Brandon Keilen and Michael Keilen
Congratulations to Michael Keilen for finishing nursing school! The program was one year long, and once she passes the NCLEX, she will officially be an LPN (licensed practical nurse). On last night's episode of Bringing Up Bates, Michael stated that she was really looking forward to getting out in the field. At one point, she was considering taking her education even further. We will let you know when she gives another update, but for now, we know that Michael would appreciate prayer as she prepares for the NCLEX.
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This is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy for Michaela that she has accomplished something outside of the family, really, I am. She should get with the background education and just go for RN. She is still young and would earn a very good salary. She and Brandon could have a good, comfortable life together and actually prepare for their retirement years. They will come in time. She should be proud of herself and enjoy what she has accomplished. She is not a 'silly girl' like most of her near-age sisters come across as being. Good for her. I hope Brandon truly encourages her to go for it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Michael would have pursued an LPN degree if she was able to have kids.
DeleteHow are the others "Silly"? They got their degrees and some still work a little besides being a Wife and Mom.
DeleteHer near-age sisters are Erin and Alyssa, both of whom are busy moms who work hard. The only ones who have come across as "silly" are Tori and Carlin, who no doubt are maturing as they grow into their jobs of being wives and mothers.
DeleteBeing a stay-at-home wife and mom is not a job!
DeleteBeing a stay at home mom and wife is a job in its self. I take care of the bills, pets, house, make meals, plan appointments, teach my kids, get my oldest too and from school. I keep my house running while my husband works outside the home. No I don't get paid for it but I love every moment of it. Until you walk a mile in my shoes don't say I don't have a job. Before you say it I did have a job outside the home for a while, but I was miserable because I was missing moments with my sons. We stay at home mom's work just as hard as mother's who have out of the house jobs.
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3:46, it's one of the most tiring non-paying jobs around! It is most certainly a job. If you hired people to do everything a mom does, you would call it a job. Thanks for reminding us how thankless and demeaned a job it is!
Delete3:46 pm: It most definitely is! Being a stay at home mom and wife is the biggest and most rewarding job in the world!
DeleteI really don't like when people say that being a stay at home wife and mom is not a job. Yes I don't go to work but at the same time it isn't like my kids are in day care. I still have to keep them busy during the day. I think people sometimes have the idea that stay at home moms just get to stay home and just sit around and do nothing. That really isn't the case and for me I am happy that I have the chance to be able to stay home with my kids.
DeleteBeing a stay-at-home wife and mom is a full time job and happens to require one to act as both nurse and teacher which are both considered “jobs” to the business world. Also according to the Bible being a wife and mom is the primary role of a women.
DeleteOne definition of job is a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid. Being a SAHM involves a LOT of tasks and pieces of work, and the fact that women do it without pay is pretty commendable, not something to be demeaned.
DeleteBeing a stay at home mom is a job. Its a hard one too! If you haven't done it then you wouldn't understand. You don't just sit around eating chocolates, watching TV, raking bubble baths. You are raising your kids 24/7 a lot of us sacrifice a second income as a benefit to our families.
DeleteI think being a SAHM is a different kind of work than what you get in the nursing world. It's work, but, having worked as an RN myself--not to mention in various nursing homes, which is most likely where Michael will work if she is an LPN), you are so used to an industrial time clock, different kinds of demands. Nursing is a very heavy load. I think that if I were to be a SAHM, I would feel trapped and stuck, and I would feel like I wasn't doing anything with my life. I hate to say that, because I don't believe that about the other Bates women, but I would feel that way for me.
DeleteGood job. I like that the Bates family members go to college. They can bring so much good to the world with their advanced knowledge. I wonder if Michaela will continue her education in the future to become a RN (Registered Nurse)
ReplyDeletePraying for you, Michaela! 🙏
ReplyDeleteWow congrats to Michaela completing & earning a LPN degree. Especially now days so many nurses are needed. A noble profession.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a degree. It's a 1 yr. certifact. 4 yrs. to received a degree. !
DeleteI heard it takes 8 years of schooling to become a nurse.
ReplyDeleteAm I wrong, or can someone explain this to me?🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Wrong. LPN programs are typically about a year. RN programs 2-4, depending whether ASN or BSN.
DeleteIt's usually 2-4 years. You can get an RN (registered nurse) license by either attending a nursing certificate program (usually run by a hospital) or getting an Associate Degree at a Technical College (usually 2 years) and passing the NCLEX. If you either attend a 4 year university (or take 2 years at this type of school, after obtaining an Associate Degree in Nursing), you can obtain a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). In most states, your level of education and/or type of nursing license (LPN versus RN) dictates what you are and are not allowed to do in treating patients). Once you have a BSN, you can go for extra schooling to become a Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Anesthetist - that's probably what someone meant when they said 8 years.
