Exhausted... lost all momentum... one more to go...

MammaNurse2Be · Jul 23, 2011

When I feel overwhelmed I tell myself that I will commit 5 focused minutes and take a break. Sometimes that is enough to get me going again. When it isn't, if you get enough 5 minute blocks or 15 then you do see results and that too can get you over the hump. Take it one day or hour at a time. Good luck!

fostermomof3 · Jul 27, 2011

Lisa1980, I have been watching your posts (stalking maybe?) because I am in the process of applying and enrolling in the same program. I have admired your enthusiasm and followed your progress (hmm, sounds like I AM stalking! lol) Anyway, YOU CAN DO IT! You have to do it, because if you can't then I'm not even gonna start! Go girl!

Girl, I am stalking too. I sart in Sept and Lisa1980 is my new role model....

metroishka · Jul 27, 2011

FosterMom, have you completed the enrollment process? I have applied, taken the assessment tests and had my phone nterview. They should have my transcripts by now- i have a phone appt with my enrollment counselor tomorrow. I am REALLY curious to see how many prereqs are satisfied and what my course of study will look like. Do you know what else you will have to take besides nursing courses? My target start date is Sept 1st. I am excited and scared too- I haven't been in school for a long time!

fostermomof3 · Jul 27, 2011

I only have to take the nursing classess. I had taken all my science classess and basic gen ed but I still got credit per degree and got to skip 6 classes! I am scared and excited too. We can do it! I posted what classes I had already taken in another thread so you could look and compare. I had a associates in science degree and all I have left is the 7 nursing classes and the intro class. Good luck. We can keep in touch thru here.

BetterMeRN · Jul 27, 2011

Fostermomof3, I plan on starting in Sept myself. Orginally I wanted to do the MSN program, but I decided against it because I haven't even started my RN career (passed boards less than two weeks). I figured I'd just start with the BSN first and try to get it done in one term. Then I would decide what I want to master in. Fostermomof3, we can keep in touch and help each other along the way. Good luck to us both.

greenfiremajick · Jul 28, 2011

write 2 sentences of that paper.......That's what always gets me going when I don't want to. I simply start the paper...The actual physical activity and then I can get going, again.....

I have one more course to complete for my BSN. I lost all my momentum. I'm so exhausted. I relaxed... I relaxed for a week. So now, I am trying to attempt this last class and I just don't feel like it. Why is it that I have made it this far and I just don't want to go on? I don't know what to do. I have to log a total of 90 hours for this clinical and write an APA style paper on a Health Concern in my community. I got a lot of resources but just don't have the will to really start it.
Sigh.................................................
What will rejuvanate me? Coffee ice cream doesn't work anymore, coffee doesn't work, cheetos are not working, chocolate is not working either. I don't like hot tea. I'm always tired, I have no energy!!!
I don't even know if I'll get a raise where I work for obtaining my BSN... maybe that would be an incentive. But too new... can't ask for that.
Advise please!

Lisa1980 · Jul 28, 2011

metro and fostermom you guys can do it!!

I did find some momentum and pushing through my last course. I am about half done. It's a waiting game now though.... I need people to call me back so I can do my interviews. This portion is for the practicum.

My advise: depending on the type of person you are; I like to do the hard courses first then the easier courses as I progress. I wish I would of knew this first. They usually start with the easier courses first to build your esteem up.

I didn't take them in this order; however if i knew what i knew now I would of took EBT (research portion... and lost of research) first, then communinty health (HAT). The community health is the portion that has the practicum. It's more time consuming because it's a lot of research then interviewing and you have to come up with 90 hours. 10 of the hours account for the HAT tasks.

But PM if you ever have any specific questions or what not.

I am planning on starting the MSN portion in Novemeber. I may start earlier if I can get my fiancial aid more situated; we'll see. Just focusing on the practicum right now.

My mentor is absolutely FABULOUS!!!!!! That's one of the best things about WGU... they are soooo supportive!

fostermomof3 · Jan 2, 2012

I am on my last class!!! 90 hours on obesity just seems impossible at this point, but I have 6wks to finish it up!

SLCRN · Jan 7, 2012

Fostermomof3, I also did my practicum on obesity, PM me and I can give you some pointers!

KTakami · Apr 5, 2012

Girl, I am stalking too. I sart in Sept and Lisa1980 is my new role model....

LOL!! I am sooo stalking Lisa1980's posts, too, right now! Looking into WGU's RN-BSN/MSN :)

KTakami · Apr 5, 2012

A nursing instructor during our nursing school orientation gave the story of boiling water needing 212F, that at 211F it's not boiling water...the point of one degree making all the difference, and even if we work to the point of expecting results, its meaningless essentially unless you finish it to standard and completion.
I'm waiting for the state to process my request to take the NCLEX at this time, and I still think of that little story to keep me going.
Also, it helped to think how fortunate I was to have a place in nursing school, as nerdy as that is! But, true.
Keep one day at a time, and count them to the end of the semester if you have to.
Good luck!

LOL!! I love the 211-2 F analogy! And o btw, I feel nerdy when I think to myself, "God, I'm glad you kept me in nursing school," sometimes during lecture/discussions. I feel so privileged to be a baby in this profession at 21.

Graduating from my ADN this May, & keeping one day at a time (and counting!),-KT