Failed a course twice, what do I do?

I want to go back to school again. I didn't know or recalled after such a long time ago (more than a decade ago) I have taken a course twice and didn't quite pass to the grade that the colleges I applied to require. I want to become a nurse. The passing grade in the colleges I applied to require C and higher for the pre-requisite courses. I had a minus C grade on psychology twice. I do not know what to do at this point. I feel I suck and I've been feeling this way since before last Christmas. It's getting hard to accept facts that I may never become a nurse now. I tried contacting and personally tried to talk to the nursing department at my school but I got bad news that I will not be accepted into the nursing program with a failing grade in psychology. I did not know that all nursing programs were this competitive. I began spiraling and got very emotional. In my head a month a later after feeling just a teeny bit better I started to think about what other careers I may study. The reason why I am writing this post is for advice. Like what else can I do? Are there any other health professions that I can do other than nursing even with these two low grades? I do not know who else to talk to about this. I tried friends, coworkers, anyone at this point and they all say "I'm sure you'll figure it out.. just give it time" or something like that along those lines. I spoken to advisors of the college I applied and got admitted to, got my transcript evaluation, and came to bad news as well. I currently applied to another college. I am waiting for a response from admissions office to see if I got accepted or not and WILL definitely talk to an advisor there too. I still have hopes but do you guys think I should just drop it and just accept the fact that I will not be a Registered Nurse at all? I know that I should but that feeling of wanting to be accepted still lingers. I do not know what to do at this point.

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