Have you ever asked yourself this?

dorisemoore1 · Mar 28, 2005

I know how you feel and I am 20 years old and i have 2year old son...and single mom. I receive my GED back in 2003. I have been to 2 schools and have not earned One credit. I have been messing around....telling myself it is going to take me to long and by that time I have dropped my classes. But this time and I am standing by what I start! When I told my family I would be going to a diffenert school...they laugh b/c of my past history with school. It hurted my feeling and it made me realized 'Am I going to be the Joke'? or 'Will the joke be on them when I finish'

In high school I was a B student and I got caught in the BAD crowd. Being the good girl never got me any where and I wanted to see if the grass was greener on the other side.

My dream is to go to medical school and damn it i am going to get there. I will get my BS in nursing and Medical school here I come. I think about Math and Chem; the thought makes my head hurt.

Now I volunteer at a Hosp in the twin cities and I see he nursing student all the time and lately that has gave me strength to follow my heart. I have made good friends with the nurses in L&D. I know some of the Doctor and they be giving me good encourgement and support. I went in last thursday and Dr. ziggler ask me when I was transporting a pt did I sign up for the summer semester. I told her yeah and she patted my back and told me she will be following up with me.

It seem that kind of life was out of my grasp and now it seem its right in my hand

I know I got carry away but I feel where you are coming from. So you are not alone...You can do it.

Good luck and you can email if you need to vent

caye · Mar 28, 2005

You are not alone. I found myself thinking the same thing every day. Being a student while working and taking care of a family is hard but very admirable.

Take courage. I made it. You can too. If I can help, or if you just want to vent, feel free to email me.

Take care and good luck.

Caye

I find myself asking if I will ever be able to do this: nursing school pre-requisites and then all the work that goes along with Nursing school while taking care of a family. I hated Chemistry when I took it. (Got a B) And then I ask myself if I will ever be able to be a nurse because Chemistry just wasn't my thing. I'm wondering if I am the only one who may have some self doubt. Does anyone ever ask themselves if they will ever be a nurse? Taking care of my family takes so much of my time and energy that I sometimes think, "How will I ever be able to do this?"
Anyone?

FW

Fun2, BSN, RN · Mar 28, 2005

There are times I get a little too stressed, and then the, "Forget it, I'm telling them I quit" comes out. Of course, I really don't mean that, and I am determined to make it no matter what.

Luckily I don't have to take Chemistry, but I may take it in the Fall anyway. I know it will be a course for my RN-BSN, so I plan on taking it at the same time my daughter is taking it in high school. That way she can help me, or I can help her. :)

BlaineCM · Mar 28, 2005

Although I am done with all of my nursing pre-reqs, I still feel as though I will never be able to make it through. I guess my biggest fear is not be able to make it through nursing school when and if I get in. I think a lot of students feel this way and most live through it and become great nurses. Hang in there, it will be worth it in the end.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Mar 28, 2005

For me the key is to keep it simple. First, take a look at the mountains to climb and realize that you want more than anything to be on the other side. The quit looking at the mountains and take a look at the steps in front of you, one step, one day at a time.

I did my ADN and had the same doubts and fears as you, but somehow the time passed and I made it through, the same way you and many of us have, a few years of pre-reqs, then nursing school, families, full times jobs, etc. I'm currently taking Chemistry (which I didn't need for my ADN, other than high school chemistry) which is the 2nd of 18 courses I need for my BSN. I'm still asking myself when I look at my work schedule and the time committment of taking 18 courses and ask myself "can I do this".

Faeriewand, ASN, RN · Mar 28, 2005

I know how you feel and I am 20 years old and i have 2year old son...and single mom. I receive my GED back in 2003. I have been to 2 schools and have not earned One credit. I have been messing around....telling myself it is going to take me to long and by that time I have dropped my classes. But this time and I am standing by what I start! When I told my family I would be going to a diffenert school...they laugh b/c of my past history with school. It hurted my feeling and it made me realized 'Am I going to be the Joke'? or 'Will the joke be on them when I finish'
In high school I was a B student and I got caught in the BAD crowd. Being the good girl never got me any where and I wanted to see if the grass was greener on the other side.
My dream is to go to medical school and damn it i am going to get there. I will get my BS in nursing and Medical school here I come. I think about Math and Chem; the thought makes my head hurt.
Now I volunteer at a Hosp in the twin cities and I see he nursing student all the time and lately that has gave me strength to follow my heart. I have made good friends with the nurses in L&D. I know some of the Doctor and they be giving me good encourgement and support. I went in last thursday and Dr. ziggler ask me when I was transporting a pt did I sign up for the summer semester. I told her yeah and she patted my back and told me she will be following up with me.
It seem that kind of life was out of my grasp and now it seem its right in my hand
I know I got carry away but I feel where you are coming from. So you are not alone...You can do it.
Good luck and you can email if you need to vent

