evi

Everyone, I can't thank you enough for all the words of encouragement! I appreciate all the thoughtful posts about my problem. I'm still mulling it all over, not sure what I'm going to do...but I'm happy to see what great folks are going into nursing! -evi

I love that: "someone named 'furball' did it I sure as hell can!" !!!

John, What inspiring and motivating posts! I appreciate your taking the time to write them. I wish I had your discipline, but I'm afraid I don't...but I'll not give up right this minute. Re the healthcare experience for the essay: unfortunately, one of the two application essay questions is explicitly about my previous healthcare experience, either as a volunteer or paid. But I agree that this volunteering does need to come last, and if I need to, I can try to write very generally the role of healthcare in my life. [And what a wonderful grizzly story! I also saw grizzlies at Yellowstone, but from a great distance. I'm a lifelong animal lover whose first passion is animal care, but I've given up (hmmm, theme here?) on finding an animal career that will actually pay this single woman's SF Bay Area mortgage (other than vet, which is just too much school at this point). ] Thanks again to everyone, evi

Thank you all so much for your kind words of encouragement! Folks on this board are the best.

Hi folks, I've had 2 A&P lectures so far, and am already so overwhelmed by the volume of information we're expected to learn that I'm just about ready to quit the class and give up my plans of attending nursing school. I fought back tears for the last hour of the 4-hour (!) lecture last night, and cried in the car all the way home. I'm desperate to get out of this corporate career I'm in and do something I can be proud of, and that helps people, but I'm afraid now that I just can't do this thing. If I can't handle A&P, I can't do any healthcare profession. I have a BA in Zoology, so I though I'd be able to handle the schoolwork, but that was almost 20 years ago and it seems I'm different now. Also, I think I bit off too much, but there's nothing that can give: I work 40 hrs/week (we're not allowed to go part time), I'm taking A&P and Sociology as prereqs (must complete to get into the program next fall), and volunteering in an ER (need this so I can write about my healthcare experience in the application essay in February). I'm afraid that I'm past the point of being able to be encouraged by pep talks....so I don't really know what I'm asking here. I feel very discouraged. I guess I just wanted to put this out there (this is my very first post to this wonderful board), and see what folks have to say. Thanks for any advice, input, etc., even if it's just to say that if I can't hack A&P, then I can't hack nursing school! -evi