Ok...I'm tired! Tired of the slackers that make everything take longer and more add to the stress...tired of the rolling eyes when other students are giving presentations...tired of the same speech from instructor OVER & OVER about the slackers even though she won't do anything about it....tired of studying 4 or 5 hours a day outside of class to get A's & B's on everything only to be ignored by the instructor and take the same quiz over & over again while the slackers try to get a "passing" grade....tired of not working so that I have time to study yet spending out money every month for tuition, fees, books, etc. so that I can do well in a program that just seems to be "floating" by without anyone having a care in the world...tired of spending WEEKS on a VERY SIMPLE chapter of material instead of learning/covering the material and taking the test and moving on...tired of knowing we are about 5 chapters behind the syllibus in EVERY subject.
I guess it is safe to say I am just PLAIN TIRED!!!! And I'm about ready to just throw in the towel......and go back to clerical work which is what I have done for the last 15 years. I really thought I wanted to be a nurse.......now.....not so sure!
Thanks for letting me vent...let me know if you have an advice that will pick me up out of the slum I am in!
Sorry, but where in the world do you go to school? Is it an RN program, LPN? At my school, slackers fail. We go over the chapters, and if teachers don't finish lecturing, we have to read it out of the book and figure it out for the test. Is this your first semester? Hopefully, it's just basic courses and the instructors are trying to be nice. As you get more involved in your program, it should get better because slackers cannot keep up. BUT, your teachers should not be catering to these people. It's hard to believe that they are. There's so many people that would love to be in their shoes, and work hard to get their nursing license. Good luck, and just stay focused on what you need to do. School will be over before you know it.
I am in my second semester. The program I am in is at a Technical school...so we take everyting all at once....we have A&P, Fundamentals, Socialization, Dosage, Pharm, & Nutrition, plus clinicals. I don't understand how someone who is failing practically every test in A&P and Fundamentals can continue on??? How in the world are they going to learn what they need to in order to be a good nurse?
I know that throwing in the towel and quitting is NOT the right thing...just trying to find ways to deal with my frustrations...and get throught this. I have 3 1/2 month left in this semester...then 2 more semesters after this. Hopefully, I will see some changes....I will certainly keep everyone posted!
So I start my final semester next week, and I'm just ready to jump right into it ! After a 7 week break, I'm well rested, read ahead, and ready to face bootcamp, I mean nursing school next week.
I know there will be lots of blood, sweat, tears, rants, complaints , and etc. , however I know it will all pay off July 25, 2009 !
So This semester I think there needs to be some changes... What us nursing students need to do is get a grip, quit complaining( we chose this), and face this next semester head strong!
Instead using so much energy to complain and whine, lets just use that energy to study and discuss the material with other classmates to get more clarification.
Instead of dreading to go to clinicals, just think of each day of clinicals is one more step towards gaining experience we'll need in our nursing career.
Instead of complaining about failing our exams or not doing so well, lets study harder for the next exam and be two steps ahead of our instructors !
Instead of ranting about rude or mean instructors 24/7, lets look at ourselves to see what we can improve on
Instead of Spending every single day studying, spend time c- people that you love and give yourself ME Time
Instead of hating to wear all white to clinicals, thank God that you are in the nursing program and you shouldn't care if you had to wear Highlighter Orange !
Instead of spending 2-4 hours on allnurses q day ( I'm totally guilty ! :typing:zzzzz), why don't you use that time to study instead.
For me, I'll remember that all things are possible with christ who strengthens me :heartbeat
Lastly instead of doubting yourself know that you are :smart, intelligent, human( we all make mistakes), bright, compassionate, caring, competent, and will someday make a WONDERFUL nurse.
If you are Fired up and ready to go like me, give me a Hoop hoop hurray, and YES WE CAN :)
Free free to add your new tactics to take on the next semester.
Hang in there!! Last spring I too was ready to "throw in the towel" for various reasons. But I stuck it out, still not sure how I did it, and will be graduating in May but is has been worth it. How many times as students do we hear that?!? It is worth it..they were right after all.
I am so sorry that you are facing such adversity in your obvious attempts at being a driven, determined and courteous nursing student. While I completley and totally understand your frustrations, I have to say that I truly hope you can prevail over these other students who obviously do not have the passion for the field that you do. There is no where in life that you are free from slackers, no group, class, school etc. What you need to remember is that while you are ready to pull your hair out in frustration; they are digging themselves deeper and deeper into a hole. I am not certain how your school runs their nursing program but, in mine (as in any situation) you do have to put up with the slackers at first, just remember they will not be with you forever. At some point they will not be able to hold on any longer and they will either drop out or be cut loose because of their inadequacies. If a few squeak by then you need to just keep in mind that you are going through this for you. This experience is to better your situation and that of your family. Remember that through all adversity comes strength and only the strongest and most qualified get to fully realize thier goals in the end as long as they persevere. If you truly know the material and are comfortable with it, then move on. If you do know it you will pass easily and you can use the time that you are reiterating now on the same topics towards energy to tackle a new topic and get yourself ahead of the game. If there is no plausable way for you to work ahead then count this extra time as a blessing. Repetition is the mother of all learning, therefore, why not get to the point where you know the material inside and out. By so doing you will only put yourself in a much better situation than the others once you move to clinicals. You will know and have confidence in what you are doing and procedures that you are performing while others flounder and let there true colors show to those who really matter (the hospital staff that moght possibly be hiring when you graduate at the head of your class).
I hope that you can regroup and use this frustration to push yourself to the head of your class. Try looking at it from this point of view and and hopefully it will give you an even stronger drive to succeed. I know you can do it! Good Luck!
Thank you all for the GREAT advice! I just wanted to say I WILL NOT be throwing in the towel. Some great things have happened that I know that things will start looking up...and I am in this for me...and I can do this. I will be making a new thread with the good news titled: "Great things happening at nursing school"
scrublifenurse10, LPN
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I am in my second semester. The program I am in is at a Technical school...so we take everyting all at once....we have A&P, Fundamentals, Socialization, Dosage, Pharm, & Nutrition, plus clinicals. I don't understand how someone who is failing practically every test in A&P and Fundamentals can continue on??? How in the world are they going to learn what they need to in order to be a good nurse?
I know that throwing in the towel and quitting is NOT the right thing...just trying to find ways to deal with my frustrations...and get throught this. I have 3 1/2 month left in this semester...then 2 more semesters after this. Hopefully, I will see some changes....I will certainly keep everyone posted!