What did nursing school do to you?

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Did it drive you crazy? What types of feelings did you have? Today was the last clinical day of the semester, and I have so many different emotions. I'm scared, anxious, worried, somewhat excited.......it could go on forever. It has only been these last 10 weeks that I have been feeling this way. I have only the spring semester left before I graduate. It feels as though I have been chewed up and spit out. I guess I am just wondering if other people had similar feelings.:uhoh3:

Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.

Somehow I felt like if I could survive nursing school with 5 teens at home (with support from my husband), I could survive anything. And yes....nursing school was a humbling experience....I still shudder when people say they are planning to go to nursing school (with stars in their eyes) but I also know that once they are finished, should they survive, they will never see human beings nor themselves in the same way again....

Nursing school took over my life. Friends fell by the wayside, I slept with nursing books piled up on my bed. I even remember sitting in church running things through my mind I needed to remember for tests.....

I'll never forget graduation and watching as the young woman in front of me was dancing on her chair...I whispered to the woman sitting next to me..." yep, folks witnessing our graduation have no idea what we have just been through and why she feels like dancing". :lol2:

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Almost drove me to the loony bin. Practically had a nervous breakdown the last month. Improved my character and gave me a career that I enjoy.

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I feel like nursing school is making me crazy! I am constantly stressed out and putting my boyfriend through hell. I can't hardly sleep at night so I've started to take naps all day long. I haven't gained any weight..actually lost weight. I am also attending a university while attending nursing school and it's just about to push me over the edge. I am not taking any more classes at the university until i have a break even though i only have 3 classes left to get my bachelors.

I check this website almost daily and it makes me feel somewhat normal to hear that other students are having the same feelings that I am. Nobody understands how hard and stressful nursing school is unless they have done it themselves.

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Specializes in ER, Medicine.

Got started on Zoloft for anxiety.

And gained a lot of weight from all those late nights and unnecessary eating sessions.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

it killed my 6 year relationship that I thought would never end...

took me away from my friends and family....

gave me the strength to prove my stepmother wrong when she told me I would never amount to anything when I was younger...

taught me the foundations of being a good nurse...

got me a job I absolutely love!!!

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I must be one of the odd ones. I loved nursing school. :p It literally was one of the best times of my life. I really found my niche. I did very well and really didn't stress out too much. I had a ton of single freinds (by single I mean they might have been married but most didn't have families yet) and we would do everything together (classes, clinicals, study, party, etc.). No... I didn't work while I was in school and neither did most of them.

A couple of them are my closest freinds still.

I loved the entire experience.

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Specializes in OB.
I must be one of the odd ones. I loved nursing school. :p .

I loved the entire experience.

ok- what drugs are you on????!!!:chuckle

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Specializes in Skilled.

IT:

keeps me in my room studying falling asleep with books in my hand.

or sitting at computer studying till my butt is numb.

& nervously ate till i am now 50 pounds overweight!!!!!!!!!!!

caused me to answer to any name called out in class.

and they wonder....why there's a nursing shortage?????????

:chair:

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Specializes in NICU, High-Risk L&D, IBCLC.

1 year post school feelings of guilt for reading/watching TV

Lovely - so I have another year of this? I have been finished with finals for about two days now, not doing anything productive and already feeling guilty!!!!! My poor boyfriend says "look what you accomplished - RELAX already!" Yeah, sure.

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Specializes in MedSurg.-Tele, Home health, LTC.

i remember being crabby all the time, i gained weight, i lost touch with my close friends, missed a lot of good movies...parties, and i couldn't sleep because i was worried about completing all the the requirements before graduation. the worse part was waking up in the middle of the night dripping with sweat because i was worried that i will never graduate..i had a total meltdown after i passed my nclex-rn, gosh, i couldn't imagine how hard it was to be a nursing student! i am so glad that i decided to go back to college...

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Specializes in Nothing but ER.

I've gained weight, lost an irreplacable amount of sleep, and lost touch with some very dear friends. Through all the stress I still feel like a stronger, more confident person even though I cry, yell,and scream more than I ever used to. I am so glad I am done in April. It hasn't been all bad though. I have made some good friends, and I now know I can do anything if I have made it this far in nursing school. Stay strong everybody Christmas break is here!:Melody: :Melody: :Melody:

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Specializes in Skilled.

I forgot about me screaming alot from the stress!:rotfl: At this point in time, I say very little....it has changed me so much.:lol_hitti

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