The Pre-Burn Out

[Marker_Brent97]

So I am a pre-nursing student and I am attending IvyTech FW and I just finished my first semester. I would say yay, but somewhere around February I started falling off the horse and now its time to submit the application and I know for a fact that my grades won't get me in. Most days I would be sitting in that classroom thinking, "Wow, I really don't want to be here right now." It got to the point where I stopped going, but I finally woke up (just at the wrong time). I've decided to take the summer off and find myself and try to get back in the swing of things. I recently got a job at Lutheran Health Network working as a tech in the heart failure unit and the point of getting it was to see if I wanted to be a a nurse at all and I love it. I love every single moment that I am there. That's all fine and dandy, but I still need to get my degree, but I'm still lost to the world. What have you guys and gals done in your darkest moments at any stage of school.

[guest517]

I went through a hard time my 2nd semester of college a couple years ago and I got really depressed and like you, I completely stopped going. I failed 2 semesters in a row and I was academically dismissed. I was still depressed during the time so I didn't really care. However, I found a really good job a year later and I started to feel optimistic again which is why I started attending a community college. I graduate next week in the top of my class with a business degree but will be going back next semester for a degree in Nursing. Like you, I often daydream in boring courses lol but, what I found out is after applying yourself and fully emerging yourself in every course, you will realize that the semesters are really not that long, especially when you see the goal of getting that degree at the end of the tunnel. I like to consider myself lucky that I found the light so soon, I'm 22 now and attending school is exciting. A nursing program requires a certain maturity and after failing once before and realizing what your true passion is and understanding the amount of work it will take to get there, the sky is the limit.

Good Luck!