading Comp, Vocabulary and General knowledge, and Grammar. My test site ha...

I used The Compleet Idiot's Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams and Nursing School Entrance Exams by Learning Express.

Hi Everyone, After several months of procrastination, self doubt, worrying that I am too old to do this and in general getting in my own way, I have scheduled my HESI for 27 Jun. I have bought a couple of study guides and hope to pass this thing and...

Hi, I am registering to take the HESI so I can apply to Watts. I just turned 50. Spent 21 yrs in the AF as a medic and been working the last 2 as a cardiac monitor tech. I went to MOC back in the 80's right after high school and completed all thos...