Accepted Spring 2012 suudents what are you feeling now?

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Ok, I was accepeted for the Spring 2012 RN program in September:) which Im happy about!

But I'm starting to becomes nervous and scared of whats to come. I know how hard and how much work must be put into this, but I'm starting to sike myself out of thinking that I will make it through.

For the newly accepted student for the Spring 2012, are you guys feeling happy, excited, nervous, scared and doubtful all at the same time?

Oh yeah I forgot to add anxiety to:uhoh3:

I'm very anxious about starting the program- but when I start to feel overwhelmed I tell myself that I was one of only thirty people selected for this semester. I can do it.

I've got a 2 year old that I had to work out "daycare" for as well (meaning I had to find family that could keep her while I'm in school) and I'm really worried that I'll be missing out on time with her because I'll have to study so much.

I'm starting at a community college in South Carolina- we have our orientation on Wednesday and I know they'll say something about not being able to work and do nursing school. I've dropped my hours to part time at my job but I really don't want to feel discouraged by the ones who should be encouraging me!

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I was just officially accepted a couple weeks ago! I start at the University of Portland on the 16th! I am still so excited about getting in that the anxiety hasn't really hit me yet. I was jumping up in down in a Micheal's Craft store when I got my email and everyone must have thought I was a looneytoon :) I am just finishing up all the paper work, vaccinations, CPR and all that stuff. I didn't realize exactly how much you had to do before starting. Pretty sure after the first day of class the nerves and anxiety are going to kick right on in though.

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Hi everyone! I'm feeling everything above. I start on january 18th, but can't find anyone from my school. I'm attending brookdale community college and would like to get into a study group... I need help finding where I can do that.

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Specializes in ER.

Congratulations to everyone who got in! I start my ADN program on the 17th. I took my first pre-req 8 years ago so It's been a loooooooong time coming! Good luck to everybody! To those starting this week, let us late starters know how your first week went, pretty please. :D

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I was accepted and start our BSN program on the 17th. I'm full of emotions right now - joy, fear, anxiety, restlessless, and relief (relief because I actually got in). I've ordered my scrubs and supplies. I will go get my books tomorrow and start reading on theory and health assessment to get a head start. At this point, I think my overall feelings are that of relief because of the limited number of spots available. I overloaded myself and took 14 hours this past summer to make up for a major-change; now I know all that hard work was worth it. I'm also attempting to get into the Army Nurse Candidate Program while in school, so that's been a source of stress as well. I'm 1 for 2...so hopefully this works out. I know I just have to take one day at a time and keep my head up. Good luck to all the other Level 1's out there.

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Specializes in Hospice & Palliative Care, Oncology, M/S.

Congratulations to you all! I'm going into my last semester (5th), and can't believe it's gone so fast. Keep your head up, keep smiling, and know that YOU CAN DO IT!!!

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Specializes in PD,Nxstage,hemo.

5 days left until blast off!:specs:

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Pressure. Amazing, overwhelming, pressure.

There is the part of me that is still questioning if this is going to make me happy. You see in my former life as a sexy, minx like inside sales girl (think chunky Jennifer Tilly +60 lbs) life was pretty easy. I answered the phone, sold things, learned way more than I should about the products I sold because well why not, and most importantly was really good at what I did.

I was thinking about changing careers before I was laid off (international business tanked) and I went to a healthcare fair to explore options. I knew that I enjoyed helping others, I knew I enjoyed a challenge and I already went though all the things I didn't think I could deal with emotionally. (No babies, thank you) Out of the blue, like some crafty angel I met the most amazing psych nurse who showed me what the nurses in his unit were doing with music. That's when I said, "Okay this is what I want to do."

I had already registered for school when I was laid off so I saw it as a push from the universe at large to throw myself in head first. I didn't really have any issues, never failed a class, had a good gpa, and most importantly really enjoyed biology classes.

When I was accepted I thought my effort wasn't wasted and with my "free" semester I decided to take some general courses that I would need for the next step (BSN). This seemed like a totally productive use of my time until I realized that taking creative writing and I had been estranged for far too long. Like a long, lost, summer romance I threw myself into it. I read things that didn't have a single word ending in something that sounded like Voldemort might say.

And I wrote, oh yes, I wrote.

So after running around like I'm on a bad game show with finger printing, listing to various agencies places I've lived for the last 20 years, and being poked and prodded I finally purchased my books.

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Are you kidding me? (I have three books as digital so really the stack should be higher.)

So every day I look at these books as we count down to the start of the semester and I think things like, "If I lay them all out on the floor and then lay on top of them perhaps I can just absorb them."

I'll finish the program, I'll pass the NCLEX, because I'm too stubborn not to. I can't see taking out thousands of dollars in loans and not finishing but then I'm faced with questions like:

I've been unemployed since May of 2009 and my credit shows it. Will I be able to get a job?

Will anyone even want to hire me due to my policy of actually being myself in an interview?

What if I do all of this and realize later on that I should have just gotten an English degree and lived a life of a cigar smoking, free spirit who spends all of her time in a tiny town on the coast of France writing painfully boring prose?

So the short version of my long answer is: I'm really, like, freaked out here man.

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Specializes in PD,Nxstage,hemo.

Crazed I loved reading your post. It was very entertaining! Wow you right like a English major! I wish you the best!

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"So every day I look at these books as we count down to the start of the semester and I think things like, "If I lay them all out on the floor and then lay on top of them perhaps I can just absorb them."

Not going to lie...I had a friend do this with our physiology book two semesters ago. She slept with it under her pillow. It didn't work out too well :)

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Specializes in Public Health.

NERVOUS, SCARED, AND ANXIOUS :uhoh3:

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Today was our first day...48 people in our class which is small for our program..., Even tho we only have lecture on Monday and Friday, we had to go today for "orientation." It was 4 hours, we watched a Hippa and an OSHA video, went over the program, did a lot of paperwork and was given the calendar for assignments. It was cool the excitement of actually being there and seeing new faces had not worn off, we have to read 7 chapters/102 pages for class in the morning whooo reality really hit then. Every thing was great though hope y'all have a good first day too! Peace.

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