precillar85

Hi All, I will be graduating may 2011 with my BSN. i know i should be happy right, but why do i feel like crying? Here is my problem! I DO NOT FEEL THAT I"M READY FOR THE REAL WORLD OF NURSING!! sometimes i feel like i have wasted the past years attending nursing school. I have trouble retaining stuff that i have learned. though i have managed to get pretty decent grades in school, i just feel that that's all they are:grades! My family and friends keep telling me how smart i am and such but to me it's one thing to get good grades and it's totally another thing to apply what you have learned in practice. for the life of me, i can't tell you the pathophysiology of MOST of the diseases, but if i had that as a multiple choice, you bet i'm gonna get it right!! In post conferences, when we are ask to think through some process or another, my classmates are talking back and forth and answering while i'm mostly sitting there without a CLUE!! During my last rotation which was on a labor and delivery floor, we were ask about some contraindications of patients who are ask to walk in order to help with the descent of the baby. and guess what? i couldn't come up with anything, i mean NADA! get this, the week prior to this, we had an exam that asked the exact same question and i answered it correctly. i guess what i'm saying is, it seems like when i have the answers to choose from i would more likely than not get it right, but on the job, the answer won't be in front of me! so what do i do? Am i making a mountain out of a mole? are my concerns valid and what can i do between now and may 2011?!! please somebody, anybody help!!!! sometimes i have anxiety attacks just thinking about everything.