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Go for it and don't let being and "aspie" stop you. I personally have a close friend who is an aspie, so I kinda understand what it is like. The fact that you are considering nursing is highly commendable. You do have to be very strong to handle nursing. You must know how to handle criticism because there will be alot of it. Don't take things too personal or you will suffer. Performing your nursing skills isn't the hard part, it is dealing with all of the BS surrounding doing it, working with other people and their emotions etc. I do understand that some aspies have some trouble with interpreting others emotions, not all but some, so if you can deal with the emotional aspect of nursing you are halfway there. When you get into nursing school, do yourself a favor and become a chameleon, stay out of the nursing school drama. Don't worry about why others are going for nursing, just focus on why you are.

Ok Let me ask you this despite the long list of things you mentioned about yourself, are you are hardworker, will you show up to work on time and dedicate yourself to nursing? If you answered yes to these questions then you need to sign yourself up for nursing school. When you graduate I hope to work with a you someday, then someone who just wants to act too cute to do the job. Don't worry about being autistic, that can be helped, now being a psycho who doesn't want to change, can't be, (I have worked with a few psycho nurses in the past, can you tell?). You need more confidence, fix what you need to and go for it. Just do it. Try it. Don't discredit yourself before giving yourself every opportunity to succeed.

I think that people get way too caught up in finding their "equal", that they miss the point of what a marriage entails. Surely you want to find a man with money who is your equal, who doesn't but be realistic based on your life and what you really want. A hard working man, go getter, one who can provide for his family fairly not necessarily equally will do me just fine because alot of the time you find a man with money that cheats. I would rather have the underlined overall because when the marriage blows up in your face, the money and his "equal" status can't save it. I am married to a man that makes more then me now but when I graduate as a nurse I will make more then him and that is mainly because I plan on becoming a nurse practitioner. He isn't broke but will I be able to stay at home based on his income, no. That is fine because I don't plan on being a stay at home mom anyway. He is a great man, doesn't cheat, does the things I like and wants his marriage to stay intact. I would pick him again and again over a man that makes alot of money and runs around on me. Not saying you can't find a faithful man with money because you can but I see far more cases of women married to men with money that mistreat them and underneath it all, it is all about the money and "equal" status.

This may be ok for now with the money being good and all but how about later? Don't get to a point where you snap.

Calm down and try to make connections with the things you learn because you need to find a way that will work for you in being a nurse and delivering care. Be forgiving to yourself when you make mistakes and be careful on what makes you make. Small mistakes are wonderful learning experiences. You mainly sound overwhelmed not uncapable.

What hasn't happened to Native Americans?, it really is tragic, the past and the future. The sad thing about it is people think they like to have negative attention brought to them. They just want peace and to be left alone to go on with their lives like everyone else.

You are experiencing this most likely because you care a ton about doing things the right way and you feel overwhelmed, trying to balance home life and school.The best advice I can give is for you to stabilize yourself. Cut things out of your life temporarily that are pushing you to a point of breaking. Control what you can to make your life more balanced. When you are at work, you are at work. You need to temporarily forget about home life stuff and also the other way around, when at home you are at home. Don't think so much about doing everything perfectly. You probably feel like you will make a mistake in this process of your life that will jepardize your future. Stop thinking that. No matter how much you know, stress and anxiety can cloud your thinking. Gain control and if there is something you have a question about ask the teacher, yea I know they are intimidating or scary but you must let them know if you are unsure about something. They get paid to help you remember that. They were once students so there is some part of them that knows what it feels like, so don't let them see that you are afraid of all that you are going through, to the point that you can't function. For heavens sake do one thing at a time, you don't have a double body. Work on what you can as efficiently as possible, and then move on to the next thing. Don't let nursing school swallow you up alive and spit you out. Keep the momentum but one day at a time. Yes it is ok to cry but not to the point that it is all you do, all day and you can't focus or get things done. Take care and best luck to you, believe in yourself.

Stop taking on more then you can handle. Make your boyfriend figure it out. Focus on your career, reduce your hours if possible and make your goal of becoming a nurse a reality if it is something you really want. The change will be painful but it will be worth it in the end and you will come out stronger and more confident in your abilities.

Get along, do your job and keep away from the drama.

Chances are most of the nurses working there were treated the same way. It most likely isn't you.

Yes, for goodness sakes, dont give up!

The best advice I can give you is if something isn't going to kill you ignore it, you don't have time to get caught up in the drama with nursing school. You job is to get the training you need, pass the nclex and work as a nurse. Keep yourself focused. Yes, vent when you need to but don't let it distract you to a point that you can't keep up with the program. One thing I was taught by my dad is that, "no one owes you anything." It is a hard pill to swallow but when you learn this, many things will become clear. No you should not let people run all over you or not give you what is fair but at the same time if they don't, don't let it crush your spirit and keep you from getting what you need to succeed in life.

