got into transition scared to death about failing.

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I have this problem... I guess it's lack of confidence. I made it through LVN with no problem and now because of my "will not quit" attitude, I signed up to transition into RN. As I filled out my paper work and took the dreaded entrance exam I kept telling myself I CAN DO THIS! Out of my mouth comes "NO PROBLEM". In the back of my head I'm so afraid of failing again. See, I was in the RN Program before and man did it kick my butt. I studied day and night and could barley pass a test. I ended up failing my second semester. I was afraid to try another RN school so I waited several years before getting back on the horse again. SO I got into LVN school, baby steps I thought. I thought with the baby steps I would get my confidence back, shoot, I did really well in LVN school. The thing is, Im scared to death of failing RN again. With this in my head I know it is destined to happen again. How do I get my confidence back. All I think about is what if, what if. I thought maybe writing this down might help me?? I don't know, I need to get these negative thoughts out of my head but they keep creeping in. What the heck is wrong with me.

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Specializes in Gerontology RN-BC and FNP MSN student.

Congrats on finishing LPN school. My advice is...just do what is in front of you, and don't look at the big picture. Just knock away your assignments and exams one at a time and enjoy the ride. :) I work with some fresh grads that have went through both, and they said LPN was harder just because it was all new....In RN classes, you will already have a foundation.

Try finding a positive self affirmation statement, and remind yourself of that every time a worry starts to creep up. Redirect your thoughts to your achievements NOT your failure, meditate on that. Best wishes, I think you can do it. :nurse:

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School is hard, especially if one has not been in school for a long period of time.

Get yourself a tutor if you feel as if you are unable to master some of the requirements. Do NOT overload yourself with tons of classes. Take the min. amount you need to.

It may take you a bit longer to finish, however, it will not be so overwhelming.

One step at a time. And talk to the IT people at the school to help set up your computer to be able to use it to the fullest advantage for your schooling. There are lots of programs that can help with paper writing (and putting things in the proper format) note taking, scheduling....

Best of luck to you in your future endevours!!

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Been there, done that! Just graduated from 12 month private LPN. It was fast paced, for that reason it was just as hard as the RN program I attended. Now to work my required year & start applying for bridge programs.

Only problem...I'm scared of public colleges now.

The private college I attended has a bridge program but it's hours away from home, I barely made it financially, almost lost my home. I was working as a pharm tech every second I could, but paying bills at 2 places was very hard.

I'm a windowed mother with 2 college aged sons at home so it only makes sense to attend public this time around but I realize I have to pick just the right college to begin with, no more hiccups!

As as for you, you know you can do this! Have faith in yourself!!!

If you were told index cards don't work for nursing I would reconsider, they worked for me & most of my instructors at private college told me they used them for every exam while in school. Public college told us not to use them. I used them, I took notes during lecture & also recorded, as soon as I could I would re-listen to lecture, (I paused recording as needed) make index card with what was said, if PP was offered, add what was on PP slide! read passage from books, add that to card. Then quizzed myself as much as possible, but the truth was the last 12 weeks I didn't have the time to quiz myself.

I used nclex 4000 (since May '12) an hour every weekday, 2 hours on Saturday & Sundays, the study form, reading every rationale, helped greatly! When life got crazy with working & school, barely any time to study much less use my nclex 4000 but I could recall the rationales I had read, therefore I was able to pick apart the question for the correct answer on exams.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I completed an LVN program in '05 and the LPN-to-RN transition (ASN degree) program a few years ago. I actually thought the LPN-to-RN transition program was considerably less difficult than the LVN program.

Good luck to you. You can do this!

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Thanks for the comments. The school I got into is the same school I failed. Its been about 6 years since i was in the RN program. I have learned how to study so I hope that fact helps me. I think after I make a good grade on my first test my confidence will come back. I hope so.

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Med Surg is Med Surg. You'll learn a bit more. Things will be more in depth (One would think). But Med Surg is Med Surg. You already have a foundation! Take it one day at a time like you did LPN school, and you'll get through it. Good luck.

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