M-30 Former Poor Student

First off, hello! Welcome to my first post.

The reason I'm reaching out to you fine folks is because I just recently got waitlisted into a nursing program at a local community college, where they take only 60 applicants a year. I'm a little bummed out, but I'm not terribly surprised; my grades when I got my bachelor's in psychology were a little less than satisfactory midway through my academic career. I've changed my perspective on life in general over the past few years and am trying my hand at nursing as a profession. I've taken nearly the prerequisites already (barring a lab science and perhaps a minor 101-type class) and may attempt to take the remaining ones over the summer. I think having all these classes I've previously completed places me at a simultaneous advantage and disadvantage, for example, I took anatomy about 5 years ago and never looked back.

So I ask you folks is there anything else I can do in my spare time to prepare me for the challenges of clinicals before I begin? How about work experience I can gain over the summer that may prep me for what's to come? Study tips and any blurb you can think of would be excellent. Thank you!

-F