Really questioning myself-imput needed

[dosamigos76]

I'm due to enter the ADN program this fall and am taking Microbiology this summer. I feel like I'm barely making any sense out of what they're talking about. I look at the posts of people doing careplans and taking stuff down to the cellular level and I'm thinking...huh? I kinda "got" it in A&P2 (got an A), but a science whiz I'm not. I love to understand what I'm doing, but I'm wondering if I'm gonna "get" it or if I'm going to stay lost.

I'm not sure I'm making a whole lot of sense here. My fellow students think I'm smart, I keep telling them I'm not...it takes a whole lot of studying on my part to understand some of this stuff and some of it just honestly goes straight over my head. I get tired of people assuming that it comes easy for me, or just assuming I'll do well. What if I flunk out?

Does anyone else feel this way? I'm seriously questioning my ability to learn what I'll need to learn to become a nurse. Help.

I don't know if I'm just feeling the pressure or if I'm just not that good and won't make it at all. I'm not meaning to sound like I'm whining.......I don't like negativity.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Please comment, I'd really appreciate it!

Cheryl

[geekgolightly, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by Jennerizer

Careplans down to the cellular level? I've never seen anything like that before. Can you give us some examples?

Micro is a tough class & even tougher if you don't have a very good professor. You will see some of what you're learning in the nursing program.....but what you're learning now is just a basic foundation. You aren't expected to know it all just from one class. Hang in there...do the best you can do & be proud of yourself for the effort. :)

I use cellular level data all the time esp for Impaired Gas Exchange etc. etc.

[zacarias, ASN, RN]

dscz,

Congrats on becoming an RN on independence day! :) I take my boards on Wed. I'm ready!!

[dsczephyr]

zacarias - Good Luck on your boards! I am sure you'll do fine. When it's done, why don't you post on the new grad section and let us all know how it went. We're all rooting for you! Denise

[dosamigos76, RN]

Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to post. I really appreciate it!!! I guess sometimes it is just scary. I have to remember that all I can do is ALL I can do. Thanks for the reassurance that the program will teach what we need to know. I think I create a lot of the pressure by my own expectations...go figure! I think I need to let go of wanting to be the best at what I do, at least keep that in check. It's not that I am competing against other people or would knock anyone down, not at all! But I want to be GOOD-you know what I mean?

Thank you all so much for speaking from your heart and your head. I appreciate the support and the honesty.

Cheryl

[geekgolightly, BSN, RN]

Cheryl,

I think you are gonna LOVE it! You sound so much like me. Nursing school is the first place where I felt "home," where I felt like I was finally where I should be. My whole life improved after I got in and my grades actually improved as well. You are gonna be good.