I want 2 be a nurse, but I'm scared!!!

[MOM2BOYS0902]

I have 3 more pre-reqs & I will be applying to nursing school BUT I can't help but think "am I making the right decision"?? I really want to be a nurse but I'm soooo scared. I am taking anatomy I and have a A-B average BUT I'm already forgetting the material weeks after taking the tests! How in the world am I going to remember all the things that nurses need to remember on a daily basis? I just don't think I'm smart enough to remember all that stuff. I come from a business background & real estate...so all this health stuff is very new to me. I'm passing all my classes but when I really think about it, I feel that I don't even know the basics of health the way other people in my class know them. I feel that nurses should be "automatically" smart and I feel that I study very hard in order to make good grades. Anybody else in the same boat?? Any advise?

Thanks,

VERY STRESSED!!!

[shoegalRN, RN]

I'm here to tell you, even in nursing school, you will not remember every little detail from the top of your head.

I am about to graduate in May, and I've been studying for my boards. I have to literally go over every body system to "refresh" my memory. Now, certain body systems like the heart and lungs, I know very well, maybe because I have an interest in becoming a Cardiac/Pulmonary nurse and I worked as Nurse Intern on a telemetry floor.

Other systems like OB/GYN I have to really reviewed it again simply because I have no interest in that. Peds is another area I have to review. GI/GU is another area as well. I know those areas, but not really like I know the cardiac/lungs.

Then you have all the drugs and classifications. I know the Cardiac drugs well, but others like Pysch, or CNS depressants, I really have to brush up on.

I don't think it's realistic to AUTOMATICALLY know EVERYTHING from the top of your head. You have to actually do it and apply it, and that's when I think it will stick forever.