Well, I guess I am back in teh "pre-nursing" stage AGAIN!

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Hey guys! I'M BACK! I havent even been able to look at this board for months because I have been so pissed off.

Anyway, I have made a decision about continuing my schooling and working towards my BSN. I was in an ADN program last fall--an A student--then moved out of state due to hubby's job in January-was told transferring my ADN stuff shouldnt be a problem! HAHAHA! :rotfl: :uhoh21:

Yeah right. Is anything pertaining to nursing school easy? I live in Florida now and they have completely different pre reqs and co reqs for their ADN programs--so I basically lost all the credits I got in my other program (yea, I have a million elective now ), and then because I have to start over with all new pre reqs, I cant start actual nursing classes until my NEW pre-co-reqs are done.

To top it all off, after reviewing my Fundamentals stuff from last year, I was told by the CC's here that my classes were "substandard." In Florida you take a 10 hr fundamentals and in my other state you take 8 hrs. Sux huh? :crying2:

So I've cried a lot and I had basically given up. Then I thought, why should I let the system beat me?? Its freakin ridiculous that I have to get so beat up along my path to becoming a nurse in order to HELP OTHERS--but I guess I am willing to put up with the hard knocks. (Hey someone has to do it, right?)

So, its my dream to teach nursing-I need at least a BSN for that--so I am going to TRY to get into UCF--HAHA! But, I am smart enought to know I need a backup plan. I am finishing up my AA with all my pre reqs included, then I 'll apply to UCF. While I'm waiting to get into the BSN program tehre (which may never happen), I am going to finish my English degree (I've got 2 semesters for that). I've heard UCF doesnt take people under a 3.6 for BSN basic. AND I dont think I can get my GPA up there, so if I dont get into the basic BSN program, I will finish up my first BA in English then apply to the accelerated second BSN program @UCF. IF I DONT GET INTO THAT, I'll just teach English, dammit! :coollook:

Sound complicated? Yeah it is. Sound doable? Yeah, to me it does. I have found that it is virtually impossible to trust the education system of US nurses-we are all on our own, kids. No instructors, no room in the schools, and then who knows if each of us will even make it through the program! So make plans accordingly! :cool: HAVE A BACKUP! Learn from my hell :angryfire -LOL!

Any other BSN peeps out there? Gosh, I wrote a BOOK! Sorry! :uhoh3:

Amy :)

Specializes in LDRP.

This is the whole prob w/ education-it just IS NOT individualized. Life experience is never taken into account as well as thorough investigation of the applicants learning experience so far--I know its impossible to have this happen for each person--but so many people slip through the cracks. Then you have the people who should just NOT be in nursing school get in and then failing the NCLEX not once, but over and over. AND I believe accepting people based soley on GPA is completely ridiculous--there are so many great nurses out there who may not be "book smart" but have the critical thinking skills, common sense, compassion, street smarts, and GUMPTION to kick butt in the workplace.

Yeah, this is why I am going into the education side of things. If I can change things for ONE person I will feel like I have accomplished something HUGE!

May I always remember where I am this very moment, and may I never forget the plight of the student! :nurse:

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