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For All the Nurses? |
I plan on becoming a RN and then a midwife. any advice on getting through school. I heard it was pretty hard and there was days where you will want to quit. Please encouraging words only, No Negativity! Wish me Luck! Just my experience, but I didn't think it was too hard. I enjoyed nursing school, even the late nights cramming to do my pre-clinical prep work. If you're disciplined and if you want it bad enough, and if you love what you do, it's not that hard at all to make the necessary sacrifices. It all pays off in the long run. Source(s): RN For all jobs there are days when you want to quit and yes becoming a midwife is difficult because your basically a doctor with a nursing license but it is so worth all the agony that you go through in the end! I really enjoyed my years as a nursing student, I found the work challenging but very interesting and not a chore to learn, the lecturers were extremely helpful and friendly and most became like friends during my study, you could go to them about anything, nursing related or not. The people I studied with were great, met someone who was to become my best friend, good to find people that you connect with as friends are very important on this course, you can study and research together and bounce ideas of each other. Also good support for when you are on placements and things are getting you down. The lectures were generally presented in an easy to understand way, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions, and different formats to keep your interest, seminars, straight lectures, presentations, outside speakers, student participation, videos, scenarios and practising of skills. I enjoyed the way the course was set out, we did blocks of time in the classroom followed by blocks of placements in hospitals and in the community, the excitement was amazing when we were all due to leave the college for our next placement, all eager to get out there and do it for real and see new things, and when it was time to get back into the classroom it was lovely to hear the buzz as everyone chatted excitedly about what they had been doing.... oh happy days! The academic work was manageable as long as you planned your schedule and made sure you allocated time to complete work, you would often have two large essays on the go and it took discipline to get them done. Lots of late nights and coffee! I always tried to make a start on work as soon as it was set, lots of people tended to leave it till the last minute and panic which led to poor marks. Make good friends with your personal tutor as he/she is an excellent resource and a listening ear for when you are feeling bogged down, mine was simply the best and helped me through some pretty bad stuff that was going on at home. I dont think I ever thought about quitting, nursing was all I had ever wanted to do and my training was just something that had to be done. Lots of people in my cohort did leave though, and very early on in the course, I dont think it takes long to decide whether it is the career for you! Since qualifying two years ago there has been lots of occasions where I've wanted to quit though, not being negative here (honest!) but it is very hard work, long hours, not great pay for some of the things we have to see/do/deal with, and not a lot of appreciation from the organisation. But at the end of the day I nurse for my patients and not for the managers and that is what keeps me going. I would encourage you to go for it, and focus on the satisfaction and pride you will feel when you have qualified, its the best feeling in the world when you can look in the mirror when you have your uniform on and say 'I'm a nurse!' Good luck! RN |
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