I'm feeling overwhelmed!~

SanDiegoRN2be · May 27, 2009

Dear MotivatedOne-

I know what you mean in re: to the cost being so much more affordable at a CC. I was accepted from the beginning at the Universities but I opted for the CC b/c I wasn't going to be able to pay for tuition. PLUS, the professors at the CC also teach at the big schools...and they're just as good ya know :)

seaspray700777 · May 27, 2009

I get what your saying. I have been taking pre-req's for 3 years and all I have left is Micro this fall. If I hear one more person say to me "arent you done yet? I still have the 2yr nursing school. Sometimes I just felt stupid for not being done yet,, and then I woke up one day and said ' This is my life and my journey not thiers and in the end it will be my dream. What helped me when I thought the goal was to long, I wrote down all the pre-reqs and checked them off as I finished them. I looked back last week and I said ' wow I have come a long way. Good luck

If I can do this with a full-time job and an adult severly disabled daughter so can you!!:redbeathe

touchhealth · May 28, 2009

I've been doing the part-time nursing pre-requ program for the past 3 years. Sometimes I felt like giving up, but was always drawn back because a career in nursing had so much I was looking for. I stopped being so time oriented, and just took it at a reasonable rate that worked for me. Now, I'm finally starting the process of applying to nursing programs, and 3 years feels like it went by in a blink!

In the meantime, over the cours of those 3 years, I logged hundreds of hours of volunteer work at our local hospital (One 4-hour shift per week...really doable) and became certified in massage therapy for working w/ patients. This gave me some great healthcare experiences, and some fantastic recommendation letters that I think are really working in my favor now. I'm also on my way to getting certified as a CNA/Home Health Aid just in case I have to wait a year or two before I'm actually admitted to school.

Nursing school is not an easy path...especially for 2nd career, returning adult students already juggling loans, and families, and work, and...life...

Stay true to your passion and let it drive you. As other posters mentioned, before you know it you'll be graduating from nursing school and on your way! :yeah:

SHELL75 · May 28, 2009

I feel you!!! You hang in there, it will be worth it. I am supposed to FINALLY start the nursing program this fall. It took me 6 semesters to get my pre-reqs done. I started only going half time and working Mon-Fri as a loan officer and weekends as a hospital registration clerk. That was taking too long so I took out a private student loan to pay off all my bills, sold my house, paid off my truck and quit the loan officer job to work midnights at the hospital. I make half of what I did but me and my husband moved in with my elderly father in law. He needed the help and living expenses are half what we were paying. Also what helps is, I took as many classes as possible online. Alot of your basics are offered that way and that way it makes your schedule a little more flexible. Where there is a will THERE IS A WAY!! :up:

kristi1111 · May 29, 2009

I'm working full time in the corporate world, while trying to satisfy my pre-requisites so I can apply to Nursing School.
I'm feeling completely overwhelmed.
It seems like every time I turn around- I need to take MORE classes.
Because I can only go to school 1/2 time- I still have a full year left of pre-requisites.
I just found out today that I have to take Chemistry in order to get into Microbiology.
I'm just so far away from the end goal, that I can't see the light.
I've already taken out $7K in student loans, so this is not something that I can just walk away from.
I want this--- but I just am feeling stuck.
I'm not happy at my job, but I NEED this job to support me while I get my pre-requisites taken care of.
I've been at my job for 5 years and I make good money and have good benefits. I can't walk away .
This is going to be such a long, uphill climb for me.
Is there anyone else out there who can relate?
Does anyone else feel overwhelmed?

I can relate to the part about feeling like it is taking FOREVER to get through the prereqs as well as being in a job (and profession) that you are less than happy with. Because I work 40+ hours a week and feel as if I need to get straight As in order to even get in to a nursing program I have been taking my prerequisites one at a time since August of 2007. I have 2-4 left (depending on which route I am going i.e. regular BSN vs. accelerated BSN) and unfortunately cannot take any classes until this Fall due to the available classes not fitting into my work schedule.

However, I keep plugging along knowing that if I was not doing this that I would continue to be stuck in a profession that I feel I have outgrown. Keep going, you can do it!!!!