Frustrated student nurse.

[xyellowhazex]

I have become so frustrated and depressed lately. I am in my final semester of nursing school and find myself wondering what am I doing this for. I entered school with a great self esteem, now my self esteem is so low and it sucks. The clinical instructors at my school only tell you when you do something wrong..only once have I been told that I did well and that was a long time ago. I study hard for exams and still get barely passing scores. I am tired and burned out from school. My health of which I have been neglecting for two years is starting to fail and I find myself wondering is it really worth it. I go to clinicals and feel like I'm doing horribly...the nurses I am working with, instead of telling me I am not doing something I should be or letting me know they need my help are talking about me to other staff members and I over hear them. Of course this further hurts my self esteem. I just don't know if I can hang in there for another two months. Most of my fellow students are on antidepressants and antianxiety meds at this point because of the stress. I prefer not to take medication to deal with something that I believe is situational. I'm holding out hope that when I graduate I will get my self esteem back but I don't know. Anyone else feeling the same?

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

It is a lot like high school. It eventually ends and it gets better. Try to stick it through. Once you get out of school and stop dealing with that BS, it gets so much better

[nrsshrk]

Try giving yourself more awards and breaks. Plan ahead a day where you can get away from it all. These are important to me when I am feeling oversaturated. I have 9 months to go still though. I agree with you on the meds. Other ways before that.

Dont want to act like I got it all figured out myself...