I can't do this.

Dorito, ASN, RN · Aug 30, 2005

I'm just so dissapointed in myself. I'm sitting here crying as I type this. I'm a WRECK!!!
I'm doing awesome in math. I felt like a kid last night after my first test that I made a 96 on. I have always been TERRIBLE at math, but I love my instructor and she makes it all so easy to understand. She teaches it completely different than I've ever seen it.
It's so hard to get into A&P and I was lucky to get in. The workload is just overwhelming. I love my A&P instructor, but so much of everything is home study and I don't have the time to do it all. I sat here for over an hour trying to do my pre-labs (16 worksheets due Thursday) and I only found 2 answers.
I need to find out how long my classes are good for. Math and A&P were the last 2 pre-reqs I need. I'm wanting to go for LPN, so I got all my other pre-reqs finished last fall and Spring.

A&P alone is massive and I was an LPN 15 years before I took it. Is there a way you could take the Math class right before or after A&P if you have to take them both so that you aren't making a separate trip back in the evening? Hang in there....I was ready to give up at one point too. Take time for yourself out of the pie of life. You'll need it! Good luck!

krisssy · Aug 30, 2005

I clearly remember my first semester of nursing school. We didn't take the pre reqs. first then. So I was taking anatomy and physiology, chemistry(had never taken it in high school), philosophy and fundamentals of nursing. Lucky for me that I had taken sociology the previous summer. I was very young-18- and completely overwhelmed. I dropped the chemistry and took it at night the following semester. It was much easier given at night for some reason. Then I learned a sort of trick that worked for me. I went to summer school every summer and took as many non nursing courses as I could. They were shorter and easier in the summer. Then during the regular year, I concentrated almost totally on nursing. Back then we had to take 12 credits of chemistry, and I had never taken it in HS-Wow! Anyway by my senior year, I had finished everything except psychiatric and community health nursing. Looking back at my transcripts, my grades got better and better as the semesters went on, because I learned how to plan my schedule so it wasn't too stressful. So my advice would be to drop the anatomy and physiology and take it next semester at night or next summer. The trick is not to overload yourself. Well now I am going back to graduate school to get my psychiatric nurse practitioner's degree, and during the first semester, I intend to take one course-that is all. As I get used to it, I will add more as I can handle it. You will get through. Just try some mix and matching! As you get the swing of what I am describing it gets better and better. Good luck! Krisssy-and the main thing is DON'T QUIT NO MATTER WHAT!

GrnHonu99, RN · Aug 30, 2005

It's only the 2nd week and school is KILLING me. I have A&P 11-2 and then I have to go back at nights from 6-8:30 for algebra. I have a 6 and 7 year old that fight non-stop, so I get no peace until they're in bed. By then, I'm having to cram everything in at once. My kids go to a school that is out of our zone, so I'm having to drive extra miles.
I've never had a migrane in my life, yet I'm getting them daily now. To the point that I literally get sick on my stomach. I've cried and cried because of the stress.
Has anyone else gone through this? My mom said she thinks I should drop the A&P until a less stressful time. Plus, with gas prices going up the driving back and forth is killing us. My school is a 40 minute drive.
I feel liks such a failure and like I'm giving up too easily. I try to tell myself that I still have time to do this (I'm 28). I'm just afraid that if I give up now, that I'll never follow through with it.

I think we have all felt this way before so you are NOT alone!!! In fact I think its a pre req for the progam;) I just finished my first semester and there were several times I thought to myself...I cant do this...its too much stress...but guess what? You can! Stick with it! Time management is the key...Nursing school wouldnt be nursing school without a little stress...as for the gas prices..well cant help ya there..ive decided that if gas prices go up over 3$/gal i'm boycotting and walking...even if i have to get up at 4 am...!:)

Good luck, I know you can do it...PM me if you wanna talk...id love to share some of my war tactics with you aka time management skills;)

hikernurse · Aug 31, 2005

All that stress isn't good for you . If A&P is too much right now, there's no shame in pushing it back a semester. Your instructor may be willing to add you to next semester if you can't get in during registration; I would just talk to him/her and explain things. I took one hard class (science) and one easy (nutrition) class a semester all the way through. The semester I took Physiology, I took it by itself because it required more than I could give with the pressure of another class and family obligations.

If you decide to keep your class, can you drive straight to campus after dropping your guys off at school? That should give you a couple of hours before your 11:00 class. You may have to give up housework. . . darn .

BTW, it took me quite a while to plow through my prereqs, but it was better than doing myself in trying to do more.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Aug 31, 2005

I am sorry for your situation. My advice is that if now is not the right time to do both (fam and school), then drop a class or both until you are. It is better this way to avoid all this stress and possibly not learning the materia. Good luck

stressgal, RN · Aug 31, 2005

The only thing I can add is that everything happens for a reason. So you are a quarter or two later graduating, there is a reason that you just can't see right now. Hang in there!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Aug 31, 2005

First of all, we can't tell you what is best in your situation.

Are you a single mom? If not, can you and your hubby/SO compromise on a solution?

You don't want to fail, or go broke, but dropping a class means having to repay to retake it. This is something that needs to be considered.

I took my A&P by itself up until the last 6 weeks of the class, then added a fast-track Dev. Psych. So, I know it takes a bunch of time to study for.

Maybe you could have someone watch your children until a certain time each night/or class days in exchange for watching their children on a Friday or Saturday night. (Many people would love to be kid-free on a weekend night!) :)

If you decide to stick with it, my site http://www.nursingjourney.com has powerpoints for the lab portion of A&P. If you can, utilize a tutor provided by the school, make flash cards, read, read & read your notes over and over again.

If you do decide to drop the course, that is ok. Many of us have had to drop courses. Just never give up. Get back to it the next semester, or as soon as possible. Try to stick it out as long as you can, that way you can learn as much as you can. When you go back, a bunch of it will be familiar to you & easier to learn.

Don't let anyone make the decision for you.

Good luck in what ever you decide to do. :kiss