Nervous/Anxious about starting Nursing Program!

[nursingstudentjess]

I was accepted into my school's nursing program for the fall, and have been feeling increasingly anxious. I am a good student, have 6 yrs experience working in the medical field as a medical assistant and cannot stop worrying if I will make it through the program. I'm so excited to start, but have been reading horror stories of people who have failed out of their programs. I am ready and willing to give this all I have, it's all I ever wanted! I started watching trama life in the ER when I was like 8 yrs old and would practice healing my stuffed animals, helped take care of my sick grandparents until they passed away, and i have done some volunteer work. My passion for nursing has always been evident. I find myself worrying about material I have not yet learned, I honestly think I'm just psyching myself out!!! I feel like I'm going crazy =\ anyone else have the nursing program jitters?

[dupton]

Its like I could have written this post! I think a healthy fear is good...it means we care enough to want to succeed and put ourselves in the best possible position to do so, or at least that's what I keep telling myself. But going on the advice of nurses I work with I'm relaxing and enjoying the last few weeks of down time before orientation August 15 and first day of classes on the 21st so I'm ready to jump in and give it everything I have. Good luck!

[ArrowRN, BSN, RN]

Really, if you been a good student in the past, just apply the same principles to nursing school times 100% :) and you will do great. Most times people who fail out of the program either was allowing other things to get in the way or did not ask their peers and instructor for help and just allowed that hole to get deeper and deeper without communicating.

Making good bonds is critical to success in nursing school. The first semester hits you like a tonne of bricks. Mainly the amount of work you get in the very first week can seem challenging...just break things down and chip away at it. If you wish, check out my previous posts for my awesome article on "tips for 1st semester nursing students" .

[green34]

Be prepared to ask for help a lot from your instructors. Ask for help early rather than later, but it is never too late to ask for help. It is usually better to withdraw then to fail a class.

[swansonplace]

Nursing school does make one stressed. So it's a good idea to find ways to decrease your anxiety. If you learn techniques to lesson your anxiety it will help you alot as you go through school. (exercise, walk, run, keep a journal)

So just have a plan in place as to how you can handle your anxiety. For example, taking a daily walk and/or keeping a journal of your experiences.

Congrats on getting into school. A really great skill for nursing students is anxiety management skills. It can actually be a deciding factor on your success.

[springchick1, ADN, RN]

Every semester so far (three) I have a week where i get into a funk and think about all the stuff I'm missing out on, how I am SO sick of school and how I don't really want to be a nurse anymore. But I fight through it and I do fine. Nursing school is hard. A few tips:

Forgotten what you know about working in the medical field. It doesn't matter that that is how you've done that certain things for years, or that's how it's going to be in the real world. The want the nursing school answer. I've had a hard time with some of that.

Get an NCLEX study guide and use it. It will be your friend.

Have a social life. It may be small and you may not get to do stuff with your friends all the time but it is important for you as the student to put the books down every now and the. And have normal life.

Get some sleep! I don't study past 10:00. I'm not going to learn anything past that point. I work 40+ hours a week and still have time to study and go to bed by 10 or 10:30. It can be done.

Good luck to you!!

[beeskipper1023]

I am starting this fall Sept. 19. I am also starting a new full time NIGHT shift job as a patient care technician at a hospital so I'm twice as anxious. I will be working from 7pm - 7:30 am three nights a week and straight to school from 8:00 am to 2:30pm. yikes! I'll try and take it one day at a time.

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

I am starting this fall Sept. 19. I am also starting a new full time NIGHT shift job as a patient care technician at a hospital so I'm twice as anxious. I will be working from 7pm - 7:30 am three nights a week and straight to school from 8:00 am to 2:30pm. yikes! I'll try and take it one day at a time.

19 hours a day, not including drive time? I can't see any way that will be a doable schedule long-term. It sounds down right dangerous.

[DalekRN]

I am starting this fall Sept. 19. I am also starting a new full time NIGHT shift job as a patient care technician at a hospital so I'm twice as anxious. I will be working from 7pm - 7:30 am three nights a week and straight to school from 8:00 am to 2:30pm. yikes! I'll try and take it one day at a time.

Not at all doable. Anyone on night shift will tell you how impossible that is. You'll get sick and both school and work will suffer. Seriously, take my word for it.

[boogalina, ADN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN]

Not at all doable. Anyone on night shift will tell you how impossible that is. You'll get sick and both school and work will suffer. Seriously, take my word for it.

It is not easy to do FT nights and nursing school, but it's not impossible, either.

I just finished my RN, and while my grades could have been higher, they were adequate, and being an internal applicant at my hospital definitely helped me land an RN job at the hospital I worked at while in school.

And I was never sick! There are no absolutes...

[rush14]

hi, been trying to find ppl form KBCC, I made a post about the recent NLN, do you recall any info no the selecting process for the program, what scores made it in 2013? and what did not

thanks

https://allnurses.com/new-york-nursing/january-2014-nln-897071.html#post7686306