Trouble with nursing

[ShanteMurray]

Hello To All,

I am currently trying to get back into a nursing school in order to finished my education and receive my BSN. Over the pasted two years i would say i have had a hard time with school (mostly test taking). Now I'm sure most of you are wondering have i been actually studying, have i gotten tested for any learning disability, and etc. Well the answer to all of those questions and more are YES!!!! To make a long story short i have been diagnosed with a reading comprehending issue and with ADHD. I am taking medication for the ADHD and i am also receive more time on my exams. All of this help that i am receive is making a difference just not a BIG enough difference to show that i am passing and not struggling. I have had professor tell me that maybe nursing was not meant for me because of the exams, and i refuse to let an exam determine my goals in life. Nursing is a field that i have feel in love with over the years since i was in 8th grade (2005) I have always enjoyed watching medical shows and helping anyone out that may have hurt themselves at school. When my grandmother go sick in 2013, i realize that the care that she was receiving from certain hospitals and nursing homes were just horrible. While my grandmother were in their care, i would help myself and go get what she needed; it even came to the point that i was giving her insulin medication because the CNA/RN "were too busy." I understand that nursing is more than just the patient's, that its about paperwork, keeping your skills up-to-date, and most important all just being a respectable person to everyone. I know and feel deep down that i can become an amazing nurse, i just want to be given that chance first to show that i can. I see so many people in this world that pick certain jobs and don't even like it as well because of their personal reasons. So the reason i wrote this blog was to ask if ANYONE could give me ANY type of ADVICE on how to pass the TEASE entrance exam and than being able to pass the nursing exams once i get accepted. I am a hard working person and have the determination to become a nurse, i have had my ups and downs (mostly downs) within these 3 yrs. I have been ready to get the ball rolling when it comes to nursing school. I just don't want to make myself go insane because I'm trying and trying to get in or even finished a nursing school. SO PLEASE ANYONE WITH ANY GOOD ADVICE PLEASE!!!!! HELP ME.

p.s. NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS PLEASE, I have to deals with those thoughts myself and tell them to hush.

Thanks for reading and I hope someone respond SOON.

[Anna S, RN]

I would advise starting with English and writing classes, to gain skills in sentence structure, use of words, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphs, and so on.

I started with those two classes. I had really good instructors. Plus, my English text book was very good.

I referred to it again and again throughout my nursing education.

It really helped me with writing essays, and so on.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

I wouldn't be so quick to judge the nurses and CNAs who took care of your grandmother.

I doubt very much the nurses were unwilling to administer ordered insulin because they said they were too busy to do so. Maybe they were unable to give it on the timetable *you* or your grandmother wanted, but saying you had to administer it yourself, or else she wouldn't get it is being melodramatic.

Be careful judging nurses before you've actually worked as one. Plus, students who have a chip on their shoulder from what they've perceived to be poor care they've witnessed are the *worst*. Don't be one of *those* nursing students.

[ebrooks1013]

I am not really understanding what you need help with. Did you fail out of school and you need to get back in? Originally it seems as if you were put out and your teachers were discouraging you. It says later on in your passage that you need help with the TEAS entrance exam for nursing and and nursing classes once you got in. Is this a different program? Were you ever in a nursing program or just the prerequisites?

[Oceanpacific]

To the OP, it is hard to evaluate writing skills on a post that you may have written in haste. On first blush, there is a lot you could do to better express yourself in writing.

There are people with ADHD and/or have learning disorders who have become successful nurses. If you do a search on this site you will find a lot of posts on this topic.

Do you feel like your reading comprehension is sufficient to allow you to read a physician's orders for medications and to notice if something like the dosage or frequency were questionable?

I do understand that one can ask for reasonable accommodations while taking the NCLEX exam. This is the exam you must take and pass after graduation from a nursing program in order to be licensed.

Best wishes on your dream of becoming a nurse.