HELP Everyone says I can't be a Nurse!

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Euskadi1946

401 Posts

Specializes in Medical/Surgical/Maternal and Child.

When I was a senior in high school a nun told me that I didn't have what it took to be a nurse and that I would never make it in nursing school. That was 41 years ago and here I am an RN. I graduated from nursing school 13 years ago at 46 yrs old. It took me a while to but I did it and so can you!!!!!

casi, ASN, RN

2,063 Posts

Specializes in LTC.

So what if you did lousy on a placement test? There is absolutely no shame in taking a few (or even a lot) of remedial classes. Not your fault that you forgot a few things from high school (honestly who remembers much from high school except for the social interactions?!?!), never quite got a few concepts in high school (or never even was introduced to them!), or sometimes lousy scores can just be an indication that you're not the best test taker! Even a lot of fresh out of high school students find themselves taking a remedial course on occasion, I know I had too.

The point of the placement testing and remedial courses is that so when you reach those pre-reqs and nursing school you don't drown because you didn't have the foundations.

So look into taking the courses to bring you up to the level you need to be at and :trout: to all those who have told you that you can't do it. You'll never know until you give it a try. One lousy test score will NEVER determine you're future.

Slappy

28 Posts

Don't give up or get discouraged so easily... focus. If you really want it, then get it no matter what. a few quotes i live by:

...................."There is no failure, only feedback"....................

.."You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there"..

firstaiddave907

366 Posts

a determined person will always conquer almost everything.

Thats a very good point

RebeccaJeanRN

274 Posts

I can tell you so many stories of people who are becoming nurses despite so many adversities (cancer, sick parents to care for, no support at home, children's schedules, etc.)- and I also know of one student who's family kept telling her the same thing as yours but she is doing it despite ENORMOUS personal sacrifice (she gets A's but has to put in two times the effort of everyone else in order to do that). I could bore you and everyone else with about a hundred stories like these, that attest to the power of the will to overcome all odds when the desire is strong enough.

My grandmother used to have a saying that I heard over and over again like a broken record : Where there's a will, there's a way. Now I understand! Its simply amazing what we can achieve when we simply will not take no for an answer!

Leopardspots85

21 Posts

I didn't do good on my pre-reqs either.I started ten months ago with eng 03

and mth03. I am glad i took them because they refreshened my mind and I learned new things. i even took bio 01 to make sure I knew my stuff. If you want to be a nurse bad enough do whatever it takes.

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