I Feel Done

[i♥words]

I notice that so many of us have the same problems with instructors and clinicals, and I wonder why.

I'm just so exhausted from the politics of it all. It seems like instructors sit up on thrones and cast disapproving gazes at us all. The good ones are few and far between.

I'm tired of hearing one thing from one instructor and hearing something entirely different from another.

I'm tired of playing mind games, trying to figure out if my instructors are in their good moods before approaching them. Oh, you don't remember the classification of this med? Let's talk about it for 10 or 15 minutes. Are you telling me you came unprepared to clinical? You're dismissed!

I'm tired of instructors changing their minds all the time. You can only give meds when I'm with you. Why are you waiting for me? Give meds with your nurse!

I'm upset that nursing school is turning me into something I'm not: loud, aggressive, and out for myself.

I really do not like nursing school. At all.

I do love what I'm learning, though, and I love my patients. And I've put too much time and money into this to quit now. *sigh*

Thanks for letting me vent. Feel free to add your own.

[Everline]

Nursing school definitely has its challenges. But there are some wonderful times, too. I hope you begin to experience more of the good times (the ones that make you feel confident and hopeful). I try to savor them!

[i♥words]

You aren't alone, I am gutting out a few years of bedside nursing and moving on to APRN or something else. The stress both physically and mentally isn't worth the mediocre pay. If you hate school you will hate working too, it doesn't get better.

Ha, thanks for the encouragement. But, honestly, I only realized a very small tip of the iceberg of nursing when I started this process. Hopefully you'll find something you really enjoy!

[RNlove17]

Nursing school sucks. Instructors are human - they're not perfect (despite what some may think!) Some are great nurses...and awful teachers, and visa versa. It's also human nature to contradict yourself and treat people (unfairly) based on your mood for the day. People are like that in all professions. So with that, they ARE human. Living your life and being in nursing school is also almost impossible so you burn out quickly. However, time does pass and it does end at some point. The "real world" can suck too but it is better... a little. At least you get paid to deal with everything instead of paying them!

[Amnesty]

I don't get your point.

You pretty much could have stopped here. Your advice is irrelevant (save for getting a thicker skin) since it doesn't address what the OP was even talking about. It's sad that you'd read the OP's post and think that she was trying to be lazy instead of asking for some basic clarity of ideas. Is it really that horrid to expect that when you're taught a way of doing something, the people within your own program actually stick to that? What if it comes up on NCLEX and the different ways are both listed? Which one do you pick? You don't know, because your instructors, whom you paid to prepare you for this exam, gave you conflicting information. (Ideally you do know because you looked it up in a review book for NCLEX, but it doesn't detract from the fact that they're supposed to be teaching you the correct way to do something, not the way they're personally attached to because they learned it that way).

And I don't think dwelling on all the bad experiences help either.

I would agree. However, venting about them to peers who would actually understand could be quite helpful, and that is what OP is doing here. She(?)'s shown a very good attitude about it.

You aren't alone, I am gutting out a few years of bedside nursing and moving on to APRN or something else. The stress both physically and mentally isn't worth the mediocre pay. If you hate school you will hate working too, it doesn't get better.

You can't possibly say that it doesn't get better for everybody. Yeah, there may be a lot of places that run their floors with such BS politics and passive aggression and it's a nightmare to work in, but there are also a lot of places that have their **** as together as it can be, and nurses enjoy working in these well-managed places.

[Dranger]

You can't possibly say that it doesn't get better for everybody. Yeah, there may be a lot of places that run their floors with such BS politics and passive aggression and it's a nightmare to work in, but there are also a lot of places that have their **** as together as it can be, and nurses enjoy working in these well-managed places.

Are you still a student? As a student you always have someone to hold your hand and it is entirely a learning process. When you actually become a nurse there is no hand holding and there is literally a possibility you could kill someone every day. Add that to the crappy patient ratios, stupid management, unruly patients and families plus the mediocre pay it really doesn't get better for most people. Take a poll here from current RNs and I think you would be surprised.

I have a buddy who is a UPS driver with awesome hours and he STILL makes about 10k more than me....a freaking UPS driver.

[TrevyRN, BSN, RN]

I know what you're going through. Inconsistencies in nursing school (and education generally) are frustrating and demoralizing. Know this though - NURSING SCHOOL WILL END!!! Then, you will get your license and be just as RN licensed as your instructors mUHAHAHAHAHAH! You will be their colleague.

Get a calendar, cross off the days until the end of your school. Each day completed is a victory. Celebrate each day closer to the end. Believe it will happen. Ally yourself with supportive students. Spend extra time with good teachers if possible. Coming to this forum to vent, see positive things about nursing, and read people's comments is a good move too :-D

There were some days in nursing school where I felt like it would never end... those are the days you just have to go through the motions of pretending like you believe LOL.

WOOOOOOT you can do it! Hang in there.

[TrevyRN, BSN, RN]

Are you still a student? As a student you always have someone to hold your hand and it is entirely a learning process. When you actually become a nurse there is no hand holding and there is literally a possibility you could kill someone every day. Add that to the crappy patient ratios, stupid management, unruly patients and families plus the mediocre pay it really doesn't get better for most people. Take a poll here from current RNs and I think you would be surprised.

I have a buddy who is a UPS driver with awesome hours and he STILL makes about 10k more than me....a freaking UPS driver.

Sometimes the teachers bite your hand instead of hold it. As for pay, just become a nurse-enary traveler with no loyalty except to the almighty dollah! LOL. JK do whatever you want.

Nursing is like any other profession - there are good work places and crummy ones. There are low paying and high paying jobs. Highly skilled jobs or managerial jobs or menial or repetitive or cubicle jobs or government jobs blah blah. You'll find your niche - or get ticked that you're in someone else's heheheh.

[TrevyRN, BSN, RN]

By the way I hated school and I love my RN job. It's totally possible. School is not work.

[Marsha238612]

Don't listen to the negative vibes from some people above. It may be difficult but if you really want it, and believe you'll make it, you'll do it.

If you definitely believe this is not for you, then listen to your heart :)

Ultimately, the answer of your future is within you.

Believe me, not ALL NURSES hate nursing!!

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[windsurfer8, BSN, RN]

What is mean about my response? I am saying if you don't like something then learn from it or do something about it. I guess she can sit around and cry about it all day. I really don't care. My point is yes it is a rough job and yes there are rude staff everywhere. The key is learning to succeed in ANY situation. How is that rude? How is that pointless? Explain what is pointless about that? Works out in students favor? So if it doesn't work out in their "favor" then they shouldn't do it? What is your suggestion to her? Cry and feel sorry for herself? I thought she wanted suggestion? I am totally confused.