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who is tired?

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I have been lurking for sometime and finally decided to register and post. I just finished my first year of nursing school (2 yr program). I have 3 quarters to go. Originally we were to have summer quarter off, but the school offered courses. This bumped by grad date from June of 09 to March of 09. I start classes tomorrow and I am dreading it. I have done well so far, I think I am just dreading the amount of work ahead of me. Do any of you have tricks to stay motivated? Any suggestions or words of encouragement? I think I will be fine once the quarter starts, but I am just dragging. For the first time ever I did not read anything assigned for the next quarter. Granted, the instructor did not email, but always check out the last previous syllabus posted on line and try to read ahead. I needed the week to get my house clean and laundry caught up. Just three more quarters, ugh:crying2:

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Welcome Shellsn!

Honey I've been tired for 3 years now, lol. I loafed a bit during my winter break between my 3rd and last semester and was glad I did because your mind and body know when you need a rest. Wishing you well and what I can promise you is that it will go really fast. Hang in there!

I'm tired too. lol I'm in summer semester right now. I was really scared at first because it's 16 weeks worth of info pushed into 10 weeks. After the first week or so, I got into the groove and I'm feeling much better. I go 5 semesters straight through, which at first I hated because if you started in the spring semester, you got a semester off in between 4th and 5th. I think now that I'd rather go without that break. I'd just rather get it done. Plus if I was out a whole semester, I might get out of school mode and have a tough time coming back.

I get a little unmotivated sometimes too. The best advice I can give is to remember the big picture. Study when you have to and rest when you can. You can do it!!

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Get your house clean. Do the laundry. Go see a movie. Go get some ice cream--the good stuff, and think about me while you're eating it. If you lived out here I'd tell you to go over to Disneyland for the day. Stay away from anything to do with nursing school until the morning of classes. Everyone deserves a vacation to regenerate, silly!

I just finished my last quarter of mixed didactic & clinicals (all I've got left now is a few weeks of clinicals). I was tired. Physically & mentally tired. Tired to the point that I didn't even try to cram for HESI, and only studied for my finals a day or two ahead. I didn't care about the HESI, since I could have retaken it in another couple months. My priority last week was my final exams. It worked for me, but this is NOT the recommended approach!

Not sure what to tell you now, other than take things one day at a time. Do what you've got to do for that day, then move on. Yes, think a little about what's coming up in the next day or week, but don't spazz out trying to do too much to soon.

For your final quarter, make a "short timers" calendar. You can mark off each day as it passes, and you can see your goal rapidly approaching.

Good luck!

Hello! Just so you know, I feel the exact same way. I just finished my first year of a 3 year BSN program. My school usually does not offer summer courses however half our class were forced to take our entire 3rd semester over the summer. Well you guessed it, I was one of them. I feel sooo burnt out and constantly need to remotivate myself. I just keep looking at the light at the end of the tunnel... you can do it!! I wish i only had 3 quarters left.. but no, Ive got 3 semesters left after this summer! we can do it! Good luck with everything, and stay positive, take it one day at a time.

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I've been tired since the first day of school last year :)

I echo Daytonite's advice. Whenever I have time between classes, I avoid anything having to do with school because break time is when I recharge the batteries...and I can't do that when I'm nursing school mode. I don't read ahead, I don't work ahead, I do nothing related to the next class or to nursing school unless it's something I have to do, like register for a NLN or get my CPR renewed. I might look at a "Made Incredibly Easy" book, but that'd be whenever I felt like it (like I did over winter break), and not force it on myself every day I'm off. And my grades don't suffer for taking the break...I think they'd suffer if I did otherwise.

Having a complete and utter escape from school, even if it's for only a couple of days between the end of one course and the start of the next, is what helps keeps me relatively sane. :D

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Thanks everyone. Honestly, it just helps to know that I am not alone in what I am feeling. Happy summer!!!

I'm going into 4th semester in Aug. I haven't even been able to read for fun yet this summer (3rd ended mid May). Usually, within a week or two I'm reading mysteries and other fun stuff. Not this year yet. I'm so tired, I don't even want to pick up a book at all. UGH! I should be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but honestly, I just feel burnt out. Glad I'm not alone. Good luck to us all.

As long as you're sure that the "light at the end of the tunnel" isn't a train!

*yawn*

:sleep::sleep::sleep:Huh? What? Did someone say something? :sleep::sleep::sleep:

I'm exhausted. Everyone in my class is exhausted. It's only our first semester of the program, and I know I have a long road ahead of us. I guess it might not be so bad if it weren't a summer semester, but I'm just so happy to finally be in, it makes it a bit easier to just plug away.

And to boot, my coffee maker is a POS and has decided to break. :banghead:

The hardest thing is just not having any downtime (with the exception of this post, I don't have much of any free time). I like the ice cream idea, though...:D

And it gets EVEN BETTER when you have a quarter like we just did. Our clinicals were one-on-one with a preceptor, and you work their schedule. In my case, my preceptor bounced from nights (7PM-7AM) to days (7AM-7PM) every few weeks. This made it a real joy when I'd do "nights" on the weekend, then be back in classes early in the week, then back to "nights" later in the week or the next weekend. There were some mornings, coming off a "night" clinical rotation where I'd almost fall asleep driving back home (~75 minute drive, mostly boring highway). Combine the weird clinical schedule with loads of assignments due (papers, projects, online quizzes, tests, and then the HESI......) and it just keeps getting better!:no::eek::no:

I think its normal to suffer burn out while in school. Everyone in my class is going through it now, especially dragging to school in 80 degree weather. I mean who wants to sit in a lecture when its so beautiful out? UGh... I just keep thinking we are one day closer to meeting our goals and getting our RN.

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