Here is what you need to concentrate on.

1. Be extremely mentally and physically prepared. They will TRY to run you into the ground.

2. Be your own leader.

3. Make friends with as many students as you can. It really helped me.

4. Successful nursing students kiss their instructors a$$. They love it. Makes them forgive you more when you fail at something.

5. Speaking of failing (and you will), learn how to pick yourself up after doing so or you will defeat yourself.

6. Prepare yourself with the smells and sights. Desensitize yourself.

7. Learn how to function with 3-5 hours of sleep on most days.

8. Study like your life and other lives depend on it. Focus on those closest to you and how the information you retain could educate and help them.

9. Eat right. Especially b-fast. Don’t smoke.

10. Always smile, even when you are dead tired, and have a good time, pts. like that.

also, learn a few prayers just in case someone asks you to pray with them.