Comments on: Cost of nursing school

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:37:24 +0000

OMG! This is beyond true! I have even had the two trips to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack!

By: linda-lou

linda-lou — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:58:31 +0000

Preach on girl! That is exactly how I felt in nursing school. It was horrible and people just don’t get the toll it takes.

By: Nurse Sean (dot) com » Change of Shift: Volume Two, Number 21

Nurse Sean (dot) com » Change of Shift: Volume Two, Number 21 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:15:53 +0000

[...] It costs A LOT of money to see all these attractions. In fact the cost of traveling to Europe is HUGE. One of the reasons I haven’t done my dream European backpacking trip is because I was in nursing school for almost five years–and we all know how much money that takes! In fact, Not Nurse Ratched even wrote a post about it! [...]

By: RehabRN

RehabRN — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:53:56 +0000

Wow! I thought I was the only person who felt like this in nursing school.

The loss of income was the main reason why I chose to do an accelerated BSN. It was the only way to quickly (what an oxymoron!) to recover the cost.

Thankfully, my physical ailments are few, but boy, sleep is so nice! It’s almost like vacation.

Good luck in your nursing school endeavor! Keep plugging away!

By: Markie

Markie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:55:20 +0000

I feel your pain. My very recent experience was disturbingly similar in the way school affects the students.

There are many things about nursing school that should be brought into the industrial age, let-alone the 21st century.

I can only urge you on to complete the program and reach the relative sanity on the other side.

Good luck!

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:54:42 +0000

I wish I could say it will get better when you graduate; oh, right, I can. I swear they make nursing school so heinously difficult so that in the “Real World” when the proverbial brown stuff hits the fan, you’re used to dealing with the stress of a nearly impossible situation.
Besides, there’s a great feeling when you finally get to sign “RN” after your name. While it doesn’t make the trauma of nursing school go away, it does soothe the soul a bit.

By: moira

moira — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:51:42 +0000

I wish I felt like a fish who found water. This semester has knocked it right out of me…

By: artillerywifecq

artillerywifecq — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:32:31 +0000

ohh, welcome to the club. I have not had my love for nursing permanently beaten out of me.. yet, but it happens for days or weeks at a time. The stress is unreal, and multidimensional. I stress over stressing! The KEY thing is to work through it and find some small enjoyment in each and everyday, and accomplishment of the day or week.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:26:40 +0000

Hey there! I loved this post! May I add it to next week’s change of shift?

By: spontaneouscombustionpdx

spontaneouscombustionpdx — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:24:05 +0000

Ok, well that made me relieved to not have been accepted @ OHSU! My commune is sounding better and better.