I’m 4 weeks into my program and I’m already seriously questioning whether this is worth it.

What’s wearing me down:

• I’m struggling to make friends
• I have a 1 hour commute that involves public transportation which I hate
• The wakeups are early and the policies are cruel. One missed lab and you fail the class.
• I’m sleep deprived most days and always stressed
• The constant lack of respect and prestige. The fact that you can FEEL people laughing at you silently as you perform degrading acts of service.

The part I can’t stop thinking about is the payoff. SWEs make double or triple what a nurse makes for a fraction of a fraction of the work and suffering. Don't believe me? Search up Levels.fyi (WARNING: DO NOT GO ON THIS SITE IF YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY IN NURSING SCHOOL).

Look guys, I’m not saying nursing isn’t "meaningful", but at 5am on very little sleep, the reward at the end looks pretty thin next to what’s available elsewhere.

Every morning when I am forced to wake up to attend another round of this shit, I feel intense waves of hatred, resentment, fury, rage, indignance and regret.

For anyone who has been in this spot: did you think about quitting? What did you decide, and do you regret it? Did the first few weeks turn out to be the worst of it?

Long story short, career changing. Have a BSCS. Finishing nursing pre-reqs and applying to ADN programs. Goal was ultimately CRNA, however realizing MD/DO is feasible but would need ~80 credits of A's to fix my GPA. Thinking of taking Physics I/II, OChem I/II, BioChem during Nursing school. All nursing pre-reqs have been A's. Just curious if anyone else has taken additional courses on top of the ones scheduled for their cohort? Thanks!

Applied for a nursing program at my local technical college. I’m 39 with a 12 year old. I plan to go full time and want to hear if it’s worth my time and effort. Really nervous but hopeful I’m doing the right thing for my future.

I 40m, decided to go back to be a nurse in my 30s. I felt like nursing was a good fit for my personality. I like helping people. I already have my bachelor's degree but I just couldn't find my way up any corporate bullcrap ladder so I went back to school to be a nurse because I had already worked in behavioral health for 10+ years. At any rate, I spent 4 years doing prerequisites for an ADN nursing program. I spent another 2 on a waitlist. I got in and failed my first block. I spent a year doing an added prerequisite and getting back in. I am in my last semester on my second try and I am about to fail out. At my school it's 2 failures then out. I am so sad.

I am going to be able to be an LPN since I was able to take a step out course but it feels insulting given the time and energy I put in to this. I can't help but feel that the past year and a half were wasted. If we are lucky, we get 80 trips or so around the sun. 80 summers, 80 winters, 80 springs and 80 falls. I feel like I wasted 4-5 of them. I'm also sad that this is not turning out like it was supposed to. I feel ashamed like I let my family down since they were along for the journey, like I am being slapped across the face with a horses*** consolation prize with the LPN certificate, like I wasted time I feel like I don't have even though I'm only 40, and just all around sad.

I feel like an ADN was going to give independence, open a lot of doors for any kind of specialty and now that is going to close. Please don't get this twisted. I respect the absolute crap out of LPNs and just as much out of CNAs/UAPs (as I was one for a good amount of time), but LPNs don't have the same amount of wiggle room for specialty. I feel like I was robbed of going out and learning by doing rather than being in classes and tortured by the overhanging thought of failure and tests and practicums and clinicals. I missed my nieces birthdays and didn't take vacations and blew money on a year and a half of school that didn't even pan out. Now I can't go back because I feel like it is unconscionable to ask my family to continue on because I would have to start back at block 3 and also I do not have the money to continue on as this was all the savings I had set aside for school. My family has been supportive but they are wearing. I would like to continue in the future but that is not possible for 10 years (ballpark). I feel like this dream is dead and I'm grieving and all the tears I want to cry are just not coming out.

Sorry if this is TLDR. I don't know what I expect with this. Partially weepi... I mean venting, partially asking if anyone else has been an LPN not by choice. If so, did you go back to nursing school and finish? Did you enjoy being an LPN? Should I just get over it?

1st semester nursing student here. This might sound silly but I shake like crazy when someone is watching me do something. Is this a normal part of nursing school? If so, when did it get better for you? I know my hand cannot be shaking when I’m inserting sensitive items (IV, Catheter) I’m so worried I won’t be able to control it.

I had a check off where I had to draw a 5 units of insulin while the CI watched and my hand was shaking so much I could barely draw up the medication. So embarrassing.

I was in my last term of nursing school , failed my first exam so I needed to work really hard for the next two .I did. The growth in score is incredible but ultimately I failed critical care by 4 points. I got dismissed and had to drop it classes. I was 9 credits away from graduation :(
anyways I don’t know what life foward rightnow looks like. 128 credits ! Potentially down the drain

Has anyone gonna back and and transferred to school that took your credits and got your BSN within a year ?
I just need some realistic information and motivation that all I did for 10 years wasn’t for nothing

Pharma Testo, single use breaking ampules

I don't get it. Sometimes when I drew a syringe, it flows slowly up with no bubbles at all.
Same box, different day, not change in method or setup at all and the oil gets sucked up with nearly only bubbles, nearly foam. Super annoying to get the right dose. Especially if you need to drew up 2 from one ampule.
How can I prevent this?

I genuinely need advice from other nursing students or nurses because I’m at my breaking point with nursing school. I KNOW the material, I understand it in clinical, and I do well when practicing, but when it comes to exams, I struggle so badly. I constantly narrow questions down to two answers, second-guess myself, and end up choosing the wrong one.
I’ve tried different study methods, practice questions, and even recently got approved for ADA accommodations. I literally drove an hour away today just to earn extra credit because I’m trying everything I can to pass.
It’s so discouraging knowing the information but not being able to reflect that on exams. I’m starting to question whether nursing school is even for me. Has anyone else struggled with test-taking specifically? What actually helped you improve your exam scores? I genuinely need advice because I don’t want to give up, but I’m exhausted. 💔

I’m in med surg 1 currently in my ADN program I’m passing everything else except med surg I just feel so discouraged my professor already told me to drop out and they denied my memory aid for my IEP my Clincal instructors tell me how exceptional I am and rely that to my professors but I feel like they don’t see it. And I know failing a class isn’t the end of the world but I’m trying so hard any extra credit I’m their I drove an hour today from my house to get 3 points for my test + extra credit homework I need a 76.5 to pass which rounds up to a 77 right now I have a 68 and we have a lot of tests still left I feel like I can do it I just feel so desperate and defeated 😞 and others are failing the class as well not just me but others are passing so I know I’m not the only one who feels the same, I don’t work like that, I don’t have any kids or dogs like other people in my program I’m the youngest being 19 I feel overwhelmed and I know this is my passion but I feel burnt before even starting.

If anyone has any advice or just some encouraging words that would be nice, thank you for listening to my message.