does anyone else feel this way?

[direw0lf, BSN]

I know I want to be a nurse and have a decent enough idea without actually having been one yet of what I'll be getting into. The thing is I think I'm a little apprehensive but I don't know why.

This semester I piled on the course load and was taking 18 credits. I decided to drop the intro to nursing class and save it for the summer, since I'm taking some heavy sciences (biochem, genetics) and calculus ('nuff said haha). When I dropped it I felt a huge pressure off me but I realized it's a little more than lightening my courses, I think I'm afraid to actually take that step from just aspiring for it to actually on the path to the professional nurse. But I know it's not because I don't want to be one, that's the weird part!

I think I'm afraid of failing. I've heard enough about it with nursing students.

Anyone else feel this way? (just needed to rant this out too, thanks!)

[RainMom]

I felt that way. It took me yrs to finally bite the bullet & sign up for classes & when I finally did, I went to my mom's & cried like a baby. I think it's just knowing this is a huge step & turning point in your life. It's all the unknown that's to come but once you get started in the nursing program, the inner turmoil should settle down & you can just stress on the normal school stuff.

Good Luck! You can do it!

[mw1179]

I agree with nu rn above! I feel the same exact way you do. I actually find myself talking myself out of it. But I know it's where I want to go. So you aren't alone! It's the unknown!

[Idiosyncratic, BSN, RN]

Yep. Sometimes I get afraid to push myself. But I'm realizing I have to.

[nerdy student]

You are not alone! There are time when I feel like I start to talk myself out of wanting to be a nurse, even though it is the only thing that I have ever wanted to do with my life! When I start to feel overwhelmed, I just take a step back and think about all the the great things that will come to me when I work hard and I push myself through the anxiety and am ACTUALLY a nurse! Hang in there, and know that you aren't alone! Good luck with classes!