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I am almost finished with my co-requisites required to get into nursing school and I start nursing school in Aug 2008. I just wanted to get an idea of what its like. Does anyone want to tell me about their experience. Im a bit nervous but also very much excited.
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September 9th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Oh my gosh….where do I start?
Nursing school is awesome, and exhausting. You’ll stress about the NCLEX. You’ll wonder how on earth you’ll write your 4 research papers and do a group project before Thanksgiving. You’ll consider not sleeping in order to study for midterms after 2 straight days of 12 hour clinicals. You will be more stressed than you thought you could handle, and you will make it work. It will push your physical, mental, and emotional limits.
You will stay home to study when your friends go out. You will learn to appreciate a nice hot bowl of easy mac after your 3rd 12-hour day in a row. You will live in scrubs. You will sleep very little, and always feel very behind.
My advice: Take Sundays off– only light studying, if necessary. Start studying early for exams. Learn what classes you can ignore until the last minute, and what classes need your constant attention. Get enough sleep, and eat healthy, and try to sneak in some exercise now and then. Try to form study groups to keep yourselves accountable, and quiz each other before exams.
Yes, dear, this was meant to scare you: nursing school is a huge commitment. But it’s also a huge accomplishment. The classes are interesting, clinicals can be fun and show you how the “real world” works, and your instructors will help you more than you think.
Push yourself, study hard, and try to relax. Be excited–you’re going to be a nurse!!
September 10th, 2009 at 12:19 am
It’s hard. If I were you I’d complete other courses over this next year that you need for your general education courses. It’s easier to just focus on nursing courses alone once you start, because 6-8 semester credits of nursing feels like 12-15.
Just know that EVERYONE freaks out at one point or another and feels like it’s too hard, like you aren’t retaining the information, and you feel like you want to quit. If you are struggling, there are resources available to help you – use your faculty as resources, use your school’s student tutors if they have them, and use your fellow students. The content itself isn’t that hard, but time consuming, and the papers take time and can be tedious to create.
The more organized you are, the better off you’ll be. Create a personal calendar with your classes (color coded, if you’re ambitious), mark important test dates or paper due dates and clinical dates, etc., then schedule in a set study time. Make it like a job, and don’t let yourself make excuses to procrastinate. It’s good to discipline yourself as a student, because once you’re a nurse you’ll also need to be highly organized in order to multitask.
Being a nurse is a very rewarding career, IMO. It’s worth every minute of the frustration and doubt and tears that come along with the rigors of nursing school. Just stay strong, and you’ll be just fine!
Good luck!