What would you want?

[RN1488]

We will be having a new student orientation soon at my college. During the process, we have drawings. We always give away a textbook or study aid, but what would be something you would want to get for free?

We have had suggestions such as highlighters, post-its, index cards, and notebooks. Someone suggested a computer, but our budget is NOT that big.

Do any of you have suggestions of items you would like to receive?

Thanks for your input!:heartbeat

[birdinflight]

Truth be told, I would have loved to get a book on stress management techniques, or something along those lines. I knew NS was going to require lots of study time and mental investment but I had no idea how emotionally taxing it was going to be. So that's what I would want.

[VolunteerCPR]

I won my uniform vest and patches for free at mine :)

[pc2801]

At orientation the nursing student association did a raffle as a fund raiser. They raffled off a huge number of books from texts, reference books,pocket guides, test review books, publisher review copies, 2 jackets required for the program, a couple of tote bags, and some DVDs that can be used as reference material. It was a huge hit, tickets were $1/ea or 10/$5. It seemed like 3 or 4 students won 7-8 books each. I got a test review book and a pocket guide for clinicals.

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

Ha. It would appear that my reply, an attempt at humor, was deleted. I love it.

[Pneumothorax, BSN, RN]

i donated a pair of brand new scrubs to my orientees this fall bc they were too big for me. ($60+ worth!)

so scrubs, textbooks ill need, school supplies, iclicker thing, hoodie (class gets cold and boring ya know) starbucks gc is a good idea, so is the gas card

most important: beer. if u cant do that, red bull LOL