2 yr wait list-what to do until then? Suggestions?

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Hi!

I'm newly registered to the forum, though I have been reading it for months now. I am finishing my last pre-reqs (Anat, Phys, Chem) and then I have an approximate 2 year wait to get in to a nursing program. I am unsure what to do until then. I have money for school, but I don't know if I should take something else, find nursing study books and materials and get waaay ahead on the classes I'll have to take (provided I could find said books and materials), or what I should do. Any ideas that may help aid in my upcoming studies, clinicals, tests, etc? Maybe another area of study that can add to the RN degree I will be getting? I already have a BA, so I'm not starting from scratch. Thanks for any help---I'm going a little crazy trying to decide what to do with my next 2 years!! :uhoh21:

Melissa

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

first off...............welcome to the family. i suggest you may volunteer in the community, and most of all enjoy your family. time passes by quick, so don't think about it too much. good luck to you. :)

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first off...............welcome to the family. i suggest you may volunteer in the community, and most of all enjoy your family. time passes by quick, so don't think about it too much. good luck to you. :)

thanks for the welcome! i guess i should have also said that i currently have a great paying, exciting job working in airborne data collection for the d.o.d. i really feel like i want to spend some time reading up, studying, learning, or something, in my down time at work and in the evenings (after bedtime) at home. i love to learn and go to school, so this seems like a natural course to try to take, but i don't know what would be helpful and productive. i have energy and want to use it well. thanks again for your reply. the posts i have read from you are so friendly!

melissa

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Specializes in LTAC, Telemetry, Thoracic Surgery, ED.

get CPR certified get all your shots etc....these need to be done before you can start clinicals

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I would get a job in a hospital to get experience. You could work as a unit clerk, or take a course to become a CNA/PCT or Phlebotomist. You could also be a patient sitter. Getting in the door and on a unit to see how it operates is invaluable. One Labor/Delivery nurse I met got hired by a big teaching hospital in Boston where they NEVER hire new grads in L & D because she started as a Unit Clerk, then as a nursing student was a PCT on the L & D floor. When she graduated they offered her a position immediately.

Even if you only work PRN a few days a month, you would really get some good experience under your belt! This experience mught bump you up on the waitlist too. Good luck.

Thanks for the welcome! I guess I should have also said that I currently have a great paying, exciting job working in Airborne data collection for the D.o.D. I really feel like I want to spend some time reading up, studying, learning, or something, in my down time at work and in the evenings (after bedtime) at home. I love to learn and go to school, so this seems like a natural course to try to take, but I don't know what would be helpful and productive. I have energy and want to use it well. Thanks again for your reply. The posts I have read from you are so friendly!

Melissa

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Hi, Goodyear. I had to wait and looking through the quick vocational courses my community college offered, I chose phlebotomy. It took only one semester. In clinicals I did about 140 sticks and earned my certificate.

The best part is knowing how to draw blood the right way and the experience working on different floors and inside the lab. It's very valuable stuff for a nurse.

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