some confidence please!!!

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k, so i take my cpne wedensday in madison.(aug.6-8)

i was super confident to start out with, but i have found myself very nervous and stressing about the LAB STATIONS!!! seriously??? not that those will be easy, but c'mon! i started out studying for the clinical and telling myself, "if i make it through the first two days without any flubs then i will have the confidence to come in the third day and seal the deal!"...that was my original plan. now, in my head, i'm messing up the lab stations. maybe even the FIRST lab station.

i'm well practiced and i know what i'm doing, but the closer it gets, the crazier I get. i think the large part of it is i told EVERYONE IN THE WORLD that i'm doing this and i've put a lot of pressure on myself this way.

some advice? calming techniques? encouragement? how do i block everyone out? should i keep my cell phone off the entire time i'm up there? do i need to start smoking cigarettes? i'll probably walk from the hotel to the hospital, so do i listen to music while i'm walking or do i think about what i'm about to do? should i eat small meals or big meals while i'm up there?

you'd think i'd never made a decision before!!!! aaahhhhhh!!!!

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Seriously, read the "talk me down from the ledge" thread.

I'm in Albany now, taking the CPNE.

Find something to calm your butt down. It is NOT easy.

I took a Xanax and a nap and went to do the labs. Nailed 3 out of 4.

My husband suggested that I just pretend that I'm going to work. I mean, it's not like I don't know this stuff, right?

I failed the first time and it was nerves. Hands down.

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MORE COWBELL!

Seriously, read the "talk me down from the ledge" thread.

I'm in Albany now, taking the CPNE.

Find something to calm your butt down. It is NOT easy.

I took a Xanax and a nap and went to do the labs. Nailed 3 out of 4.

My husband suggested that I just pretend that I'm going to work. I mean, it's not like I don't know this stuff, right?

I failed the first time and it was nerves. Hands down.

thanks...i'll give it a read.

good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you're going to own that lab tomorrow!!!

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Good Luck !!

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