Thinking about changing majors

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I've been a nursing student for years, and I just came to the realization that I hate it. I don't genuinely care for people I barely know, and after years in the medical field, I don't think that'll change.

I've also been interested in the Engineering field, I like the idea of applying logic to solve actual problems (and not reassuring needy people), but I haven't been doing much math over the past few years. I was wondering if anyone here was in an engineering program (especially electrical) and had any book reccomendations to brush up on my math and science skills. Of the top of my head, I'd probably buy something like calculus for morons, are there any publishers that have more relevant material? I have about 10 months before I'll have a chance to go to college again, so in the meantime, I'll be working on any reccomendations you guys have.

I would suggest two Morris Kline titles;
"Mathematics and the Physical World" and
"Calculus: A Physical and Intuitive Approach".

I think pre-studying and skimming a variety of books is a good idea.

Now, as far as actual math classes, I have taken both

Calculus for engineering and science students

Calculus for non-science majors<---that one was harder!

Yes, you heard that correctly. The calculus for non-science major was harder in absolute terms, I think because it was a newer class, it was clumsy in some regards. The textbook, instead of just explaining things in a straightforward way, used kind of fare fetche analogies. And a little bit, both the book and the professor talked down to students, as if they were setting up a negative self-fulfilling prophecy. Plus, the plain old regular calculus for science and engineering, I guess out of being tried and true (or 50 some years of experience) has better pacing.

Thanks for the reccomendations, I have a couple of Morris Kline books on the way now, and I'm feeling good about not jumping the gun and buying the easy version.