Do whiners make it through nursing school?

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I have been attending nursing school for 9 months now. We started in a class of 39. We are currently at 23 students remaining. Slowly but surely those who could not handle the stress or the rules have fallen by the wayside. There are those who complain and whine at every turn. Some of the students complain at how the instructors are too strict, how much homework we have, how early we have to be at the hospital, how long we have to remain at school, how they aren't told exactly what to study for the tests, and so on. Can you believe it? HOw ridiculous for those who are trying to get into the profession of nursing to be complaining about how hard it is. What did they expect? Did they think this would be easy? Did they think that only a half-hearted attempt at studying would garner them a nursing license to take care of the health and welfare of others? Did they really think that they could skate by without having to work so hard? I am constantly amazed that there are those who just want to give their minimum and still receive the maximum. Who do they think they are kidding? THEMSELVES ONLY! I wish that nursing school would include a lesson taught in taking themselves and the profession seriously. Then, the rest of us wouldn't have to put up with all the whining constantly.

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I'm pushing 49 years old and unfortunately have dealt with whiners and complainers for many years in various aspects of life. What miserable people. What really took me back though was when I started pre-reqs last semester and so many in the classes whine and complain about the work....would actually ask "do I REALLY have to turn that in?" Uh...no, of course not...and the professor doesn't have to give you a grade either. Watched it happen again and again in my English class. :rolleyes:

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Students often worry too much about other students rather then their own studies.

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Fermin Hernandez - I totally agree.

I think what worried me the most was hearing what others would say about a class or teacher. Basically hearing the rumors. But sometimes it's like well they're upperclassman so I'm sure they know what they r talking about.

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Yeah I cant stand people like that. Dont you just want to tell them to shut up and suck it up. Nursing school is tough if you dont like it then LEAVE. Nursing itself isnt an easy job.

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I can't believe the immaturity and laziness of some people in college. Nursing is no exception. It really drives me crazy. You would think some classes are full of 8th graders. Nurses are supposed to be professional and advocate for patients and their safety, rights, health promotion, etc. How can someone be a patient advocate when they can't even advocate for themselves by being resonsible and making sure they succeed in school, and life for that matter? I love how there are always "those girls" who complain endlessly about "how hard" the class is and it's "so unfair" that there's a quiz each week, paper to write, etc. And the prof is "such a jerk" for grading fairly. OMG. Spare me. Stop wasting your time, the prof's time, and most importantly, MY TIME. :madface:

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I just graduated. One day last year, one of the professors came in and told us how much she really loved our class. She said the class coming through behind ours is full of whiners and the entire faculty was finding them very annoying. Most of them will graduate regardless.

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Unfortunately, some do make it. One can only hope nursing in the real world will sort them out.

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Don't get irritated. I think everynursing program college can release a list of whiners and criblings. But then to each his own...can't help it, can we? :nono:

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he he.. This is funny. I started my first semester of nursing school in january. I was always a straight a perfect student, and up until then i had always worked full time and was used to my lifestyle, only being 21. =) After my first failed test I became a whiner. I didnt understand why no matter how hard I worked it never seemed to pay off. It looked like I was going to fail out of the program because of one class.. then i started clinicals, and then i realized that i really wanted this.. so I pulled my grade up 22 points in 3 weeks. =) Its definately hard.. but no most of the whiners don't make it. We started with 30 people in the program and were down to 17.. were only in the second semester of it.

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Well, I graduated with a whiner who had a 3.6 GPA, was part of the Nursing Honor Society, and was the oldest person in our class.

And I had to hear her complain about the NCLEX and her new job.

So, there are some whiners who make it through and they are good students, just don't know how to handle stress.

Me? I would take my frustrations out on the stairmaster.

And I am the kinda person who "just do it". If I want to vent or complain, that's what my therapist is for.

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