First year burn out

[Littlebear91]

So, I'm in my first year of nursing school. I'm doing very well, I don't find the tests as hard as most, don't need to study as most, and overall am getting the impression that nursing really "clicks" for me.

However... I'm getting really burned out. Clinicals are cool, but I'm getting the impression nursing isn't what I thought it would be. I'm rigorously academic, and lover the science. However, there are several things I really don't like- the biggest being scheduling. I have a young family, and a military husband.

I guess I'm just burned out on being in school in general. I've already been in over a year just for pre reqs and there is so much school left.

Please leave some helpful advice.

[AspiringNurseMW]

Are you my twin? Lol, almost except my SO isn't military.

I'm loving school, everything clicks, I love the science and when things come together for me. I did Pre reqs for a year and am in my first semester of actual nursing school.

My thing is, I want to be a midwife, which mean I still have anywhere from 5 to 8 more years of school left. But I try not to think about it. I'll break it up into manageable chunks. Right now I'm focused on that after tomorrow my next test is in 4 weeks. Or that I am just about halfway done with the semester, 8 more weeks left. If I start to think too much beyond that it starts to feel overwhelming.

And it's also part of the reason why I chose an ADN program, so I'm not doing more than 2 years of anything all at once, and can take a break in between if need be.

This semester the scheduling is very annoying. I got through all of my prerequisites only physically going to campus 2 days a week because the rest of my classes were online. Now because of my clinical location, I am in class, lab, or clinical every single day. I'm holding on to the fact that next semester my schedule gets much better and I am only going to class /clinical 3 days a week at most.

One step at a time.