Thank you so much!! 💕

There are many people doing very well in nursing school with no medical background. I think it’s important to just have an overall interest in patient care and you’ll do just fine. When asked, I try to share my field knowledge with my classmates as much as possible. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t.

Thank you for the acknowledgment Laura. That was much appreciated 💕

It depends! My cna job at the time was super flexible and also gives you a good idea of what your life will be like in healthcare. Because I’ve seen people spend all that money and don’t even want to be nurses fr

@@shardayharmon aw ty for responding! Yes I’m seeing a very divided tone on nursing.

That sounds like a great plan and most nursing programs are requiring a CNA cert now. 🤍

Thank you! 🥰

Hi! You will have to know anatomy and physiology very well as it will help you recall how diseases work. I promise it will pay off later if you give your all in those two classes. Once you know how they work it will determine what you do for your patient. An example would be vein insufficiency. The veins in the legs are having a hard time pumping blood BACK to the heart so we’re going to elevate the legs to minimize gravity. We wouldn’t do that for arterial insufficiency bc we would be increasing resistance for blood to get TO the legs. As far as math, you cannot escape it in nursing school but it is more so simple algebra. You’ll be working alot with milligrams and mLs. So if the order is to give 100 mg of liquid Tylenol, but your bottle in stock is 50mg/mL. How much would you give? You would give 2 mL worth of medication. That one is really simple but they start to add in weight, units, per dose (ex: if they’re getting 3 times a day what would be the amount for ea dose), etc. You will also have to know your conversions, pounds to kg, teaspoon and tablespoon to mL, etc. What I just told you may seem like a lot but it’s all in how you set the problem up, everything can be done w a basic calculator (sometimes in your head), and it is consistent through the nursing program just a little more complex sometimes. They like to trick us and throw in distractions. They will help you w this! I hope that helps. Focus on basic Algebra, A&P I, and A&P II. Shoot for As w all of the core nursing prerequisites, so you can be nice and competitive when you’re ready to go! And notice I said shoot for it, please don’t get discouraged if things don’t workout EXACTLY how you planned. I had quite a few Bs before getting into program (but I wouldn’t recommend that being your personal standard) Good luck 💜