i'm in my 4th quarter of 5 quarter program. after my 3rd quarter, our class had the entire summer off = 4 months. the days leading up to my 4th quarter, i already felt burnt out from school. we are done with the quarter in early december. we return in january and graduate in march.
from your experience with "senioritis", does this go away, or decrease, the last quarter/semester? i sure hope it does and i have a feeling that it will at least decrease; maybe due to the anticipation of graduating.
also, please share your recommendations on how to conquer this serious lack of motivation and disorganization.
I actually experienced senioritis my junior year, the toughest part of our curriculum. Our senior year is actually very light compared to that, so for me, it has gone away completely. Now I'm just enjoying my last few weeks of being in undergrad. It's been a long, trying 4 1/2 years, but I've learned so much and dare I say... enjoyed it! It was a challenge and it feels so good to know that I over came it. Since day one I've dreamt of holding my degree in my hand, now it is about to come true... it is all worth it in the end.
not to be nitpicky, but we need to be sure we use proper terminology. you seniors are not inflamed ("itis") but are exhibiting characteristics of the senior condition (osis). think of the difference between diverticulosis (the condition of having diverticuli) and diverticulitis (having inflamed diverticuli). see?
i know that the news media misuse this all the time and it's gotten into the popular lexicon, but please... seniorosis.
so now that you have your diagnosis correct, you can tailor your interventions and reassessments/evaluations.
seniorosis, unlike diverticulosis, is a temporarily chronic but self-limiting condition that resolves with the passage of time. however, like diverticulosis, if you don't do the right things to coexist with it, you can develop complications and end up in a world of hurt.
preventing complications is huge with many chronic conditions. so eat right, do what you have to do to take care of business/yourself, and watch for and recognize pathological signs (falling grades, malaise, and skipping your responsibilities are the equivalent of malaise, fever, and pain) and have a plan for what to do if they develop in you or your friends.
not to be nitpicky, but we need to be sure we use proper terminology. you seniors are not inflamed ("itis") but are exhibiting characteristics of the senior condition (osis). think of the difference between diverticulosis (the condition of having diverticuli) and diverticulitis (having inflamed diverticuli). see?
i know that the news media misuse this all the time and it's gotten into the popular lexicon, but please... seniorosis.
so now that you have your diagnosis correct, you can tailor your interventions and reassessments/evaluations.
seniorosis, unlike diverticulosis, is a temporarily chronic but self-limiting condition that resolves with the passage of time. however, like diverticulosis, if you don't do the right things to coexist with it, you can develop complications and end up in a world of hurt.
preventing complications is huge with many chronic conditions. so eat right, do what you have to do to take care of business/yourself, and watch for and recognize pathological signs (falling grades, malaise, and skipping your responsibilities are the equivalent of malaise, fever, and pain) and have a plan for what to do if they develop in you or your friends.
:up::up: you are absolutely correct! i'm going to tell my classmates about senior-osis.
not to be nitpicky, but we need to be sure we use proper terminology. you seniors are not inflamed ("itis") but are exhibiting characteristics of the senior condition (osis). think of the difference between diverticulosis (the condition of having diverticuli) and diverticulitis (having inflamed diverticuli). see?
:hhmth:you took the words right out of my mouth!!!!! i was just about to say, "itis"? what exactly is inflammation of a senior?!
good comparison of the "itis" and "osis" using diverticulosis/litis. that gave me a great laugh!
anywho, good luck to all of you seniors! almost there, keep perservering!
not to be nitpicky, but we need to be sure we use proper terminology. you seniors are not inflamed ("itis") but are exhibiting characteristics of the senior condition (osis). think of the difference between diverticulosis (the condition of having diverticuli) and diverticulitis (having inflamed diverticuli). see?
i know that the news media misuse this all the time and it's gotten into the popular lexicon, but please... seniorosis.
so now that you have your diagnosis correct, you can tailor your interventions and reassessments/evaluations.
seniorosis, unlike diverticulosis, is a temporarily chronic but self-limiting condition that resolves with the passage of time. however, like diverticulosis, if you don't do the right things to coexist with it, you can develop complications and end up in a world of hurt.
preventing complications is huge with many chronic conditions. so eat right, do what you have to do to take care of business/yourself, and watch for and recognize pathological signs (falling grades, malaise, and skipping your responsibilities are the equivalent of malaise, fever, and pain) and have a plan for what to do if they develop in you or your friends.
i don't know, grntea, if you could see my impatience getting more and more inflammed with each clinical day, you might not be so quick to call it seniorosis. lol. intervention: graduation, stat!!!
Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.
senioritis hit me hard this morning. i have th complication of the -osis. i had to be at an offsite at 0700 and i stayed in bed til 0630. it was SO hard to motivate myself out of bed, & i went to sleep @ 8pm. how bout that LOL
Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.
We have three weeks to go.. people are squabbling, getting snappish...its sad. Trying to finalize planning pinning along with transition along with studying for finals and finishing up course requirements and hosting Thanksgiving and planning my own private graduation party (that I really was hoping someone in my family would plan FOR me, but no) - Arrgghhhh!
I'm inflamed!! I'm inflamed!! Help! Help! Acute cortisol attacks r/t ineffective coping AEB avoidance, procrastination, irritability, tearfulness and unbelievably fast weight gain over the last two weeks!
"i'm inflamed!! i'm inflamed!! help! help! acute cortisol attacks r/t ineffective coping aeb avoidance, procrastination, irritability, tearfulness and unbelievably fast weight gain over the last two weeks!"
the cortisol makes you gain weight more easily-- screws with your blood glucose and makes you hungrier, and also contributes to sodium and water retention. try consuming more water (fills your tummy), less salt, less caffeine, more protein and fewer carbs, in smaller meals more often. the carbs you take in should be complex c a better glycemic index. all of these act to smooth out those pesky serum glucose spikes and convince your fight-or-flight mechanism that it can stand down a bit.
exercise and meditation will increase your endogenous coping hormones, like endorphins, and the exercise will also work on that food-intake-more-than-body-requirements thang. do that.another thing that does this is laughter -- this is a great site. www.laughteryoga.org/
cross out the days on a paper calendar up on the wall. a visual reminder is a powerful reinforcer.
set yourself small, achievable tasks. even if it's, "on wednesday afternoon before supper i will spend five minutes by the clock walking around my living room with a paper bag picking up clutter," succeeding at something small is a reinforcer. also, it's the clutter that gets you down.
look at your calendar and pick a specific time to do a good :crying2:cry:cry:, like, oh, "next tuesday at 3:30pm." write it in there. i know this sounds really silly, but i learned this from a very wise therapist a long time ago, and it helps on several levels. one, when you feel like crying at some inconvenient time or place, you can tell yourself that you will, just later. two, it really does act as a tremendous release and frees up your head to do something more productive (see "achievable tasks," above).
at the appointed time, you go somewhere you can do this (beach, bedroom, woods, your car at the back of the huge lot, whatever), have some tissues handy, and start thinking about things that always make you sad-- your beloved grandmother's funeral, a disturbing news report that somehow touches you, a movie like "brian's song" or "hachi," whatever. your objective is to make tears start-- nobody's watching, so why not get going? at the end of it, you will know you've done it long enough because you will start to :rotfl:laugh:rotfl: (see laughter, above), because your chest will feel so much lighter. really. :redbeathe
I graduate from my first B.S. degree in the spring. I have an internship in the spring at a hospital, so that'll keep me somewhat grounded. I found out from my nursing school I'll be entering in the spring I'll basically be a freshman again . I'm just hoping I'll have the motivation to study!
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
It didn't go away for me. LOL I was so DONE. We had semesters at my school here so it was my last semester I was just so ready to be done. It was also the easiest semester I felt though (although we were told it would be hard) but I was just ready to get out there and get licensed and start working.
Push through!!!!
It really sucks to have your last quarter/semester be in spring. The sun is back out, temps are starting to warm, things are turning green again and the last thing you want is to be stuck in a class.
:up:
. I'm just hoping I'll have the motivation to study!.thumb.jpg.5aa4d55557c0228e31b94de19666bbbb.jpg){kind=small}
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I actually experienced senioritis my junior year, the toughest part of our curriculum. Our senior year is actually very light compared to that, so for me, it has gone away completely. Now I'm just enjoying my last few weeks of being in undergrad. It's been a long, trying 4 1/2 years, but I've learned so much and dare I say... enjoyed it! It was a challenge and it feels so good to know that I over came it. Since day one I've dreamt of holding my degree in my hand, now it is about to come true... it is all worth it in the end.