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I am so discouraged. I have been studying for several days for this patho final but it is way too much information and I can't get it all into my head! To make an A in this class would mean making a 96 on the final, but there isn't any way I am going to fail the class either... so I have almost zero motivation to study because the chances of knowing the material well enough to make a 96 are, like, zilch, but I know I will make at least a C in the class to pass on to next semester. I am so used to being a good student and can't understand what has driven away my good grades and now my motivation. I am sorry to complain so much on this board, but no one in the "real world" wants to listen to me, can't say as I blame them at all actually. ;) Help! :o :o

It's the end of the semester blues. My nursing final is tomorrow and i can't bring myself to study. Just hit what you can, and relax. It's your brain just trying to get you to quit cramming knowledge into it before it explodes! :D Good luck, but you will do fine.

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Rayrae,

I remember feeling that way from time to time... especially when I first opened my microbiology book... :eek: ... I thought OMG, no WAY am I EVER going to learn/remember ALL this information !!!

It was a horrible, discouraging feeling.

But then something kicked in... it was the "fight" in me. I WOULD not bow, kneel, or succumb to this monster. I would NOT let it defeat me.

ooooooooooooooh, no ! Not THIS kid !!! :D I got mad at it. I was going to show it who was boss. I dared it to come on ! I knew I was bigger and better than this stupid book, it could glare at me all it wanted, I would win in the end.

Call it sheer stubborness, competitiveness, drive to survive... whatever. Even negative qualities can play in your favor at the right opportunity...

So remember who's boss... not the material, not the "feelings"... but YOU. You have the control... use it ! :kiss

Specializes in Pediatrics.

thanks for the encouragement guys...

i will see what i can make myself do.

i am ready to quit right now.

but thanks so much for encouraging me even though i am refusing to be encouraged! :p

Originally posted by jnette

Rayrae,

I remember feeling that way from time to time... especially when I first opened my microbiology book... :eek: ... I thought OMG, no WAY am I EVER going to learn/remember ALL this information !!!

It was a horrible, discouraging feeling.

But then something kicked in... it was the "fight" in me. I WOULD not bow, kneel, or succumb to this monster. I would NOT let it defeat me.

ooooooooooooooh, no ! Not THIS kid !!! :D I got mad at it. I was going to show it who was boss. I dared it to come on ! I knew I was bigger and better than this stupid book, it could glare at me all it wanted, I would win in the end.

Call it sheer stubborness, competitiveness, drive to survive... whatever. Even negative qualities can play in your favor at the right opportunity...

So remember who's boss... not the material, not the "feelings"... but YOU. You have the control... use it ! :kiss

:roll THis was precious! What a truly motivating and inspiring post! YOU have so got it going on!

you're just expecting too much from yourself. I was also an 'A' student until I started nursing school. I've been in exactly the same situation you're in and scared half to death about getting a 'C' or an 'F' and watching my GPA nosedive afterwards. You have to bring yourself to a point where you can accept that its more important to do your best to successfully complete the program than it is to get an 'A' all the time.

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Yes, I agree. Realistically, can you be looking for that "A" all of the time? A guy in school with me convinced himself he was going to get an A all the way thru and practically bombed out on his first a.m. report after clinical and he was so upset, disappointed, depressed...but with him he had set his expectations too high and when reality set in, it hit him very hard. Do the best you can and you'll pass and that's all you need to do. I know it is difficult...but try not to let it get to you and do not...I repeat...do not quit!!! ;)

Specializes in Pediatrics.

I will not quit!! I will not quit!!! This is my NEW mantra.

Thanks, all of you. You all are such an awesome support, and I know my expectations have been kind of high.

My friends tell me I am too hard on myself. I am beginning to agree and try to change it! Thanks for all your help all of you, it means A LOT from people who understand and are coming from the same place I am, there is nothing quite like nursing school!!

Take care all, be kind to yourselves. :kiss

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