Holding me back from Nursing

I don't know about the right brain damage.... But I do know I have severe ADD. I visualize concepts as well and usually have about 5 things going through my head at a time. During nursing school I found the only way I could read the text book was to read the chapter back to front, starting at the last paragraph and working my way back. You can do it if you put your mind to it!

Yea, I'm a visual learner too, it's weird that I can visualize even though half of my right head is gone, which is visualization lol and I kind of don't know why but I have to visualize an image in order to explain, or see it written on a page, and that causes me to stutter. THANKS for encouraging me

Hey, why did you read it from back to front lol

Well with ADD it is hard for me to concentrate on any topic for any length of time. Since nursing textbooks are written to build upon a thought, and flesh it out, my mind saw it as one long continued thought. As such my mind would shut down and I could not read past a couple paragraphs.... Let alone keep any of the information. By reading back to front, it broke up the thought into separate ideas. This I could handle. Small different ideas my brain could process... one long thought it couldn't. Hope it helps!

Have you ever worked with a speech therapist as an adult? Many children receive speech therapy services in schools, but arent able to follow up as adults or after they test out. If you are a nurse now and work in a hospital, maybe you could consult with the hospital based speech language pathologist. If not talk to your physician about your concerns and how you feel the differences in your brain are holding you back.