Re: Overwhelmed: Taking make-up exams over a month after everyone else? Originally Posted by prettypony 
Hi there. I too am a new nursing student. I'm in my first semester. Just reading your story really tugged at my heart. I'm so sorry to hear about everything you're going through. I've thought about so many different things to say to you but they all seem pretty lame at this point. So I'm going to tell you what my dad told me a couple of weeks ago. He simply asked, "Kate, is this really what you want?" I keep hearing him ask me that over and over again. The answer is YES this is what I want. I want to make a difference in as many lives as possible. I want to give people faith that have none or that have lost theirs along the way. More importantly I want people to have faith that they can make a difference. I know this sounds really cheesy but it's so true. The whole world is focused on having hope, but I think we all need to have faith that there is a solution, a way through this maze that we call life. We do need hope too don't get me wrong. Faith is the essence of things hoped for and of things unseen. And we can't see in to the future, or at least I can't, but I know that it's there and I know that it's going to be great. We just have to suffer through this short few years until we reach the end goal. And I know that it will all be worth it in the end. Pleae remember that, that it's worth it. And you're worth it, you're worth all this trouble of picking yourself up time and time again. I know you can do this. Hope this didn't make you mad, I hope that it helps.
~Katie
Thank you so much for the kind words. It is so hard sometimes to see beyond the stress and what is happening "in the now". I could have died at my college, I have 2 small kids at home and a wonderful husband. I didn't die but it was harder than I thought it would be to move past that day and focus on all of the things I need to do NOW and try to just have faith it will all work out if it is supposed to. I made it through the course, I didn't score as well as I thought and at first i was really diapointed in myself fr not keeping the A average I had been maintaining but I know that there are more important things - I knew the material my focus was just off, time to move on. I am so enjoying my maternity roatation. I have been blessed with the opportunity to be a part of 2 vaginal deliveries and one C-section. Having the ulnar nerve damage, my ring and pinkie fingers of my left hand are almost useless and my thumb works a little weird...I am right handed though! The clinical staff at the hospital, school faculty, and classmates have been so supportive and helpful. I am so happy to be here for my family and I love being ther for the patients I work with. Mentally I feel much better now and I hope that physically I see some more improvement in time although I will manage if not. I have my first exam tomorrow, perioperative, normal newborn, normal post partum, CVA, collaborative problems, and antapartum, intrapartum...should be interesting!
Re: Overwhelmed: Taking make-up exams over a month after everyone else?
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