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?
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.
shoegalRN, RN
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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.