As some of you may know, I am a nursing student in the Pre-RN program. I've been going to school for 2 years now and have completed all of my prerequisite and corequisite courses that go along with the core nursing classes. I just applied to the actual RN program last semester. Well, I got a huge disappoinment yesterday. They mailed me my acceptance letter, which is great, but I'm not admitted until January 2005! The waiting list is soooooo long. I don't want to take a whole year off from school. I want to be a nurse now! I feel like I'm in limbo. Should I look into transferring to another school? Or just wait it out? It's too late for me to apply with another nursing school for next semester (January 2004). If I do switch schools, I'd probably get to start my classes in August 2004. But I'd also have to take a few extra classes (different schools have different prerequisites). On the other hand, there is a possibility of people dropping out of the program at my current school and then I'd get bumped up into the August 2004 class.
I've been so excited about school and I'm an awesome student. But this really has put a damper on my feelings about school. I just don't know what to do. Thanks for letting me gripe.
...Jennifer...
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UWGB has a nursing program that is 100% internet based. We have had graduated people from Florida!
Here is the website
http://www.uwgb.edu/catalog/UNDRGRAD/NUR.HTM
Here is the website
http://www.uwgb.edu/catalog/UNDRGRAD/NUR.HTM
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Jen - sorry to hear about this too. That has to be very disappointing! Are you on a waiting list? Sure hope so.
I will share with you my sister-in-law's situation. She went to nursing school, right out of HS, at a school affiliated with one of our most premier local hospitals, The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati). Within 2 years she earned her nursing degree. They dangled a full time job in front of her and she took it. Salary was great, BTW. Then 28,000 she said (10 years ago). Some graduates were going on to get their Bachelors in Nursing but she decided to take a break from studying and go right to work. Then she got married a few years later, and suddenly having a BS in Nursing would have been a very good idea. They offered her a management position, she was in charge of an entire wing (charge duties, schedules, etc.). That job came with a lot of responsibilities and she got a huge pay raise. Then they said we'll pay half of your tuition if you go back for your BS. She did, taking one 3.5 hour class a week. After putting in 50 hours a week. She was so worn out. She did that for a few quarters. Then she got pregnant, a few months later her husband had a massive stroke and is now permanently disabled. She had to put classes aside and now it's over 3 years later. Maybe in time when her little girl is in school full time she can go back but she works the nursing shift no one wants - Sat./Sun. nights, 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. She is making the same as if she was managing again (b/c again, it's hard to find nurses to fill that schedule, that shift pays very well).
Very long story short, she regrets not continuing on and getting her BS. Before she had a baby. And before her husband became disabled. If she had her BS many more options would be available to her. But for now this is her schedule.
Hope that helps. I'm not clear on if you're eventually getting your BS or not. I'd suggest taking classes towards a BS while waiting for nursing classes to start.
Mary
I will share with you my sister-in-law's situation. She went to nursing school, right out of HS, at a school affiliated with one of our most premier local hospitals, The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati). Within 2 years she earned her nursing degree. They dangled a full time job in front of her and she took it. Salary was great, BTW. Then 28,000 she said (10 years ago). Some graduates were going on to get their Bachelors in Nursing but she decided to take a break from studying and go right to work. Then she got married a few years later, and suddenly having a BS in Nursing would have been a very good idea. They offered her a management position, she was in charge of an entire wing (charge duties, schedules, etc.). That job came with a lot of responsibilities and she got a huge pay raise. Then they said we'll pay half of your tuition if you go back for your BS. She did, taking one 3.5 hour class a week. After putting in 50 hours a week. She was so worn out. She did that for a few quarters. Then she got pregnant, a few months later her husband had a massive stroke and is now permanently disabled. She had to put classes aside and now it's over 3 years later. Maybe in time when her little girl is in school full time she can go back but she works the nursing shift no one wants - Sat./Sun. nights, 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. She is making the same as if she was managing again (b/c again, it's hard to find nurses to fill that schedule, that shift pays very well).
