I need to vent about my Nursing program

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So i got accepted into a Nursing program a few months ago and i was super excited about it at the beginning but now im concerned about it because it is going wayyyy tooooo fast . so we are basically studying none stop to pass all these exams and quizzes without having a chance to think about what we just did , My grades are good..... VERY good : Health Assessment 98 % Pharmacology 1 96 % Dosage Calculations 99 % Fundamentals 97 % and i know with these grades you guys will probably say ( what is this stupid girl complaining about ) but i swear that i dont think im learning anything !! i study to pass these exams and i feel like ill be " that nurse " that doesnt know **** . Tell me this feeling is normal or not , i am worried about it , we have exams every single week , plus care plans plus before class assignments and did i mention that i work full time ? lol

Maybe im just freaking out :( but i need someone to talk to because my friends dont understand and they think im exaggerating because im still passing these classes so i should just be ok with that ....

Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

Ya, your program is NORMAL. You are learning more than you think and have no worries, you WILL be the new grad who doesn't know anything. Thats all new grads. Nursing school will definitely not teach you to be a nurse. New grads are basically helpless and useless. You'll learn to he a nurse during your first couple years of practice.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
this is kinda how i feel :( i wanna know everything because i dont wanna be that nurse that is lost but a the same time i cant

You are going to be totally lost when you start your first job. All new grads are. We know that, expect it and plan for it.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Home Health.

So normal You spend so much just surviving and getting through one exam to the next that you don't realize what you actually know. Hang in there!

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Specializes in ICU.
Thank you so much , i did a little bit of crying earlier lmao but i feel better now .... by the way i saw your comment about you taking the fundamentals kaplan exit exam can you tell me what did you use as a study guide i have to take it also

You wasn't asking me but I also had to take the fundamentals Kaplan exit exam and scored a 98% using strictly Quizlet!! Just type in "Kaplan fundamentals of nursing - use this!" Trust me!!

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omg i was doing that but i was thinking no way .. thank you so much !! ill start doing that now

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