Hi Doris and thanks for your encouragement! :) When I was younger I also use to feel that my dreams were out of my grasp. I would look at student nurses and feel great respect for them but think that a career in nursing was out of the question. You are still young enough to have the time to do whatever you want and volunteering at a hospital sounds like a step in the right direction. I'm going to start volunteering at a hospital next year to get in my 60 hours of volunteer experience that I need to get into nursing school. Now after reading your post I really look forward to it! It sounds like a great experience! When I first started out in college I didn't do very well. My grades were poor and I dropped almost every class. But when I got some direction I made really good grades and didn't drop my classes. Having a goal makes all the difference and I'm sure it will be the same for you.

Good Luck and keep us posted on how your college classes are going!

FW

Faeriewand, ASN, RN · Mar 28, 2005

You are not alone. I found myself thinking the same thing every day. Being a student while working and taking care of a family is hard but very admirable.
Take courage. I made it. You can too. If I can help, or if you just want to vent, feel free to email me.
Take care and good luck.
Caye

Thank you Caye. I'm glad to know I'm not the ony one who feels like this. I'm just going to keep plugging away. :nurse: I know I will be a nurse one day. It's just that on some days I feel overwhelmed. Feeling better today tho! :)

FW

Faeriewand, ASN, RN · Mar 28, 2005

There are times I get a little too stressed, and then the, "Forget it, I'm telling them I quit" comes out. Of course, I really don't mean that, and I am determined to make it no matter what.
Luckily I don't have to take Chemistry, but I may take it in the Fall anyway. I know it will be a course for my RN-BSN, so I plan on taking it at the same time my daughter is taking it in high school. That way she can help me, or I can help her. :)

Thanks for your reply Fun. My son took Chemistry in high school and it was easier than my college chemistry class which was the most basic class and the one to take if you didn't take chemistry in high school. Content differed in that in college you learn about the unit Moles and in high school my son didn't learn that. So just saying that yes some things will be the same but some things may be different. I don't know if that will be true for your class and your daughter's class tho. I'm going to keep a keen eye on my two younger children tho and make sure they take Chemistry in high school so they don't have to take this one class in college. But I do think that you two taking it at the same time will be good. You can be study partners! The math was a little tough for me becuase I had forgotten some of what I learned in Algebra. But I still got thru it and got a B in the end.

Good luck and keep us all posted on your progress! :)

FW

Faeriewand, ASN, RN · Mar 28, 2005

Although I am done with all of my nursing pre-reqs, I still feel as though I will never be able to make it through. I guess my biggest fear is not be able to make it through nursing school when and if I get in. I think a lot of students feel this way and most live through it and become great nurses. Hang in there, it will be worth it in the end.

Blaine, I am so glad I am not the only one who thinks this way. I keep hearing how tough nursing school is and I wonder how will I ever be able to do that and take care of all my responsibilites and at the same time keep my grades up. Gee if I just had the type of husband who would cook dinner every once in a while or give the kids their bath maybe I wouldn't be so stressed out. It's so much harder to have to do everything and knowing if I didn't do it it just wouldn't get done. I had a friend once my 2nd time around in college who said she was a plodder. I keep thinking of that when times get rough. I say that to myself and think of a very large workhorse and the way their feet plod! Then I know I am a plodder who will just keep mucking it thru! At least you are done with all your pre-reqs! Congratulations on that! :balloons:

FW

seneca-BSN-student · Mar 29, 2005

Faeriewand, I feel the same way. In fact I'm taking Chemistry right now. It's very depressing for me because I'm just not getting it. I think it might be the hardest class that I've ever taken! Ugh. :rolleyes: We can both do it though! It just might take me *forever* to become a nurse. Good luck!

cn2007rn · Mar 29, 2005

Hey, I hear you, I feel like this whole nursing school thing is one stressful task after another. I have been doing really well in all the prereq's and then I took the entrance exam and wow, was I in for a suprise! I thought I could handle anything after A'cing A and P 1, but aparently I am not so great @ standandized tests. Hopefully, they will look at my background and grades and make their decison on that rather then my awful entrance test scores! Oh well!! We'll see! I guess I will be just keep taking classes and hopefully a school will accept me one day!!

It will be worth it in the end but the setbacks are definitely tough!!

Good luck! Stay confident and keep working hard! It will pay off!! :balloons:

With all the struggle we will just make better nurses!!! :)