Very long story short, she regrets not continuing on and getting her BS. Before she had a baby. And before her husband became disabled. If she had her BS many more options would be available to her. But for now this is her schedule.
Hope that helps. I'm not clear on if you're eventually getting your BS or not. I'd suggest taking classes towards a BS while waiting for nursing classes to start.
Mary
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Thanks for your words of encouragement Stormy. I think most of my credits are transferable. 
Miss Mary, I am taking classes for my BS right now. Definetly plan on getting my BS, maybe even my MS. Not sure yet. I hope your sis-in-law finds a way to pursue her BS when the time is right. It's tough having a baby and being in school, couldn't imagine the added stress of her husband's medical condition and a full time job. Thanks for sharing.
Miss Mary, I am taking classes for my BS right now. Definetly plan on getting my BS, maybe even my MS. Not sure yet. I hope your sis-in-law finds a way to pursue her BS when the time is right. It's tough having a baby and being in school, couldn't imagine the added stress of her husband's medical condition and a full time job. Thanks for sharing.
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Jennifer...
We can plan and we can try to put all the pieces together in a row...and make our way from point to point just the way we want sometimes. Other times, like this one, there are obstacles put in the road ahead of us...ones we don't want. In this case, your roadblock is time.
Challenges pop up in our lives and give us an opportunity to make decisions, weigh our options, consider our alternatives, or just plain give up if we want to. Truth is, you can find a way to turn this disappointment into something good. Maybe during that time you can get some additional training. Maybe during that time you can get a little further ahead with your B.S.. Perhaps you'll meet someone who comes up with another option for you. Or maybe that time off will be a gift in some other way.
I've learned it is easy to get disappointed and distracted and be angry at things that happen to you...and that is probably a natural feeling right now. But then again, you can pick up the things that ARE going right and things that ARE working for you and change that frustration into opportunity...your disappointment into something good....for you, and/or for others.
A former student of mine (she is now 38 years old!) worked in the travel industry for many years (before the internet!). She was great at what she did. She arranged travel for all kinds of execs...all parts of the world. It gave her a chance to travel, and it provided some needed income for her family (husband and three girls).
Lo and behold, about two years ago she told me her position was being eliminated. Shortly after that the whole place shut down...and she had a decision to make. Shelly took a step back, thought about her future, and put on a nursing cap and started school.
A note from her just today told me she is now working and continuing her education while working on the oncology floor of a major hospital back in Illinois...not far from home. I remind her often how I have believed in her since she was 12 (she says she tries to practice some of my "rules of life" with her own three daughters)...and she is making a difference while on the journey...not having to wait until she gets that degree or becomes a full fledged nurse.
Life is about what we do with the time we have...not JUST about accomplishing a goal or achieving some training.
I could walk by you on the street, Jennifer, and never even know who you are. But what I see on Storm2k...in the words you write, in the dreams you have, you will find good in whatever you do...and whenever you do it. Others see that in you too.
So...research your options, talk over the possibilities with hubby Chad, and then follow the path that opens in front of you.
And along the way, make the days count that you have. Use the talents and spirit we see in you to make a difference when you can.
If you do that, the answer to your question about what to do next will seem to open up right before your eyes.
Good luck to you and the family. Your friends here will be pulling for you.
Steve (aka azskyman)
We can plan and we can try to put all the pieces together in a row...and make our way from point to point just the way we want sometimes. Other times, like this one, there are obstacles put in the road ahead of us...ones we don't want. In this case, your roadblock is time.
Challenges pop up in our lives and give us an opportunity to make decisions, weigh our options, consider our alternatives, or just plain give up if we want to. Truth is, you can find a way to turn this disappointment into something good. Maybe during that time you can get some additional training. Maybe during that time you can get a little further ahead with your B.S.. Perhaps you'll meet someone who comes up with another option for you. Or maybe that time off will be a gift in some other way.
I've learned it is easy to get disappointed and distracted and be angry at things that happen to you...and that is probably a natural feeling right now. But then again, you can pick up the things that ARE going right and things that ARE working for you and change that frustration into opportunity...your disappointment into something good....for you, and/or for others.
