M-30 Former Poor Student

[ArtisticNursing]

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

[TofuSandwich, ASN, RN]

If you took anatomy 5 years ago and never looked back I would definitely take a&p 1 and 2 before starting a nursing program. They won't stop to teach you that foundation knowledge, you'll be expected to know it already. As an added plus, if you need to reapply next year, having those classes as recent A's may make you a stronger candidate.