So looking back to last summer... I was proud my hard work had earned me a spot in the program, realistic about the difficulty ahead, yet excited to finally be on the road to a nursing career. My first year of nursing school was every bit as grueling as I imagined and more. At times it seemed overwhelmingly difficult and I can't count how many times I wanted to just turn around and walk away. It didn't take long before I resolved to myself that there was no way I would quit the program. I vowed to do my best and let the chips fall where they may. So I survived, week after week, exam after exam, skill after skill. In the midst of all the difficulty I also experienced moments of success: in the classroom, in the lab, in the clinical setting. Those moments made it all worthwhile and helped carry me. In May I participated in orientation for the new students and marvelled that a year had already passed. My first two weeks of summer vacation I resisted the urge to pick up a nursing text. Studying was so ingrained in me I almost couldn't readjust myself to normal life. I was actually amazed the day I realized I'd gone almost a week without even thinking about picking up a textbook. I began to marvel in freedom and life. Weddings and birthdays and vacations and actually spending an entire day shopping... I've read frivolous fiction and planted flowers and visited friends and walked dogs and spent time with kids. And I've seen that it is all glorious :chuckle
Then I thought about returning to school for fall semester... Lord give me strength.
Wow! In less than 1 year we'll all be going to our pinning ceremonies,next graduation and then taking state boards. I'll be honest with ya, I hate school but I do want to become a RN so I better complete this task. I know that it will be worth. I'm sure most of you will agree.
Wow! In less than 1 year we'll all be going to our pinning ceremonies,next graduation and then taking state boards. I'll be honest with ya, I hate school but I do want to become a RN so I better complete this task. I know that it will be worth. I'm sure most of you will agree.
I'm w/mixed feelings. Have completed 2 years--one more year to go. I'm enjoying being off, look forward to my final year but am pretty scared with all the exams, HESI exit exam then NCLEX. Who'd have thunk it???:chuckle
I have to say I am ready to go back. I really enjoyed my 1st year & it was not as hard as I expected. Lord I hope I have not just jinxed myself!! I have loved pretty much all of it. I dread all the HESI'S we have to take plus the NCLEX. How awful to graduate & not be able to pass the NCLEX!! The thing I worry about is when I am an RN & an emergency comes up will I know what to do??? Will I act fast enough or will I pick up on s/s that I should. I also worry about doing something (not intentionally) that would cause someone harm. I will probally be slow as an old turtle double checking everything I do. :)
I thought I was ready to get back into the classroom again but all of a sudden I'm having a case of nerves. Some of my old doubts of Can I do this? have come back to haunt me. Tomorrow is the big day. I hope that I just settle back into my routine and that's that. I, too, enjoyed my vacation very much and forced myself not to pick up a textbook. I'm glad I did, too. It's one of the best vacations I've ever had! :) Just think, though...only one more year! Woohoo!
Blech I am not looking forward to going back. Sometimes the stress seems overwhelming. Its been kind of nice to have a little bit of a life! I am finally begining to grasp some of the tv shows and stuff people have been talking about. But like all of you have already said, i am ready to be an RN too and getting all this over with is the best way to do it . Just not been into it cause I am taking a summer psych class and actually was afraid of clinical! We had a couple of days on the unit with some aggressive schizo's. Its not a good feeling when you have to hear about the take down from the night before and your instructor is warning you to be weary of certain pts. :stone :sofahider Thats when I started wondering if I could handle the last year of school. Already stressing and it hasn't even gotten really started yet. Oh well. I will just buck up and keep going one day at a time... :selfbonk:
I have mixed feelings about going back. I feel like I have forgotten a lot, but I know it will all come back to me once I get back into the swing of things. I love having free time, but I miss my friends and I know that the sooner I go back, the sooner I'll be done and finally be a NURSE. I am working PT as a PCT right now, and while I like not being graded by my clinical instructor (yes, we get letter grades--how dumb), I can't wait to do RN stuff too. (I can wait to do all that charting though--yuck!) Come August 29th, I can say goodbye to my life, bed, money, & sanity, for I am in for a rough semester. I see the light at the end of the tunnel getting brighter.....that's how I will get through it! May 4, 2006, here I come!! :balloons:
I envy all you guys who actually get a break from nursing school! I have been going for 3 semesters with only a few days off between semesters. I NEED a break! Actually we will get a whole week and a half off before fall semester but of course there is always the fire safety class and etc that's scheduled during our break!