DeleteI think it’s 4 to become an RN. Just one for the LPN.
DeleteI think you are thinking of medical school or physician assistant school.
Delete1-2 for her degree, 4 years for an RN and you can go longer for specialty.
Delete1 year to 18 mos to become LPN
Delete4 years to become BSN RN
6 years as NP RN (Nurses Practioner)
8 years for a Doctrine in Nursing
There are different levels of nursing programs. I never heard of one taking 8 years, unless it's maybe for a nurse practitioner. LPN is 1 year, RN can be 2 to 4 years. With the each step up, you can do more work. Maybe she will go for her RN next.
DeleteThere are different degrees in nursing. There are LPN's, RN's and RN's with advanced training; I'm not sure if there's a title for that. But, I don't think it's 8 years for a RN; I thought it was more like 4, possibly 5.
DeleteMy cousin just did the same program as Michael. Hers was just a year too
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ReplyDeleteCongrats Michella for finishing
Nursing school congrat. It proves
No matter what age u are u can
Still follow your dreams.
Congrats Mrs Keilen.
Congratulations, Michael! You will be an absolutely amazing nurse!!!!
ReplyDeleteNot sure why she didn’t go for the RN. She says she wants to help, but in many states, LPNs really aren’t even hired in hospitals anymore—only nursing homes where they just hand out pills.
ReplyDeleteRNs have so much more skill and power in the workplace. Seems like a waste to not go ahead and start there.
To Sept. 5, 8:36 p.m. Your skewed, trivialized view of the needs and value of people who live in nursing homes is truly troubling. As is your failure to recognize the contribution of those who serve as LPNs, whether in hospitals, nursing homes, in-home, or anywhere else.
DeleteMaybe she just wanted to see if she truly enjoyed nursing and if it was a good fit for her. Or maybe she couldn’t get into an RN program right away so she went for the LPN with the hopes of it helping her get into the RN program. Who knows.
DeleteI know, that's exactly what I was thinking.
DeleteDon't disparage her degree. I also have an LPN degree and have never had a problem finding a job. No, i i ha never worked in a "nursing home" and I do a whole lot more than "handing out pills." I do EVERYTHING an RN does, except for starting an IV. I have worked in hospitals and medical practices. So, stop with your prejudiced commens.
DeleteShe can work in the healthcare field as drs office nurse, home health, hospice, nursing homes or hospital there a lot LPN can do. Then she can work on bridging over to an RN while she works. I have work with many of an LPN that were better nurses than some RNs that went on to get their RN.
DeleteMaybe she wants to work in nursing homes? They need people, too.
DeletePerhaps being an LPN is just a start.
DeleteI have two special needs grandchildren and our home health nurses are LPN’s who are working towards their RN’s. We LOVE our nurses as they LOVE the children, care for them like their own, and allow us to sleep at night. LPN’s do an incredible service for home health care and trust me, we respect them and the incredible job they perform! Congratulations!
DeleteActually, in many places the LPN has more hands on contact with patients. RNs are responsible for much more record keeping and administrative type duties. I'm happy she completed her training. She can continue to an RN if she decides that is the path she wants to take.
DeleteAt several community or technical colleges (like the one Michael went to), the LPN program must be completed prior to starting the RN degree. 1 year for LPN and then another to complete the RN degree. She says she is considering continuing on for her RN degree.
DeleteThat's wonderful news. How exciting for her! I know the NCLEX and starting her first position are her current priorities, but it' s great to hear she's interested in further education (her AASN/RN and/or BSN, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteany updates on her having children?
ReplyDeleteWhy must you deflect from her nursing school accomplishment? If she had updates on having kids, she’d provide it. Women are more than their reproductive systems. Give it a rest.
DeleteYou had to go there, didn’t you?
DeleteNot any of our business.
DeleteSerieus?!? I'm 42, no children, good education, wonderfull job! No relationship right no. I love my live!
DeleteCongratulations, Michael! I know that you will pass your test.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news!! Congratulations and best wishes for Michael in what ever she decides to do.
ReplyDeleteBefore people ask. Michael is a LPN not a RN. The difference she can't do something's a RN does. Her school is 11 month's you get holidays off etc. I wish her the best. She should come work in Cleveland Ohio for Cleveland Clinic or University Hospitals. Thanks, Mary Keim
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary Keim, for explaining that to us. Non Mennonite
DeleteCongratulations! So happy for you!
ReplyDeleteFrom watching and being such a huge fan of this inspirational family, Michael has all the characteristics of being a wonderful nurse!👩⚕️ Best wishes with this future calling Michael!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Michaela on completion of your nursing degree. 👩⚕️
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Michaela for her hard work and for completing the LPN program!! What an accomplishment! Wishing her well as she studies and takes the NCLEX-PN. May I encourage Michaela to continue her education by attending a RN program :).
