Need a motivational help in studying

[shelly96]

Hello, I am a nursing student attending a vocational school for the LVN here in San Diego. The program is 13 months and you all know it is VERY FAST PACE. I am here to vent out my problems with school for it is the only best way for myself to feel better and not be depressed, than having somebody prescribe medications for anxiety or depression. It is very unfortunate for me to be in a situation now that I am losing hope only because the courses have gotten very hard for me to study. Exams are on a weekly basis, most times two course would be on the same week. One course tomorrow, the other course the next day and so on and so forth. I have really lost my sleeping pattern, overstudying, cramming and really have develop anxiety attacks when exams are about to start..I can't give up now I know. However, I am here to ask for some motivation who have been in my position and understand that I really need the help that I need to get back in the A-game again. I am falling between B's & C's and I definitely cannot fall into a D because that will show that I am out of the program.As of now I am in a 76% and I need a 77 and above to pass. I do want this career but I really cannot help but feel fearful. Please help me ways how I can relax my mind, how to study when there are 3 different exams day after day in a week. How can I achieved learning everything and being able to digest everything that I have learned for only a day and the next day I have an Exam already? Please help me get my self esteem, confidence and the drive to want this career again.. Thank you for your time reading my post. I will very much appreciate all the help I can get to survive. Thank you and Merry Christmas

-Shelly

[Jessie88]

I'm really sorry you're going through this right now. Sending you a big virtual hug! Some of my classmates have trouble with the fast pace of our program, and I myself have my own difficulties of a different nature in nursing school. Going through a nursing program can be hard at times. Even nurses who have worked for a long time remember this. I recently attended an event where I was the only student nurse among graduate nurses, and upon my mentioning that I was still in nursing school, one very experienced nurse turned to me and said "oh, I'm so sorry!" I think she was half joking, half serious. Something positive: I have met many nurses who hated nursing school but who love their job, so what we need to do right now is hang in there and do our best. We were smart enough to make it into a nursing program, and I believe we're smart enough to graduate. That's one thing I'm telling myself when I'm under a lot of stress: Our program doesn't go on forever, and the fact that we got in and made it this far tells me that we can accomplish things. Feeling stressed and overwhelmed once in a while is natural. Another thing I do to relief anxiety if it gets really intense is imagining the absolute worst thing that could happen to me: I could fail. What would I do about that? I'd feel terrible... I'd analyze what went wrong... I'd question if nursing still really is what I want to do with my life, and if I think I'm suited for it... Check!.. I'd pick myself up, maybe take some time to regroup, make changes, and do whatever needs to be done for me to start over and enter nursing school again... this time with the advantage of having been there and knowing what to expect - That's the worst that could happen. Don't get me wrong, I'm not taking this lightly. I would feel terrible as I said in the beginning, but would failing on my first attempt be the end of the world? Certainly not. I don't know if this is helpful to you, but it's my personal way of coping with extreme stress that I wanted to share. You're not alone feeling like this, and you're in my prayers. Merry Christmas. :redbeathe