Week 3 of school

Week 3 specifically, I can't honestly remember- but I do vividly recall wanting to quit on multiple occassions. This is normal. I'm sure you'll soon hear of others that feel the same if you haven't already. Hang in there though..believe it nor not, there might come a day when you miss being a student

I was told by a neighbor of mine (who is an RN) that when I am in nursing school there will be good days and days where i will come home crying. She said whatever I do though "Do not quit". I think students have to realize this because when we are Nurses we will have the same bad days and good. Please hang in there you came this far. Hold your head up high and remember ;)tomorrow is a new day.

I think my time of wanting to quite came about the fourth week... when we had the oldest teacher in the nursing department try and teach us dimensional analysis in ten minutes and she did it while working on three problems... wait maybe four... at the same time. Eleven out of the 20 of us left the room in tears... She was a great teacher, but was trying to do too much in too little time and was all over the place. All I could think about was that math was going to kick me out of the program.

I think my time of wanting to quite came about the fourth week... when we had the oldest teacher in the nursing department try and teach us dimensional analysis in ten minutes and she did it while working on three problems... wait maybe four... at the same time.

I'm seriously thinking we went to the same school.

I remember that we lost a few students right there in the first few weeks. I got a kidney infection and lived, so I stayed.

Good luck to you.

Wow. Dimensional analysis is chemistry, if I recall right, and it's the part that nearly made me cry when my hubby was trying to learn it.

I didn't ever want to quit, per se. I did think several times that I was going to flunk out. And there were times I didn't ever want to crack open another book again. They just throw so much information your way that you have to rearrange all the furniture in your brain just to find space for it, then go back and learn how to think all over again on top of that. I think everyone who graduates nursing school has that sort of experience.

yes! yes! yes! -- but whatever you do -- hang in there! :icon_hug:

the first few weeks are brutal at best, but it is all worth it.

i actually quit every afternoon on the way home, then got back up and went at it again the next day.

talk with classmates, form support groups. i know it sounds silly, but my class did, and i am proud to say that out of my support group of 10, all of us except 1 will graduate this december, and that one will be just one semester behind the rest of us. while we did loose a substantial portion of our class, the vast majority that participated in these informal groups are still with us!

take a few lunches together, blow off steam -- spend some time complaining about the program, crying on each others shoulders and then put it behind you and spend the rest of the time just enjoying each others company.

i had one meltdown around mid-term first semester, ended up crying in the women's restroom room during morning break. at lunch, my support system went out and bought chocolate and brought it to me. chocolate makes everything better! they helped me refocus and i survived another day. thing is, i was able to repay this debt in kind as we all have had those days.

this will be one of the wildest journeys you could ever embark on, but it does get better, and is well worth the effort. the first semester can be considered a weeding process, and a building of character -- sorta like the military so i have been told by classmates with that experience. so, don't quit, things can only get better.

hope this helps,

career student

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graduating december 2007 :monkeydance:

Did anyone want to seriously drop out of the Nursing Program in week 3?

Yes! My first test in Nursing I floored me - I was always an A student but the way nursing tests are (all answers can be correct you have to pick the MOST correct answer...or "dont' read too much into the question) WELL...I had to relearn how to take nursing tests per se....a whole different animal.

I also didn't really "like" nursing too much 1/2 through school thought I was in the top 10 of my class - figure that one out! I hung in there and all the stress/hard work/learning to think critically paid off with a rewarding career.

Hang in there.....you worked hard to get where you are!

You can do it!

nope, not really and i'm in my third week. But if you do keep at it. Yesterday was our first day of clinicals and today was the first day of lab. To make things worse my financial aid (scholarships) haven't come in yet so i spent all weekend working to try to collect enough tips to make rent with a part-time job that was never meant to provide for all the bills but only to supplement all the scholarships i had received. Soooo i ended up studying for tuesday 7am clinicals on monday night and wednesday 8am health assessment lab on tuesday night:uhoh3:. All in all it's been great;). But not once did it cross my mind to quit. I've invested two years (pre-reqs, AA degree) to get to this point, i'm in a BSN program and quiting is simply not an option. In fact just the thought of quitting makes me tremble because i left a career two and half years ago to do this and otherwise there is NO plan B :uhoh21:so it's gotta be "come hell or high water" :angryfirei'm gonna do this!

Mex

no, i never thought of quitting.

but there were many times i thought, "WHAT THE HELL DID I GET MYSELF INTO????"

ah, nursing school...

such bittersweet memories.

w/o a doubt, some of the most horrifically wonderful yrs of my life.

do NOT quit.

one test, one clinical, one instructor, one pt at a time.

in the darkest hours, you WILL get through this.

it's what 'us' nurses do. :icon_hug:

leslie

Yes this is normal- hang in there! Things will get better. It seemed like the beginning and end of each semester got crazy - things mellowed out in between. I'm in my last semester of the RN program and i still have to talk myself into it somedays! Always keep the end in mind-your nursing degree. This quote has helped me on many days- maybe it will help you.

The opportunities that you run away from will not likely come back again. You'll be left wondering what could have been, and regretting that you let something of great value slip through your hands. Seizing a valuable opportunity takes effort, commitment, sacrifice, discipline, and the willingness to move beyond your comfort zone. The payoff for all that, however, can truly be enormous and will certainly lead to ever bigger opportunities. What a shame it would be to miss out on the best that life can offer just so you can avoid a little discomfort. Choose to enthusiastically seize the opportunities that come your way.

Ralph Marston

Keep moving forward!

Nope, never thought of quitting, but I always think I'm going to flunk out. Especially now with Pharmacology. I can't quit because the hospital is paying for half of my program, and if I do, then I have to pay back the 12 grand I can't afford to pay back. I've been told nursing school is hell. I'm starting to believe it.