Acceptance!!!!

Background: I am 27 years old with 2 children 4 and 1. I completed my first semester this past fall with a 3.9 GPA for 17 credits. I took the PAX, the entrance exam required by my school, and scored a 150, which is in the 99%.
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An Open Letter to a Former Nursing Professor

As a student, I had very little appreciation for you, your knowledge and methods outside of passing your class. I thought you were a meticulously difficult grader, impossible to reason with, and incapable of seeing the perspective of the student. You had a reputation as one of the strict ones, and I think you both deserved it and cultivated it.
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Why Nursing?

I have about five minutes left in my shift for the day as an operating room attendant but I will not be clocking out once the clock strikes 6:00pm. Instead, I am still on the medical surgical floor of the hospital waiting to transport a patient down to surgery.
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Days like today, the sun's out but I only see grey clouds

I am scheduled to starting LVN school at (Charles A. Jones) on April 27th of this year. Huge commitment… I know! And yesterday I felt so ready to dive in there and succeed. But, today I am quite sick, stuck at work w/ no coffee and before leaving the house me and my boyfriend got in a huge fight.
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I don't feel smart enough for nursing school. How do I pass NS?

Well, as the title says, I just don't feel smart enough for nursing school. Ok first of all, the last time I took the core science courses (anatomy, physiology...) was 3 years ago! So 3 years ago was the last time I took these classes which are the most crucial and the ones that we take with us throughout our career as nurses.
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For those who passed NCLEX

I think it would be helpful to people who are taking NCLex to know how you felt after you tested. Mostly interested in when you passed for those mutil-time testers. Good luck to everyone!
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[Toon] A sense of accomplishment

Being a Nursing student can be daunting. Hours and hours of studying are the norm. Soon though, we will be a Nurse and all the hard work will be worth it. It brings a smile to our face just thinking about it and others may not only see just how determined we are, but that we are genuinely happy to take on the responsibilities of studying.
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