Emotional Rollercoaster of Nursing School!!!

[Blove86]

Am I the only person who is riding this ride? Because I sure do not like it, I am enjoying the experience, don't get me wrong, but the high's and lows of taking test, and studying your but off for 6 chapters yet having only 50 questions, or in clinicals trying to not make a mistake and because you are so nervous you make so many anyway......

Nursing school sure is a test of the will and will be so glad when it is over!!

[Lindalou76]

I started ns in August and it has been a major rollercoaster ride. From trying to stay on top of the reading (impossible for me), trying to pass check-offs, and now starting clinicals (which terrify me) i'm getting really sick of this darn ride! lol Luckily all my instructors are wonderful, it's just me letting alot of fear & self-doubt in the door and i start to spiral down and start to feel like i can't do it. I've never been so stressed in my life as i have the last 2 months, my diet has went out the window (lost 20 lbs over the summer) cause i feel like if i monitor my diet on top of everything else that i may literally crack! I've had more zits in the last 2 months then i think i've had my entire life! lol My house stays a disaster and we eat more take out than home cooked meals and i hate that but i'm just too tired or too busy trying to study to get dinner cooked most days. lol The stress is really killing me, the anxiety gets worse the closer i get to clinicals and there are days where i just want to quit so i can have some relief. I keep hoping if i can just make it through this first semester that i will start to have more confidence about making it to the end. Oh, i've never been a "c" student until now, but my philosophy is i'm passing so i'll take it! lol So many people in my class don't seem stressed at all so it's nice to come here and see that many others are feeling the same way i am :) Ok, there's my 2 cents. I better go because i have a test tomorrow, then 2 check-offs tomorrow (physical assessment & NG tube) and 1 check-off on Tuesday (catherter's) and then clinicals on Wednesday & Thursday which i'm totally unprepared for and scared to death of! lol