I've been asking around these thread for advice on how and what to study before nursing school begins.
Here's my situation; I work 40 hours mon-thurs, plus I am a mother of a 6yo boy. I'm currently an MA and decided to go back to school to become an RN. My dream job is to become a CRNA, so I started with my pre-reqs. It's been about 9 years since I've been in school, which made me nervous to go back to school. Not to mention I am 29 and felt like everyone in my classes were fresh out of high school to mid twenties. I worked out a schedule with my work so I could attend classes and still work. I'm only 15 mins away from the school, the drive wasn't far. Some days I would get to work at 7am, have classes from 11-2:40, and head right back to work until 7pm. I barely got to spend time with my son and his father. I was stressed and angry, but I pushed through it because I knew that eventually it would pay off. I applied to the ADN program, and was unfortunately not accepted. I was 34 out of the 80? who applied, and they took 28. I was heartbroken. I felt like I had wasted that time.
I heard about a different campus location having the pre-licensure BSN program. I had to pass chemistry and intro to nursing by the end of fall semester and submit my application. I passed those classes and now is the waiting game. The only thing, they take 40 students, but only 30 something applied. As long as I meet the requirements, I'm in! I'll start the program in April. I'm still waiting for the official word though.
Now, I said that I've been asking around about how to study and what to study. Some have been really helpful and others tell me to take a break and relax while I'm not in school. Well, I grabbed the Saunders n-clex review and I started reading it. I'm not in a rush, which means I don't HAVE to study this stuff. I can take my own time going over the physiology and over the anatomy of the body. Today I read half a chapter and while I was downstairs earlier, I started talk out loud all of the stuff I learned today. I found that I actually retained a lot of information. I love studying when I'm not rushed because I can be repetitive with the material without having a deadline. I could try to relax and do nothing on my time off, but I feel that I'm preparing myself in a way that doesn't exhaust me. I think in the end, this is going to help me. I won't have to try to be relearning a&p, but instead I can focus on learning the material being taught.
