I thought I would never get through doseage and solutions in nursing school. The first time I remember having math trouble was in 1st grade, when there was a problem 0+0=? My answer was 2. I understood the two zeros to be entities in and of themselves, without respect to the MEANING of the zeros. Ever since then I have routinely flunked math, gone to summer school got pushed thru by the skin of my teeth, without really ever learning or understanding. At university, I dropped out because I could not fill the basic math requirement, in spite of being in advanced courses in other subjects. Years later when I wanted to go for nursing, I went straight to the advisor before anything, and laid it on the line. I said I've always flunked math, but I really wanted to learn nursing. The advisor...she changed my life...she scheduled me for disbility testing, and it turned out that I had a 'math processing deficit', or 'dyscalculia'. So I went to the director of nursing...she was about to retire, and I don't think she really cared, so she told me I could substitute an old science course for the math. So I got pushed thru again...much to my relief. Now, with some luck and basic interpretation of the figures, I passed dosage and solutions. The problem now is....I want the bachelor's degree! How on earth can I possibly acheive this? To give you a better understanding of my disability, I 'see' numbers inverted or in the wrong place, much like dyslexia. (At work, I do not have to do solutions and our meds come in pre-portioned packs, but I always have another nurse double check for me--this is an accomodation that I have been granted as a part of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I do, in fact, think it makes for safer administration of meds even if I didn't have the disability, because it is double-checked. I've only had one med error, and it was not on account of wrong dose).
Any ideas on how to approach the bachelor's? Thank you so much!