I'm very nervous about 2nd year...SCARY! I have experienced a couple of our 2nd yr instructors and they are kinda harsh! But I look at it like I have come too far to let a little attitude get in my way!!!
I envy all you guys who actually get a break from nursing school! I have been going for 3 semesters with only a few days off between semesters. I NEED a break! Actually we will get a whole week and a half off before fall semester but of course there is always the fire safety class and etc that's scheduled during our break!
I'm very nervous about 2nd year...SCARY! I have experienced a couple of our 2nd yr instructors and they are kinda harsh! But I look at it like I have come too far to let a little attitude get in my way!!!
We're in school full-time for the summer as well. I'm so looking forward to our upcoming break. I think we have a total of 20 days (who's counting). I was first excited about this semester (OB/Women's Health), but I'm growing weary of assessing women's bottoms!!!
I can fully relate...in fact, I dread it. Altho I love nursing, the stress of it all is over whelming just thinking about it!
And I heard the 3rd semester is the "worst"....ugh.
You are definately NOT alone!
I am so worried about going back..I hear that 3rd level is the worst too and I feel drained just thinking about it!! I hope I can get back into the groove of giving up life again....it is not a fun thought but a necessity
My school is having a lot of problems with cheating and I am not looking forward to dealing with the speeches and video taping of test taking. I hate the thought of going back and dealing with all of the politics.
I have to say I am ready to go back. I really enjoyed my 1st year & it was not as hard as I expected. Lord I hope I have not just jinxed myself!! I have loved pretty much all of it. I dread all the HESI'S we have to take plus the NCLEX. How awful to graduate & not be able to pass the NCLEX!! The thing I worry about is when I am an RN & an emergency comes up will I know what to do??? Will I act fast enough or will I pick up on s/s that I should. I also worry about doing something (not intentionally) that would cause someone harm. I will probally be slow as an old turtle double checking everything I do. :)
What are the HESI'S, I'm in TX and I have not heard of them?
Oh, and i totally understand the slow as a turtle thing...I hope skills and speed will come with time....just hopefully not too much time
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Not to mention, I'm looking forward to getting back to class so I can see the instructor I have a crush on.
Just had to share, because it made my heart go pitter-pat! I saw him today - he was driving down the road and I was driving towards him. Ah, the joys of living in a small town. :chuckle
What are the HESI'S, I'm in TX and I have not heard of them?
Oh, and i totally understand the slow as a turtle thing...I hope skills and speed will come with time....just hopefully not too much time
HESI'S are NCLEX type tests that we take at my school after each class is completed.We must pass each HESI & also must take an exit HESI & pass in order to graduate. They are suppsto judge how likely you are to pass the NCLEX. I have passed all mine so far & hope I can continue!!!! To me they are harder than the NCLEX questions in the Saunders study guide I use. My daughter went to school in West Texas & they used them at her school I guess it just depends on your school. Anyway the questions seem like they always have 2 answers that could be right & you have to pick the best right answer. UGGGH I hate that!
Lord give me strength.
. Just not been into it cause I am taking a summer psych class and actually was afraid of clinical! We had a couple of days on the unit with some aggressive schizo's. Its not a good feeling when you have to hear about the take down from the night before and your instructor is warning you to be weary of certain pts. :stone :sofahider Thats when I started wondering if I could handle the last year of school. Already stressing and it hasn't even gotten really started yet. Oh well. I will just buck up and keep going one day at a time... 
:selfbonk:
Come August 29th, I can say goodbye to my life, bed, money, & sanity, for I am in for a rough semester. I see the light at the end of the tunnel getting brighter.....that's how I will get through it! May 4, 2006, here I come!! :balloons:
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Wow! In less than 1 year we'll all be going to our pinning ceremonies,next graduation and then taking state boards. I'll be honest with ya, I hate school but I do want to become a RN so I better complete this task. I know that it will be worth. I'm sure most of you will agree.