medicchris
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Started back to school myself at earlier this year at 51. Had to retire from the fire service after 25+ years due to back issues and nursing has enough diverse fields that I'm sure I can find a job that would be a good fit for me. Starting back after not having taken a college level course for over 20 years was a bit of a shock. Hell, the last time I took college classes, there wasn't even computer registration. I had to stand in long lines and turn in papers hoping the class wasn't full yet. The hardest part for me was trying to recall concepts I hadn't even thought about in such a long time. Luckily, most of the pre reqs I had taken years ago were still accepted. I only had to retake A&P II and psych 101 and will apply for admission to the nursing program in December. I don't know how I'd have handled taking beginning English or math again. I haven't found anything more difficult then I expected. And with COVID, I have taken all my classes online so I haven't had to deal with all the students calling me "Gramps" yet. I do the majority of my classwork while I work nights at a VERY slow police department as a dispatcher, so time management isn't an issue. Though I'm sure that will change when I get in to the actual nursing program. Any questions, feel free to hit me up.
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Hello all. My wife is in her first semester of nursing school and needs a 76% to pass her classes. She is getting about 72% right now with I think a test and a final left. While this is far from insurmountable, I would love be able to help her as much as I can. What can I do to assist her studying? I know when I went through paramedic school, what helped me was purchasing multiple study guides and as long as I could answer all the questions in them, I did great on the tests. Is this something that would help a nursing student do better? How have your husbands/wives helped you? Any advice would be welcome. Thanks