Today while at clinical.......a CNA comes up to me and is smiling and telling me how excited she is to start nursing school in the fall....ect....and she starts to ask me what do you recommend I do to get ready for the fall....
and out of nowhere I respond...
Go into any other program:eek:
I don't even know where this came from. But I have to say that being in nursing school has sucked. I mean it really really has sucked. I hate missing out on my kids dance classes because I am in clincial. I hate not seeing my husband because I have to study, write care plans, drive to and from school, ect... I hate not being able to find the time to walk on the beach like I used to. Or nap. Or even pee without feeling like I could be doing something more productive.
Thanks for listening to me vent.....I am so glad I only have 5 more months.....*wine
Today while at clinical.......a CNA comes up to me and is smiling and telling me how excited she is to start nursing school in the fall....ect....and she starts to ask me what do you recommend I do to get ready for the fall....
and out of nowhere I respond...
Go into any other program:eek:
I don't even know where this came from. But I have to say that being in nursing school has sucked. I mean it really really has sucked. I hate missing out on my kids dance classes because I am in clincial. I hate not seeing my husband because I have to study, write care plans, drive to and from school, ect... I hate not being able to find the time to walk on the beach like I used to. Or nap. Or even pee without feeling like I could be doing something more productive.
Thanks for listening to me vent.....I am so glad I only have 5 more months.....*wine
Way to burst that bubble. Not everyone hates nursing school, and not all nursing schools suck (due diligence, guys- if a program sucks, grads will be talking about it). Yeah, you don't owe her anything and you're frustrated (understandably), but details on why you're frustrated would have been more helpful.
I hear ya! It is hard and it sucks to not be able to spend the time with my kids...I was just complaining about this to my husband last night actually. But what you have to remember is that it's only temporary. Good luck and I hope you didn't scare the CNA too much, lol.
i may be only in my first semester in nursing school but i am not new to life and not new to woman getting used and abused (self included) i just have no idea what the comment pertained to in this thread.
on a side note and to something that does pertain to the subject at hand, not all nursing schools are the same and not all people are the same. for every person that would never pursue nursing school again, their is someone that is glad they did it. i don't think it's right to try and talk people eager and excited about something out of it because of ones own hangups with it.
sometimes i feel marriage is not all it's cracked up to be and am not sure if i would do it again if i could go back. i also realize not all marriages are the same nor are the people involved. with that said if someone came to me happily engaged and so excited to get married i would not go to them and kill their joy by telling them marriage sucks not to do it and run why you can.
their are kids in my class that absolutely loathe coming to school, they dislike everything involved, they came in with the whole attitude it was going to suck and it is for them. me i came in thrilled, i worked so hard for this, i waited so long for my number to come up, i was so excited, it was such a great feeling, although some of that has worn off since reality kicked in, i am still excited and eager to learn.
i was told by other students when i was that eager pre req student how much it sucked, how my life would be over and i would have no social life and my kids wouldn't know who i was or my husband, how the next 2 years of my life would be over and to just except it. that i would be studying 5-6 hours a day and would get maybe 4-5 hours of sleep if i was lucky.
that may be how it is for some people but that has been no where near how it is for me. not even a little bit. thankfully when these people told me this (they were also same people that trashed the whole program and the teachers and had the whole "they just want to see you fail blah blah blah" kind of attitude) i looked at the source and i didn't let that get me down or change my attitude.
i firmly believe that 97% of the time you get out of something what you put in and that includes attitude and positive or negative energy. the other 3% of the time are truly just sucky situations by no fault of your own.
i chose to come into nursing school with a positive attitude, a good outlook, eagerness to learn, i don't dwell on the things that are out of my control and i focus on the things that are in my control. i allow myself to get upset or frustrated about something and then let it go and tell myself it is what it is and move on.
it's working well for me in school and in life in general.
anyway, sorry for going on and on and off in a rant. touchy subject i suppose.
also wanted to add, i have no problem with the op wanting to vent. i get the need to vent and i am sorry school has had such a negative impact on your life.
:yeahthat: very well said ~mi vida loca~
i can't say i blame you. recruiters spread enough misinformation - why should we?
i hear people talking about and i just tell them what i know- all about healthy, normal babies and nice, undemented, eldery people with bowel and bladder control? occassionally, but you'll also see a lot of people in states you'll never forget- in a bad way. helping people to help themselves? yeah and the people who seem to think getting well is a magical process they don't have to participate in. did i mention some of them spit at and/or curse you? and they're not mental patients? easy money? if you consider physical pain and raw nerves a good tradeoff for only money. like i said, i just tell them what i know- many discourage themselves.
chances are, if she's a cna, then she already knows all about demented, elderly people and incontinence. what say's more is that you think someone being exposed to all these 'horrible conditions' would turn them away from the profession. who's to say that the promise of 'easy money' is propelling their choice? further more, who made you the 'exposing angel of nursing'? it seems like the money was your motivating factor and it was you who got the dose of reality.
