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Now that you have been accepted into a program, are you scared at all? I worked so hard to get into my nursing program. Now that I got in, I have been thinking about nursing school and I am terrified! What if I do not do good? What if I can not handle it? Can I keep my GPA up? Some one slap me with that fish!:trout: LOL Any one else nervous now that they go in?

I have a bs in microbiology and I can say with all honesty that nursing is a much easier program than micro was (not that nursing is easy, oh no, it's not a cake walk, but at least there are not two semesters of o chem and biochem involved). Besides, you'll have a job waiting for you at the end of this degree, unlike micro.

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I am excited, nervous and oh yes, SCARED out of my mind! I know exactly how you all are feeling. I am worried that I wont be able to handle school and work, I'm worried about the toll it will take on my relationship with my wonderful boyfriend, and I worry that I will fail. Anything below a 78 in my program is an F. I just keep telling myself that I am finishing this semester with a 4.0 and I will survive nursing school.

We all will!!

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Specializes in Cardio/Tele.

When i first received my letter i was estatic....but after the initial excitement wore off i started to feel this desperate sinking feeling....like "what are you doing!!! are you sure you want to do this????":nono:

I can relate w/ the small children issues. My daughter will start kindergarten and my son will be in 1st grade. I am just hoping and praying that the schedule issue works out bc i don't have anyone to watch them. We live in Texas and my husband has been working in Beaumont/Louisiana area since the first hurricane hit in that area last year. He spends a lot of time out of town.....so he can only help when he is home.

Fear is not of God so we must push past this thing and overcome it.... All things are possible with Jesus Christ. The Lord didn't say some things but ALL. There are many fellow believers on this site and we can overcome this fear and pursue the thing that the Lord has placed on our hearts. God bless each and everyone of you....and hold fast to the promises of God.

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I've had the same exact feelings, from complete estacy upon receiving THE LETTER to "Do I really want to do this?" And if these sudden and mixed emotions aren't bad enough, I identified a disturbing:o trend at the orientation itself! However, I do know that I can do this and you can too! Good luck - RG

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Now that you have been accepted into a program, are you scared at all? I worked so hard to get into my nursing program. Now that I got in, I have been thinking about nursing school and I am terrified! What if I do not do good? What if I can not handle it? Can I keep my GPA up? Some one slap me with that fish!:trout: LOL Any one else nervous now that they go in?

Thank you so much for starting this thread!!...Each and every single one of these thoughts that each of ya'll have posted has run through my mind!..I was accepted and now Im totally freaked out bc Ive been reading about all the negative stuff like people failing, horrific instructors, mean nurses at clinical sites, and awful doctors....I had to stop and just BREATHE like one poster said-i was givin myself panic attacks just think about all the possible things that could go wrong..

...I guess we're all on the same page....I feel better now that Im not the only one thinking these thoughts

...I need to do the Peter Pan thing and "tink happy tawts" :)

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I can totally realte to you all, I was freaking out at first then for the past few days I reaffirmed my self that if I read daily without procrastination:idea: and if i get serious from day one I can do this with good grades. I think for me I have to study till the day I die, first this ADN, then BSN and MSN and any other certifications that come my way. Good luck for you all, we will be fine.

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I was nervous before i got my letter because it's like "omg if i don't get in what else am i going to do" to the whole "yay!! I got in I'm gonna be a nurse" and now I'm at the "omg I don't wanna do this anymore". However in a way i'm excited because I've went through 2 semesters of classes and now I'm going to finally be doing what I'm supposed to be NURSING!!! So yeah i know how all of you feel. I hear rumors about the instructors at my school and they aren't exactly about how wonderful they are, so that's making it even worse. I figure it this way, if so many people can graduate nursing school why can't I? If i just study really hard, ask questions if i don't understand and get in with a good study group (which i have one and we are all in the same classes) I figure I should do really good and pass. Good luck to everyone who starts in the fall!!

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Hi, I just started to feel the same way too. I start nursing school on August 14 and have a lot of things on my mind.

1. I'm putting my son in day care for the 1st time (he's 22 months old) and am nervous about how he will adjust. Thank God that his great-auntie has a daycare and is only charging me 70 bucks a week.

2. I decided that I am going to quit my job in July so that I will be able to focus on my studies, so I am leaving all the financial responsibility on my boyfriend. So if he loses his job, we are screwed!!

3. I wondering if I will be a good student in Nursing school, I am in the C range for Anatomy and Physiology and am wondering that if I can't get an A in that than what kind of grades would I recieve in nursing school.

4. Also I'm worried about my schedule being so unpredictable. I am the type of person that likes to have everything planned out. Something so small like having to fight my son to put his jacket on can throw my timing off.(I need to work on that since I'm a last minute person.)

5. I'm also not so good with getting up early!!

So over the summer I plan on working on getting up early, saving money, and getting my son adjusted with daycare.

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Specializes in Oncology, OR.
I too went from "Whee! I got in!!" to "Holy cow, what am I getting myself into?" I just keep telling myself that lots of people graduate from nursing school, so why can't I?

:yeahthat:

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I am feeling the exact same way as each and every one of you. First worried I wouldn't get in, then on top of the world when I got my acceptance letter, now worried. I start May 15 and I am so worried the other students will have more medical experience than me, I am worried I won't do well, worried about mean instructors, etc. I got my first BS in psychology. However, nursing is going to be a whole new ball game. We shall see how it goes. Good luck everyone!!

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Plainly put........

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence" -Hellen Keller

Keep a positive attitude, DO NOT develop a defeatist attitude and all will be fine.

Good Luck to All!;)

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Specializes in CVICU, CV Transplant.

The first thing I learned in nursing school is that you need to have confidence in yourself! You were chosen because you were on of the best applicants. You will have test questions that you will have no earthly clue where they pulled the material from but by the end, you will be really good at taking tests. I did very well in nursing school and graduate in 14 days! You can all do it! I never found the material to be hard and after all, this is something you want to do, not some pre-req that you could care less about. Cherish every moment and take it a semester at a time. It will fly by and you will graduate before you know it!

Best of luck to you all!

Avery

Pinning May 12th

Graduation May 13

Cancun May 15th

2 Finals to go! :mortarboard:

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