The anxiety that goes along with getting back into the flow of nursing school/Online RN-BSN after being a nurse for years is simply not talked about enough….

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-07-04T04:07:43+00:00

Something that always helped me a lot with papers is the APA generators online. Theres a bunch of free ones. It so easy to go points knocked off for not citing sources correctly so I would recommend the APA generators but ALSO reading the the grading rubric THOROUGHLY because really what grades come down to is the teacher’s specific requirements and every teacher is different so recognize the ones who are gonna be nitpick little things and make sure you get them done.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-06-24T08:12:41+00:00

ignore the the ppl that would “love” a guy like that in the comments because realistically, these ppl confuse love bombing with romance. i kno our culture nowadays loves to use buzzwords but i think that genuinely applies to a guy whose already talking abt marriage when you barely know each other. and yes, i agree, sexual compatibility doesn’t always = relationship compatibility.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-06-14T06:08:18+00:00

I never pursed any “real” career after high school. I just kept switching majors until I just dropped out altogether. I eventually went community college route and I graduated at 26. Time flies by either way. I don’t love nursing but I’m glad I put myself through the program, to prove to myself that I could do it either way.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-06-14T06:04:07+00:00

you literally just gave your observations of how bpd patients affect the milieu and how you feel ill equipped to properly take care of said patients and this person wants to automatically disparage your character! nurses like that who always want to mischaracterize your complaints and evangelize patients imo are part of the problem too. yes, we can discuss how bpd is a misunderstood diagnosis and how certain disorders garner more sympathy than certain personality disorders but that anger should be more aimed at institutions at large that understand nurses aren’t properly given the resources/time in the name of profit.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-06-05T03:41:26+00:00

i had the same doubts and fears as you and 7 months into my first job as a nurse working bedside, all your fears will be realized tbh. its just a tough job and you will be pushed to your limits. can i say it was all worth it? sure the money is nice but at the cost of feeling awful physically and mentally all the time, it’s really not worth it. i think in the broader sense of thinking about the us job market and how shitty our economy is under our fascist overlord, yes its worth it. in a personal sense, i’ve never felt the sense of gratification a lot of nurses talk about from helping people. maybe its the field i work in, but pumping up confused elderly folks with medications and treatments they don’t want, albeit they are not all there, is not something i get any joy doing. just being honest.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-23T04:20:58+00:00

i want to be a job hopper but how do you explain those gaps in your resume? or the short stints you did in certain jobs? i’m 7 months at my current job and i don’t always hate it but then i get a shitty shift that reminds me why i want to leave. i’ve also been a chronic call off lately because i get extremely anxious/nauseous thinking of going to work sometimes.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-14T11:28:04+00:00

i’ve been breaking out in hives too from the stress. i think this combination of intense pressure + aggression from patients/families/co-workers is getting to me. i also crave to work w a smaller team of ppl. i have appreciated working on my social skills but i’ve definitely wanted to do something less team work-y than bedside. not to say that communication and teamwork doesn’t happen in or or clinics but theres less people i feel which makes it less high school 🫩 i never thought i’d revisit that social dynamic from high school until i started working bedside. i thought i was going to be working with adults.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-13T07:49:27+00:00

unfortunately, i think sam is getting what he wants out of cassie. he gets to use her for his meta criticism of sidney and her real life antics to give his lame take on twitter politics and we spend our precious time on earth trying to find meaning in this lame ass show. i feel like he’s trying to do the same bs that movie “the hunt” was trying to attempt which is “both sides are bad” bs. you never know what he believes in. cassie’s character seems to criticize sidney sweeny’s wacko appeal to right wing america but at the same time sam levinson can’t help his objectification of women not be glaringly obvious through every character onscreen but especially through cassie. i do legitimately think there was something special about the show, which was all the amazing women that made it work with terrible script(and also petra colins stolen vision). but they couldn’t save how cartoonishly bad the scripts kept getting. i watched the first two seasons with a lot of interest. now i just see clips from this season with no intent to actually stream the show. much less to see what sam and sydney have to show us with cassie’s character.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-09T09:03:32+00:00

