Final Stretch Fatigue

Nursing Students LPN/LVN Students

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I am in my final semester in my LPN program. Honestly, I know I should be incredibly excited, but right now, I am just feeling worn thin. It doesn't actually feel like it is coming to an end, actually. Though technically I won't be finished with school, since I've already applied for the RN program (my GPA guarantees me a seat) and am taking a class over the summer to get it out of the way.

If I didn't have bills/school I needed to pay I'd honestly cut back on how much I work. I have classes and/or clinics three days a week, and twelve or eight hour shifts three other days a week (usually the twelve hour shift). That leaves one day for recovery, but I'm not actually recovering. I'm doing laundry, cleaning, trying to give my very patient boyfriend some time, etc.

It is like having two full time jobs, both school and work. At this point I want to just stop at LPN for a breather, but I know it'll be more difficult to pick back up and continue to RN. Plus knowing I can go directly into the program with no wait, it spurs me to continue slogging on with education.

Do things eventually get better? I find it hard to imagine not being in school and working at the same time. I don't know what I'll do with all the free time when I'm just working a job rather than doing both.

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Final semester is always rough! I think that's where the term "senioritis" comes from.

Hopefully, you'll remember these difficult times once you are working and it will make you appreciative of the awesome-ness of "just working".

I know that is a big part of why I loved going to work as an LVN/LPN! It was much better than the rigors of school, homework after school and poverty! [emoji23]

I'm in my last semester of RN school now and am so over it! I feel you!

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14 more days and I feel exhausted..

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