Stress of nursing school

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

Well you got all your pre-reqs done, passed the entrance exam and voila, you are in nursing school. first congratulations and welcome! with any new adventure though comes some stress. Whats your biggest stressor in school?

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I know that I'm going to see some things that may blow my mind BUT the biggest stressor for me is the possibility of hurting someone more than the reason they are present in the medical facility. I pray that I do not react and look like a deer caught in headlights or something worst. :eek:

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I know that I'm going to see some things that may blow my mind BUT the biggest stressor for me is the possibility of hurting someone more than the reason they are present in the medical facility. I pray that I do not react and look like a deer caught in headlights or something worst. :eek:

P.S. I'm still learning how to drive a wheelchair.

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My biggest stressor in nursing school is myself and my procrastination. I worry too much about essays and tests that i work myself up and other times I start assignments late which again stresses me. :p

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Specializes in OR.

Mine is exactly what's on the bruiser's t-shirt: fear of failure. I don't want to mess up and disappoint myself and my family. I don't want all the money we've sunk into my education to be a waste. I don't want all the time I've invested in this away from my family to be a waste.

Second to that are the ever-present financial stresses.

No pressure. No pressure at all. :barf02:

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My stress is the fear of sex and age discrimination. I am male and will be 51, soon to turn 52, when I finish nursing school.

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