A former student of mine (she is now 38 years old!) worked in the travel industry for many years (before the internet!). She was great at what she did. She arranged travel for all kinds of execs...all parts of the world. It gave her a chance to travel, and it provided some needed income for her family (husband and three girls).
Lo and behold, about two years ago she told me her position was being eliminated. Shortly after that the whole place shut down...and she had a decision to make. Shelly took a step back, thought about her future, and put on a nursing cap and started school.
A note from her just today told me she is now working and continuing her education while working on the oncology floor of a major hospital back in Illinois...not far from home. I remind her often how I have believed in her since she was 12 (she says she tries to practice some of my "rules of life" with her own three daughters)...and she is making a difference while on the journey...not having to wait until she gets that degree or becomes a full fledged nurse.
Life is about what we do with the time we have...not JUST about accomplishing a goal or achieving some training.
I could walk by you on the street, Jennifer, and never even know who you are. But what I see on Storm2k...in the words you write, in the dreams you have, you will find good in whatever you do...and whenever you do it. Others see that in you too.
So...research your options, talk over the possibilities with hubby Chad, and then follow the path that opens in front of you.
And along the way, make the days count that you have. Use the talents and spirit we see in you to make a difference when you can.
If you do that, the answer to your question about what to do next will seem to open up right before your eyes.
Good luck to you and the family. Your friends here will be pulling for you.
Steve (aka azskyman)
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Jen, I too am a nursing student. Most schools around here have a waiting list until 2006. Those that don't have as long of a list are the universities in which you would have to go for your bachellors degree. I am currently an ADN student accepted for fall 2004.
You could apply to other colleges...maybe they don't have as long of a waiting list. But you could also take the practical nursing program for 1 year, become an LPN and then get into the bridge program to get your associates in 1 more year. That way you could get to work and get some hands-on experience. At my college there is less of a wait if you do it this way. I finish all of my pre-req's next semester, thank goodness! I've worked my fingers to the bone for the last 3 semesters to do it...but it is well worth the effort.
Another suggestion is to go ahead and take the classes that will eventually go towards your bachellors degree if you think you might want to go that far.
Something will come up...don't give up!
You could apply to other colleges...maybe they don't have as long of a waiting list. But you could also take the practical nursing program for 1 year, become an LPN and then get into the bridge program to get your associates in 1 more year. That way you could get to work and get some hands-on experience. At my college there is less of a wait if you do it this way. I finish all of my pre-req's next semester, thank goodness! I've worked my fingers to the bone for the last 3 semesters to do it...but it is well worth the effort.
Another suggestion is to go ahead and take the classes that will eventually go towards your bachellors degree if you think you might want to go that far.
Something will come up...don't give up!
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ColdFront77 wrote:There is some good news with there being a backup in the nursing field. The United States is in dire need of nurses.
chadtm80 wrote:Exactly.. There is a Shortage of Nurses.. So a back up is a very bad thing.. And unacceptable at that..
Sorry, Chad. I agree with you 100%. My main point was that the backup is an indication that there are enough people wanting to become nurses. The great number of individuals who are nursing students are obviously backing up the classes that they need to take.
They do need to go through a certain amount of training. What can possibly be done to speed the process up?
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Ohh, Jen! So sorry to hear that!! Life has a way of throwing those curve balls eh? Just keep in mind, everything happens for a REASON!! Maybe this happened to make you take a step back, and look at where your life is at this moment! Maybe that isn't the right school for you, or maybe God wanted you to take the time to really appreciate what it is you are about to do, and give you some more time with Dustin!! Whatever the reason, I am sure you will come up with the solution that best suits you!! You deserve it! 
Hey, if worse comes to worse you, Chad and Dustin could always move to IOWA and check out the schools here!! We have SNOW!!! LMAO (Only wanted to make ya laugh there!)
Hey, if worse comes to worse you, Chad and Dustin could always move to IOWA and check out the schools here!! We have SNOW!!! LMAO (Only wanted to make ya laugh there!)
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