faith010

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1. How to adjust to night shift sleep schedule?

   faith010 replied to hp131071's topic in Stress 101

   You can't force your body to do things. I myself am able to sleep at night on my nights off, however whenever I go back to work the next night I wind up staying awake for close to 24 hours straight.

2. Nursing sadness

   faith010 posted a topic in Stress 101

   I became a nurse because I wanted to help others and was very interested in all things medical. However, as a nurse I am over worked, working night shift all week, feeling miserable. My boss was nasty to me because I took two weeks vacation of my ear...

3. Will I have a social life in nursing school

   faith010 replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in Pre-Nursing

   for the record I did an accelerated program. it was very intense and it took me a a little over a year to complete. so this is my experience. for people saying they had time for a lot of other things, i doubt they went through such a rigorous and sho...

4. Will I have a social life in nursing school

   faith010 replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in Pre-Nursing

   In order to do well in nursing school, I had to sacrifice so much of my personal life. I had to study every single weekend and do a million assignments. All I ever did was study when I was in nursing school. This is from my own experience. Oh and eve...

5. Unsteady hands

   faith010 posted a topic in Stress 101

   I feel like I would have so much more potential as a nurse if I could just stop my hands from being shaky which is anxiety related. I am so jealous of people with steady hands who are able to just insert needles without a second thought. I just canno...

6. Quitting nursing school?

   faith010 replied to MSTLUV's topic in General Students

   I remember being in my first semester of nursing school in a class and thinking in the back of my mind how this is not right for me. However, I stuck with it, I said to myself "don't be a quitter." What I failed to do was think of my future self, so ...

7. Facing the disappointment

   faith010 posted a topic in Stress 101

   It is so difficult for me to accept that I have worked so hard all these years in college only to feel so utterly disappointed by my career and feel like I am not good enough to work during the day time, to feel like I have been banished to the night...

8. Becoming a nurse with an anxiety disorder

   faith010 replied to elgibb's topic in General Nursing

   I have pretty bad anxiety. I do not take any medications. From my own personal experience, nursing has intensified my anxiety to new heights to the point where I get physical symptoms such as chest tightness, chest pain, heart palpitations, shortnes...