How often to do you think about quiting?

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I think about quiting about every other day. Maybe every third day. I think about it a lot. Wouldn't that just be so much easier!!!?!?!?!! :uhoh3:

Specializes in Psych.

Sometimes telling myself that I could quit helps me keep going. I don't feel so trapped because I could quit anytime. Once continuing in school becomes just a choice, I'm cool with working my tail off. Guilting myself into continuing just adds to the pressure.

ThatGuy, the pace is difficult. You could have 10-15 heavy technical chapters to read for one class and 2-3 12 hour shifts of clinical in a week, plus lecture day or days. Do it all again for 16 weeks in a row and it does feel pretty grueling. That was my schedule last semester, along with a hideous online pharmacology class. My feeling is that if you have succeeded in the A&P, Micro and Patho prereqs, you'll be okay with the material.

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Are you in NS???

LOL :D

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My school covers Community Health to the extrem level... I would have to say I prefer all the patho stuff over that to be honest. That was the stressful part, I thought about quitting every single day that year. My friend was getting annoyed with my complaints. I couldn't just suck it up.

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I plan to in August. I'll be returning to the ole alma mater for a second degree....unless you tell me something far out. :clown:

Congrats! Trust me it's more than cleaning people up, you actually have to think. lol

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To anyone even remotely thinking about quitting...

You can think about it, but don't you dare do it. I don't know about your history (nor do I care), but I do know that you've worked hard enough to get to where you are today. Who ever said school, and juggling life around school, would be easy? If it was that simple, the world would be a perfect place. Quitting now would indeed be easier, but that is jut plain selfish. Push yourself a bit more because hard work does pay off sooner or later. Take care of your mind and body and take it one day at a time.

A couple years of struggling and hard work is nothing compared to a lifetime of regret.

Besides, anything worth having takes some effort to get. Becoming a nurse is an accomplishment! Who would feel proud about becoming a nurse if it were easy?

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I think about it every day that I wake up and think about it and realize that I have to go to work that day. Working is more trouble than it is worth. The "thrill is gone" and I work because I have to, not because I love it. When I realize that I love my patients, is about the time my heart gets broken yet again. How many times in a working lifetime? :(

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Daily.....I ***** and moan about how bad this sucks...usually due to long lecture days. I hate sitting in class 8 hrs a day, I would rather do clinical every day! Then I remind myself of the alternative...so I shut up and suck it up. :grn:

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Sometimes telling myself that I could quit helps me keep going. I don't feel so trapped because I could quit anytime. Once continuing in school becomes just a choice, I'm cool with working my tail off. Guilting myself into continuing just adds to the pressure.

ThatGuy, the pace is difficult. You could have 10-15 heavy technical chapters to read for one class and 2-3 12 hour shifts of clinical in a week, plus lecture day or days. Do it all again for 16 weeks in a row and it does feel pretty grueling. That was my schedule last semester, along with a hideous online pharmacology class. My feeling is that if you have succeeded in the A&P, Micro and Patho prereqs, you'll be okay with the material.

My transcripts are loaded with biology and science. I made A's in A&P and even taught that one year to AP high schoolers. Yes, my first job right out of college was teaching bio, A&P, and chem. That lasted all of a year, lol. I'm pretty good at science. Hopefully, by what you say above it won't be that bad. :D

The A&P I actually took last summer so it's still fresh, and I've been reading my book to warm back up. It's my fav subj. Seven years ago when I taught it I was doing so from having taken other classes.

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My school covers Community Health to the extrem level... I would have to say I prefer all the patho stuff over that to be honest. That was the stressful part, I thought about quitting every single day that year. My friend was getting annoyed with my complaints. I couldn't just suck it up.

We'll have a course called that. It's five semester hours. What is it?

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I'll be starting nursing 3 next month, so I'm halfway through. Now that I've gotten over the 1st hump, I'm definitely not quitting. But I thought of it quite often during the first 2 semesters. So you're not the only one! You can do it!!!

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Specializes in PICU/Pedi.

Most of the time I only think about quitting on those nights when it is 1:00 A.M. and I am still up writing my care plan, knowing that I have to get up at 4:30 to be at clinicals. And this is with me starting on my care plan right away - no messing around or watching t.v., my mom taking the kids for the evening, etc. It's so frustrating to me to be up that much working on a care plan that doesn't even turn out all that good! But I always tell my good friend from NS when I feel that way, and she always talks me out of it. : )

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I've never thought of it.. Cried a few times, but that's it. : )

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