Ugh! Friend is discouraging

[HisTreasure]

My best friend is a CNA. She was somewhat supportive of me going through with the application process for my LPN, but as soon as I was accepted she stopped calling as often. I don't want to jump to conclusions, so I can't pinpoint her reasoning. Anyhow, today we were talking and she began talking about how hard clinicals and med math will be. She was saying book smart people do horribly at skills/clinicals. She said people who aren't great at math will flunk out because med math is hard, math tests are 100% or 0, and you have to pass in order to continue.

I believe her, but I don't know why she would even say that knowing I am not the best mathmatician and I am seriously nervous about clinicals. Someone, please tell me how difficult med math and clinicals really are!

[studentnurse74, LPN, LVN]

I agree - I think your friend is jealous, and probably a little insecure about her own future. Don't let it get you down; just come here for support when you need it throughout your schooling. If you couldn't do this, you wouldn't have made it this far. Congratulations :balloons: