Up to speed...for now

Since the blog is about my pursuit of a nursing degree, I'll add short update on my progress for now, and then will make more of an effort to journal about this amazing journey on a regular basis. Truth be known, I forgot my password...once I remembered I had started this blog about 10 months later! That's what school does to me. I live in a school "bubble" mentally, and tend to forget other parts of life. I hope that changes some now that I'm past the original shock and fears of going back to school at my age.

So...in the last year I've taken:

US History
Developmental Psych
Nutrition
Computer concepts
American Lit
Biology 1406 (for science majors)
Developmental Math 090, 097, 098
Microbiology
Anatomy and Physiology I
English Comp

Whew!

This fall I'm signed up for:

Anatomy and Physiology II
Intro to Chemistry
DMath 099

I'm thinking of adding a class or two to this fall. I need to make some decisions about how to best prepare to apply to nursing school in the spring. If I apply to Brookhaven, I should take Nursing pharmacology, or pathophysiology or something to that effect that will give me more points towards being accepted into the program. My BIG struggle is that I haven't been able to get Statistics in yet. I can't take that until I finish DMATH 099 this fall. There is a "fast track" of 099 that starts Aug 25 and ends Sep 18th that I'm still considering. The benefit to that is that then I could take a stats class that begins that same week. HOWEVER, both of these classes are online, and the one thing I do know about myself is that I need a classroom instructor for math classes in order to really learn it. So...I'm just praying that statistics will be offered over the wintermester!

Taking prereq's to apply to nursing school has been fun, and frustrating all at once. The frustration comes from the fact that each of the nursing schools have slight differences in the required prereq's in order to apply to their school. So...after the fall semester, I'll just add classes for other nursing schools and will apply to every single one possible. My first choice is TWU so I can get that little "BS" behind my RN. So that's the track I've been pursuing.

One of the greatest lessons learned this past year is that I am more determined than ever to get into nursing! Each semester has given me more confidence and motivation in the pursuit. That's not to say that I haven't had moments that I was overwhelmed and felt like giving up...I have! But the motivation level is so high that it keeps me going in those tough times.