Suprise! Nursing School Starts Now

[TheWalkingRN]

Hello all,

I just registered myself into this forum as it seemed like it had a lot of helpful people lending guidance to other nursing persona in different places in their careers. I attend a school that is waitlisted after you pass the entrance exam (TEAS V). I finished all my prerequisites, passed the TEAS, and had a pretty empty schedule for this upcoming Fall of 2015. The plan was that I was on board to start Nursing the Fall of 2016. A year wait, not bad. Summer is now ending and I get a call from the associate Dean of Nursing from my school and I'm informed that I got bumped up a year and offered me to start in less than 3 weeks. What?! There are things to be done that students that got accepted a few months ago have had weeks and weeks to do, and the Dean gave me and a few other students an extension to get everything done by the beginning of next month. I'm a little bit shaken and am seeking any help, advice, guidance, words of wisdom from anybody here. After passing the TEAS I was so excited to plan to be in this position in a year. I didn't think it would have came a year early. Have I made the right decision by jumping into it so suddenly?

[emmy27]

Purple_roses - Thank you so much for helping me. I really appreciate it. One last question for you. My acceptance letter told us to be unemployed during the program if at all possible. The dean also asked me if I was working more than 20 hours. I work in the gift shop at the local hospital nearby and I love working there. I work alternate weekends, a total of 16 hours every weekend I work. It's nice to talk to the nurses and doctors there as I'm able to ask them about anything. I told the dean that I'm only working 16 hours and she told me to just try and juggle, but know what I have to do if things get too hard. What is your take on it?

It's possible- though not ideal- to have a non-healthcare job during nursing school. It's best if it's something lowkey where you can potentially study, and that it be flexible and not demand too many hours. It sounds like your job fits the bill, so you might be able to make it work.

It's good that it's at a hospital- you'll be well-set-up to apply for nurse extern/tech type positions there after your first semester, which will give you great experience and put you in a good position to be hired once you are an RN.