Weird dream after getting acceptance letter :)

[its_meee]

I just received my acceptance letter to start the BSN program this fall! I am super excited to start this journey! Even though I am stoked about starting the program the reality of actually starting it makes me feel nervous, and sometimes my stomach will get butterflies when I think about it.

Anyway...last night I had a dream that I had already graduated and was hired at a local hospital. It was the very first day of work and I had to be there at 2:00 pm (funny that I even remember the time in the dream :) )

I pulled into the parking lot at 1:30 pm and since I did not want to be too early I decided to just sit in the car for a bit. I finally go in the building when my watch read 1:50 pm, but after getting inside I noticed a large clock on the wall that reads 2:20 pm!!!

My watch was WAY OFF!!! I was 20 minutes late for my first day of work! LOL In the dream I stood at the nurses station and cryed. I woke up thankful that it was only a dream, and weirded out that I was already dreaming about starting a job that I haven't even started the program for! I have thought about that silly dream all morning. I think it's just my nerves about being afraid of messing something up, or doing something wrong in the program or as a nurse. Just wanted to share :)

[Miss Molly]

LOL...I get dreams like that, too, particularly about starting the job. Just remember that you have school to look forward to, and by the time you're done with school, hopefully the job will seem less scary...or not. :).

[Stephalump]

Haha! That's crazy! I've been super nervous, as well. I've worked really hard for this, done lots of research, was raised in a family of ******* health care workers and I still feel a little deer in headlights-ish. Last night I my husband up to tell him I didn't want to go to nursing school anymore. He's making me to anyway

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

Congratulations on your acceptance!

I can assure you, this will not be the last dream (or nightmare?) that you have about nursing. I've had more dreams that I can count about missing tests and being late/incompetent in clinicals. Not to mention the dozens of dreams I've had about my actual job: such as reaching the end of the shift and realizing you were assigned a patient that you didn't know about, realizing that you haven't given any medications the whole shift, that your patient who is supposed to be on a ventilator is up walking the halls....

Yep, you'll have lots more of these posts to write in the future.

[sandanrnstudent]

Luckily I haven't had any dreams or nightmares yet. I hope to stay that way for as long as possible. Sounds like you have a firm grasp on why you had the dream OP!

Best wishes to all us nursing students out there!

sandanRNstudent

[Bobmo88]

I work as a technician and if I'm at work too much then I'll start having dreams about Doctors telling me to get a hold of the cardiologist on-call etc. hahaha. Congrats on getting into nursing school!