I just don't agree with telling somebody not to go into it at all. I am one of those excited pre-nursing students (start in Jan) and I've been told all the realities of the program. I know how tough it will be and the amount of studying that will have to go into it for me to succeed. I have appreciated all of the honest information I've recieved from students in the program I'm going into. What I have not appreciated is for people to tell me not to go into nursing at all or not to go to my program. Somebody told me recently (on allnurses) to absolutely not go to my schools program and proceeded to tell me all the horrible things. Well, unfortunately I don't have a choice. This is the school that I have to go to. I don't have the option of moving. It really got under my skin being told this. I asked for info about what I should study for before the program etc...and then was told not to go to this program. Not helpful advice at all. It didn't scare me away, I'm still following my dream of being a nurse becaues I've wanted this and have been working for this for a very long time. I know the realities of nursing and am prepared for the worst, even then, I still want to do this. I know people who have graduated my program and they will tell you it's very hard, but they also say that it's doable and it's worth it and they love their jobs as nurses.
If you already hate the job as a nurse because of some of the nasty people and situations you are exposed to, maybe it is you that should change programs. Don't crush other peoples dreams just because you hate it. Everybody is different and some people may not have the same problems as you with this program.
I also agree with the above poster who said that she probably is already well aware of the "horrible conditions" being that she is a CNA already.
Yikes....I was just trying to vent not start world war 3....
How sad for me??
I can't think of a single student in my class who is happy to be there....maybe we do go to a tough, ****** school but we know in the end that we will be nurses because our school has a 100% nclex rate.....
Also I stand by my statement.....other programs at my school can actually do things with their life like play soccer at lunch.....our students....ALL the nursing students....are studying, running after the teacher to challenge a question...fretting over whether we are going to get a 75 this past test....
Anyway sorry for venting...thanks for everyone who understood and I will promise not to bring up any situations like this again.:spbox:
I don't think anybody has a problem with you venting. What I have a problem with is that you told a pre-nursing student who was looking for helpful advice on what to study not to go into nursing at all. I think people (myself included) are just giving you their honest opinions on that. I care because I've had students tell me the same thing and I know exactly how frustrating it is to hear that when all I wanted was real, helpful advice that I could use.
You say your program is tough, but you know you will all be nurses in the end and you seem to be happy about that....so why on earth would you tell somebody not to go into the program if their dream is to be a nurse?
Who cares that students in other programs get to play soccer at lunch? I'm going to school to be a nurse, not to play soccer at lunch...Plus it seems kind of backwards to tell somebody not to go into the program because it's hard, yet you continue on in that very program and graduate and become a nurse, like if it's that bad, why don't you just quit and do something else? I mean isn't that kind of what you are advising that girl to do? Just my if it's worth anything at all.
Yikes....I was just trying to vent not start world war 3....
How sad for me??
I can't think of a single student in my class who is happy to be there....maybe we do go to a tough, ****** school but we know in the end that we will be nurses because our school has a 100% nclex rate.....
Also I stand by my statement.....other programs at my school can actually do things with their life like play soccer at lunch.....our students....ALL the nursing students....are studying, running after the teacher to challenge a question...fretting over whether we are going to get a 75 this past test....
Anyway sorry for venting...thanks for everyone who understood and I will promise not to bring up any situations like this again.:spbox:
Actually, how sad for the poor pre-nursing student you vented stress all over. Come and vent here....leave the poor pre-nursing students be, they're already freaking out about trying to get accepted....they don't need more.
Re: the ability to play soccer at lunch, etc....was this a surprise? At a guess, I'd say there's quite a few kinds of programs that don't include soccer lunches, med school, engineering school, law school....etc. There's a lot to learn and not near enough time to learn it in....what would you have them leave out so you could play soccer?
I'm attending an amazing program as welll....but as much as we grumble at times due to stress....I can't think of anyone who isn't happy to be there. So, I guess, I think the "sad for you" part is that you're not enjoying your nursing school experience....that is sad.
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Yikes....I was just trying to vent not start world war 3....
How sad for me??
I can't think of a single student in my class who is happy to be there....maybe we do go to a tough, ****** school but we know in the end that we will be nurses because our school has a 100% nclex rate.....
Also I stand by my statement.....other programs at my school can actually do things with their life like play soccer at lunch.....our students....ALL the nursing students....are studying, running after the teacher to challenge a question...fretting over whether we are going to get a 75 this past test....
Anyway sorry for venting...thanks for everyone who understood and I will promise not to bring up any situations like this again.:spbox:
I stated I didn't have a problem with you venting about school. Only discouraging others because of your own qualms. My school is tough also and according to them they had 100% Nclex pass rate last year (that is the year that had been asked about on our first day) In fact in my program 75% on a test is failing, you need a 77% to pass. I know of many students in my program that are happy to be there and great full to have got in and excited as we progress. Just because some people don't hate their school or spend all their waking hours dedicated to school does not mean their program isn't tough or hard. Now that we are nearing the end of the semester we are finding out how many students won't be progressing to the next semester because they won't be passing the classes. So no I do not go to an easy program and yes I do have a social life and spend a lot of time with my family and make it to most of my kids sports games and so on. Then again I don't look at this thread and see WW3. I guess it's all about perspective.
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hiddencatRN, BSN, RN
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Way to burst that bubble. Not everyone hates nursing school, and not all nursing schools suck (due diligence, guys- if a program sucks, grads will be talking about it). Yeah, you don't owe her anything and you're frustrated (understandably), but details on why you're frustrated would have been more helpful.