A Few of my Favorite Things about Nursing School

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i love nursing school and i can't wait to be a nurse so i can love that even more. i may sound like a pollyanna but, i enjoy all of the responsibilities, hard work, and exams. i admire my instructors and the nurses at clinicals. the future that stands ahead of me thrills me to no end.

here are a few of my favorite things:

  • nursing school has made me an organized person. at least as far as nursing school goes, anyway. i imagine that it will spill over into other aspects of my life as soon as my life is not consumed by nursing school.
  • i thought i was a grown-up until i went to nursing school. nursing school helped me realized all of the growing-up i still lacked. everyday i am confronted by something that i can do to improve.
  • my brain is finally engaged. it feels fantastic to have a challenge. i get an incredible rush sometimes when i am surround by literal piles of books and the clouds are opening around whatever concept i am learning...and i think to myself "i love nursing school."
  • somehow, in the thick of this incredibly demanding education, i have discovered a profound sense of happiness and contentment.
  • in a world with dwindling kindness, i am given the opportunity twice a week to treat my patients with kindness and show that there are still many people who care...nurses.

i am midway through my nursing education now. yet still, i wake up each day excited about this education and my future profession.

what are your favorite things about nursing school and nursing?

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I'm not there yet but I am already as excited as you are about nursing school!! :nurse: I can't wait!!! Only 3 more quarters!!

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Really enjoyed your posts thank you. I'm really looking foward to Nursing school this fall after I read that.

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Specializes in LTC and School Health.

This reminds me of me when i was in nursing school. I miss it sometimes.

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I'm not in nursing school yet, I start in the fall. I'm going crazy waiting for September. This wait is waaaay more mind boggling than the admissions decision wait! :-)

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I agree with you! I thought the wait for acceptance was bad but waiting for classes to s is worse!!! I start in August!

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Specializes in L&D.

I also really love school! I love the teachers, and the students, and the patients. Sometimes the unknown scares me, but I also get a great thrill out of all of it.

I also love the relationships that you form with your fellow classmates.

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Honestly I hate it and it's dysfunction. It's all consuming and completely draining! I'm burnt out. I hate doing tech work during clinicals, spending 6 hours writing each care plan only to be told its just ok, which in my program means not acceptable. I'm sure a lot of what I'm feeling has to do with the school/ program I chose. I do love the subject, the physiology, helping people, caring for patients and I do love that my brain is turned on and I feel smarter and quicker in everything I do not just school... But man am I ready for this program to be over with!

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Specializes in ER, Med-surg.

I haven't started yet, but I just got my books and for once I find myself actually wanting to use and READ(yes read) the text books. Since I was in high school I never really read my text books or studied much. I'm so excited about nursing and I know how important it is to get a good GPA in nursing courses that I'm encouraged and afraid to not start out running. :lol2: I can't wait until classes start!

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I feel the same way! I am so excited nervous anxious and scared about the whole thing. I think the wait for classes to start is worse than waiting for the acceptance letter! When do you start?!

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Specializes in General Internal Medicine, ICU.

Now that I'm working...my favouite part of nursing school is everything.

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Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

I seriously miss nursing school. A lot. I graduated last May, and I see a lot of my classmates who repeated posting about how they can't wait until they get in the real world... I guess there are a lot of good real world experiences, but my first hospital job was subpar and made me consider quitting nursing. I hope that no one goes through such a bad experience, but enjoy nursing school while you are in it, and learn all you can when you have that instructor putting you under her license. Being the licensed staff in charge can be stressful.

My favorite part of nursing school was college. I love college. ((((Sings Asher Roth)))) :cool:

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