Balancing School and Home
Making It Through Your First Year of Nursing School
The day had finally come!!!
I got my acceptance letter to nursing school and I thought that was going to be the hardest part. Little did I know, the hardest days in school were yet to come. There are many things you learn while in nursing school. Looking back there are some things that I was told to do or not do but took too lightly that I wish I wouldn't have.
During my fiirst semester I worked part-time; two 12 hour overnight shifts a week.. I studied by myself or with one other person. I crammed for tests the night or two nights before. I never read or retained anything from lecture. There are many, many more things I did wrong my first semester that I wish I new better.
Second semester, I worked the same amount of hours as my first semester until half way through, and then I cut down even more at work. I never worked the weekend before a test. I joined a study group. I read the chapters we were covering in class multiple times. I always, always went to class and paid attention during lecture.
Nursing School is like culture shock when you first start.
There is so much to know and do that you quickly become overwhelmed and can barely stay caught up. There were numerous times that I...
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