Nurse soon...too good to be true?

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Mar 10, 2005

I felt this way last semester. Not a great feeling. Even though my grades were fine, I just felt it was too good to be true. Know what I mean? You'll do great!

HappyNurse2005, RN · Mar 10, 2005

Am I being totally irrational, or anyone else feeling like it is too good to be true?

I also feel it is too good to be true. Sounds like we are graduating around the same time. It's just amazing, b/c I have been in school soooo long, and now its over and I'm going to be a nurse. Me??? A nurse??? I can't beleive it! wow!

andre · Mar 11, 2005

I am feeling so paranoid. :chuckle It's like I am waiting for the other shoe to fall. I can't believe I am eight weeks away from graduation, and I feel like something bad should be happening. I feel like I am going to fail out or get kicked out- even though I am not in any serious immediate jeopardy (I don't think :rotfl: ) Am I being totally irrational, or anyone else feeling like it is too good to be true?

Me too! Me too! Six more weeks of clinical and lecture.....oh my goodness, where'd the time go? It seems like just yesterday it felt like forever, now I'm trying to cram EVERYTHING into this last six weeks!

My last clinical day is May 3rd....final May 9th....pinning May 20th....graduation May 21st.......wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Saved_by_Grace · Mar 11, 2005

I am feeling so paranoid. :chuckle It's like I am waiting for the other shoe to fall. I can't believe I am eight weeks away from graduation, and I feel like something bad should be happening. I feel like I am going to fail out or get kicked out- even though I am not in any serious immediate jeopardy (I don't think :rotfl: ) Am I being totally irrational, or anyone else feeling like it is too good to be true?

I am so happy for you! I can just imagine how wonderful, but also how surreal it must feel. I hope the next 8 weeks fly by for you.

twarlik · Mar 11, 2005

I know how you all feel. My final exams are next Tuesday and I start my internship the following Monday. I keep thinking that something is going to happen that will prevent me from graduating. I have dreams about it! Can't wait for it to be over...

Good luck to everyone who's getting ready to graduate! :smiley_aa

LilRedRN1973 · Mar 12, 2005

I am feeling so paranoid. It's like I am waiting for the other shoe to fall. I can't believe I am eight weeks away from graduation, and I feel like something bad should be happening. I feel like I am going to fail out or get kicked out- even though I am not in any serious immediate jeopardy (I don't think ) Am I being totally irrational, or anyone else feeling like it is too good to be true?

I feel EXACTLY the same way....LOL. I keep having nightmares about failing out, but it's silly because our instructors are doing everything in their power to help the remaining 45 of us get through. I am done with 1 of 2 care plans thus far, and am almost done with my Leadership project which is about the only grade we get in this one class...so if I fail it, I fail the class :eek:

One Psych test left, two Med-Surg and then it's off to practicums, which I'm REALLY, REALLY nervous about. I feel as though I'm at a disadvantage having been working in the ICU for over a year. We are scheduled for these 12 hour shifts, Sat. and Sun., for three weeks at the end of our semester. But they are in other areas of the hospital besides critical care. I'm scared I won't be able to handle a full patient load (anywhere from 4 to 6 patients) on a regular floor because I am only doing 2 patients in the ICU. Plus, everything is SOOOO different in other parts of the hospital. Charting is different, assessment times are different, I can't get over the CNA's doing things like vitals and bed baths....it's just "weird" and I always feel discombulated in clinicals because it's not critical care. So needless to say, I am NOT looking forward to those days and hope I can get through them with a Pass and not a Fail. That would suck, huh??? To make it through finals and the past 2 years, but fail my last 3 rotations of clinicals......sigh. Okay, now I feel sick.... :barf02:

Melanie

Last final April 29th

Pinning and Graduation May 24th

sweetyjen · Mar 12, 2005

How funny!! I am so glad I am not the only one who feels this way. I was JUST talking to my friend telling her how it does not seem real when I saw this post. I keep thinking like something is going to happen to mess things up. But I do remember thinking like this back in high school too! :) I remember thinking that I would never graduate high school and grow up and now here I am getting ready to graduate with my BSN!!!Amazing! We will be real nurses soon and not just "students"! We all should be very proud of ourselves for making it this far and once we graduate it will be awesome!! Good luck to everyone graduating soon!!!!

YoungWiseWoman · Mar 12, 2005

Congrats on being so close to graduation people...remember your first semester? Well I am in it, so please don't look back. MOOOVVVVEEEEE forward! That way the little people can have hope that there is a light at the end of that deep, dark, fiery, burning, tunnel.

PS Be careful what you speak and think...you may make it come alive!

PPS This is one of those times when I wish I were someone else...you know the person that is weeks away from graduating...such a GREAT life!

grinnurse, RN · Mar 13, 2005

This is why I love this site. You can be thinking about something and "Bam" there's the subject.

I graduate May 13, 2005 and I am getting so nervous!! :uhoh21: I have been going to school for four years and though it seems like forever, it seems like just yesterday too!! I am really getting nervous/excited about working as a nurse but really scared that all the information that I have learned is going to be locked in the recesses of my brain when I need it. Our school has been having all these "recruitment" lunches where hosp. will come and speak and each time I hear them present I think, wow, that sounds like a great place to work. :innerconf How are we supposed to decide?? And the interviewing process has my stomache all tied up. Do I stay in my comfort zone (previous hospital) or do I go for it? :rolleyes:

Good Luck to all of us in completing this last round of our education. :bow:

:yeah: :cheers: :yelclap:

HU_nurse · Mar 15, 2005

Graduating May 14th And I Cant Wait!!!!! Still Waiting On The Sky To Fall However Because This Seems Too Good To Be True!!!

NYCRN05 · Mar 15, 2005

This is SOOO funny because my best friend and I have been talking about the same thing since the beginning of the semester and here we are only 9 more weeks!!!! :balloons: Last day of classes is May 11th, final exam is May 13th, exit interview on May 16th and Pinning on May 18th...What a week that will be :rotfl: But I can't wait, just like all of you. The only way I am able to cope and get through each and everyday is by chanting the number of weeks to myself!! Good luck and God bless. Never forget why you went into the profession. It's all about patient care!!!!!