Yeah, Yeah, Patience...How long will that take?

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Good Morning Everyone!! :D

Well, I just have to say (or whine really) I want to get on with the rest of my life!!! Ug! I'm so frustrated right now, I hate my job & I REALLY hate the commute. Ack! It took me over an hour and a half to get in to work today! :( Now, I know I'm not a very patient person, but jeeze! I hate knowing exactly what I want to do and how to do it and still have to wait 2 years to do it! It's so unbelieveably frustrating working on my prerequisites for 2 years (1 or 2 at a time) while working full time. The even more frustrating part is that I only have a few pre-req's to work on! I could technically have finished them all easily in 1 or 2 semesters if I could be a full time student. I keep telling myself..."it's almost over" but "only one more year" seems so very far away right now! I realize I don't have much of choice right now, I have a few bills I need to pay off before I quit my job but dammit all my clocks are tickin'! I also want to start having a family but I want to wait till I'm done with nursing school to start that so that'll be at least 3 years down the road! ugh! :rolleyes:

On the bright side! I'm excited about my CNA course this semester! I feel like I'm at least finally getting somewhere! Human Development and Math doesn't exactly give me the impression that I'm off to bigger & better things! You know what I mean? My Med Dosage class was cool too...so I do feel like I'm at least getting somewhere! Does anyone else feel like this? I can't possibly be the only one! I guess the bottom line is that I just need to Breath in, Breath out...Take another deep breath and...Be Patient!

Thanks for listening! :kiss

~Bean

Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.
originally posted by nursebutterfly

oh i hear you hunny!

i didn't know what i wanted to do with the rest of my life as graduation neared. i finaly decided on nursing. but i was to late to take my chemistry's at that point so i had to go back for them the following year. i had to take both 11 chem in order to take 12. so that's what i did when 11 was almost over i got really sick and was diagnosed with cancer i spent the next 8 months figthing and beating that and when back to scool in september for chem again. after being sick i had a new kinda passion for being a nurse and wanted to get started as soon as possible. so i convinced the school to let me skip 11 chem and just take 12 since i already got most of it and the university only looks at the mark for 12. so i got through that, applied to nursing school and completed my 1st year...it was super frustrating for me to watch girls that were only one year older than me that i had gone to school with for my entire life just one grade behing graduate while i was just in first year. i have i wonderful man :kiss and we want to get married and start a fammilly as soon as i'm done school and can get out there and start making some money too. and that unfortunately wont be for another 3 years at least. i want to be married live in a nice house and have a baby soooo bad. but i would be way to hard to do all that, financially especially while i'm in school. :o i say we start an emotional supprt group :chuckle

! you are an inspiration and i do wish you all the best!
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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.
originally posted by tcw

i totally agree with you all. i have only been working on my prereqs since august 2001 and i start clinicals next month, but man, do i know what you guys mean about putting your life on hold or at least feeling that way. i am so glad i found this thread because i was beginning to think that i was just some ungrateful person. i am thrilled that i have the opportunity to live out my dream finally, but it is hard when i think about marriage, having babies and a home.

i knew i wanted to be a nurse my last year of college (rec'd my ba in 1994), but it would have meant tacking on at least an additional 2 years and i wanted to be done with it all. it took me a while to get up the courage to return to school, but i finally did it.

i agree that an emotional support group would be a great thing. good luck to everyone of you!

tonya

ungrateful, i too was feeling this way at times. i am all for a support group too.
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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.
originally posted by kaleigh

hey everybody!

it does get better......i hope! i'm currently starting my second semester of my bsn but it was literal hell getting here. i started my pre-req's the summer before i graduated high school. i went to a community college for a year and a half...dosen't sound like long, huh? well, my last semester, i took 27 hours!!! that was the worst semester of my entire colleger career! i had 27 hours because at my school, we are required to be cna's before we can start the program. on top of the pre-req's, i was becoming a cna. anyway, i just wanted to let everyone know that things do get better. i thought i would never get to school, but i did and it's flying by. best of luck to everybody!

, kaleigh. 27 hours, my hat is off to you for much respect!
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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

bean, "ramble" on us any "ole" time! but i do think i have you beat with the rambling! :chuckle

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Bean, I can relate....

I hated the waiting... Felt like I was going no where with my nursing career. Ask my hubby just how many times I came home crying on his shoulder about how I was never gonna be a nurse and I was never gonna amount to nuthin!

Tomorrow is my last day of LPN school.......you can do it.....

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.
, julie! i am soo excited for you. all the best to you!
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I can relate to everyone.. prereq's take soooo long and everyone asks, "when are you starting clinicals?"

I changed my path to my goal and it's a little less frustrating right now, taking one step at a time.

27 credit hours WOW !!

A lot of prayers really help too

Marie:saint:

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((((Bean)))

I can totally relate to how you feel. It does seem that the prereq's take a long time.

The rest of it kind of builds up. Like looking at a train coming down a track you're walking along. In the distance it looks like it's going so slowly for Soooo long, but then it gets closer and it gets faster and FASTER and LOUDER and scarier and then you're just buffeted by the air pressure and the noise and the papers being blown around and the people around you shouting.

The four semesters directly leading up to my RN, I thought of myself as stepping into a pool of NURSENESS. End of that semester, I was "in" up to my knees. Next semester up to my waist. Next, I was "in" up to my armpits. And at the very end, I was "in" over my head (LOL) and they put a cap on the top and expected me to act like a nurse!! Eeeeeek

But it does go by - you'll have strength and patience for it!

Love

Dennie

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.
originally posted by nursedennie

((((bean)))

i can totally relate to how you feel. it does seem that the prereq's take a long time.

the rest of it kind of builds up. like looking at a train coming down a track you're walking along. in the distance it looks like it's going so slowly for soooo long, but then it gets closer and it gets faster and faster and louder and scarier and then you're just buffeted by the air pressure and the noise and the papers being blown around and the people around you shouting.

the four semesters directly leading up to my rn, i thought of myself as stepping into a pool of nurseness. end of that semester, i was "in" up to my knees. next semester up to my waist. next, i was "in" up to my armpits. and at the very end, i was "in" over my head (lol) and they put a cap on the top and expected me to act like a nurse!! eeeeeek

but it does go by - you'll have strength and patience for it!

love

dennie

dennie, thanks for being here for us. i, like i believe others, do appreciate it, thanks!
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Originally posted by NurseDennie

((((Bean)))

I can totally relate to how you feel. It does seem that the prereq's take a long time.

The rest of it kind of builds up. Like looking at a train coming down a track you're walking along. In the distance it looks like it's going so slowly for Soooo long, but then it gets closer and it gets faster and FASTER and LOUDER and scarier and then you're just buffeted by the air pressure and the noise and the papers being blown around and the people around you shouting.

The four semesters directly leading up to my RN, I thought of myself as stepping into a pool of NURSENESS. End of that semester, I was "in" up to my knees. Next semester up to my waist. Next, I was "in" up to my armpits. And at the very end, I was "in" over my head (LOL) and they put a cap on the top and expected me to act like a nurse!! Eeeeeek

But it does go by - you'll have strength and patience for it!

Love

Dennie

HaHa!! I like your explanation! From reading everyone's posts all at different stages of the game, I can see that pattern very clearly! Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

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I just wanted to say THANKS :D to everyone who posted! I'm clearly not a patient person but it's so nice to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way! Knowing that, it kind of makes that long commute into work everyday not quite so bad! Hey, I have time to go over my flashcards...right? :) I appreciate everyones support here...it's so nice to know that when you've had a bad day, for whatever reason, there are usually people here who understand or have been in your place! Thanks! :kiss

~Bean

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