Who's getting EXCITED!!?? - Page 2

I'm excited! Unfortunately doing my CPR, titers and physical was required to finished the application to apply. Orientation for us is the first day and class and the books and everything will be handed out the first day of class since its part of the fees so I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO UNTIL SCHOOL STARTS! lol. I can't wait to get this show on the road. Good luck to everyone in their programs.

So I had my excitement day yesterday. Followed by crap I have three weeks to write 3 papers and pull together my resource book that I was supposed to do over the summer. Now I wish I hadn't procrastinated! So now I'm coming down to the last legs of summer and the stressing begins. I did enjoy my vacation though. It did not hit me until yesterday that I made it through freshman year of nursing school. Once I got the "Sophomore Syllabi" in my hand.

School starts for me on August 20th. Our orientation is the same day as the first day of school. Our instructors have already sent us reading lists to help us get ready for the semester. They also sent us dosage calculation practice quizzes.All the information seems overwhelming but I try to read and do some math every day. It is starting to settle in that NS will start before I know it. I am excited & nervous though.

I start the third semester of my ADN program September 4th. I am beyond excited. I love nursing school and can't wait to get into the more intense material this upcoming semester.

I had orientation on July 26 and that is when it hit me that it is real! When I was sitting in an auditorium because there isint a classroom large enough to hold all of us, I was looking around thinking...'wow'! Then they gave us our reading material for our first test...and I was like 'wow'! So I went and got the book and it was SO big...I was like 'wow'! I literally cant wait for Aug 20th to get this thing rolling! Good luck to you!

Congrats! I start back up (2nd semester) in 2 weeks and I am sooooo ready to go back and make some more progress toward my goal! I was in your shoes 6 months ago and I remember the excitment and anticipation - it has all been worth it so far!

goodness, i don’t even know if excited is the proper word! i got my acceptance email back in april a month later i had supplies/uniforms, immunizations/titers (which wasn’t due until july13th), attending a cpr recert class, registered for background/drug test, had orientation about 2wks ago which we were already given a packet to review for drug calculations...the only thing left on my list is...over $3,000 worth of books to be picked up. hopefully, the bookstore will be open by august 1st. so....i’m pretty much "more" than ready to go. i can not wait!! good luck everyone

Having recently graduated & passed the NCLEX just this week, I would encourage you to try and maintain that level of excitement as you go forward! You are going to feel overwhelmed, frustrated and exhausted soon. Most important to develop and maintain good study habits now if you haven't already done so. Seek out help from your instructors early and often, they are there to help you and want you to succeed!! Also, establish study groups! These will be the people that support you, encourage you and give you a swift kick if you need some motivation. Friends and family are awesome support systems, but when it comes right down to it, the people that will understand what you're going through best are the ones that are going through it with you!! It is challenging, but so worth it in the end! Good luck! Believe in yourself! Stay strong! You can do it!!!

I'm excited too! And, still a little scared as to how I am going to do. I realized last night just how close it is and it kinda freaked me out a tad. But still I can't wait! I am not ordering my books till wednesday, because there is one class I still want to try to get in that only had once section open and it was reserved for online students. It opens up on Wednesday and I am going to try to snatch it up, as there is only 1 seat left in there!

Very Very good advice. My program started this last May and I can tell you, it's been tough. I'm in a Bacc2 program and even with a prior Bachelors and a masters behind me, Ive never studied so much in my life as I have been doing for the last 2 months.

Things I wish I had reviewed before starting my BSN program:
hormones (where they are from, what they do, what causes them to be secreted), neurotransmitters and the whole Parasympathetic vs sympathetic nervous system thing
the Renin - angiotensin- aldosterone system
the inflammatory cycle actors and responses
but mostly, relax and recharge because you wont have time after the train starts rolling.