Got your attention with that one.....I really don't want to turn this into a match.com type of thing, but how many of you out there are going through the whole deal single, away from hometown family/friends, and significant other Atlanta-based relationship that just went south for more than a winter.......being out-of-state sucks too.
Don't tell me to toughen up, I've been living single and preparing for this since high school, it is just this old cowboy is tired of the range as of lately and the game is getting old here recently. Being the only single male (27) in class ain't exactly helping matters either.
Just wanted to know how some of you guys and girls are dealing with this, hopefully better than I am as of lately. What is good is that the boredom of continual memorization is over and classes are now only 1 day / week, rest of time is spent being indentured servant (sp?), but that all changes in Aug 06.
" but i'd like to anticipate the possible stresses if i can head them off"
b i r t h c o n t r o l
lifelongstudent
(just an attempt to be funny - sorry, but i was ready to pull my hair out this morning with my hormonal 7yr old girl. she goes from to in 25 milliseconds, we can be :argue: in the morning about hair and then she give me :kiss in the car before i drop her off at school. the swings making me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , but i still love the :kiss)
that's one i've got under control! absolutely no kiddos until after school. i'm not actually sure i want any at all.
I'm not an alcoholic, but I think I've become one since being in school :beer: Seriously, I've never wanted to drink so much in my life. You'll come to really appreciate your friday nights. Continuing to work out really helps a lot though. And definitely make birth control your first commitment before anesthesia school :chuckle
I've got the birth control thing covered, no worries. I'm much better about that than I am about eating well, working out, etc. What do you for exercise? Do you notice a lot of difference when life prevents you from doing it?
I;ve found this thread very useful in imagining how my life will be as an SRNA and picking up strategies to make it all work. I have two questions in particular for current students:
1.) What do you do for stress relief/anxiety management? Meditation, yoga, sports, alcohol (kidding!)? I need to get some help with relaxation techniques before school starts, because I'm already a spaz NOW and this is just packing and moving! I am finding exercise very helpful, especially in preventing insomnia, but I have to really kuck myself in the butt to do it.
2.) What are your study techniques? Do you read the text and take notes as you go? Do you copy your class notes over or record your lectures so you can listen later? I really need to polish up my study skills before I arrive at school and find myself drowning.
Also - any advice about marriages? We've been married a year, together for 4, and everything is great - but I'd like to anticipate the possible stresses if I can head them off.
1) Exercise is key! It can be hard to fit in to your schedule sometimes, but it helps more than anything. The other thing I do is "distraction". I like to do things that have nothing to do with school that help me forget about it for even a short time. I have been renovating my kitchen and working in the yard. This is productive and stress reducing. For me, anything that helps me feel like I still have a life outside of school is great for stress.
2) Study habits...what study habits? I have never been a good note taker and am still not. I read the chapters in the texts a couple of times and that's about it. If an instructor gives us powerpoint notes, I will read those, but otherwise I stick to the books. I do not always read the required text. If I think a subject is covered better in another book, I will read that instead.
Find what ever groove works for you and stick to it.
3) Marriage tips. Don't talk about anesthesia ad nauseum to your spouse. Even a spouse in health care gets tired of hearing it (My wife's an RN). Make sure you spend some time with the spouse every week to either go out and have fun or relax together. Leave anesthesia out of "spouse night". Anesthesia will be a HUGE part of your life but it doesn't have to take up ALL of your life. Find the balance between school and play and you will do fine.
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apaisRN, RN, CRNA
692 Posts
that's one i've got under control! absolutely no kiddos until after school. i'm not actually sure i want any at all.