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Go for it! I became a nurse at the age of 56, with no background in healthcare. As I see it, I have at least another 10yrs to work. It may take you more time to study (or maybe it wont.) There are lots of websites that can help you with essay writing or studying. And don't forget you have life experience so you are ahead of the rest. good luck and follow your dreams.
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A&P were my most challenging challenging classes. Don't give up! You can pass anatomy by memorizing. Granted there is a lot to memorize, but I did it. I used to take diagrams of certain areas, say the brachial artery, white out the labels, make copies and then try to remember all the labels. Website like innerbody.com are useful tool as well. Good luck
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Long term care has changed and not for the better. Employers are hiring fewer staff and ratios are forever increasing. What are you views of having 20-26 patients per shift? Can a nurse perform her duties properly with this kind of ratio? I figured out that on one unit I pop a pill from a blister pack every 1.5 minutes for 8 hours. Is this good medicine? Or is a set up for losing your license? I think it is time to get out of LTC.
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It was a busy night full of distractions and frustrations. Twenty three patients and not enough time. Then it happened! I exited the patient's room: wait something is wrong! Something is off. The color of the pills? Oh ****, my heart sinks, and my knees weaken. I've just made a med error - I gave a resident someone elses meds. Has this happened to you? What did you do? Did you report it? Or did you remain silent for fear of losing your job?
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I experienced the same thing. Studied my butt off and did not succeed. I got all 265 questions on second exam, felt good about it, but no. So I after a good cry and got over the total disbelief, I have started to study for exam 3. I intend to focus on application and analysis because only those are above the passing. Also, try Saunder's Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN.
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