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I need some guidance from all you wonderful, experienced folks out there!! I'm starting nursing school in about a week and looking at the schedule, it appears that I'll have my Dosage Calculations class 15 weeks into the program. Okay...now, the paralyzing fear...word problems, very confusing word problems. I've read the example dosaging questions from people on this site and HOLY COW!!! My head starts to do 360's and I feel like I might need a priest. :) I need to know how to get through this class. How do I learn to solve these dosage "puzzles"? What resources can help me? I'd like to start practicing before I ever step foot in the classroom. It literally makes me queasy to think about how I'm going to do in this class. Any suggestions, secrets, tips, advice, useful tools, etc. you'd like to share with me would be appreciated more than you'll ever know! This area is the only one that truly strickens me with fear. Help...please!!!! New RN-FEAR of dosage calculations

I'm so excited as I'm a forty-something year old, who decided to change careers after 20 years, apply to the RN nursing program and received notification today that I've been accepted!!! My head is spinning with the thoughts of what's to come but I can't wait!!! So ready for this new chapter of my life to begin...January 26th is the first day of school!!! Anyone else change careers later in their life and how did it work out for you?