To Drop or Not to Drop....

[annabananaof8]

Hello again!

I have a predicament. I'm currently taking my prerequisites for an ABSN degree. I have nearly finished 3/6 required classes, and need 3 more which I intended to take this fall in order to apply and start my ABSN in May.

Then...my plans kind of got threw for a loop.

I found out I'm pregnant. (HUGE surprise and NOT part of my plan at all...we were done with our 7 babies!!!)

So I'm kind of torn on what to do. I'm only 6 weeks, and part of me is afraid to drop my fall classes for fear should something happen, I will have lost my opportunity to start nursing school in May. If I don't drop, then I'm not sure how to handle Chemistry, A&P 2, and Nutrition along with a high risk pregnancy. I thought about dropping the Nutrition until the spring semester because I've done online classes before with a newborn, but again, I'm not sure what kind of complications my baby may have.

What would you do in my situation? I really, really, really want to go back to school to be a nurse. If I could find a way to find childcare for a 2 month old I would totally still continue with my plan to start school in May, but I don't see that happening.

[cayenne06, MSN, CNM]

Good for you! Sickening how abortion would even be brought up as an option. If you already had a baby and it had special needs which conflicted with your nursing plans, would "Simplistic" have thought killing your baby an option? Probably not. But, since the baby is still in vitro, it's fair game. Sickening.

Sooo... you are saying that if a pregnant woman came to you to discuss options, you wouldnt volunteer information about abortion?

What would you do if your patient came to you specifically for help accessing abortion services?

Your personal beliefs are irrelevant. Abortion is safe, and women deserve to know all the choices available to them. You have a duty to provide medically accurate information to your patients. If you just can't bring yourself to say the "A" word, you need to ask another nurse to step in and counsel her.