Megatron89

Part of the Aorta descends through there. That would explain why you heard a pulse, especially if you're listening closer to the middle of the body.

Grades don't matter to me because in the end... The best nurse could be getting C's. Tests don't prove you know anything. All tests prove is that you know how to memorize and study. I just care that i actually know something and right now i feel like i dont know anything.

For the first time this semester..i just shut down and cut some courses. Slowed the course load down so id actually start feeling less like a dumbass and more like I'm getting this. I feel like the theory is there... Its the anatomy, the patho, the meds and their calculations... The things you need to know to make connections and decisions... I stumble and forget. It just makes me feel so stupid when others just know it instantly...

I guess i just wanted to confirm if this is normal or not. Im tired of feeling stupid and feeling like i know nothing. I guess i will have to keep waiting for anxiety to go away and the knowledge to flow. It feels like everything so quick.. You start to get it then its on to something else. Then someone asks you a question putting it all together and i stand there dumbfounded and they expect you to just know it. Its so intimidating to me that sometimes i cant even study anymore... Theres so much pressure to know everything right away that i cant even learn anymore.

Even med calculations intimidate me

I don't know nothing works for me with studying. I just get so bored. Like i said I'm an average student. I don't know.. I'm just afraid that i will never get it. I feel like i don't know how to make the decisions i would need to make. the responsibility of having someones life in my hands terrifies me yet i want to help and care for people. I just feel dumber than nails though... Especially compared to others in my class. Some just sound like encyclopedias and practice with ease. I dont get how they know so much while i know nothing in comparison. I feel like i haven't even left first year. I did decide to slow the courses down and take an extra 6 months but i still just am not getting any kind of rhythm. Im just totally unconfident now.

Hi There, I was looking for just some input i guess. I'm an average student that came into my nursing degree with a previous degree. I'm currently in my 2nd year out of my 4 year program and I honestly just feel like I know nothing. I feel as though everyone around me knows so much more and I just sit there dumbfounded. I can sit there in the classroom ... where i thought I came in prepared.. and everyone is talking like they are already RNs... and i'm just the preschooler in comparison. It's like I can't get the biology behind things/disorders.. i can't figure out what tests are for what... what hormones cause this and that... all the damn medications and how they work and what they do.. everything is just a huge blur and nothing sticks. Nevermind when I go to lab and I feel like I got the skill and I go into clinical and just forget it entirely even if i've practiced before and felt good about it. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I do my homework, I do my readings, I go to class, I go to clinical, i go to lab and to practice labs and sim labs... I always participate. Yet I honestly just feel stupid and useless as a student nurse. I just feel like there is just no knowledge in my brain. Clinical doesn't help when my teacher treats me like a complete idiot in comparison with the rest of my group. Should I not be in this career? Like is this just not for me? I love nursing.. I love everything about it... but I feel like I'm going to be a horrible nurse... like I just won't know right from wrong and make a bad call and then lose my job and then it was all a waste of time. Ugh please help...

Thank you! Needed to read something like that.. super nervous for my first day on Wednesday!

I'm worrying about that too. I'm 22 going on 23 and on my second degree (I already have a degree in psychology). During my upgrading classes before applying to BSCN, I found I couldn't relate with anyone! Everyone was just right out of high school.. 17-19ish... with the odd person in their late 20s and early 30s. There seemed to be no one in between.. so it was just difficult to not have anyone to talk to about anything in the program. I'm really hoping it'll be different when I start my BSCN program on Wednesday...

Hello to all who read! I'm a Canadian nursing student and I am looking to purchase some sets of scrubs. The problem is that where I am from, there is a limited selection and most (if not all) do not come in tall lengths. Can anyone recommend somewhere to order from that's reasonably priced? I'm in a bad situation because all of the sites I have found thus far charge a mountain of shipping charges, duty fees, AND taxes... so three pairs of scrubs immediately become almost $200! So if any Canadian nurses can recommend sites that they use to order that offer the tall lengths that would be fantastic. I'm also not sure how many sets of scrubs I should start with being a student going into first year.

Thank you to everyone whose commented on this topic! I've been feeling really nervous as well lately, but it's really nice to know that it isn't just me feeling this way!

I chose the path because I want to help people and I truly do enjoy the health field. I'm interested in many aspects of it and how the body works, etc. Another side fact is where I am from, jobs are limited, but nursing is booming. My current degree is useless in finding me a job here and I do not care to move.. so I figure I can combine nursing with psychology to do psychiatric nursing... if I like it in clinicals. I suppose I'm mostly terrified because I have no idea what to expect and I'm just afraid of wasting thousands of dollars again on nothing. I suppose the only resolution is to try and see... but $6,000 to try is a lot of money to find out I hate it... I appreciate the input though.

I'm a student starting nursing this fall in canada. I've already completed a degree in psychology anD I'm extremely interested in the health field. I'm wanting to have a career that I enjoy but I'm terrified of entering my program. I'm doing a 4 yr RN program and I have no idea what to expect or if I'll even enjoy it. I just don't know anymore if I'm even on the right path or if I should just forget going and struggle to find a job with my current degree. Ugh any advice here...