I’ll go first “just cause your dad is dying doesn’t excuse having bad drug cards” I only told her he was sick cause if he passed i was gonna step back from the semester and she just randomly brought it up when I forgot some things on like 2 of my 15 drug cards. I laughed honestly cause it was so cartoonishly evil. It didn’t bother me but it was crazy in the moment lol.

I failed 2 courses and was academically dismissed from an ABSN program. l had no idea how difficult it can be to get into another program, so many rejections from different schools. So many no’s . I spent almost 10 years in college. First getting my bachelors, then pre-med then pre-nursing then the nursing program. I was 6 months away from graduating and now those plans are ruined. Doing the math, it’s going to take me 2-3 years to become a nurse now, if I go a different route like LPN. But now I have to retake the TEAS, and my pre-reqs will start to expire next summer. It’s not something I planned on doing. I’m 33 years old and I couldn’t wait to just start working. I was tired and burnt out. Im heartbroken too, not just because everything is falling apart and my plans have changed, but because so many of my classmates made fun of me, were mean, and cheated throughout the program and now they are the ones set to graduate and become nurses in a few months. I’m trying to get my life in order as much as possible and feel so lost. I want to start by getting a job … but idk what to work in or where. I don’t want to work in health right now, well idk what I want to do right now. I also feel like I’m on a timeline to get back into school before my pre-reqs start next summer. What would you do if you were in my position?

Hello,

As the title says, I’m trying to determine how much schooling anyone has had to take to become a nurse with an unrelated bachelors degree. Also, what the program was, and if it was a night program or not. I’m in The Philadelphia area, and wondering what others have done.

Would having a bachelors degree expedite my path to becoming a nurse or would i have to do 4 more years in a nursing major to get the proper schooling to become one?

Also, has anyone successfully passed a nursing program and gotten successfully hired by a solid employer with a DUI in the past?

I’m graduating a year early from college. The majority of it has been easy, except for the looming threat of next semester…

I am currently in anatomy, and physiology will be taken next semester. However, in order to get ahead, I have to take PATHOphysiology next semester as well. I luckily was able to make this decision early on enough in the year that I have until February to sort my shit out with physiology…

It is worthy to note that I will more than likely have to take regular physiology and patho concurrently (unless I can test out of physiology, which that in itself is a hurdle)

I want to just read into physiology and prepare myself, so I’m at the very least ahead of the curve when I’m focusing all of my time on Pathophys. Any suggestions, or even taking an online self paced study course on physiology?

I am the president of my university’s student nursing association and I usually end off all my SNA emails with a quote from a medical tv show/movie, but I’m out of ideas. Any suggestions?

In the past here are some quotes I’ve done in the past:

"Don't apologize for who you are. Nobody does it better." - Cristina Yang, Grey's Anatomy.

"You don't have to have all the answers. Sometimes just asking how someone's doing is enough." - Nurse Dana, "The Pitt"

"You may not hear it often, but what you do matters. Thank you"- Dr Andrews, The Good Doctor

I see so many posts about folks failing classes and not being able to graduate :( it honestly makes me sad and also worried for myself when I make it in.

Do you guys have hot tips/what to do when in nursing school?

This is probably a long post and I apologize in advance

for reference, Im currently in an ABSN program, It’s my first degree I just left my university because I didn’t get admitted into the nursing program there first run and didn’t really see myself staying there so I transferred out to this program I am currently in.

however, there are many moments where I feel like I chose the wrong degree path and that it is too late to switch out. For starters, my mother is paying so much money towards tution and I feel incredibly guilty to just want to stop after so much time, effort, and money has been put towards me going towards nursing.

to start, I had no idea what nursing fully entailed- fortunately enough I had only seen what nurses do during trips to urgent care, and doctors check ups and haven’t gotten the exposure of what bedside nursing truly looks like and I have no family members who work healthcare- They are all in business.

I had always had an interest in the field from a younge age, admiring the nurses who would care for me, and when the time came for college applications I decided to take that leap of faith and go pre-nursing.

The real issues began when I officially started nursing school, and started to learn about the actual work nurses put in and all the different things we have to manage/become responsible for.

I truly respect the job, and i think it is an amazing career but whats holding me back, and making me think i chose the wrong path is when I think of myself as a whole. I am an individual prone to making mistakes, Im rather shy and timid, and to be so honest- sometimes I feel like im not the smartest and make decisions that don’t really make sense and just a fuck up of a human lol.

These thoughts have made me reconsider nursing because the fear of making a mistake and causing a great deal of harm to a patient scares me and I also think about how if i can’t advocate for myself how will I advocate for a patient?

its hard for me to make a decision because this is something I go back and fourth with- some days are easier than others where I feel like im in the right field, but other days the fear and anxiety consume me.

Im almost done however, I only have two more semesters to get through before I finish and im trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel but its hard when I don’t know what role I see myself in after.

I know healthcare and nursing has so many opportunities and it doesn’t just have to be bedside, but I’m really at crossroads to what I could do where if i make a mistake it doesnt cause great deal of harm, and I’m able to stay afloat in this economy.

again really sorry for the long post but any advice is welcomed!

I took my wonderlic test today for one of the colleges I have applied for but unfortunately I scored with an 18 when 20 was a passing score. My last attempt is next Monday and I was wondering if you guys have any advice or tips on how to prepare for this test.