Feeling kind of burnt out.

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I'm a 3rd semester student in a 4 semester accelerated BSN program.

I have my sleep, nutrition, and exercise habits in order, but I just don't have the drive I had the first two semesters. I don't think anything is physically wrong with me, I'm just worn out (emotionally?).

I've been getting pretty awesome grades so far, my nursing school GPA is 3.71 for the first two semesters. I think I might get a B in pediatrics and that's been ******* me off a bit...

I don't know what's up with me... I'm just kind of 'over it' right now. I think I really need about 3 weeks off, but the best I get is a week at the end of October.

Thanks for reading, I don't usually like putting stuff like this out there.

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No worries, hang in there. Everyone usually gets to a point where they feel overwhelmed with emotions and feel tired of everything. It's rigorous training for a reason! Just know that nursing school is one of the hardest things that you will ever overcome.

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I can only imagine how burnt out you are, especially in an accelerated program! Try to give yourself one "non nursing" day a week. Or at least set a few hours once a week where you relax or keep your mind busy in other ways that have nothing to do with school. You are 75% done!

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I give myself the last 30 min of my day to read a few pages in a romance novel, to watch a goofy comedy on tv. Something non-stressful, every day, just for me. Your brain will thank you for it.

Also, you get a whole week off in October? Lucky dog. our fall break is four days.:cool:

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

Ohhh I can so relate. I am in my fourth semester of a 5 semester progra and just feel so burnt out. I don't want to study and I feel so lost. I am constantly doing assignments at the last minute and just not studying like I normally do and I just don't care. This feeling kind of scares me because I am so close to being done! I need a kick in the head or something!

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Specializes in Pediatric, ED.

I feel the same way! iluvpatho, are you graduating in May? I'm also in block 4 and will graduate in May! I used to be so motivated to finish assignments and papers way ahead of time but for some reason, this block has been so mentally & emotionally draining. Constant assignments, studying for exams and writing papers and discussion questions... it's endless. I am very much counting down to the 3 week holiday from school in December/January. I can't wait!! That's my huge motivator right now... like a carrot dangling in front of me. :) We can do this!! We have 7 more months left. :)

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I haven't been at it as long as you but I do understand that desire or drive that we once had is slowly diminishing. I don't know if OB/Peds and Psych really turned me off or if the routine of nursing school is.....boring. Like you I have an exercise, eat, sleep, recreation, time off during the week but it doesn't seem to be enough. I recently had a one week break that ended five weeks ago and I was ready for another break a week after we got back. It's just nursing school burnout and looking at another year of the same routine. Hang in there and good luck!

P.S. I wish I could have some solid advice for you but I think you'll have to find your own way of making it through. However if you find something that works let me know:up:

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

Open the dictionary, look up "burnout" and my username is right next to it. I'm in the 4th semester of a 5 semester program, and I just about had a breakdown two weeks ago, even taking a break from this board for a few days, because quite frankly, even reading about nursing school was sucking my energy dry.

I thought that I was just suffering from summer slump, but it's been five weeks now and it's not the summer, it's school in general. I'm tired of nursing school; the same dull busy work, the same ambiguous test questions; neurotic clinical instructors, anxiety inducing clincals, and annoying type A classmates. I akin it to a prison sentence.

Right now I have Peds and I HATE it. I seriously think about quitting every single day. I suspect the main reason I don'y is because of the time I've already put in, and the fact that even if I never work as a nurse at the end of all this, I'll at least have a back up education.

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.
I feel the same way! iluvpatho, are you graduating in May? I'm also in block 4 and will graduate in May! I used to be so motivated to finish assignments and papers way ahead of time but for some reason, this block has been so mentally & emotionally draining. Constant assignments, studying for exams and writing papers and discussion questions... it's endless. I am very much counting down to the 3 week holiday from school in December/January. I can't wait!! That's my huge motivator right now... like a carrot dangling in front of me. :) We can do this!! We have 7 more months left. :)

Yes I graduate in May. I keep trying to think about that to motivate me but it doesn't seem to work. What classes do you have now?

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