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((((Nursejoey))))! I am so sorry for your loss and will pray for comfort and hope to cover you and your daughter and other love one's during this time of great loss.

Is there anyone out there that has suffered from extreme anxiety during clinicals? I am going back to school next week, and I have been concerned about having anxiety again when I am expected to perform in the clinical area. If you had extreme anxiety, how did you manage to cope with it? I know that I can be sucessful, but I suffer from low-self esteem and I am sure this is why I am having these problems. Everyone get's nervous, but I get so nervous that I can't seem to function. If anyone has any advice, I truly appreciate it. Anxiously (excuse the pun) awaiting any responses.

I truly wonder about the health risks. It seems like the bodies equilibrium will eventually get thrown off. How about hormones, will this drug eventually confuse the female body on what it should be doing, but is not? The reason I say all of this is, because I have PCOS, and let me tell you, my hormones are totally crazy. I don't have regular periods on my own, and the things that it does to my body I wouldn't wish on my worse ememy. These are my thoughts, but I don't have enough info to really validate my thoughts.

Congratulations! This is where I want to work when I graduate with my RN. I hope you find true satisfaction and happiness in this area of nursing.

I can't believe how much I relate to almost everything being posted here. I know I have always been different, but I had felt pretty dumb in school, until I started college. I have done pretty well, as I have been on the honor roll, national dean's list etc. Although I get pretty bored and burnt out with school quickly. I have taken approx. 5 tests today for ADD, and have scored very high, so it is likely I have it. I have almost all of the classic symptoms, but I never would have guessed I possibly have ADD. While in nursing school, I was extremely nervous and anxious in clinicals, to the point I had a hard time performing tasks. Although I had no problems with passing skill assessments, unless I was in a room full of people. I still get very nervous about returning to the RN program. I had to withdraw due to some family issues in Jan, but I hope to go back in the fall (this makes me very nervous). I am sorry to ramble here, but I would love to hear from others with ADD, please feel free to pm me. I am so glad I am not alone, and I certainly don't want to use this as a crutch, but I really would like to get some help, I do not want to feel the same way in RN school as I did in LPN school, extremely anxious, nervous, unfocused, asking people to repeat what they said too often, etc. PS: Is there any research and or explanations to what causes ADD?

Glad you are glad to be back in the trenches. So glad you are feeling well again.

I wish you both well and the hope that you will have a blessed and wonderfully filled life.

I've truly considered ultrasound or Radiation Therapy, (The closest schools would be an hour away from me, and I wouldn't like the commute). These two jobs allow for patient contact, but the patients come in for one-two hours or so and they are on their way. No extended stays.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Rev 3:20 The answer is simply "God". He is just waiting to pick them up out of the mire. First, they must come to themselves, desire more than anything to be free from this bondage, and truly seek Him with diligence.

Julie, give yourself sometime to get settled in. Those first couple of weeks are the time you need to get use to the residents, where everything is at and the other little things that come with a new job. Good luck with your new job and school. I will say a prayer for you. God Bless!

Yes, this was at a local community college. My friend had very little problem getting into the class to do this. I know some schools offer RN refresher courses, but I have not heard of any LPN refresher courses. I hope this helps. I would check into this soon, as classes will be starting in a couple of weeks. This may go under auditing the class. Good luck!

I had a friend that failed the LPN NCLEX exam a number of times. She than sat in on a whole med-surg class. She only got a satisfactory or unsatisfactory for the course. Needless to say, she passed the NCLEX after this. This will boost your confidence, and I am sure you will learn a lot.

I had to chuckle after reading that. Thanks for a little humor for once.

Amen!

I agree with the above posts. I had not held any type of healthcare job before going to nursing school, and let me tell you, it would have made life a whole lot easier. Being a CNA first will be advantageous for you, because you won't be trying to learn those types of skills while trying to learn nursing skills at the same time. It will also lessen the anxiety of all this new stuff hitting you at once when you start clinicals. CNA's work very hard and are very vital team members of the healthcare team.

You sound like me. My husband saids I am just a career student, I don't want to work. It's more like four kids to raise along with going to school, and sometimes a part-time job with little participation from him. Well let's see, in the summer of 1999 I began taking 1-2 pre-requisites per semester. I started an LPN program Jan. 2000, and graduated end of 2001. More classes, started BSN Jan 2003, quit due to high debt for program, and now returning to ADN. Still not there yet, but puffing along at a tortoise's pace. The race is not given to the swift nor is it to the strong, but to the one that endures to the end.

Jnette, I am so sorry this has happened. ((((((((Hugs))))))))) I know this is a very hard time for you right now. I am glad you took out the time to post this, because you have friends here that care about you, and what you are going through. It's okay to cry. I will pray for you and that poor family during this very hard time. May God bring comfort to your hurting.

This post by no means is to bash anyone. (I mayl be flamed for this). I love my husband, but at times I think my spouse is very unfair. He doesn't spend much time with his family even though I know that he can break away from work (he is self-employed) more than he admitts to. My children need him more than ever before, especially my boy's. I could say more about this, and it would be so easy to walk away. However, I know that I have a higher calling and committment to my God first, then my children and husband. If more people put God's principals and their children first, and think about how divorce will effect them, then there will be a tremendous drop in the divorce rate. Your children deserve to have an intact family if possible, not one that is broken because the adults couldn't get it together. (I know there are special circumstances). Every marriage is going to go through the storm, that is why the vows say 'for better, or for worse'. Please give those children a chance to have happy memories, so when the hard times hit them as adults, then they can reflect back to a better time, their childhood. I did not have a father, and my mother abandoned me right before puberty. Before this time, a few good childhood memories were created, but not many. The few that I have reminds me that there is still hope and goodness in the world, which all comes from God. Choose to give those children what they deserve most, an intact family.

Congradulations to your daughter. Thank you for that terriffic story. I wonder if anyone has ever thanked that gentleman for his contribution to his country?

How wonderful, what a way to bring in the new year. Keep counting your blessings. Happy New Year!

Congrats!!!

BarefootLady, I began struggling to stay with nursing soon after my first job, and thought that I was pretty much alone in how I felt. Most people talk about how much they love nursing and would never do anything else. You usually don't hear from people like myself. I thought, maybe I'm just one of those weak people that can't handle any kind of stress or a challenge. Not that I'm saying people are weak because they struggle like I have. I am one of those people that has always struggled with what I really want to do with my life, and finally thought I'd found the answer. With obstacles always comes doubt, unless you're one of those 'know exactly what I'm going to do and go get it.' Unfortunately I lack in that area. Love-A-Nurse, great advice, thanks for the support, I will cogitate on that for a while.

Thanks Mittels, this is what I was hoping, that if I just hang in there that these feeling will eventually go away.

Stealing your thunder here, but I agree with what you said. There are nurses that are not willing to put up with the abuse and the low nurse to patient ratios. A great deal of nurses are put in very dangerous situations every time they accept their assignments. Many may wonder why they stay. Maybe because they love nursing, don't know anything else, and or, are hoping it will get better soon, etc.

Get closer to God. Be a better Mom and wife. Lose weight, which is my new resolution every year, and maybe this time I will accomplish it.