Sick kids and nursing school

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i'm so happy i found you guys! what a wonderful resource for everybody! i didn't start nursing school yet, and still, after reading all your stories feel i know so much already!. thank you

i just received my letter of acceptance from the local adn program! :bow::yeah:i start on august 20th! if you wouldn't mind i have a couple of questions for you:

1 for moms with young children - what do you do when your kids get sick? mine (age 5 and 9) get sick quite a bit, with high fevers and such. 104 or 105 is a common thing in my house during a flu season. until now i tried to manage my prereq's around them and so far when they were sick my instructors were very understanding. but nursing school is different. i do have somebody that will help me with taking care of them when they are home. it's not family, but it's a help. my question is how do you cope when they are really sick? i understand how important attendance for nursing school. but is there really no room for emergencies like these? how did you moms cope? what did you do in situations like this? moms, share your stories, please.

2. changing gears here - to how do you study. i've read on this board about enormous quantities of reading of material that you cover in short period of time. along with all the other important busy work of nursing school. many of you wrote that you make flashcards and rewrite your notes, something i've been doing myself in prereq's. what i was wondering about is - after you've done your reading (i'm a slow reader) and assigned work, how can you still find time for making flashcards and rewriting notes? what are your secrets?

thanks for sharing.

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