As a nursing student I'm afraid of _____. (fill in the blank)

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Is there anything in particular to nursing that you are afraid of? Please share your story below. How do you cope?

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Honestly, I'm extremely scared. It's not nursing that I'm scared of... it's screwing up. It's feeling like I'm 10000% ready to do the hardest thing that I'm probably ever going to have to do in my whole life and failing. I'm scared that if my dream of being a nurse doesn't work out I'll have to find something else to do for the rest of my life. Can I really pull this off? I ask myself this often. I'm not doing it for the money... I'm doing it to make a difference in peoples lives while making a difference in my own... and the fact that there's a possibility that might not happen scares me very much.

I, also, are scared of my patients. Especially because I look 16 and I'm really not. I want them to trust me but I feel like they might not :\

Financial concerns are my biggie. Already have a BS in social work so having to use Sallie Mae for my prereqs science classes that I still need. I still have $35k for student loans but needs to be used at Jr.Sr. level classes. Already waiting to apply so looking at no sooner than a Fall 2015 admission. Will be getting my CNA and possibly phlebotomist certificates so i can work PT while waiting admission. The expense at our two hospital programs is outrageous and I already know that I can't afford their BSN tuition. Nursing school has become somewhat of a racket/money maker. Offered at a State university but tough to get in because the tuition is cheaper. So will settle for the Associates at this point, work PT as a CNA and hopefully keep the bills paid. But I'm determined to get into this field so if the credit companies has to wait, so be it.

Where are you located? In Illinois, it recently became against the law for employers to run credit reports for employment.

Several of my fears came true in my first semester, particularly regarding clinical:

-I did not want my first pt to have dementia (fear of the unknown-horror stories about violent pts) - my pt had a history of violent episodes.

-I was hoping to work with a female pt first, I had a male

-I was afraid that my pt wouldn't be able to communicate. My pt had aphasia.

-I was terrified of missing clinical. I was late on my last day.

I am grateful that these fears came true because they pushed me beyond my comfort zone and allowed me to find more courage than I thought I had. I learned important lessons and they give me strength moving forward.

My biggest fear is definitely failure, but I try to approach school with the attitude that success is my only option. The power of positive thinking has worked for me so far :)

Not getting in. Failure. Not being there as much for my family.

Specializes in NICU.

Not enjoying being an RN. Still not sure if this is the right option for me, but I will be graduating August of 2014. Hopefully I will learn to love the profession, and stop looking for "something more".

The unknown

I'm afraid of failure. I don't want to fail nursing school or fail as a nurse.

I'm afraid of not having the support that I need to make it through school.

I'm afraid of my first reaction when a pt dies because I just lost my brother.

As a nursing student i'm afraid of not knowing what to do in life or death situations.

In 3rd semester our instructors dropped 3 of us into a simulation ( i was one of the 3), needless to say i froze and didn't know what to do. My "patient" died within 3 minutes from pulmonary flash edema. Couldn't even hear the IV going crazy and didn't even realize the patients O2 sat was 88%.. Had no idea what to do, froze... that's what scares me.

Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

Something keeping me from graduating. Still doesn't seem real that it will ever happen, even though I'm only one semester away!

Not finding a job soon enough to pay the bills (I get paid while I'm in school, but that stops when I graduate).

not to find a job when I graduate!!

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