SOOO over it!

babiesRmylife · Feb 16, 2008

My last semester of nursing school I was just burnt out. I was sick of studying ALL the time, taking tests, etc. I was just ready for a "real" break. I think it's normal. I mean you've been going to school for awhile now & you just need a long 'time out.' It's only natural.

anonymurse · Feb 16, 2008

Yeah, I was just as energetic in the home stretch. But I have a family to feed.

pagandeva2000, LPN · Feb 16, 2008

At the last stretch, I had had it. I was tired, had no sleep, and they seem to come with the most nonsense and my tolerance level was LOW. I had to give it all that I had, because the one thing I knew was that I did not want to repeat that last semester. Doing that would have been torture to my very soul.

Even for a few weeks after classes were over, we had mandatory activities that we had to participate in; exit exams for ATI to see what our chances were in passing NCLEX, graduation practice and a review course for NCLEX. The review course was for 4 days, and I remember that last day saying all sorts of insanity to make myself sit there for the remainder of the day. The last portion of the class was to cover psych nursing, and suddenly, I decided that I had enough. I made my cell phone ring, told them that something came up and I had to leave. I collected their literature, walked out and promised that I would never return again. I didn't even go to graduation (and I was valedictorian). Didn't regret not going, and did not go back. That may have been too extreme for many, but I was burned out to a crisp.

Just keep in mind that you DO NOT WANT TO REPEAT THIS...and it will be over before you know it. Give it your last cell membrane, champ and show them what you've got!!

leslie :-D · Feb 16, 2008

i was burnt to a crisp.

and it just wasn't me.

my whole class was exhausted, irritable, impatient and frazzled.

i noticed that several of us were snapping at ea other.

i think it's only towards the end, that you look back at the whole, collective experience of nsg school...

and truly, fizzle out.

you're almost there.

and good job!!:balloons:

leslie

BeachyRNn08 · Feb 16, 2008

Hi,

I am also graduating in May. I feel your pain! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one feeling like that. I am beyond over the b/s... careplans, unfair test questions, 100s of pages of assigned readings, teachers who think we should live for nursing school.. I could go on and on. At the beginning of this semester, my anxiety was so bad, I had horrible insomnia (talking bearly 2 hours a night for weeks) and skipped a couple classes. I just got it together.... but I'm still so burned out. May cannot come soon enough! But then there's NCLEX and getting that first job... sometimes seems like there's no end in sight! Good luck!

Ms Kylee · Feb 16, 2008

Gee, Guys... I'm at this point already, and I have another year to go.

Miss Mab · Feb 16, 2008

Aahhhh...I remeember that feeling well. It's true, just suck it uop, do whatver you gotta and push through. Then you are done! Woo hoo!!!!

Also want to echo this:

I didn't even go to graduation (and I was valedictorian). Didn't regret not going, and did not go back. That may have been too extreme for many, but I was burned out to a crisp.

I so didn't want to go to our little ceremony but my mother flew all the way in and MADE me go.

BTW, I was 35 at the time :)))

pagandeva2000, LPN · Feb 16, 2008

Aahhhh...I remeember that feeling well. It's true, just suck it uop, do whatver you gotta and push through. Then you are done! Woo hoo!!!!
Also want to echo this:
I so didn't want to go to our little ceremony but my mother flew all the way in and MADE me go.
BTW, I was 35 at the time :)))

My husband told me that he wanted to see me walk down that aisle, and I told him that I can wear a white uniform and walk down the steps with a candle, but that was the extent of his seeing me do this. I really hated the politics and BS that went on and just could not walk into that school one more day.

Funny enough, my best friend graduated the following year from the RN program and I went to hers. My program director (the witch...:angryfire) gave me my awards then.

CseMgr1, ASN, RN · Feb 16, 2008

In my case, they saved the "best" for last....:icon_roll

I had to take "Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing" the last quarter of school, and it was as bad (if not worse) than I and my classmates had heard about during the previous three years. Like you, we had already had it up to our eyeballs with demanding instructors, non-stop studying, clinicals, care plans, exams, "pop" quizzes and Theses (we had to write three, in one class, alone!) :bugeyes:

I studied my butt off and made a 78 on the final exam (75 was passing). I didn't care. ALL I knew was that I had PASSED and I was OUT of there!

Blee O'Myacin, BSN, RN · Feb 16, 2008

Ahh... the last semester slump. I remember it well. Do what needs to get done and focus on the light at the end of the tunnel. You are almost there and I promise you that it will get better.

Hang in there. You don't get to the south coll without trying to summit.

Blee

MIM_RN · Feb 17, 2008

I graduate in May, as well. I gotta say this semester hasn't been so bad! I am kind of enjoying it, actually, because it's been distracting me from the crazy problems I have been facing in my personal life! Also, the idea that in two and a half more months I will be done with all of this mess and moving on to new things is exciting!

May be it's because my class load isn't as heavy as others. I am taking Leadership/Mgmt, some bs class called "Senior Experience" which was created for young graduates who need to learn about relationships, sex, finances, planning career, etc...(I tried to beg my way out of that one without success, citing that my life experiences had already met the requirements for this class), Clinical Problem Solving (a review of Med/Surg, Peds, Psych, and Mtrnty), an Independent Studies class (I do 75 NCLEX questions per week and submit rationales for missed questions) and Research II (we haven't yet met for our first class).