Get my Nursing Degree

I am on the waiting list for maricopa district in Arizona. I just applied. Its a good year and a half (or more..) waiting list. A bit depressing. I only have 2 pre-reqs left for the program (anatomy and physiology II and Microbiology) which I am doing this fall semester. After that, I am not sure what to do.

I am a CNA right now but not working as one yet. No one seems to want to hire a new grad CNA right now and I dont have the energy to job-hunt all the time especially during school and working in a restaurant.

I am about to volunteer at the hospital though. Probably for a good couple of years.

I really would like a decent job while I am waiting for the nursing program though. One that pays well…the job I have now doesnt cut it. And I have to pay 6k for nursing alone. Talk about stress.

I’ve officially signed up for my first class, Intro to Chem. Having graduated two years ago, it will be interesting to see if I can sit down and study again (not that I was ever very good at it to begin with).

I am in my 2nd year at uni so i am on my way to achieve this. Its very hard & challenging but i will get there:-).

I have 4 months left, one quarter. I’m working full time 3rd shift right now as an STNA…it’s gonna be rough.

this semester was hell. I have a weirdo for a clinical instructor, i got poor scores on my first three tests, and then…..88, 90, 103 and 103. I got 1035 on the Hesi mid cirricular exam. 850 is considered acceptable. So, i guess all that worry and studying and bugging my girlfriends to study with me has payed off. I get the summer off and i’ll be ready for the fall.

I offer my prayers and best wishes all nursing students.

regards
somekitties

placement for this Fall semester, because it means I would have to move back to Arizona for two years… and I’m not willing to give everything up here.

It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make. There are no guarantees that I won’t regret my decision later, but I am willing to accept my consequences if I’m being a bone-head.

‘Nuff said. I don’t want to talk about it.

Startin March 21st I take courses to become a Basic EMT so that I can work in an ambulance or as an assistant in an emergency room. I currently go to Cal State Long Beach but due to some emtional trauma am only going part time, so I think this EMT will be a good thing for me to do plus it will be a good foot in the door for the career I am pursing in Nursing and later in Cardiology. After I finish my Pre Rec courses at Cal State im gonna go to the American University of Health Sciences to get my BSN and later UCLA pre med? I have not exactly finished making out all of my plans, I just hope I am not setting the bar too high for myself or biting off more than I can chew.

I got a phone call today that I’ve been accepted to the Nursing Program at Maricopa Community College in Phoenix.

And I start tomorrow.

How wrong is that?

Of course, I had to turn it down.

to re-open this goal. I’m feeling empowered lately. :D

It’s been over a year on the waiting list, and the possibility for making the program in January is slim (at best). I’m tired of putting my life on hold. I need to move on. I’ll finish my classes this semester, but that’s it. I’m going to change my major… to what? I don’t know. I’m still looking over the programs for something that interests me and won’t make me wait to get in.

It’s a shame. Nurses are so badly needed all over the world, and I meet so many students that are fed up with waiting. You’d think somebody somewhere would step up and make it right. Normally that would be me, but I don’t know how and I’m tired of trying.

One less nurse-to-be.