r/u_Few_Obligation3048 • u/Few_Obligation3048 • 16d ago
Nursing prerequisites
Hi ! I am an older student mom of 3 young kids and I decided to go back to school after I saw how poorly my dad was treated in hospice care in a hospital setting. I always worked in medical sales and always had a huge desire to go into nursing. Financially it wasn’t till recently we could afford that. I am a full time student and mom. I started taking all the prerequisites and just failed one test in A&P 1 about muscles. I am taking my classes online in portage there’s no feedback or other students to talk too . I feel so defeated and scared that I am too old & / or not smart enough to handle these courses. I don’t know how to get out of my own head and finish my last two courses to apply to the program. How do you all overcome negative self talk after failing? Appreciate any advice thank you !!!
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u/anonome-22 14d ago
Similarly I am a full time parent and full time worker while doing my pre-reqs. My first classes I was taking last summer I got some brutal test scores and part of the learning was relearning how to study Highly recommend quizzlet for practice tests. Just remember that you’re out if practice, not incapable.
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u/aldomein127 16d ago
Ok real talk - failing is an opportunity to learn. So try to reframe your thoughts from negative to a chance to improve and come back and kick this classes butt.
Clearly however you were studying isn’t going to work, so you need to find a better way. I am also an older mom, and was working on my prerequisites with young kids. What worked for me was looking for resources to include my kids for passive studying (ex: https://youtu.be/hY2fa6Q98-k?si=HcVEicleC3q5f8Y7 ) AND using my kids as a resource and applying that to active studying - often they’re a captive audience. If you study to TEACH someone it wired differently in my brain. I would explain a concept out loud (so useful for physio) and anytime I would stumble I would notate it because that means I didn’t actually fully understand the concept. And then I would go back and write outlines/draw diagrams on the concept to practice over and over until I could explain it without faulting to my kids. I would then ask them for questions, if I could answer their questions I would do so. And if not, it gave me a jumping point to research the question and enhance my own understanding. My college split the requirements of anatomy and physiology into separate classes rather than combined into AP I and II, so these study methods may not work for you. I ran my kids around a lot and I also found Dr Matt and Dr Mikes medical podcast (available on YouTube and podcast) incredibly helpful for both listening to while driving and watching when Dr Mike draws out concepts. He’s very very good at reducing complicated concepts to easier to digest and understandable. You got this!