Should i quit?

[Lsugal731]

so im in my second semester of nursing school. i got through my first but barely, i really had to work my ass off just to get a passing grade. it seems like many others in my class dont really study or care and do so much better than me. anyways i about done my 2nd semester and its been rough. i had my 1st exposure of clinicals too and my experience really was not good at all. my teacher did not teach us what so ever. most of my day i just spent walking around hoping someone will tell us something to do. i wiped ppls butts alot cleaned up crap and changed put the trash. i really hated it all semester. i thought we were going to be giving out meds and catheters etc. i didnt even get to really touch a pt except for take their blood pressure. ive been depressed all semester. im failing three classes too. one class i need like a 97 on the final just to pass. ive never failed a class before much less 3. i also had a boyfriend who ive been with since the start but he just left me mid semester so ive been depressed about that too. i talked to my advisor and he said that i can just come back and repeat the classes i fail. im failing pharm, health assessment, and foundations of nursing. these are all really important classes. i think my lack of motivation went downhill with my crappy clinical experience and boyfriend drama. i started out the semester really well. i was passing everything doing great and then my grades just started dropping one by one. i dont know what to do. i was really excited about nursing school and now i feel like im dumb and cant do it. i kinda wish this semester never happened and just want to start over. i know if i really try and give these classes another round ill do great. i had a hard time trying to manage time with clinicals and studying. i think my time management sucks which worries me for future semesters. i guess im just trying to get advice am i cut out for this. should i quit ive invested a yr but i dont want to i was all excited about being a nurse and now i feel like such a loser b/c im failing and everything.

[julopy]

Don't give up!!!!!!!!!!!!You have made it this far. Half the struggle is over. I too began to struggle in Micro. but I made up my mind to study harder and succeed. I have received nothing lower than B's on my last 3 exams. I also ran into a glitch with my shot records and have made arraignments to fix them. I have found the more I struggle the harder I try and the more I learn. If I can do this so can you. Hang in there ask for help and you will succeed.

[letarn2b]

I feel the same way im easy to get stressed .I have always been a A and B student and its sad to have to struggle to pass when you put in so much effort and have the drive.I will be hanging thier and make my dreams become a reality.

[UCF2009]

I just want to say please don't give up. I finished up nursing school back in August of 2009, and let me tell you there has been many times that I wanted to quit. If there was any class that I was having a difficult time with I would go, and speak with the teacher about my concerns. I would also get with a classmate that was doing very well in the course, and set up a study session. I would even take the time to review my test with my teacher to see what information that I was not understanding. I can see that your under a lot of stress, but at least try, and talk with your teacher to let them know what is going on, and maybe they will be able to work with you. Goodluck and keep your head up.:)

[Succubus]

@Lsugal, I too am a nursing student and YES this is the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life. However, what is your definition of failing? Are you getting F's? or ARE you not meeting the standards of the school? If you are making F's, I would suggest that you withdraw and start again. I don't think any school would accept you as a transfer or into a program with that many F's. If your school requires that you have 80% in order to move onto the next core and you are averaging a low C, you are not FAILING! You are just not meeting the standards of the school. I have been where you are, I honestly have. My second semester in I checked out in two of my classes. I just stopped studying, even though I still got C's but my school requirement was 80% average. I was going through a lot but I still continued to go even though I wasn't focused. Needless to say I failed both classes with a 74% in one and like a 75.5% in the other. I wasn't angry nor depressed b/c in the end you only get back what you put into it. I deserved the grades I got, but you know what? The next semester I was on it!! I came out of Fundies 2 with a very high B around 87% even had new book and new instructor, still made it. I completely rocked A&P 2 with an A!! Now I am in term 3/5 and its still hard and yes I still have issues (financial, personal, my significant other also left me -- he paid all the bills) So now I have to work my ass off part time, which still isn't enough to pay my household expenses. I have enlisted the help of neighbors and friends to help with my kids. I am up studying until two and three am, at least 2 days out of the week. I study at work alot as well too((thank god I have a job thats pretty laid back and don't have to do much))my house is a disaster b/c I study on weekends as well as work. Most mornings I get up I don't even know if my vehicle will start, but in spite of it all. EVERY MORINING I GET UP, whether I want to or not, and every freaking day I am at school whether I wanna be there or not and every freaking day, I only take it one day at a time, one class at a time, one semester at a time and eventually I will get where I am going. DON'T EVER EVER EVER EVER give up, some reach their goals first but it doesn't matter when you finish JUST AS LONG AS YOU FINISH!!!!!!!

[blessedbelle]

If you really want nursing, you will be a nurse! you just have to endure all the hardships that come along with it... though it seems really hard.. but Believe in the fact that you can! Like my clinical instructor say, anything hard about nursing is in fact the ingredient of relief and reward once you get pass through it! Trust in God, and He will provide you the strength! This I can assure you..

God bless!

[bebahloo]

I too just finished my first year and felt the same way. I always feel like others seem to know more and I am always missing some information that everyone else seems to know except me. I started talking to other people especially the ones I thought were doing so good and come to find out they feel the same way as me and are doing no better than me. Some people just put on a better poker face. Nursing school is HARD!!!!!!!!! Hard is not even the word. I have a friend going for a Masters and she could never do what I am doing for just an Associates.

Just try to stick it through. Don't quit. I almost got a clinical warning and was ready to be done with it all. One girl in my class who is already an LPN said some wise words to me. Don't let anyone else tell you or make you feel like you can't do it. Don't let someone else dictate your future. Don't quit. Stick it out until they kick you out. Who cares what grades other people get. As long as you make it through and pass that is all that matters. You need to find some people in your class and support and help eachother out. Sometimes you just need that pep talk to keep going.

I know many nurses and they say no matter how good your grades are in school, when you graduate you don't know anything as a new grad anyway and have to relearn a lot of stuff but the pressure will be off and you will have people that mentor you. Just get through it. It sucks but you can do it. In the mean time take this summer and go over the things that you are struggling with. Write out all the meds you can think of. Be prepared for next semester. I don't know if your school offers this (mine does) but try to go in the lab and practice during your break.