2nd Term LPN Student

mary777 · Jan 27, 2006

I'm sorry you feel that way. You're lucky enough to be there. Don't quit. I believe everyone feels that way at one point or another. Whether they're taking pre-requisite courses or in the actual program. LPN is only a year. If you give up now, then you will regret it after you leave, and then the year passes by and then thoughts about, "oh, I would've been done by now", will haunt you. I'm telling you this so that you can prevent that from happening. You feel unfortunate not to have an experience like the rest of the other students like you probably dreamed of. Stick through it. Study every day, and make index cards if you have to. Study at the library alone. You'll see that you're confidence will come back. You will do great, it just takes a lot of studying and focus. It can be overwhelming having to study for a test every week, but hey at least you're already in the program. Always think that, you should finish what you started, and eventually you will. About the hospital, I too was scared and horrified, but I evetually got used to it, you will too, believe me you will. I rather work in a hospital than a clinic or elsewhere. Mainly because I love a lot of people. I was really open with patients, families, visitors, co-workers. Made lots of friends, and I was a shy shy girl. Eventually I broke through my shyness, and fell in love with the hospital. It's lots of fun. Can be dramatic, nostalgic, but satisfying to be able to love and care for others in large facilities, such as the hospital. Don't fear it. Remember that the patients and visitors are the ones that are scared, so you shouldn't be because they need your comfort, think about it that way.

Have faith, and pray for god's strength, and motivation to study every day. God Bless you. I'll pray for you too.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jan 28, 2006

By the mid-year of my LVN program, everything was being crammed in.

The cold reality is that the theory instructors don't have enough time in the world to teach the students every essential thing. You're going to have to learn how to be a great independent learner and teach things to yourself. As for clinical, be assertive and ask to learn the skills that you have not previously learned.

ddzwalker · Feb 1, 2006

Thanks for the posts. I think I was feeling very overwhelmed; not just with school but we just moved to a new home in a different state (I am now about 1 hr away from my school and 2 hours from clinical). I had a couple of tests and actually did ok! So I guess it was just the 2nd term settling in process.

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