Losing focus! Help!

[herenurseynursey]

Hi All-

This is a blatant fish for support. I'm a third semester nursing student. My story is long, but I'll try to use as few excuses as possible.

I started out nursing school in the fall of 2013 with such enthusiasm and excitement. I met some great people and had an excellent support system. I was having a ball. Come summer of 2014, my path began to waver. My husband lost his job, and even with me working as many hours as I possible could, we narrowly missed foreclosure and had to sell our home. My husband moved away for a new job to support us, but I had already ended up failing a class in my summer semester. I was eligible to re enroll for fall, but with selling the house, lack of support, and my own withdrawing from my friends due to my embarrassment of our situation, I opted to take the semester off, and use the time to sell our home, work more hours, and search for a job and hopefully a program to transfer into that was near my husband.

I was able to find both, but, for a long list of reasons, in my second month of semester my husband demanded a divorce. Our relationship was falling apart, blah, blah, and neither of us could handle it. I withdrew to try to salvage my situation.

The program did not have a summer semester, and I re enrolled this fall of 2015 semester.

I failed, by exactly two points.

I've never been anything but an A/B student before "life" got in the way. I was granted an appeal to re enroll this semester, which will leave me graduating in December (a full year from now, when I could of been graduating this may, or even originally, this past summer)

I know I'm in a much better position then many. I'm very fortunate to be able to retake, and to have my instructors vocal, 100% confidence in my clinical skills, though my academics obviously suffered.

Anyway. I'm just feeling blah. I hate that I have to sit through these classes again, do these clinical rotations again. I feel like I'm getting jaded on school alone.

Any words of advice, encouraged, anything, are greatly appreciated.

p.s. anyone who feels like that have it worse then me and that I should be complaining: I know. Trust me, I know I am fortunate. But I am still so, so tired and needed a place to vent. So be nice :)

[anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP]

Since you're familiar with the information already make sure to really delve into topics. Really review the anatomy and physiology, know the pharm forwards and backwards.

You have a leg up so take advantage of it to focus on things that you may not be as strong in. Also pharm and A&P will help you throughout the program.

You don't have to focus on EVERYTHING since you've been through this part so really focus on areas you need to.

Glad you're getting another chance at it all. Good luck!