Nervous!!

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I am in need of some advice from anyone who has felt the same as I do right now. I have not signed up for classes yet as I will not be able to enroll now until the spring semester and I am trying to decide if this is the right thing to do. I want to be a nurse but I am just not confident in myself. I am afraid of failing and the more I sit here and research and research the more I get nervous. I know I shouldn't be letting sample NCLEX questions and such scare me..obviously it's going to be another language to me at this point but it does.

I just want to know I can do it before I do it if that makes sense. I'm seven years out of high school so I have no idea what I am capable at this point as far as school goes.

Basically, if none of this made sense, what I'm asking is if anyone felt this way before signing up? And if so are you glad you did/wish you didn't? How do you KNOW you can do it?? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Sorry I am a bundle of nerves!!

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You have to have faith in urself if you don't then who will?...when i first started nursing school i felt like a retard everyone around me seemed to be getting the information and i wasn't and i was on the edge of dropping out...but my mom kept encouraging me to stay in.I also become more religious my first year of nursing and that helped alottttttt

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Hi, It is quite normal to feel some anxiety when starting a new venture. I started a a ADN program a few years back and had to quit because my husband's job transferred to another state. I can remember being very nervous, so much so, that i studied enough to keep an A average for the entire semester. But, I also recall that it was not as bad i imagined. Just take one step at a time, and as with any goal that you set for yourself, just stick with it and never give up. That is exactly what i plan to do. I am starting all over after having completed my prereq's for RN over 7 years ago. I'm sure i'll have to do them all over again. But, I'm taking baby steps. Finishing CNA in 6weeks, Start LPN in January, and bridge to RN after working as LPN for 1 year.

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Thanks you guys. My mom is an oncology RN so I know I will blessed to have someone so close to me to go to for advice/help when I need it. I guess all of the "what ifs" and unknowns are just starting to get to me and making me doubt if I should be doing this.

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And best of luck to you Jackie :)

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I think most people feel the way you do before getting into the nursing field/nursing school, even while in school & even after school right before taking the nclex. Yea, it can be tough & yea, there will be days you want to give up but you just got to keep pushing through & keep believing in yourself! In the end, the satisfaction of taking care of other people & helping them, I feel, is seriously one of the most rewarding feelings you will encounter on a daily basis with the nursing profession. :nurse:

Good luck on your nursing journey! you can do it, you first got to believe in yourself! :)

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