I am very scared....

pockunit, ADN, RN · Jan 15, 2011

You have three kids. Nothing should scare you anymore. :lol2:

All you have to do is get through Tuesday. Let the rest of the semester happen later on. You'll have too much reading and skill-learning to worry about clinicals, and when you start them, the teachers won't let you harm a patient. Believe me, I tried. :uhoh3:

Breathe, lady. Don't borrow trouble, just consider what you've already accomplished in your life and remember that school is just prep to get to the NCLEX. All you have to do is be minimally competent to pass the test, THEN you'll really learn about nursing. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

CHRISTINE HEARTS · Jan 15, 2011

pockunit....thank you

skimpstah · Jan 15, 2011

I felt the same way...I just finished up my first week as well, and let me tell you, I was a mess ALL week. The combination of all the syllabi, reading lists, paperwork, class here, class there, etc. etc. was extremely overwhelming and I felt like I was having panic attacks most of the time..lol. but today, everything just "clicked" and I was finally able to relax, and accept my new life as a suuuuuper busy nursing student. It'll be OK. and it's perfectly normal to feel this way. this is all new..."a foreign language" as an one of our aide's mentioned. You'll be just fine, just maybe not until after the first week. Good luck to you.

kk83 · Jan 15, 2011

Good luck! With a really good schedule and lots of discipline, you can do it =). I finished my first semester and am headed back this coming week for semester 2 and I still have the "jitters".

The best advice I can give you is to try to relax as much as you can and not sweat the small stuff because everything that comes with the program seems like this huge uphill battle that never ends.

I know classmates and I constantly talked about how "dumb" we felt, even though we studied more than ever before. Nursing school is definitely a crazy ride and I know it is just going to get crazier, but believing in yourself even when it seems too tough is huge to getting through it!

Bandaide, ADN · Jan 15, 2011

I think nearly everyone in my class felt this way. Once you start classes, it can take a few weeks to settle in and feel like you can make it. When you get to the second term, you may feel that way again for a few weeks :confused: . Then you take the first exam and don't fail, so you can relax again.

Sabr&Shukr · Jan 15, 2011

I just got into the nursing program. Our first day was this passed Tuesday. Believe me, everyone feels the same way lol. Once the first day is over with, you can look through the syllabus, check out the outlines and objectives, and begin to feel like it's really happening, which is completely exciting! Just know that the teachers are there to help you. Once they told us "we're going to do everything possible to help you all get through this." I felt so relieved. We have to remember that no one is born-knowing. We all have to learn. Take one day at a time, and you'll be just fine :)

Good Luck and Congratulations on getting in!!!! :w00t:

Nepenthe Sea · Jan 15, 2011

I'm about to enter my fifth and last semester and I still worry about not being a good, safe nurse when I get out. I think it's normal, because most of my friends are the same way. You're going to have a lot thrown at you. Most of us are still hanging in there. It's tough, but you can do it!

Oh, and one of my NS friends also had a child at fifteen and is now expecting her fourth child. If you guys can take care of a baby at fifteen, you can get through nursing school! lol

2011NursingStudent · Jan 15, 2011

So I just turned 28 years old last Tuesday. I have three kids one which I had when I was 15 years old. I consider that an achievement of its own(lol) but as I start the journey into nursing school this Tuesday January 18, 2011 I am more scared than I have ever been in my life!! I trully want to be a nurse someday and I plan to be involved in teaching the patients as well as being their advocate and care giver. I am just scared that I will not be good enough for the program. I find myself stressing over not being able to finish or take care of the patients in clinicals correctly. I was so happy when I found out I got into the program last month but now as im going to start next week I am terrified. My face has broke out and all I think about is not being good enough. Has anyone felt like this too? If so what did you do to get rid of or calm your nerves?
Thank you much

You can do it!! That is awesome that you are going to acheive so much and were a teen mom, too. I was a 19 year old teen mom, and I'm 28 now, too. One thing I want to tell you is to check to see if your school offers scholarships, because I wrote a short essay on the challenges of being a young mom and what my career goals were and I won 2 $1,000 scholarships. Your life experience really might help you =) Good luck!!