Mental Health as a Nursing Student
Hi. I am a senior in the College of Nursing, and I am struggling this semester.
Online lectures are hard. The extra work is driving me insane.
I have 3 regular exams, 3 national exams, and 4 final skill check offs within the next 1.5 weeks!
After that, I have Thanksgiving break then 3 final exams!
Once I pass this semester (which I hopefully will), I will start applying for residency programs. However, I am so lost as to what type of nursing I want to go in.
I have a little under 2 months to decide before I start applying. I do not even have time to think about the future as I am still trying to survive these last few weeks of school.
How do I decide what to do with my life with half of my nursing school experience was spent online?
My mental health is deteriorating.
It's difficult to cope with the stress.
How do I relieve my anxiety when my family and friends think I am being over-dramatic since nursing is supposedly an "easy" major?
I usually perform academically well, but these nursing courses are really bring my GPA and self esteem down.
I know grades are not what makes a good nurse, but I want graduate school to be an option after working as a RN for a while.
I can only look at the present and do my best.
I hope for a successful future in which I am happy to help patients improve their health.
𝘋𝘐𝘚𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘙: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭(𝘴) 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.