Confused with continuing nursing

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Hi all, I am a first semester student, and I am struggling on keeping up with Med-Surg clinicals due to lack of critical thinking skills that made my CI ask me, "do you really wanted to be a nurse?"

Since then, I have been crying almost every week and trying to hang on the rollercoaster. I know myself that I'm striving and trying my best to learn and improve. Whatever happens I'll have Jesus take the wheel for me because I have been emotionally drained since the second half of the semester.

I just want some advices on how to go on because I am now at the point of giving up and change careers even though it is not bad to reapply again when I fail. I am just scared.

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35 minutes ago, LostFutureRN said:

Hi all, I am a first semester student, and I am struggling on keeping up with Med-Surg clinicals due to lack of critical thinking skills that made my CI ask me, "do you really wanted to be a nurse?"

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Can you give some examples of your "lack of critical thinking" that compelled your instructor to say such a thing?

Not trying to be nosy but it will be difficult to try to help without some idea of where your instructor is coming from.

And what is your judgment of the situation? Are you truly not getting things the way your peers are, or is there more to this story?

Thanks.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

You do sound distressed and for that I am sorry. It really is impossible to answer your question without more details. What happened that made your instructor ask you that? Are you having issues staying off your phone, socializing too much, being indifferent to the patients, avoiding doing the work? Those are the things that, as an educator, would make me question why you are there. Can you give us more insight?

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I would say keep trying your hardest. There is more work for nurses then just working bedside at a hospital. Its your first semester! Your skills can develop over time. Can I ask what your stats or points were that got you accepted. Ill be applying. Thanks

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Your instructor sounds like a *****. Take their comments with a grain of salt. You got into the nursing school, that is already an achievement. Keep on plowing, keep a good attitude, graduate, and rub it into the instructor's face when you're done. Don't let fear control you, decimate the courses

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Geez! You are a FIRST semester student! It takes time to develop critical thinking skills! Please don't give it up. It just sounds like your instructor is a jerk. I'm sorry you experienced that. Best thing to do is to keep going and prove to him/her that you can do it! GL!

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Sometimes, it takes a person a while to get the momentum going. It's your first semester and probably your first time being exposed to the medical stuff too. I was like that in the beginning.

When I was in nursing school, a lot of my classmates already been exposed to nursing either from being a CNA or has parents/siblings already being a nurse, etc. So I was one of the slowest ones in clinical, and I felt horrible when I compared myself to other students. One of the clinical instructors was going to fail me, but eventually things just started clicking together. I then showed that same clinical instructor otherwise. In the end, he said he was glad he didn't fail me.

So hang in there, and don't give up.

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