CautiouslyOptimystic

I am not one to admit defeat or tell someone to quit but perhaps nursing just isn't for you. I say this with the best intentions because there are those who have passed who should've had a career change years ago. Anyhow, I worked with a lady who oddly enough had a similar circumstance as yours. She had completed the nursing program but could not pass her boards. After four unsuccessful attempts, she had a 'coming to Jesus meeting' with herself and now she is a Respiratory Therapist at the same hospital working with the same patients. See where I'm going with this....You will find your calling and when you see the rest of us running around like chickens with our heads cut off you'll be glad everything worked out the way they did.

I am from an area of the country that is predominately Caucasian and have experienced indirect aspects of racism. Many times my patients will either assume I'm the aide or talk to my CNA, who is of the same race, of which I then receive the pleasure of letting them know I am the nurse. Many times most are polite about it but you can still sense it in their behaviors. I don't get mad or hold it against them but instead use it as an opportunity to shine and do what I do best and provide excellent patient care.

I was diagnosed with ADHD during nursing school, so my classroom time wasn't as 'enriching' as others might have experienced. Quite honestly I learned nothing while sitting there while balancing my checkbook, writing in my new planner, and you get the drift. Simply remember this advice and you will be thanking me later. First: Repeat after me "PowerPoint handouts are my friend" Second: Find a pen that you would fight to the death over, it's a nurse thing, and have a one subject notebook. Third: Get out your PowerPoint handouts and your textbook. Find referenced material from handout in book and begin to write. Finally: Write till the cows come home. Don't be intimidated by your book or try to be overzealous and read additional chapters; as that's simply mental suicide. Stick to what you have been told to study. Nursing school really is a walk in the park.