Who made it through their first week alive??!!

[beckersSN]

I just finished my first week of classes and I am freaking out alittle bit... we were assigned to read 12 chapters during the first 3 days of class! I have had no sleep all week long and am looking forward to going to bed and just getting up to go to work all day instead of back to get more assignments. It has been an awesome week though. I love it!!

[Since1982]

I've still got one more day to go before I officially survive the first week. We've been assigned 24 chapters to read and do the workbook for, on top of several written assignments. Plus, five tests and our first check-off next week...

And you know what? I love it!! LOL I think my whole class thinks I'm insane. I'm just about the only person in there that isn't complaining about the workload. I'm just trying to take it all in stride, pacing myself, and it's working out wonderfully. I feel so incredibly blessed to have a seat in that class, working toward something I've wanted to do for so long.

[RNDreamer]

Congrats you guys! I'll be going through all of this next year, hopefully. Good luck and take care!

[medicalma'am]

I just had my first day of orientation. We will have 10 chapters to read over the weekend and I am glad that I will be home alone.

[samclaug]

Okay I got home today and was able to take a little bit of a nap and boy did I need it. This week was exhausting. I have so many chapters to read and its so overwhelming I feel like I don't even know were to begin. I have a my first test this coming Monday so I know I have to study for that, I also have to preview reading and videos for skills in lab for Monday and Tuesday, and I have like fifteen chapters to read for pharm.

Not to mention how sore I am from carrying all my books. I bought a rolling backpack but its been raining this week and I didtnt really want to drag my back through the water and mud so I have been using a regular backpack. All week Ive just been thinking that I was tense and that was causing the muscle aches but then it hit me today when I tried lifting my bag and I could feel my poor muscles. So I decided I didnt care from now on what the weather is like, Im not going to injure my back for books. Speaking of books I keep going to class and they hand out more books and cds and other learning material. I bought a new book shelf for text books and its practically full!!!

Anyways sorry for the rant but thanks for letting me talk!! Not that anyone has a choice. Ha:lol2:

[Jamie2887]

Oh yeah, that "little" 52-page syllabus that is going to give me nightmares for the next few months?

I'm suprised I didn't dream of paper monsters crowding my bed last night.

Our syllabus is 300 pages! It's insane, it takes up a 3in binder by itself, so i pulled it apart and seperated what is essential to bring to class.

[GottaGetIn]

I feel so incredibly blessed to have a seat in that class, working toward something I've wanted to do for so long.

Fabulous! :) I feel the same way. :)

[southernbelle08]

If I can make it until 3PM tomorrow I will have survived my first full week.

[Chanzes MiMi]

If I can make it until 3PM tomorrow I will have survived my first full week.

Same here, 'cept I am done at 2pm......... have to work 32hrs this weekend, before going back to school on Mon!

[Crux1024]

Well my first week was very interesting! I have a quiz due on monday, and 2 on tuesday! All the info is like an overload, but Im actually enjoying the overload, I havent used my brain in soo long, this is a nice surprise for it.

Had my first "clinical" today, which was lab learning basic Vs and then surprised with a "Hey you have to drive 45 minutes to this clinical site meet you there in an hour and a half." imagine my surprise, especially since I dont drive... I made some friends real fast in my clinical group lol, since I had to drive with them.

But....I had a nap today, and the massive stress headache I had is gone and its gonna be easier from here, right?? LOL

:)

[Alternator81]

OMG -- I have having SO MUCH FUN! So far we have had a ton of reading. I wake up and read, go to class, go home to read, go to sleep.

It is true that we have had a ton of reading, but I am keeping up it. I have made so many friends this week... as I posted in another thread, I felt like I have known these people for years!

My instructors are great. My clinical instructors are the coolest ladies. Just like you guys, working on vitals in lab. Palpating the brachial artery is hard. If I can't find it, I have been going for the radial artery, which my teacher said was absolutely fine if you cant find it. Pretty fun.

**the only complaint that I have is there is only one men's bathroom in our nursing building, and it's on the first floor when most of my classes are on the third. There are womens bathrooms everywhere.

[Jedi of Zen]

Basically I'm at the point that if I'm not spending every single free moment I have throughout each day reading my nursing notes, then I'm already feeling guilty as each precious moment goes by wasted...yeah...we have about the same amount of reading to do. I've talked to a couple of instructors and 2nd year students at my school about the load, and I'm starting to get the impression that honestly sometimes you just won't be able to read EVERYTHING...you just have to figure out how much time you have and which parts of the text/notes/etc are the most important ones and just home in on those.

[Owensfamily]

My first week was very interesting as well! The first two days were a little overwhelming to say the least, but I made it through. Our first lab was really neat. We had to pair up with someone we didn't know, and we had to "invade their personal space." To do that, we had to stand about 18 inches apart, and then move closer until our noses touched. It was neat to feel how I would tense up when we'd get that close and imagine how a patient might feel when their personal space gets invaded.