Is there anyone who thinks school is not that bad?

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All I see, hear and read are negative things about nursing school. From endless hours of studying, never seeing your children, broken relationships, instructors that fail you the last week of school...and it goes on.

Is there anyone who is finished or almost finished who thinks it is not that bad. Not the hell it is made out to be.

I would love to hear some good news instead of gloom and doom!!!!

I feel nursing school is demanding but doable. Clinicals have been great and I have been blessed with great professors. The most stress I have is before exams because I am still getting use to those nclex questions on our tests. All in all I love nursing school.

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I'm not in nursing school yet, but I wanted to weigh in on the topic. I don't know how hard it will be and I know I can't grasp the amount of work I will have to put into my degree, but I do know one thing: I love myself and my boyfriend too much to let either of us suffer. This talk of broken relationships and nervous breakdowns have me slightly worried, but I know I will try my hardest to ensure that I take care of myself and my personal relationships above all else. I want to be a nurse so bad, but I don't want to suffer forever or make my loved ones suffer because of my crazy behavior.

Just a thought :)

So far this semester I had a minor breakdown but I picked myself up...I stopped feeling sorry for myself and I realize how many others would love to be in my position right now :) So far I manage to still keep in touch with my friends and my husband and children have not suffered too much so I feel its all going good.
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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

:yeah:Happier than I have ever been in my life. We are on Spring Break right now and I am so ready to get back to it. I love nursing school, no joke. Hard? Yes. But it makes me feel amazing...about ME.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Someone just asked me that the other day and without hesitation, I said "yes" I know it's weird, but I miss the constant learning, research and the challenges the instructors give you. I even miss the time in the car travelling to and from lecture, clinicals, work and home. I think you get out of nursing school what you put into it. The first semester really is the worst..you don't know whether you are coming or going, but, take that first week and get completely organized for the whole semester. you can then fill in your labs etc, as you schedule them. Once you make it through that first semester, you'll have a little better idea how to cope with the next 3.

I thought of my days in terms of hours, like "I have lecture for 4 hours, clinical for 6, that leaves me 14 hours to do....(including sleep of course) When you think of it that way, it just didn't seem as overwhelming to me and I have 3 kids, a husband AND worked fulltime as an LPN :D so, yes, I enjoyed nursing school, yes, I was stressed constantly while I was doing it, but I think that made me better!

See I guess it varies so much, I found first semester a lot easier then second.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
:yeah:Happier than I have ever been in my life. We are on Spring Break right now and I am so ready to get back to it. I love nursing school, no joke. Hard? Yes. But it makes me feel amazing...about ME.

I am ready to go back except the exam on Tuesday and Exam on Wednesday LOL. I need to start studying for it. :p Although with the weather starting to be so nice (except for today where winter made an appearance again) I am also looking forward to summer vacation.

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I actually love nursing school. I've also gotten the highest grades on tests in nursing! Yes, I study alot, but it's because I want to fully understand what I'm learning. This isn't memorizable material, you have to really learn the patho behind everything. But once you do, everything makes sense. It's an enjoable experience for me. I am an older student with kids and a hubby, so whether it's my age and maturity level, I'm not sure, but I can honestly say I love it! :yeah:

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I actually love nursing school. I've also gotten the highest grades on tests in nursing! Yes, I study alot, but it's because I want to fully understand what I'm learning. This isn't memorizable material, you have to really learn the patho behind everything. But once you do, everything makes sense. It's an enjoable experience for me. I am an older student with kids and a hubby, so whether it's my age and maturity level, I'm not sure, but I can honestly say I love it! :yeah:

Can you share some of your techniques as I am potentially starting in the fall I want to start getting organized and buy a couple of test success and fundamentals of Nursing books to get a head start...

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I wish I could tell you what I do, but the truth is I have no idea! :) I read mostly what is assigned, as there just isn't enough hours in my day to read EVERYTHING! I also have most of the clinical companions of the text's so I use those to read from when I am running out of time. I also use a ton of flash cards. I just really tryo to learn the reasoning for the way things happen, then test questions make more sense I guess. I'm not a "smart person" by any means, I just study all the time. I keep going over things until I understand them. I guess my biggest suggestion is to be organized. I use 3" binders for each class. I also have dividers for each day the class in on, and put the course objectives in and the powerpoints, and my notes for that class. Then when I study everything is right there in one area. And again, I love the clinical companion books. Especially the med-surg one! It's organized by disease and just a nice condensed read on the info about it. Best of luck to you!

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I wish I could tell you what I do, but the truth is I have no idea! :) I read mostly what is assigned, as there just isn't enough hours in my day to read EVERYTHING! I also have most of the clinical companions of the text's so I use those to read from when I am running out of time. I also use a ton of flash cards. I just really tryo to learn the reasoning for the way things happen, then test questions make more sense I guess. I'm not a "smart person" by any means, I just study all the time. I keep going over things until I understand them. I guess my biggest suggestion is to be organized. I use 3" binders for each class. I also have dividers for each day the class in on, and put the course objectives in and the powerpoints, and my notes for that class. Then when I study everything is right there in one area. And again, I love the clinical companion books. Especially the med-surg one! It's organized by disease and just a nice condensed read on the info about it. Best of luck to you!

I saw one for fundamentals of nursing at Barnes today and it looked very helpful it was the one by potter and peterson...is there one that you would recommend?

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Fundamentals was the only class I didn't have the clinical version for. The one I LOVE is "Medical-Surgical Nursing" clinical companion, 7th edition by Dirksen, O'Brien, Lewis, Heitkemper, Bucher. By Mosby. Also the "Physical examination & Health assessment" by Jarvis, 5th edition pocket companion.

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thanks so much for your help!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I saw one for fundamentals of nursing at Barnes today and it looked very helpful it was the one by potter and peterson...is there one that you would recommend?

My favorite books that I found most helpful were the "sucess" books. Their is Fundamentals for Success, Med/Surge Success and also Nclex RN questions and answers made incredibly easy I have really liked.

I have DOZENS of different books and these were my most favorite. The success one breaks each category down into topics, so in the Neuro Section it will be further broken down into TIA, CVA, Hemorrhage and so on. Then with each answer it gave the rationale for why it was right, why the others weren't and a test taking tip.

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