Dare I Say... Bored!?!?

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Specializes in Acute Care.

Okay- so I just finished my second semester of my ADN program and boy was it EXHAUSTING... physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc. etc... you all know. We've been on summer break now for about 2 weeks. I've been loving the mental break. The ability to turn my brain off for a while. Spending some MUCH needed time with my Wife and kids, and working as much as possible to pay for my last year of nursing school... It kills me to say this... but I kind of miss school. I never in a million years thought I'd say it. I felt so empty by the end of last semester- but for the past year- its been my sole purpose in life... to succeed in school- and without it... I feel a little lost. I miss my classmates who I basically lived with at starbucks during 12 hour study sessions and at clinical. Believe me, I am NOT wishing my summer vacation away- but its so weird to not be checking my school email, or drilling myself with endless nclex style questions to prepare for an exam. Any one else know what I'm talking about... or have I just lost it!?

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Okay- so I just finished my second semester of my ADN program and boy was it EXHAUSTING... physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc. etc... you all know. We've been on summer break now for about 2 weeks. I've been loving the mental break. The ability to turn my brain off for a while. Spending some MUCH needed time with my Wife and kids, and working as much as possible to pay for my last year of nursing school... It kills me to say this... but I kind of miss school. I never in a million years thought I'd say it. I felt so empty by the end of last semester- but for the past year- its been my sole purpose in life... to succeed in school- and without it... I feel a little lost. I miss my classmates who I basically lived with at starbucks during 12 hour study sessions and at clinical. Believe me, I am NOT wishing my summer vacation away- but its so weird to not be checking my school email, or drilling myself with endless nclex style questions to prepare for an exam. Any one else know what I'm talking about... or have I just lost it!?

I just graduated and I completely understand. Things have happened so fast since graduating so I haven't had to much down time to really think about it too much. I also applied to start my RN-BSN for this fall. But I have been working on this since 2004 (had a 3.5 year waitlist so did all my co reqs during that time) so it feels so completely bizarre to be done. I took my NCLEX within days so I don't even have that to study for. LOL

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Specializes in Cardiology.

TOTALLY understand. I've been off for a week and don't know what to do with myself. I think I'll probably feel this way on break until I am completely done, because I just want it to be over....

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Specializes in Hopefully ICU one of these days..

i am a student returning to school after a fairly long hiatus. i hated school when i was younger but now that i have actually put a little effort in it has become my entire life. i just finished my last pre reqs with a 4.0 cumulative. i am just waiting for my letter now and dreading figuring out how im going to pay. its crazy going from working 80 hours a week making substantially more than 100k a year to working part time and being a poor student again. now that it is summer and im still only working 20-30 hours a week i have NO IDEA what to do with my life lol. i kind of cant wait for the grind to start again with the new challenge of nursing school, does that make me a masochist?

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Specializes in Float Nurse.

I completely agree! im in a 2nd degree part time absn program so instead of the usual 12-15 months ill take about 2 years to finish my BSN. i graduated 2010 with my b.s in biology and just started an the program program about 3 weeks ago.. for a whole year i worked 35-40 hours a week and all i can think to myself is how much i missed school. I missed my friends, going to class, and actually studying and doing research! Now that im back at school i promised myself i wont complain about how much i have to read or study or how sleepy i am because for a whole year i just complained about how much i missed reading and studying. Believe me some days are more challenging than others working 7-3 shift then class 5-10 it kills me. ( im still working full time )

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Specializes in Acute Care.

I think another part that drives me is only having one more year left, and after the summer its really only 7 months. I want so badly to be done and to start the next chapter! But again- I dont want to rush my summer... have some fun family time planned, but I dont know... its a bizarre feeling of "what am I doing right now!?" haha

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i have been taking only one class at a time...just slowly poking along....just finished A & P 1 and I have nothing to study for(at the moment)...it is a odd sort of feeling....i go to the schools website at least 3-4x a day to see if the final grades have been factored in to the GPA,i have caught myself even going to the A & P class site to see if any new discussions have been posted,or a new message from the prof.....i still have my books out on my make shift table for "supplies"...i remember having the feeling i cant wait for this class to be over so i can put this stuff away...its only the beginning of the first week off so i am sure i will kick into mom/wife/housecleaner/etc very soon..hehehe....for now tho...i still have the feeling i should be studyin,going to a website to learn more about a topic.....man,if i feel like this now,whats it going to be like AFTER the program!...:coollook:

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Okay- so I just finished my second semester of my ADN program and boy was it EXHAUSTING... physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc. etc... you all know. We've been on summer break now for about 2 weeks. I've been loving the mental break. The ability to turn my brain off for a while. Spending some MUCH needed time with my Wife and kids, and working as much as possible to pay for my last year of nursing school... It kills me to say this... but I kind of miss school. I never in a million years thought I'd say it. I felt so empty by the end of last semester- but for the past year- its been my sole purpose in life... to succeed in school- and without it... I feel a little lost. I miss my classmates who I basically lived with at starbucks during 12 hour study sessions and at clinical. Believe me, I am NOT wishing my summer vacation away- but its so weird to not be checking my school email, or drilling myself with endless nclex style questions to prepare for an exam. Any one else know what I'm talking about... or have I just lost it!?

I agree with you and honestly I thought I was the only one that felt that way. Now that summer is here I feel so bored but yet when I was in school I was begging for a break. Its a Catch 22 but soon enough we will be in school. Enjoy your summer! :)

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I know how you feel. I've been on a month long break before I start summer semester tomorrow. I also lost my job so I've just been hanging around the house, killing time. I think part of my problem is that I'm in a hurry to get finished with school and I feel like we're wasting time!

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I feel exactly the same way. It took me 2 years to complete my pre-reqs and the concurrent classes (did not want to worry about Micro..during nursing:) And I find my self at my wits end...I begin in August. I was lucky enough to be able to take a break from work also....so I REALLY am going NUTS! But I think that is what makes a really good student also...we push ourselves to the very limit. So TRY to enjoy your time off ...as will I

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