I just wanted to share my progress. I am a 26 year old non traditional student. I started out as a pharmacy technician after having gone to trade school. then worked for almost 7 years for a big mailorder pharmacy. I got a lot of experience with medicine. meanwhile, I was also a single mom and worked and took classes since 2008 part time. I had no idea how I would ever finish or how long it would take.
There were SO MANY NEGATIVE PEOPLE especially other prenursing students who spoke about how hard and competitive it is to make good grades in the prerequisites.In highschool I didn't even have the best grades. Well here I am on my last and I am a straight A college student. You have to block out the negative people. They are everywhere!
Do you know what the secret is? STUDY STUDY. All the time.
Be an active learner. When you go to lecture retain what you can WHILE in lecture. Write notes in your textbooks. Use colored pens. Make things bright! Use post it notes on top of notes! Be enthusiastic:) about learning and think about how bad you want to be a nurse.
I wish you all luck.You can do this no matter what the obstacles are if you work hard.