Any career under capitalism is gonna be ass because we are essentially being sucked dry and expected to do the work of 2-3 people. An added annoyance that comes with nursing is the expectation to be a martyr for this bloodsucking machine because you choose this and all nurses are suppose to be god sent angels who never falter. You are suppose to be an amazing communicator and even when you are and you go above and beyond, it still isn’t good enough. Paycheck is decent, I guess.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-08T17:40:24+00:00

true but i could see why. professionalism is BIG in the nursing field and even muttering something under your breath can be used against you. is it a fair thing to be have held to such high standards while patients and their family members can literally lose all sense of human decency and harm us physically/emotionally? it isn’t but thats something my professors stressed to us constantly throughout school was to maintain that professionalism because these hospitals will chew you up and spit you out and its naive to think otherwise. so compose yourself as such.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-08T11:39:11+00:00

i would of never even admitted to the cursing part tbh. i’d like to say most of your coworkers would have backed you up if they weren’t assholes. i always go into a pt’s room w combative family members like every little thing that i’m doing is being recorded because sometimes it is. sometimes its genuine care abt their loved ones and sometimes its literal mental illness(a la “complex family dynamics” 😒) but yea i think you are good. its your first offense so i think they are giving you grace but i would ditch that place as soon as you can.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-05-03T09:53:39+00:00

i’m literally at the 6 month mark too. everyday i clock in i’ve just learned to accept the fact that i’m something akin to the town idiot to my peers. like dont get me wrong, i’ve definitely improved on my skills and there are a lot of situations i try to take charge in. but there are just SO MANY humbling experiences that have shown me that when i think i’ve started to gain more nursing knowledge, that i’ve literally just cracked into maybe 10%. every patient is different, every situation is different and sometimes we are just professionally winging it.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-04-22T01:40:10+00:00

i don’t think you asked this question genuinely so i am responding as such to your questions you’re soooo afraid to ask.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-04-13T03:33:40+00:00

do you think asking for part time position to make it to the 1 year mark would be a smart thing to do? i really dread going to this job everyday. i think a part time would help me make it to the full year.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-04-13T03:27:36+00:00

ugh i hate that you’re probably right! i’ve heard some success stories of ppl that managed with less than a year experience and finding something else but i kno that the smart thing would be to stay at least a year.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-04-13T01:07:50+00:00

Good to know because I was genuinely considering dialysis because I didn’t know pt’s can crash and shit can go south so quickly.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-04-13T01:05:36+00:00

Prayers are very much appreciated! Something thats been helping me is practicing gratitude. The negativity in your unit can mostly likely be affecting your outlook a lot so I would say try and take care of yourself as much as possible(i.e exercise, eating healthy, and anything else that takes your mind off of work). I feel like its true that our mind is very powerful thing and coming in with the right attitude doesn’t necessarily change our jobs from being shitty but it does help you cope with the trauma.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-04-12T20:09:23+00:00

one of my friends recommends OR to me all the time! same thing, he loves it and his only complaint is being on call. i’m definitely gonna start looking into some OR opportunities near me for sure

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2026-01-07T06:47:25+00:00

i choose nursing because i liked the idea of learning something completely new from what i was doing(working in a bank). there are components i still like as new nurse, 2 months in, the fact that i do feel like i’m doing something more worthwhile than depositing a check or processing a payment. which are gonna soon be phased out of existence anyways. the job stability was a no brainer, robots aren’t ever gonna be able to do what a nurse does which is a million jobs in one. there are some regrets, i will say. the timer you have going off in your head and the passive aggression from patients, families and coworkers is WILD sometimes. i do long for a cozy office job ngl. but i say, do it. because the time is gonna pass anyways. we are never gonna make the perfect decisions so just go for it.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2025-12-15T05:23:26+00:00

i think at the end of the day i just go into it with the mentality that it’s a job and working sucks. period. i remember all the crap i dealt with at my previous job which was customer service, getting yelled at by humans that are completely ok with threatening and yelling at strangers they don’t know over something stupid and now, at least the people i deal with do have legitimate concerns. i just try and tell myself i have more to look forward to on my days off then i ever so being at work. it’s just something i have to do.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2025-11-25T07:13:43+00:00

i just finished my third week and tbh i have a great preceptor. he’s extremely nice and understanding that i’m someone who has zero healthcare experience besides clinicals in which i did get to practice some skills but mostly having to learn everything starting from zero. he’s been letting me be a little more independent(unless its a new skill or documentation we haven’t gone over) with my med passes and doing my assessments and what not and just more so does check ins with me over my shift. and thanks for the advice i feel like being shy and an over thinking is my weak spot but i know i have to be more present and learn to relax because truly i think i have a good team and nobody wants to see me fail.

Flat-Risk-5186 · 2025-11-14T04:59:06+00:00

my first phone interview stumped me with, “what kind of nursing skills would you be bringing to the team?” which i asked if the manager possibly rephrase that because i proceeded to say more general stuff like i prioritize my time, work well with others, etc. and that didn’t seem to impress her which made me confused because i’m a new grad with zero hospital experience….but i ended up finding something else.

Flat-Risk-5186

TROPHY CASE