Nursing Students General Students
Published Nov 22, 2006
If you could go back in time 10 years and give yourself a piece of advice (knowing what you know now), what would it be?
WDWpixieRN, RN
2,237 Posts
I would've paid more attention to what I really WANTED to do with my education/career, and also more attention to what my gut was telling me about my crummy marriage, sad to say....if the former had been thought out more carefully, I would have had more control over the latter....live & learn....
ldh, BSN, RN
70 Posts
I would have held my ground and been more assertive w/ CNAs and techs from the start. I used to fear confrontation and I was walked on. I am now a very strong charge nurse, but it was quite a strugglele to get where I am.
Wow this is bang on - except I should give myself this advice now before it gets out of hand! I can't imagine being a charge nurse - I guess that's one of the things I fear too. How did you get over your fear of confrontation? Was it one particular event that served as a "defining moment"? Just curious . . .
TheCommuter, BSN, RN
102 Articles; 27,612 Posts
I would have advised myself to avoid gaining weight during nursing school!
Chaya, ASN, RN
932 Posts
I would have trusted my gut more. I would have told myself to take a deep breath and chill when I felt panicky (which was most of the time), because fear in my case proved useless except to drain my energy and sense of purpose. And I would have been more assertive- with instructors and with nurses who showed bullying behavior.
luvs2readlotsRN
190 Posts
I wouldn't have waited this long to have lost a lot of weight(80lbs off at this point, 50 more to go!!!!!). It probably would have come off easier in my 20's or 30's. At 45 it is coming off, but I truly work off every pound!
jschut, BSN, RN
2,743 Posts
I would have stayed in college the FIRST time and been finished by now!
Personal things???? Umm....maybe I'd better not say!
Ado Annie, ASN, RN
1,033 Posts
10 years? To go to nursing school THEN!!
Can I have 20 years?
(1) to marry M1 instead of M2.
(2) to change my major (except I'd never have met M1)
but then if those things happened, I wouldn't have my boys, so OK I'll stick with 10 years... go to nursing school while M2 was still working!!
tofutti
140 Posts
I'm gonna answer this before I read everyone else's replies, then go read them.
I would have told myself to be happy and find joy in life in spite of what's going on around me because everything was going to be ALRIGHT.
Also, that I don't need to carry anything more than what I am able.
Finally, I would have assured my 1996 self that my intuition on things was right on, and that I should ignore anyone who tries to convince me otherwise.
I also would have said, Keep praying, girl!
I guess we can give ourselves the same advice today that we would have given ten years ago, huh?
We do get wiser as we get older.:studyowl:
donsterRN, ASN, BSN
2,558 Posts
I would've started the nursing program then instead of just evaluating all of the other programs that came along. I'd be a BSN grad by now, maybe even an MSN.
Wow I got all philosophical there huh!
I would have started the nursing prereq's sooner too.
Oh, and used more sunscreen!!:chuckle
ZASHAGALKA, RN
3,322 Posts
Save back 10k/yr and put it all into google and hold on until it reaches 500 bucks/share . . .
(maybe hold that money in Starbucks in the meantime. . .)
~faith,
Timothy.
MB37
1,714 Posts
Wouldn't have been so scared of hard science classes the first time I went to college - I only took Geology and psych classes. If I would have tried maybe one Bio and done alright, I could have gotten my confidence up and maybe have been premed. Even if med school wasn't for me, I would have had fewer prereqs to do for nursing. At least I'd know for sure, and not worry about what could have been...that and the degree I earned that qualified me to bartend for the rest of my life.