Reflective Essay: The Benefits Of Nursing School

There is no doubt that nursing school is a tough thing to conquer and ‘life’ doesn’t stop for it either. Fortunately, in my twenty-two years of life I have developed ways to keep myself level headed and less stressed out when things get a little tough. Being a strong type A personality, like myself, I have found that I like to maintain a certain level of stress in order to operate. In my head, I need multiple things to be thinking about and doing in order to succeed. This has made it difficult to find things to bring my stress level down, because I feel like I can never completely relax and let go of responsibilities. For some people, watching television may be a relaxing activity, but that is a stress inducer for someone like me, who cannot be bored to relax. In trying to keep up with nursing school, it is incredibly important to develop ways to take care of yourself, …show more content…
There are things that I can do in order to achieve these goals that I have. I can definitely see, in these eight weeks of nursing school, that I need to take care of myself better. If I cannot hardly take care of myself, how am I supposed to care for other people? Another Elsevier study looked at “mindfulness-based stress reduction programs” and how they are effective for nurses and nurse aides. The study says, “Participants in the mindfulness intervention experienced significant improvements in burnout symptoms, relaxation, and life satisfaction. The results of this pilot study, together with a natural fit between mindfulness philosophy and nursing practice theory, suggest that mindfulness training is a promising method for helping those in the nursing profession manage stress” (Elsevier). This is great because there is so much research to back up nursing students and the stress that they go through, and there is also a lot of information on how to effectively take care of yourself as a nursing