Everyone, and I seriously mean everyone, has been telling me about how hard nursing school is going to be and how it will leave you with no time for anyone or anything. To an extent I am buying this 'That's it, it is the end of social life' claim to nursing school. I have seen some folks from work, read a lot, a lot of blogs, nursing sites and I am fairly intelligent enough to get that the stuff we will be dabbling in will need to be tough so that we can go out there and save lives.
But (there is always a but) I also have a small part of me that thinks may be some people might be overdoing this. Well, sure people differ and what might be extremely difficult for someone might not be as bad for the other person. I get that. Just that a year back when I took Anatomy and Physiology under this highly reputable professor, I was told similar stuff. Obviously not on the same scale as nursing school but just that how this class is one of the hardest ever, too much to remember, you will be studying all the time and are you crazy to register under THAT professor kinda stuff. So, I approached the class with tons of self-doubts already and had decided I am going to give it my all for a B. Yes, I was going to be happy with a B. As the class progressed, I realized how great of a teacher he was/is. His teaching style was just fabulous. He would actually want you to understand how the heart worked, how the muscles contracted, why Sodium and Potassium ions were so important and to not just memorize it. I might need to refresh my memory now but if I skimmed through my notes, I would have no doubt I can explain all that to you. Yes, there was a lot of memorization involved too. Heck! It is Anatomy and Physiology afterall. It was not a easy class and so yes, everyone was right. But it was not that terrible either. I worked hard for all the As in my exams. I worked my butt off and I remember studying a lot. But I was not struggling at any point. I really enjoyed it too. So, maybe that helped.
The point of all this is that I am starting to wonder if it will be the same deal with nursing school, although on a much different scale. Like, yes I will have to work hard and may be study a lot more but it might not necessarily mean the end of my 'other' life.
Also, secretly I have really enjoyed this process all along. I enjoy being in school, studying and learning interesting things and being the most motivated I have ever been in my life. So, even if I am proved wrong, it will not be that bad a thing either.
But (there is always a but) I also have a small part of me that thinks may be some people might be overdoing this. Well, sure people differ and what might be extremely difficult for someone might not be as bad for the other person. I get that. Just that a year back when I took Anatomy and Physiology under this highly reputable professor, I was told similar stuff. Obviously not on the same scale as nursing school but just that how this class is one of the hardest ever, too much to remember, you will be studying all the time and are you crazy to register under THAT professor kinda stuff. So, I approached the class with tons of self-doubts already and had decided I am going to give it my all for a B. Yes, I was going to be happy with a B. As the class progressed, I realized how great of a teacher he was/is. His teaching style was just fabulous. He would actually want you to understand how the heart worked, how the muscles contracted, why Sodium and Potassium ions were so important and to not just memorize it. I might need to refresh my memory now but if I skimmed through my notes, I would have no doubt I can explain all that to you. Yes, there was a lot of memorization involved too. Heck! It is Anatomy and Physiology afterall. It was not a easy class and so yes, everyone was right. But it was not that terrible either. I worked hard for all the As in my exams. I worked my butt off and I remember studying a lot. But I was not struggling at any point. I really enjoyed it too. So, maybe that helped.
The point of all this is that I am starting to wonder if it will be the same deal with nursing school, although on a much different scale. Like, yes I will have to work hard and may be study a lot more but it might not necessarily mean the end of my 'other' life.
Also, secretly I have really enjoyed this process all along. I enjoy being in school, studying and learning interesting things and being the most motivated I have ever been in my life. So, even if I am proved wrong, it will not be that bad a thing either.
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