Feeling overwhelmed with just pre reqs! HELP!!

Hi studentnurse3,
Just read your message. I am overwhelmed by just reading the course outline. I have not enrolled in school yet, but I am planning to do so this year. I will be relocating from the Caribbean to study with spouse and two kids ages 7 and 3. I will study fulltime because I cannot manage working at the same time. Continue to try and pace yourself with a time management plan. You are raising 3 children that means you can survive anything!! The course hopefully, is not more difficult than chasing behind a toddler. Currently, I am a Kindergarten Teacher with 24 students.

I can completely relate to you. When I went back to school and started my pre-req's my youngest was 10 months old and still nursing. I have 6 children, three are teenagers and three were five and under when I started back. I worked as an insurance transcriptionist from home for 4.5 years and found that helped a great deal with my time management skills. If you can, cut back on your workload, if that's not possible maybe only take two classes next semester instead of three. It will take a little longer but you won't be as burned out. Most of my pre-req's I took online, but I did take a couple of classes in person. I think it helps to take at least one class on campus so that you can meet other people, make some friends, and really get a feel for college life. To make a long story short, I am now in nursing school, I just started last week and will graduate in Dec '07. It took me longer than I had planned, but I maintained a high GPA and I feel I really learned a lot from my classes. Also, while I was waiting to get in I took some of my co-req's. I'm not sure if you have those, but they're classes you take along with nursing school. Because I took all of my co-req's while waiting I can focus on just my nursing classes now. It may take you longer than others because of your commitments, but you'll get there as long as you stay focused on your dream.
Keli
Glendale, AZ nursing student