rant:really in a bad spot!!Need Support!!HELP

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Okay so just checking if anyone in the world is going thru this. I know everyone has problems but here goes mine:

First of all I am in my second semester of my first year in the ADN program! I know this is absolutely what I want to do and am loving it BUT

I have nursing class Mon-Wed 8am-12 or 2pm on Mon for lab. I also have to take my A&P2 at night so Mon-Wed 5pm-7:45 for that and my clinicals are Thurs and Fri night from 4-8:30 so my clinical prep is either Wed night after A&P or Thurs morning.So I am gone Mon-Wed by 7am to take kids to sitter then after nursing I have to go home which is 25 min. from school wait for all kids to get out of school when I can then take them to another sitter and go back to school until 8pm or after and all day Thurs and then Fri nights. (By the way I have all my prereqs done for the program except A&P2 because I took it before I started the program and had to drop it because my little brother had a liver transplant and I had to go stay in Chicago with him) Okay so anyway I am married with 3 kids ages 8,4, and 3. My husband goes south to Mississippi for work(I live in IL) for the winter. So I am pretty much single mom during this time. Oh my goodness it may just be this fluids and electrolytes test that has got me sooo frazzled but I am having a hard time talking myself into not quitting. I just had one of my hardest clinicals yet tonite. None of the nurses feel they should help with anything although they too were in my position not long ago so I dont get that but I really am lost on what I am suppose to do and what they are suppose to do when I am assigned their patient. I'm afraid to step on their toes and be in the room with their patient although it is my patient I dont know this is soo hard and I just want to know is anyone else sooo extremely stressed from all this, this is really hard and I knew it would be but when exactly am I suppose to study???Because I cant seem to find any time for it Im really terrified to take this test on monday over surgery,F&E's,shock, and who knows what else they will throw on the test. Well sorry for such a long post but I think it helps me to just write it out.

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Specializes in Telemetry, ER.

Hang in there! This too shall pass. Just get through one day at a time. Hopefully your husband will be back home soon to help you with the children. You made it through your first semester, don't quit now. Talk to your clinical instructor to help you clear up expectations and boundaries at clinicals. If you are the praying kind, pray. It always helps me to turn the stress over.

Get off of here and go study.

I get super stressed too and then I think how much I will regret it if I give up and how far I've come, how hard I've worked, and how much money I've got invested. Then I get up the next day and start over. Each day you are one day closer to graduating. Just keep on keeping on. Best of luck to you!!

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Please don't take anything that the nurses you will be working with personally. As a nurse, you are usually very stressed and crunched for time. That means there isn't any time to help show around the students there. Often times this is mininterpreted as the nurses not liking the students, which isn't the case. They are just stressed out, just like you are :)

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Specializes in pedi, pedi psych,dd, school ,home health.

whooaaa! stop; take a deep breath and let yourself relax.

it is very difficult to juggle all that you have on your plate right now; however; it would be worse if you had to work 60 hours a week to support your family because you dropped out of school !

It is hard to find balance while you are taking a class and doing the clinicals. but its only one semester. you can finish it. Dont feel guilty for taking a day off once in a while with your kids; either.

as far as the nurses go; as the pp said many of them are extremely stressed as well.

be sure and give yourself time to relax and de stress or you wont be able to retain squat!:yawn:

good luck on your test and the semester! come vent whenever you need to!:heartbeat

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Specializes in ED.

Hang in there. Apparently nursing school is similar to army boot camp. They run u thru a meat grinder and spit u out as a nurse. I haven't started the program yet I'm taking my last pre-req b4 the bridge program. Everyone I knew that was in it last year was overwhelmed and confused. Just stick to it. Your kids will see u eventually.

I already work a 60 hour week as a paramedic. My work-wife (partner) will also be taking the same program as we both work full time and she takes care of her 16 yr old, 12 yr old, 9 yr old and 18 month old children. I got it easy just me and the wife. Btw she put herself thru paramedic school as a single mommy and she was top of her class while working fulltime. It's workload is comparable to rn program.

The world is gonna need a lot of rn's. You can do it.

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Take a deep breath! :icon_hug:Whatever you do don't quit! Keep remembering it will all be over & worth it one day! :grad: At least that's what I keep telling myself! I am in a similar situation! 2nd semester RN student n MS w 2 kids(8 & 5) & husband who works in Colorado! Good luck! You can do it! Wait till kids go to bed & take a long hot relaxing bath with glass of wine or whatever you like! It will work wonders!

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