Good day...bad day

[♑ Capricorn ♑]

So... I got up at 0500 this morning, in good spirits and ready to begin a new week. My second week of nursing school. I hopped out of bed and headed downstairs to start the coffee and toast, plus feed my pets. Went back upstairs and ate my breakfast while I was checking email and visiting my favorite websites. I then got dressed for the day, packed up my things, and headed out the door with plenty of time to get to school.

I sit through a whole day's lecture (0800-1500) listening and taking notes, as I should. After class was over, I spent an hour in the computer lab watching a video I needed to watch to complete homework for this week, then promptly left at 1600. When I got home from school, I hiked back upstairs to my computer room and plopped my heavy book bag and purse down on my desk. I finally sit down, let out a big sigh of relief to be finally home and was looking forward to relaxing for awhile before I began my nightly studies.

Then, I decided to check my school's blackboard to see if any new notes, guides, or handouts were available. I clicked on my week 3 notes and my jaw hit the floor. I was now informed that I would have to print out 75 pages worth of notes for next week's lecture. My night quickly turned sour. I began searching for more information that was new and available and found more notes I had to print out for the upcoming weeks. Twenty-five pages here, 35 pages there, 15 pages here... etc.

I am now depressed, cranky, and overwhelmed. I even shed some tears. What once was a good day has now turned for the worse. I have two quizzes this week and one major exam next week. I should be studying Yet, I am here blowing off steam and hoping someone can relate to how I am feeling right now.

Here's hoping tomorrow will be better, at least its a new day. Thanks for listening.

[BinkaRN]

I also spend a good amount of time printing out the powerpoints and reviewing blackboard for updates. I hate printing but I love using my 3 hole puncher. There are not enough hours in the day to do all that we want to or have to do. It all comes down to prioritization and I guess that's something we'll hopefully be very good at when we start to practice nursing.

[jsh21340]

Im right with you capricorn. Its so many things to print off. Im studying for a test that I have wednesday and Im so scared. I just feel like Im not studying enough even though I spent all week and weekend long studying. And on top of that I have another test thursday I dont know what to do. I pray everything goes well with you and try to breathe because its gonna be alright

Right now Im procrastinating because I really need to get back to studying lol

[LCinTraining]

Dosage calc is overwhelming me tonight, so I keep procrastinating. WHich is bad, because I have a test on it tomorrow. Ugh.

[NurseLife329]

Welcome to nursing school.. Probably could have taken out more student loans for all the notes I paid to print off over 4 years.

[lenice91]

My school is pretty cool about notes. We have learning resource centers with computers and printers. All printing is free and they encourage as to print everything there because we pay for it with our tuition and clinical progression fee. The rest of the university have computer labs and the same principle applies. Some of the nursing teachers even print out extra copies and bring to class in case someone forgot. I think schools should do this everywhere!

[ER(notso)n00b, ASN, RN]

Ugh, I'm so sorry. I'm dealing with something similarly frustrating right now. My instructor posts the power point lectures on Blackboard about an hour before class starts. How are we supposed to have time to print them off and then get to school, find parking, and get to class on time? Some people in my class have an hour commute just to get to school. The library is the only place we can print stuff on campus, and it is about 1/2 mile from the Health Science building. This morning I was sitting at my computer hitting refresh over and over until the notes appeared. Then I raced to school (I only live 15 minutes away) and handed out a few extras so people could make photocopies. This kind of madness just seems to be par for the course in nursing school.