ReplyDeleteThinking of you Michaela and having good thoughts for you passing the NCLEX.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless
Marilyn,Joan and Marion
In most states an RN needs a Bachelors degree. Now that she’s started I hope after some work experience Michaela will go further. She has such a great, caring disposition.
ReplyDeleteI will be crying tears of joy the day Michaela announces she’s pregnant. I always feel bad for her because all her sisters are popping out babies left and right. That just has to be so hard, but praise her for being so humble.
ReplyDeleteI give Michael credit for moving on with her life. Fans should affrord her the same courtesy. Having dealt with infertility myself, it was clear that too often I was viewed by others primarily by my inability to have a biological child. It was the first thing they thought of when they saw me and I would be asked what the baby-making status was, or that they were praying for me. All that concern actually became a burden. A human being is so much more than their ability to procreate.
DeleteI do give her credit, I wasn’t saying anything mean at all. I just know how much she wants a baby of her own. Just saying the same thing everyone else is probably thinking. And just because your doctor says you’ll never have children, that is not always true. They told my mom she would never have children because every pregnancy ended up in miscarriage, then she had me and my brother and the doctors were shocked. Even with all the medical knowledge these days, doctors don’t always know everything.
Delete5:02- Your comment did not give her credit for becoming an LPN, but only brought up her stuggle to have a baby. You may have good intentions, however the constant reminders of childlessness does not accomplish anything. I could never have biological children and there were those who would patronize me with comments like yours, that doctors don't know everything and miracles do happen. What that did for me was remind me of all the false hopes I had that were dashed time and again. Infertility is a devestating loss, more so because it doesn't allow for any kind of normal path for grieving. You simply don't know when to stop hoping and give up that dream. If Michael ends up having a child, that will be a wonderful thing for her, I'm sure. In the mean time, she has chosen to move on with her life by choosing a career that will help others. I was happy to have a wonderful career and overjoyed to become an adoptive mother of two amazing children 25 years ago. Looking back, they were and still are my miracles.
Deleteanon@5:02 I don't think your comment was mean, just a bit thoughtless. If you were to meet Michael, would the first thing you say to her be about having babies and how much you feel sorry for her? This post was about her accomplishment with nursing and you're projecting your own feelings onto her about something else. Just because you think something, does not mean you should say it. I dealt with unresolved infertility and I certainly did not want people feeling sorry for me or bringing it up in casual conversation.
DeleteThis post is supposed to be about her accomplishment. Why can’t we just focus on that and give her some credit? What if she never does have children? Are you implying that her life is meaningless? She is doing her best to make something out of the life God gave her. I think your post is too personal besides. She’ll tell us her news if and when she has any. So please stop speculating
DeleteAmen! Focus on Michael's recent accomplishment. You did good, girl, congrats!!
DeleteCongratulations, Michael! Thank you for choosing this line of work which is so needed, and which benefits so many!
ReplyDeleteAre Nathan Bates and Jana Duggar courting?
ReplyDeleteNo, it’s another girl
DeleteNo, definitely not, people need to stop asking, no.
DeleteLet's keep this focused on Michael's accomplishment, please.
DeleteCan't everyone just congratulate her on her wonderful current accomplishment and leave it at that??
ReplyDeleteThank you! Not everything is about marriage and babies.
DeleteCannot wait to see her put her degree to work! Lucky patients!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Michaela you will be a fantastic nurse,I'm a qualified nurse and a Christian too.
ReplyDeleteBadgerminx- Do you think being a qualified nurse and a Christian go hand in hand? When I've been in need of medical care, I don't ask the nurses or any other provider what their religious beliefs are. As long as they're experts at what they do, I couldn't care less if they're Christian, Muslim, Catholic, Agnostic, or Athiest.
Delete9:25, she was just stating two things she has in common with Michaella.
DeleteCongrats Michael!
ReplyDeleteCatholic IS Christian :) The 1st Christian
ReplyDeleteIf Catholics were the first Christians, then why did none of the Christians in the New Testament do things the Catholic way? No baby baptism, no priests, no confession to a priest? I've read the New Testament a number of times and never run across the things that make the Catholic church different from Protestant denominations.
DeleteThank you Sepetember 12th @6:32pm
DeleteCongratulations! Where will you be working?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Michael, on becoming a LPN! A noble profession! My late mother was a wonderful LPN in clinical nursing for 25 years. Not only did she have excellent technical skills, more importantly, she had compassion and empathy for her patients. Judging from the many former patients we ran into after my mom's retirement who came up and hugged her and told her she was the best nurse they'd ever had, I'd say she'd found her calling. You seem just as caring and compassionate as she was, so I believe you will make an excellent nurse in whatever capacity you choose. Well done, girl!!
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