i know there are some of us with tests and finals left before the end of the semester.

WE all need some inspiration , motivation, etc to get throught this last hurdle.

Lets all post some motivation/inspiration to make it to the end of this semester.

By the way I cant concentrate for anything today. Need motivation really bad!!

I'm looking too, my brain is totally shot!!!! for this semester.

ADNstudent, I came on here tonight to start the same thread - thanks for getting it going. I've been doing well in school until now with finals just around the corner. I'm so incredibly stressed out, just feel like I'm at the end of my rope and not sure if I want to keep hanging on. I've been in the Nursing Program since August, it's only been 5 months, but honestly feels like 500 months - the thought of 4 more semesters, which will only getting harder is almost more than I can think about.

I called my best friend tonight for a pep-talk, she thinks I'd be crazy to give up now after all I went through trying to get into the program and all I've gone through these past months. I've wanted this for years, I worked in the healthcare field for 6 years and knew it would be really hard, it's just so much harder (mentally, emotionally, physically - than I ever imagined). I worked all last week in a psych. hospital and work there again next week (besides that - during the week I have my med. admin. check off and 2 tests) all while working on care plans late each night and somehow studying for my finals the following week.

I hope it's just end of the Semester burn-out and I'll feel better after a couple of weeks off at Christmas. The place they have us working is a dirty rundown long term place that the State runs, I can't even explain how bad the smell is. It couldn't be more depressing working there, so I feel so bad for the patients that have to live there. I love the hands on work I can do with the patients and hope that in some small way I'm making a difference in their lives - but trying to do that all day and studying late into the nights has me so drained, I'm just not sure how much longer I can keep up the pace.

I feel so guilty that I didn't spend today working on a careplan that's due Monday for my new patient and studying/preparing for the med. check-off, but I had to give my brain a day of rest before I go crazy. To top it all off, my husband has been a royal pain in the behind and I've found myself snapping at him and the kids. If I just walked away from this now I'd feel like a ton of bricks were lifted off me, but know I'd end doing some job I hated and be kicking myself for giving up on my dream. Even my boys have told me I've worked too hard to throw it away and reminded me that I'd strangle them if they ever even mentioned quitting school.

Any encouragement from people who have made it through Nursing School without losing their minds, would be appreciated. I spend all my time caring for other people, maybe I just need some TLC and a big hug...

SusanNC-

(((HUGS!)))) I think you solved your own problem, and everyone else's, too! Just look at your tag line..."If a task is once begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all." Don't quit now!!Believe me, I've been in nursing school for the last 1 1/2 years, and I can't wait to be done, either! I think we're all at the end of the rope! Good luck with the rest of the semester. Hopefully I start studying soon instead of hanging up Xmas lights !!!!!

4 1/2 week vacation after my last final!!!!!!!!!!!! Just think of how much sooner it'll be till you're done with school and are a real nurse!!

It's getting stressful... just take it one day at a time... WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Keep your eye on the goal, think of the job you want one day and the patients you will make a difference to if you keep at this. It's not worth giving up now though I get that feeling as much as any of us!

No one ever said nursing school would be easy... at least no one who ever tried it! We will have something to be proud of when we are finished.