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Is it true that you have no life in nursing school?

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I don't...but thats because I'm a bad procrastinator lol. I cant even date because i have way too much work to focus on and study. All of that is a distraction for me. But it all varies on the individual. It's about how you manage your time and priorities in order for you to hang out with friends or attend social events. However, nursing school is very consuming and the school work is crazy so you won't really have as much free time as you had before nursing school.

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Yes. Yes it is true.

Enjoy your social life?

Kiss it all goodbye!

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Specializes in ICU.

No, it's not true at all. I have a life while in nursing school. I guess I just plan things well because I see people on here all the time saying they have no life while I have a good one. I'm also a single mom. I'm not sure what I do differently but my grades are pretty good also.

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Specializes in public health, women's health, reproductive health.

It's different for everyone. Nursing school took a great deal of my time. The amount of content/reading was staggering, not to mention the stress of labs, simulations and clinicals. I didn't do much but go to school, go to clinical and study. It was highly stressful both physically and emotionally for me, but I have the kind of personality that is likely to feel that way. I am graduating with a 4.0, though, and that was my goal from the start. I could have made a trade off and had more of a social life and gotten some Bs. Straight As are not necessary. It was just a personal goal.

Also, different semesters make different demands. When I think back to my first semester, I see how much easier it was than say, my third. A lot of people in my cohort breezed through first semester and thought nursing school was much easier than expected. Then they hit the wall. Then there are students who just seem to get it faster than most and they don't stress much and do very well. We all find our way and adjust as necessary. You will too.

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

I think it depends on your priorities, the semester (the last semester was the most time-consuming for me), what you have going on in your personal life (Kids? Spouse? Dating?), how well you retain the material, time management... There's a lot to consider. Plus, there will be times it's easier to do things than other times. I just tried to schedule things when it was a slower time, school-wise.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

It depends on how you define "no life". Will you be able to be the hit of the party every weekend? Probably not. But, if you prioritize and schedule your time well, you can certainly still enjoy activities with family & friends. I've been lucky this semester that my classes are in the morning, so I'm able to be at my son's sports practices in the afternoons. I have my nose in my text book, but I'm there :) Clinical days are rough because I leave at 6 AM and don't get back home until after 5:30 and then I immediately have to finish my paperwork after dinner. But I always make sure that we do things together as a family on the weekends. If that means I stay up late studying, so be it.

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Once you have defined what "a life" means to you, compare it to your anticipated nursing school schedule and study requirements, and see how it works.

If it doesn't...you need to adjust your expectations of what "a life" is.

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