We easily are the most stress-ridden undergrad students here. We cry more nights than not, some days we laugh at how hard nursing is and the tears just come. We have all been there...
In the midst of how hard it is, the thought to change majors has popped up once or twice. But we don't. We don't because when we walk into anatomy and when we see the juniors in their scrubs, it affirms why we want to do this. If they can make it, so can we. We don't because our stresses now, will serve us well in just a few short years.
We don't because we aren't quitters.
It's going to be a journey. There is no doubt that these four years are going to be some of the most mind meddling, challenging and emotionally and physically draining. But there is no doubt that it will all be worth it.
For every bad day, there will always be a good day. Rather we have a terrible clinical day or fail an exam, we will have so many good ones ahead of us.
We are hands down the hardest on ourselves. We beat ourselves up for a C. We stress about things we have no control over. We set high expectations and if we don't achieve our expectations, we put it on us.
It's all going to be okay. We are going to get through this semester. We are going to get through micro, patho, clinicals, every challenge that lies a head. We are going to get through it.
We will be there with each other the day we order our scrubs, lose a patient, release a patient, land internships and get our first job offer.
It may seem so far, but we will walk across the stage as nurses. We are going to make it because we don't quit.
So, for every challenge or hurdle you are currently in. It will all be okay, we will all be okay and we will make it.