Do what the school wants, how they want, get through, don't question it, yes alot of the rules are stupid, but what can you do but get what you need out of it, use your energy to be successful in the program, graduate, pass the nclex, start working as an RN at hosp etc, find out the rules there and some people there are hard to deal with, work your hours required, collect your paycheck and go home, lol!!!

Don't feel like a failure and don't beat yourself up, it is a waste of valuable time. Focus on what you can do to do better next time. Treat yourself to something special, be good to yourself, give yourself credit for getting as far as you did, some people couldn't even do what you have accomplished. Realize that you are human, and not a robot, like has ups and downs that can affect you. Move forward and think positive.

Go for it now, see if you can go parttime, don't feel guilty about what you can't do, do it now while you feel like it, most importantly believe in yourself.

I say go for it, things have away of working out sometimes. Believe in yourself and go for it.

Take the pressure off. Don't say, I can't fail a third time. If you fail you fail. You may pass the 4th. Stay positive and don't put that much pressure on yourself. Overall your main concern is to pass, NO MATTER HOW MANY ATTEMPTS IT TAKES!!!!!!!!!!! Stay positive!!

If you want it bad enough you will stick with it. There aren't as many rules in life as you may think. A portion of them we impose upon ourselves, such as will the school take me back? You won't know unless you apply. Show the school through academics and perserverance that you really want to be a nurse. People act as if failing a course or taking a break from nursing school doesn't give you a shot at nursing. There mere fact that you failed and are considering giving it another try, seems to imply that you really want to be a nurse. A good portion of people that fail never look back. They quit and say, I just don't have it in me to be a good nurse. Years later, some look back and say, I wish I would have given it another try. You may regret your choice that you let it go. You don't have to be perfect all the way around to make a good nurse. Just don't kill anyone and be a safe nurse who shows up for her shift. You will be fine. Those are the nurses that make it in the end. LOL!!

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to be a nurse unless you are a rocket scientist nurse, lol. Just kidding. Just work on the areas you are weak in.

Maybe go into the HIM, Health Information Management. You could possible work at a health facility that will pay for it. You should look into an area of managemnt. Maybe look into some sort of self managment if you have the time and money.You seem to understand how a place should be managed, managment may be for you. Only you know if it is time to move on. It is so unfortunate that people like you want to leave the proffession because you are the reason that patient that hasn't been changed the whole shift finally gets changed. At the same time you care so much that people you work with take advantage of you. You will never change in the caring aspect. It is probably deep rooted in you. You may just need to do something where your dedication and hard work can be reciprocated atleast some. You would definitely be awesome in management. You would do a good job cracking the whip on those slackers, lol. On as serious note don't let your health and sanity be affected by your current situation. It isn't worth it. You don't want to have a stroke, heart attack or mental breakdown. I have seen it happen. I took care of a hospital employee on my unit once. She had a stroke and couldn't talk. She was a hard worker and she told me that she pushed herself too much. She didn't know how to stop. In the end she was forced to pull back. Sadly it came at the expense of her having a stroke. Take care of yourself.

Why won't the school let you back in? Usually you can fail the class once although I guess it depends on the school.

Don't be discouraged. Just retake the classes that you need and apply to nursing school. You never know what can happen. What else is there left for you to do at this point but keep trying. You have invested so much time. If you have to write a letter to the school for your acceptance, let them know that you have a strong desire to be a nurse. Yes having to repeat grades isn't the best thing but on the other hand it shows that you aren't going to give up. Nursing schools see this as well. Just try to meet the requirements to get yourself accepted. Far too many straight A, don't know what nursing is really about, push the I am an excellent student on such and such committee, end up graduating nursing school and end up not wanting to be a nurse when they see the reality of it. Don't let anyone tell you you can't make it as a nurse. The sheer fact that you want to improve yourself and repeat classes shows that you are not a quitter. Make sure that when you repeat the classes that you are understanding the material. This is very beneficial to you being successful in the nursing program. There may be a student that passes all of the preqs and support courses with all A's but still fails nursing school. Hang in there. You are young. You are just starting and yes you still do have options, just try not to fail any more classes. You must get more serious about this because nursing classes can not be failed so many times and some not at all. Good luck.

I am not sure what the programs work is like but at NVCC if you get less than a 78 you are out. Many people at NVCC get 76, 77.4 etc and are kicked out.

Taking a seperate class in patho would make things less complicated when learning the nursing info. It is interesting because at the school I go to, the teachers stress knowing patho but there isn't a seperate class in it and you are given bits and pieces of the info when you have to look at the larger picture of the disease process. Learning the smaller parts and building to the larger part makes more sense but who am I, just a student. Like you said schools have there own way and if enough students graduate, then the school may feel there is no point in having patho as a seperate class, which is unfortunate.

Don't ever give up. Nursing as a whole is the kind of think that takes time anyway. Some people fail out of the program and pass nclex first time. Some soar during nursing school and fail nclex. Keep trying until you succeed. What else is there left to do. If you don't pass, you won't be able to continue working as a nurse. Don't throw away all of that hard work.