Sitting here at the nurses station.
I am orienting a new hire nurse who is someone I went to school with. The result is I am enjoying the pleasure of having an extra nurse around to split the load.
Ah, half a floor......
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I've been thinking about what happens if I get into the RN nursing program for this fall. The way things are going now, I'll have all my pre-requisites done by the end of the Fall 11 semester. The RN program doesn't start till Fall 12. Applications have to be in for the program by Feb 12.
The way it looks now, if I get into the program I'll have to take 4 nursing classes and 4 A&P classes and be done. Since my prereqs are done I'll only have to take two (big & major) classes each semester, A&P and Nursing.
This also leaves me with an empty semester, Spring 11.
Now in theory I can challenge A&P1 and A&P2. I'd have a fair chance of successfully challenging (and thus not needing to take)A&P1, though I am told very few successfully challenge A&P2.
If I successfully challenge A&P1, I could take A&P2 as my sole class for Spring 12. Then if I get into the nursing program for Fall 12 I will only have to take Nursing1 for the first semester, only Nursing2 for the second semester and then the last two semesters would be Nursing3 and A&P3 and Nursing4 and A&P4.
That's the plan.......................it awaits approval of the mice (get it? best laid plans....).
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The other thing I have been thinking about is do I want to keep working while I am doing the nursing program (assuming I get in).
I have alot riding on this, so the idea of being able to devote myself 24/7 to schoolwork is very appealing. Then again, I also have to pay the bills.
I figure that if I start squirreling money away now and get my recurring expenses cut down, I can probably get by on about $1,000 a month. By the time Fall 12 comes around I will just about be done with my delinquent property tax repayment schedule ($2,500 every quarter), so that should free up some money and also reduce a huge recurring expense.
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It's funny that I'm thinking this stuff. 25 years ago this definitely not where my mind was. Heck, 5 years ago this is not where my mind was.
I am orienting a new hire nurse who is someone I went to school with. The result is I am enjoying the pleasure of having an extra nurse around to split the load.
Ah, half a floor......
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I've been thinking about what happens if I get into the RN nursing program for this fall. The way things are going now, I'll have all my pre-requisites done by the end of the Fall 11 semester. The RN program doesn't start till Fall 12. Applications have to be in for the program by Feb 12.
The way it looks now, if I get into the program I'll have to take 4 nursing classes and 4 A&P classes and be done. Since my prereqs are done I'll only have to take two (big & major) classes each semester, A&P and Nursing.
This also leaves me with an empty semester, Spring 11.
Now in theory I can challenge A&P1 and A&P2. I'd have a fair chance of successfully challenging (and thus not needing to take)A&P1, though I am told very few successfully challenge A&P2.
If I successfully challenge A&P1, I could take A&P2 as my sole class for Spring 12. Then if I get into the nursing program for Fall 12 I will only have to take Nursing1 for the first semester, only Nursing2 for the second semester and then the last two semesters would be Nursing3 and A&P3 and Nursing4 and A&P4.
That's the plan.......................it awaits approval of the mice (get it? best laid plans....).
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The other thing I have been thinking about is do I want to keep working while I am doing the nursing program (assuming I get in).
I have alot riding on this, so the idea of being able to devote myself 24/7 to schoolwork is very appealing. Then again, I also have to pay the bills.
I figure that if I start squirreling money away now and get my recurring expenses cut down, I can probably get by on about $1,000 a month. By the time Fall 12 comes around I will just about be done with my delinquent property tax repayment schedule ($2,500 every quarter), so that should free up some money and also reduce a huge recurring expense.
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It's funny that I'm thinking this stuff. 25 years ago this definitely not where my mind was. Heck, 5 years ago this is not where my mind was.