OzarkNurse

You should really decide if it is something you WANT to do. That will give you some incentive. Try to look and plan ahead for next semester, and have a "check off". As you SEE your goals getting accomplished one by one. You even have to plan for sleep. Know that nursing school changes everyone's life. But it WILL come to an end and you will be proud of your accomplishments. If you are not diabetic, try some lemon drops or hard candy to aid in keeping you alert. Get a buddy that will help hold you accountable. I am sure you will find other students just like yourself. Hang in there.

I have experienced the flip side of this conversation. Having a nurse who really crossed the line. I didn't want to hear *she had been through it*. I really wanted to deal with my own grief and didn't need (cheering up). I needed the space and time to go through an actual grieving process. I felt the same way at times - like I had the plague with other nurses. I hope they knew I was hurt and greieving and you just are not up to *making nice* with anyone wanting to tell you their story. Or especially one telling you how you should feel or what you should do. Now, I realize not every one knows how to deal with certain situations, but if they do the best they can and just simply be a good nurse -- Be attentive to the patient and concerned with the the patient requests it would go best. I am a Type A person and don't need the same things a Type B (more emotional) person may need. But as one wrote: pain is pain and loss is loss. Just be a listener

I've enjoyed reading everyone's replies. You can tell when something strikes a nerve with people. There is also a big difference in how different people take different topics. I had wrote that I ran into situations where people equated southern to "stupid". Doesn't make it so, but it does mean that this is what "those people" do. Doesn't make those people anything but possibly missing out on some very intelligent people. I've experienced stupid people in every industry. Be careful, you never know when your life might depend on one of them. From the idiot at the pharmacy or the one who keys in the payment to your credit card. :) Now onto something similar. Those same "types" equate fat = lazy. Oops, should I say "chubby, pleasingly plump", thin challenged". I'm considered "plump" but definitely not lazy. I could out run a lot of people and I'm on the go constantly. There are opinionated people everywhere. So let's eat some B&Gs and be happier than a hog eatin' slop! (All southerners will know what a B&G is!!!!!)

It is all in the attitude!. In business, (and nursing is ultimately a business for the company you work for), the bottom line is to be profitable. Your RNs get paid a lot more than a CNA. It is not cost effective to have and RN spending time on things that a CNA could do, because, in turn, a CNA cannot give meds, shots etc. But if something needs done and the RN says "it's not my job" then she/he failed the first basic definitation of NURSE-ing. I've got a niece who is a STNA (CNA) and was having trouble holding a large lady on side while she cleaned a mess and asked an RN if she could just help balance her for only a few moments and she was told "no, not my job" in front of patient. Never forget the people you have climbed over to get to the top. You will definitely meet them on your way down!:smiley_ab

A lot of people equate southern with "stupid". And then I know some stupid southerners (and northerners). You just can't take offense. I'm married to one with an accent for 29 years and still have to say "what did you say" sometimes. I notice he will "pour it on" and the "twang gets thick". But be proud of who you are and where you are from, just be mindful that the elderly don't hear as well and you might have to speak slower. I also find, that some people find that southern sound to be a sign of "friendliness"