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Some Some great replies in this thread but this one was awesome! From a student nonetheless! Thanks a lot for taking the time - you really have a good head on your shoulders. I will definitely take this advice to heart.

Obviously the title is meant to be tongue-in-cheek... But I'm a new grad psych nurse. I just started my first job (it's PSYCH, keep in mind please) and am having some major anxiety and the cause is my lack of medical knowledge. It took me almost 1.5...

thanks, this is what've I currently been doing and it's the plan for now. But I'm still curious about some courses, etc. I would really like to just be much more knowledgable about the entire body, disease processes, etc. I had a lot of anxiety duri...

I don't need recognition for having a social life, I will, however, take a gold star for trying to help ease some of the anxiety future/new students may acquire from hearing things like this.

i know you say they were "my" feelings but you clearly warn others that "you will not sleep", etc. sorry, i honestly didn't mean it as an attack on you. As I said at the end, my only hope was to maybe be a counter-point for those who, when hearing t...

luvthegsp is obviously an experienced nurse of, well let's see, a year? so listen to him/her - how dare you students (ahem, FUTURE NURSES) take to a message board created for you to discuss what you may see as faults in the current field of nursing e...

i'm sorry, talk like this just rubs me the complete wrong way. When i started grad school, a panel of 2nd year students stood in front of us 1st years and scared everyone to death with the same stuff. It wasn't helpful. They didn't offer helpful adiv...

as I've relied on this forum for a good amount of info about nclex, I think it's only fair that I share my experience... First time taker. I didn't expect for it to shut off at 75 so I wasn't surprised. I was thinking maybe I'd take 160, tops. I too...

Thanks for all the comments - though varied, I find them very helpful. I have done my own research on it, but it seems Allnurses is really the best place to go for answers as going to the source (employers) usually yields purposely vague information....

I'm a male student just finishing semester 3 of 4 in a BSN program. There have been fun times but has it been "fun"? NO! I don't want to be one of those people that try to scare anyone off with my biases so i'll start off by saying I have a history o...

I've been lurking here for over a year and have read just about every thread having to do with anxiety, stress, etc., so please don't jump down my throat and link me to others. I know it's been discussed in depth but I'm hoping to get a few perspecti...

I thought this was some great insight that I myself have put a lot of thought into in the past. With my pre-disposition towards depression, dropping out will almost certainly destroy my self esteem while finishing will do a world of good for it. And,...

I haven't (and won't) read this thread but I'm sure there's one on there entitled "Nurses eat their young." A great deal of my anxiety comes from clinical experiences where I've encountered far more cynical, moody, irritable nurses with superiority c...

My first BA and grad school was almost entirely scholarship, with just a little bit of loans. NS is basically entirely loans. When it's all said and done, I'll owe about 30k. In case you haven't noticed, there's not much out there for someone with a ...

I know some have said the stress of NS was worse on them than their first job, and that gives me some hope. I feel like once I've figured out where I'm going, I will have more of a focus and not this overwhelming feeling of needing to know everything...

Thank you so much for the kind words. I should know better then to continue to basically search out info that causes me stress (like, as you say, some of the threads on here) - my therapists would not be happy with me! You're completely right - when ...

Thanks, and yes, I've got a great support system, most importantly my wife. She was there for me when I dropped out of grad school and disappointed quite a few people (but not her). She has never encouraged me to leave nursing school but has assured ...

you sound A TON like me. Though i'm still a student (will have BSN in May), I have always felt the same way. Finished my BA in Psych and figured I'd go back to school for "something." Ended up at a prestigious grad school for something i just chose m...

I feel the EXACT same way as you! I'm almost positive the answer is: "everyone feels overwhelmed in nursing school and no nurse EVER knows it all, especially not right out of school." But i'm interested to read the responses to this...

It is very difficult explaining your own depression to others that have never experienced it. When I'm happy, it's even extremely difficult for me to remember how down I can really get. I usually look back on it like: "Yea, it sucked, but it wasn't a...

i'm not totally sure how to start this, or even why i'm writing it. here's my story: I'm a 4th year BSN student, graduating next may. I received my BA in Psych about 5 years ago, waited tables for a bit and realized my degree wasn't too useful. With ...

It's ok, I know you didn't mean any harm. All I want in life is to be happy but it's obvious I have some basic personal needs that have to be addressed before that can happen.

Thanks for the advice and I'm sorry to hear you're going through a rough time as well. I appreciate the heads up (on jobs once I'm done) but it does worry me. I'm certainly predisposed to depression but here's the (what I would almost call) "sick" p...

Perfect, couldn't have said it better. Sounds like we are in very similar situations. And, yes, I am almost certainly sticking it out. I can't imagine what another drop-out would do for my psyche. Thanks so much for the reply and the advice - I will...

thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure where you read me "hating" nursing school. I guess you read into that one on your own? This is kind of what i'm talking about with the "fluff." In my original post, I say that there were plenty more reasons I we...