Help! I'm freaking out!!

penelopejane · Jul 29, 2005

If you have done as well as you stated with your prereqs. Then you will have no problem with the Nursing Program. This is from experience. Don't worry.

OK. I'm freaking out right now. I've waited so long (1 year) while taking my pre-reqs to get into nursing school, and now that I'm finally starting it in August I'm freaking out!! I've been looking into numerous threads about attrition rates and this is just bumming me out!! I mean... " started with 70 students and now we have 30" kind of posts. I dont mean to make this thread into a "at my school we started with X number and ended up with X number at graduation" I want to now what happens to these students that fail. Do they typically dont work to hard or what?? I have gone through the whole... A&P I,II, Microbiology, Nutrition, Sociology, Psychology, Dev. Psychology, Chemistry, Medical Terminology etc with all A's but now I'm starting to wonder if I will make in Nursing school, and I'm feeling truly bummed out. My anxiety is just eating me from the inside! Help

bloodmonster · Jul 29, 2005

You are going to Ace all of your classes.Your 4.0 GPA will not change with nursing school. You apparently know how to study if you are getting all A's. You need not compare yourself with other nursing students. I bet those nursing drop outs are either not serious enough about the nursing program or after awhile realize that nursing is not for them, or they have too much on one plate (family, kids, jobs, too much personal drama). When you are a serious nursing student everything else is secondary. Nursing school comes first and family comes second. Those drop outs more than likely did not make nursing school their #1 prioritory. You have nothing to worry about...and it the words of Cher (slap, slap.). "Get a hold of yourself." I loved that movie!:rotfl:

nursemary9, BSN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

I know I went to school a long time ago, but I found that if you reallly work hard and really want this you will do well. You really do have to work hard, tho.

It is not an easy course but I found that it has been worth it.

As I say, I went to school many years ago when it was maybe a bit easier then today, but even then it was hard work!! The physical work is hard as well as the learning. Nursing is really quite a hard job; even all these years later, I love it. I wouldn't want to do anything else.

Good Luck to you. I hope you are able to to this; The world need more good nurses!!

Mary Ann

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

If you went through all those courses with all A's, you're probably really freaking out about weather you can maintain A's in nursing school because surely you have what it makes to pass, unless you go to a school where the instructors randomly pick students to fail for no good reason.

Relax. People don't make it for a variety of reasons, but anyone who can make A's in all those courses is going to do fine in the classwork portion, trust me on this.

Good luck to you!

(We started with 60 students and graduated 60 students from a tough NLN approved school.)

DDRN4me · Jul 29, 2005

you already have taken and done well with the prereqs..that is battle #1. you have a strong commitment to do this, battle #2 go in with the attitude that thisis what you truly want, and push yourself to do it. you may have to sacrifice other parts of your life, but believe me it will be sooooo worth it in the end. I had A's going into my ADN program, and got Bs there ...but that was ok. no one will check your grades when you are working as a nurse!!!! I am currently beginning my last year of my BSN, and somehow am maintaining a 4.0! you can do this, and you really want to,! you know you can always come here for support! Mary

charlies · Jul 29, 2005

I worry too. At my orientation, the girls graduating told us about the 60% attrition rate, which the director verified. And you have to consider that everyone got all A's in their pre-req's, practically a requirement to get in the program, so they were all excellent students. And surely, like us, they all planned to finish the program when they started. :stone

And then on top of it, I read the posts in first-year nursing, and it is hard to find someone who is happy with their job.

mariedoreen · Jul 29, 2005

If you want to pass: Study as thoroughly and well as you have in the past, make sure you know all of the program's rules and regulations and adhere to them (especially as they pertain to the clinical site), stay out of nursing student hallway politics, and be respectful of your instructors.

Anything I missed?

leixlip · Jul 29, 2005

The only advice I can give you is to make sure that you really, really really want to be a nurse. The ones I saw fail out were ambivalent and really did not seem to care. Also chill out a little, I have seen some fail out in clinicals because the instructors felt they just weren't cut out for it.

ImaERtraumaRN · Jul 29, 2005

Nursing school is unlike anything you will ever do. It is hard and as long as you are willing to jump in and learn and have a true desire to be a nurse you will be fine. But if you are worried before you start it makes me think you are dedicated enough to see it through.

A large number of those who failed our program you could almost pick out on the first day - feet up, uninterested, joking around - thought it would be a piece of cake, OR they were in nursing school because it was the fastest program to make the most money. What they didn't know is that it takes HARD work and DEDICATION. Those of us who passed were determined NOT to fail and stayed ahead of the game. Honestly, there were a couple that failed because they had problems with the material, but they were few - and possibly if they seeked out others to help they could have pulled through.

My best advice is to relax, study hard, recognize you will have good subjects and bad subjects, good instructors and bad instructors, good clinical days and bad clinical days. This comes with the territory. Stay ahead of your studies and SQUEEZE some time in for yourself and your family or you will make yourself crazy. Go with the flow and keep your eye on your ultimate goal.

Oh, and practice writing your name with RN behind it on those bad days - it got me through some very tough times! Good Luck!!!

Christian_SN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

On the 'X amount of people to graduate'... as you know, every body is different and all have down falls. Some people in nursing school drop out or get kicked out b/c: do not care, do not want to study all the time, learn nursing is not for them, have husband/wife pass away, family problems, fail out, teacher pressured them to drop out and/or a teacher did not want them in the program. There are many different reasons for people not staying in the nursing program. You just need to know that being an RN is what you truly want to do in life.. And never loose sight of the goal you have set for yourself. B/c there will be times that you want to give up and spend time with the family (for example) but I learned real quick that I have to put my self first right now. Good luck in your nursing career. Never give up even if they tell you to drop out.

AtlantaRN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

work hard, study, you'll do fine. we started with 140 and finished with half. family issues, unsupportive husbands, etc, that was the main reason some of the students didn't succeed.

Take it seriously and study and you will do great.

atlantarn