Toasted or burned to a Crip

Hang in there!! I have been where you are, graduated from LPN in 2000, and it takes time. I am currently in LPN-RN program, I graduate in may, and it is going alot smoother than I anticipated. It hasn't been a completely smooth ride, but then again, that wouldn't be life would it. I just start every morning out with a prayer and end it with thanks! Take one day at a time! I have 4 small children that also require alot of attention so I don't have alot of study time. Thank God for wisdom, and my hubby! (Oh, and I also take really good notes)Just hank in there and stick with it. It will pay off in the long run! You are in my prayers!-Tara

Unlike what you are doing I jumped right into a BSN program... with two small children [18months apart!]. There were some days I questioned my sanity in doing that. The worst part came the week before I was suppose to graduate -- I just truly wanted to quit. If it had not been for my husband at the time I might just have done that.

I think most of us have been there -- just hang in there- like someone said above.... it will pay off in the end. The only thing additional I would add is that make sure that whatever decision you make is based on what you truly want to be when you "grow up" -- it took me 6 years to figure that out and another 4 to get my degree...... I love the medical field always have - just got discouraged with two year programs and their waiting lists. It takes a special person to be a nurse [i should say a "good/caring" nurse] and believe me nurses will eat their young even if you are dedicated -- I never believed that until I got out there:o But, you can do it!!!

Going to school and raising a family is tough and can fry the best of us. The first year of nursing out of school will fry the best of us. I was full of so much doubts those first few years of school and out of school I questioned myself everyday is this is what I really want to be doing. I'm glad that I stuck with it.

Sometimes you have to wait for the smoke to clear to see things clearly. To re-evaluate why you're doing what you're doing. Let the dust settle a bit and see how you feel in a few days. Ask yourself why you started this journey and is it worth finishing. You'll find your answers.

Good luck.

Thanks ucandoit, P_RN, TigRN and thirdshiftguy for the encouragement. You all gave me some food for thought and some good advice. That's why I come to this board often, it's like therapy from people who have been there and done that.

A lot of people can not relate to what nurses go through until they have been a nurse or are training to be one. Plenty of you have walked where I am at, a great many of you have worn out plenty of nursing shoes doing it.

Thanks for the replies. Happy New year to everyone, may it be the best one ever.

I can relate. I think most every nurse at some time in there career feels the way you do. Its kinda like a marriage, going to school and all because it will affect the rest of your life. More money, more knowledge, more opportunities. Get my drift?

Hang in there!!!!!!! Brun out is there but if you hang in, eventually it will get better.

what I live by:

The more you know, the more you realize you dont know.

connie

Originally posted by mittels

Hang in there!!!!!!! Brun out is there but if you hang in, eventually it will get better.

Thanks Mittels, this is what I was hoping, that if I just hang in there that these feeling will eventually go away.

OH, how I can relate to your post. Like most of the other posters, I advise you to hang in there and finish your training. You will be glad in the end that you completed it.

Happy New Year!!!

bambi, if you go ahead and start your program in jan, either one or two things will happen, minus the unexpected, you will love it and continue or you will see it isn't what you want to do and quit. moreover, you will have given it a chance.

i am guessing you will love it! in any case, i wish you the best.

BarefootLady,

I began struggling to stay with nursing soon after my first job, and thought that I was pretty much alone in how I felt. Most people talk about how much they love nursing and would never do anything else. You usually don't hear from people like myself.

I thought, maybe I'm just one of those weak people that can't handle any kind of stress or a challenge. Not that I'm saying people are weak because they struggle like I have.

I am one of those people that has always struggled with what I really want to do with my life, and finally thought I'd found the answer. With obstacles always comes doubt, unless you're one of those 'know exactly what I'm going to do and go get it.' Unfortunately I lack in that area.

Love-A-Nurse, great advice, thanks for the support, I will cogitate on that for a while.