Scared

Idaho Murse · May 29, 2009

Well I can tell you this a phenomenon of almost all forums is like the news. Most of the time all they report is the negative and hardly any positive. This is exactly true with forums. I can tell you that my time in nursing school is easy, all my instructors are great and will do all they can to help you and answer any questions you might have. So I hope I have given you a bright side to the forums, the majority of people dont post because everything is going just wonderful for them.

zsbaby · May 30, 2009

From one Kimberly to another...I feel the same way!! I just found out yesterday that I was accepted to the RN program. I already have my LPN. All the nurses that have gone through the program that I tell about my news always make some snide comment like, "Good luck with that" "Make sure you have some experience before you go" which I really don't, besides clinicals. They tell me it's ALOT harder than first year. I did pretty well my first year, but I didn't exactly love it. It would be nice to hear some positive comments.

Kim

RossayRN · May 30, 2009

I will tell you like I tell some of my nursing school friends that panic every semester. Nobody determines your passing or failing but you. So what if there are alot of people failing some courses, what does that have to do with you? You do what you have to do when you get in and you will be fine. Panicking and being scared blocks learning so don't do it. When you relax and take it one class at a time, and apply yourself you will see it's not easy but it ain't as bad as some make it sound either. You can only base your chance of success on you and no one else, when you graduate it will be because YOU did what YOU needed to do and YOU made it not because the rest of the class made it but because YOU did. If someone fails, they failed because of their self and it affects them not you. Oh and I am a mother of 2 who is going to graduate in 2 more semesters because I want this and failure for me is not an option so there is no room in my mind for it. I tell myself everyday, I will be successful and so far I have. You will too.

Roz

lunden · May 30, 2009

Same here, 2small kids 35 years old and a scared just like you. Although I won't be quitting my job because I'm applying 4 a scholarship through them but I will be going down to 2 days a week. I'm just going 2 take things 1 day at a time 2 try and get through.

RNDreamer · May 30, 2009

Don't go into nursing school already prepared to fail. Go into nurssing school with the attitude that you WILL pass. Many have done it before you and MANY more will continue to do it after you.

Yes, students will complain, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I find AN a great place to vent frustrations, and then I get back to my school work. Congrats on getting in and good luck!

Kringe38 · May 30, 2009

I feel the same way as the OP! I thought I'd be so happy to be accepted into school, but now that I have been I'm terrified and already afraid I won't be cut out for it. I think I can do the academics but I'm scared to death of clinicals and most posters make it sound like the most horrifying thing ever. I take things very seriously and would be appalled at myself if I wasn't "safe" or did something to potentially hurt a patient. How can you remember all the steps involved just to pass a medication, much less everything else? It's scary. I'm also not the best in math so am afraid of having to do a calculation while in the midst of other things. I had to work really hard to get my math up to snuff for the NET-RN but I'm still no math whiz.

ETA: I know I won't be passing meds right from the get-go, it just sounds scary.

Also ETA: I know I'm only human so mistakes are going to happen.

BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN · May 30, 2009

Well I can tell you this a phenomenon of almost all forums is like the news. Most of the time all they report is the negative and hardly any positive. This is exactly true with forums.

Excellent analogy, Idaho. It is SO true!! I am currently an active poster on two other forums (non nursing related), and the atmosphere is such that it is just so much easier to complain.

Don't get me wrong, you WILL have plenty to complain about. Life will nto be easy, you will think a lot of things are unfair. As far as passing goes, yes, you don;t hear all the happy success stories. Most people don't come here to brag, but for support or advice.

And for the record, failing clinical is not an easy task. From the other side of the fence (my side), it is not easy, unless you literally kill or physicallt harm a patient. You need a tremendous amount of back up, and documentation, becasue NO ONE accepts a clinical failure lightly.

And it does make sense that you are scared, you are making a major life change. But you are doing this for a reason, and whatever that reason is, it will be worth it in the end.

cursedandblessed · May 30, 2009

change is always scary. i was worried that because i'm older, because i have attention deficit, because i'm not an overly outgoing person i couldn't do well. i got almost all a's in prereq's except for the semester i had micro and a&pii and strept (one a, one b).

nervousness and apprehension are normal feelings, just don't let them paralyze you. one day at a time, one test at a time, one patient at a time.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · May 30, 2009

kimberly. . .nothing in life is guaranteed. your life could take a dramatic turn tomorrow. one day i came home from high school and learned my father had been rushed to the hospital. he was found to have a ruptured brain aneurysm. our lives changed forever. one of my uncles accidentally shot and killed my aunt while cleaning his hunting rifle. that family's lives changed forever as a result. someone's parents coming home from a christmas party with the boss gets hit by a drunk driver and killed and the kids grow up in foster homes and never get to follow in the footsteps of their father and mother's careers. if you let fear about tomorrow rule your thinking you will never realize your dreams. the unknown is always scary. let me assure you that even after you finish nursing school there will always be another fear waiting around the corner to challenge you. and another after that one. and yet another after that. the one thing you can say about us humans is that we bounce back from disappointment and failure if it does happen. i was afraid too. i quit my job in order to go to nursing school. when i went back for my bsn it was a bit better and i went part time but in so doing i lost a huge chunk of income. and here i am.

deleern · May 30, 2009

Don't go into nursing school already prepared to fail. Go into nurssing school with the attitude that you WILL pass. Many have done it before you and MANY more will continue to do it after you.
Yes, students will complain, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I find AN a great place to vent frustrations, and then I get back to my school work. Congrats on getting in and good luck!

Great advise. Have a plan. I found that if you focus on one semester at a time. it is best... and prioritize. Know when your test are. and Yes i failed a test or two but I did graduate with my RN in the end. I always kept my goal in mind. I was 45 years old when I took my CNA then MY LPN and finally the RN.

As I told my family failure is not an option!!!!

sjenn511 · May 30, 2009

I feel the same way Kim. I'm worried about failing a class or test but you just have to put your best foot forward. One day I just said to myself, enough is enough and I need to get the ball rolling. I had a little set back because the college I attended in Florida was not accredited so I have do some of my classes over. So that was a major bummer. Now I have to start over. But keep your head up. You will do great! :yeah: