koverton5

I am currently a nursing student in my first semester. While fundamentals class is going swell, I am having issues with fundamentals' lab section. I should mention that my other courses are also going well, even clinical. This seems to be only a lab issue. I have been experiencing recent heightened anxiety outside of school and it has started to affect my performance during skills checkoffs. I practice outside of school and with my classmates during class, however when it comes time for the skills test I sometimes severely panic. I'm not talking about just worrying, but worrying to point of tears if I happen to make the simplest mistake. I always catch the mistake, however I can't seem to calm down enough to continue without making another mistake. It often ends up creating a snowball effect that ultimately leads to a panic attack. Breathing techniques aren't really working anymore to calm my nerves. My grade is starting to really suffer and I'm now worried that I may fluke this course. I overall feel disappointed in myself. I'm beginning to wonder, if I can't get over the anxiety during checkoffs, am I even cut out for nursing? I know it's a high pressure work environment. I really want to do the best that I can. *I'd like add that I actually like clinical. I'm a bit awkward and anxious due to lack of experience, but I can get into the groove of things rather quickly. Performing skills during clinical doesn't terrify me as much as during lab. * I'm looking for genuine advice. Is nursing not for people with anxiety? Any recommendations on what to do about the situation? If someone has experienced the same problem, I'd love to hear how you managed. I greatly appreciate it! Thanks

Congratulations kribloom! I got my acceptance letter today from Bloomington as well. :) I'll be seeing you at orientation in November!

Joining in kind of late here, but I applied to the Bloomington ASN program for spring and am awaiting a letter. I have all A's in the pre-requisites and a 90.1 on the TEAS V exam. What is nerve racking for me is that I'm certain now that I did the application wrong This is my first attempt at the program and I'm brand new to the school since this past summer session. I completed most of my other classes at IU and transferred them in over summer when I took anatomy. I turned in the transcripts for high school and Ivy Tech, but I forgot to turn in an unofficial transcript from IU. The courses that they counted were transferred over to Ivy Tech and show up on the Ivy Tech transcript. My question is and I can only assume the worse... Would I be automatically denied?