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[shannag03]

hi everyone!!

i am 24 years old and also a single mother. i have always always always wanted to become a nurse but i suffer from a learning disability. in high school i maintained a 2.5 and sometimes even a 3.5, but my weakness was math i am horriblllle in math once i hit algebra im like huhhh?? haha...it takes me a while to understand the material but once i do it clicks. i took a bunch of college courses and even had a 3.5 and i was able to do it because i put my mind to it and studied like crazy. my major at the two year college was nursing but i am having difficulty getting the rest of my preqs completed because of all the problems the school systems are having in california and i cannot afford to wait any longer. i am thinking of enrolling into one of the private nursing schools to start as a lvn and i was thinking of doing it very soon. i am just scared of the math section everything else i will be fine in. i have a strong desire to help people and i so badly want to be a nurse and i do not want a little thing like math to get in the way of my dream. another thing is that both my parents are deceased so my support system is very small of course i have friends but they all have lives working and completing their education...i just feel stuck. anyone been in a simaliar situation?

[Daisy_08, BSN, RN]

i am a rpn student (similar a lvn only canadian). i have always been awfull in math and have minor dyslexia. the math in my program is pretty easy. i did have to get 100% on all of the tests because there is no room for error when you’re working. i was taught everything i needed to know, and did have 3 chances to write all of the math tests, but i never needed them. often the people who did were esl students or they just made a really stupid mistake.

the program is hard work, but if it is what you want then go for it! i have a huge variety of classmates, including a single mom of 5 and a 50 year old grandmother.

good luck!

[dee78]

I agree...don't let the math stop you. Just know that you will have really concentrate on the math. For me, I learned a lot about myself because I thought I wasn't good at math but really I was impatient and made stupid errors so when I slowed down, did the problems 2-3 times each and came out of it with an A. We did not have to be perfect, the final test had to be 81...as did our average.

You can do it. Good luck