ThE WAIT For Acceptance IS TORTURE!!!!

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hi Guy and Gals, I'm Contessa. I am a Pre- Nursing student and I have applied to a couple of Adn Fall 2018 Programs near the Houston area. I am having a crap load of anxiety while waiting out this time to see if I got accepted or not. NOBODY warned me that the time between the deadline and finally knowing if one is accepted is a beast. I have checked my email 50 times a day. (Hoping they sent out letters early), as well as stalked each schools website. Has anyone else been in this slumber of wanting to know but scared to know at the same time?? Ahhhhhh!!!!! I feel like a kid at Christmas time!!!

I'm not in your state, but it is the same wherever you are, yes! The wait is brutal. Then all of a sudden, an email pops into your inbox and the wait to begin starts. Now I'm wrapping up Block 1, and it has absolutely flown by. But I will never forget the anxiety of waiting - it drove me insane! LOL!

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Oh I'm sure you will do Great on NCLEX!!! Best of luck to you and a Big Congrats on making it through the program!!!

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I'm not in your state, but it is the same wherever you are, yes! The wait is brutal. Then all of a sudden, an email pops into your inbox and the wait to begin starts. Now I'm wrapping up Block 1, and it has absolutely flown by. But I will never forget the anxiety of waiting - it drove me insane! LOL!

Yes I hear that the time flies once you finally get in. Any advice on how I should prepare myself for first semester??

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Yes I hear that the time flies once you finally get in. Any advice on how I should prepare myself for first semester??

From my experience, I would suggest brushing up on A&P, learning some basic medical terminology) and brushing up on math skills.

Get a really good organization system in place, because what I found is that even though I understand the concepts, the sheer volume of work is what overwhelmed me. We didn't spend very long on any subject because there simply isn't time to do so. For example, we learned about nasal cannulas, breathing masks, and oxygen flow rates months ago, and then this past week we were thrown into a SIM (simulated hospital setting with a mannequin patient) and had to recall everything about face-masks and how much oxygen to give.....it was really scary! lol

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