Received Acceptance Letter

dvl135 · Feb 28, 2012

Erica,

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you may as well put in your two weeks notice. First off, the first semester of nursing school is BRUTAL, be after that if you expect to get a job anywhere as a Nurse in a residency program, which is competitive, you will need to become a PCT, which will not give you anytime at your current job. DONT WORRY though, you are coming close to the end where you will have a really satisfying job that gives you plenty of stability and options. So whenever you feel like quiting, just remember to take it day by day and stop looking to the week or month you are about to have, because nursing school is hard, and it needs to be, after you graduate, you are holding peoples lives in your hands, and they want to make sure you keep them alive. Good luck to you and expect that dating and social life, will be non-exsistant.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Feb 28, 2012

good for you, erica! it'll be a challenge but you will be better for it, and it won't do your child any harm to see her mom working hard to achieve a goal. if you stay with your parents, they can help too, and reinforce that whole idea. you're also going into it with a really good attitude that will take you a long way.

by all means, if there's any way you can do school without work, do it that way. it will be orders of magnitude easier, and then when you are a grad, you can go to work refreshed, not totally exhausted by years of schoolandwork.

i'm thrilled for you! stay in touch!

MyMystudentRN · Feb 28, 2012

yes i took 6 months off of work to devote my time to school luckily i have an amazing supportive bf who supported me the whole time until i felt like i had a hold on my school and the way my professor taught i was able to return to work full-time

i hope you do what is best for you and prove to yourselves you can support yourself and dont need anybody but yourself. goodluck on your future

ericaej · Feb 28, 2012

Thank you all for the responses. If you took time off, how did you finance it? I have applied to a lottery scholarship called the competitive skills scholarship. Maybe I'll get it, maybe I won't. That's the problem with lotteries, no gpa requirement. I'm currently an honors student and have taken A & P. I passed with an A and loved it. I scored high on the HESI as well. I get $400 a month in child support. Like I said, I'm not opposed to taking out loans to ensure I learn what I need to know. :)

Everyone says nursing school is brutal. :/ I will have to take the core nursing classes and microbiology. I've done everything else (Biology, A & P, math, and general electives). I'm planning on doing a self study on microbiology a.s.a.p. I'm also learning Spanish and want to become bilingual so I can't just drop it from my learning; even when I am done with Spanish this semester. As a requirement of my current school's honors program I had to take critical thinking and writing. Do you think that this will be helpful when it comes to nursing critical thinking skills? I have been reading nursing books and quizzes to prepare as well. Maybe I am prepping too much, maybe not. I'm bored with my liberal studies classes but know I have to finish out this semester on a good note.

Thanks again,

Erica

P.S. I don't have a social life anyway! My personality type is supposedly an ESTJ, but I'm not really good about going out and socializing. I get it at school and work and that's usually enough for me. Also, I have a boyfriend who's in school for his bachelor of science in computer information systems so we sit side by side and do homework now. LOL. That's our idea of a date. And maybe watching netflix.

MyMystudentRN · Feb 28, 2012

Yes! Critical thinking is a biggie in nursing everything you do involves critical thinking, You need your critical thinking skills to pass the Nclex so yes continue doing what you're doing. You're on the right path to success.