i am half way done with nursing school and i am to the point where i cannot stand half of my class. i am a pretty average student, not the best and not the worst. i’ve never worked in the healthcare field and the first time i stepped into a hospital was my first day of clinical. i just wanted to share my annoyances…as the student who didn’t have a heads up of what to expect. i wish i was forewarned about the social aspect of nursing school because in reality you would be spending about 2 years with the same people and you are going to have to learn to tolerate them.
i have categorized my “annoyances” from most annoying to least annoying, although some people fall in several categories. (i really do feel like the stressors of nursing school are taken a toll on me causing me to be annoyed about everyone and everything but hey, here it goes)
1. the very competitive nursing students.
you may have been the smartest student in your anatomy class but now there are about 50 of you sitting in that classroom. each and everyone striving to be at the top of their class. a few of them are going to shine brighter than you. it is a very annoying feeling. you will develop some negative feelings towards them and try to find a few aspects of life that you are better at than them. well don't. befriend them, if anything they are a great resource
2. the students who study less but get better test scores.
i sat down to take my very first test in nursing school and i was stressed. i studied every single day since the lecture, i felt like i knew everything. the girl who sat next to me was also stressing but only because she crammed the night before. i got a 70% and she got a 95%. how is this fair? several people have told me that not everyone is a good test taker, i’d rather have a nurse that studies a lot then crams, etc, etc. umm no. she clearly knows what she is doing and her test scores prove it till this day.
3. the complainers. your instructors are people too, with their own personal lives, kids, hobbies, friends and some are still completing some sort of upper division courses for higher education.
teachers don’t get paid well; they don’t do this for money. they obviously love nursing and teaching. they are the most compassionate bunch of nurses you will ever meet. and guess what? at some point they have all been nursing students. it has recently become a pet peeve of mine, when i noticed a trend of several students constantly complaining about how much they dislike their teacher. if you don’t like something, tell the teacher! it's as simple as that. 99% of the time there is a fair rationale as to why they put that question on the test or why they gave you projects back to back or why your clinical schedule is so crappy. and the other 1% of the time? well, human error, don’t hold a grudge. and please don’t complain about teachers to other teachers, so incredibly unprofessional. they are collegues.
4. know-it-all's.
there will be at least one. the know-it-alls are in a completely different category as the competitive people or the people that get better test scores than you. if you state that you are unclear about something they will pull you aside and explain it to you in their own individual way. i know it sounds like they are trying to be helpful...but it won’t feel like that. it will feel like they have officially taken on the role of a teacher without anyone asking them to do so. when coming to class you almost expect them to jump up there and start lecturing. they correct the teacher, they interrupt lectures but most of all they think they are better than everyone. there were a handful of them in my class and it got to the point that when they would start talking i would deliberately ignore every single word they were saying, important or not. and the whole entire time, the only thing i wanted to remind them is that we are in the same classroom, learning the same subject; at the same level of nursing school so please do not act like you are above all. so if i could go back and do it again knowing this what would i do differently? i would ignore their behavior because two semesters later, they have been put in place several times by instructors and one of them failed a semester. (disclaimer: i am by no means happy that they failed out i am just trying to stress the point that even if people act like they know it all, they clearly don’t know it all)
5. those who don’t have to work while in nursing school.
you may come across a few people who constantly talk about how they are so grateful that their significant other is able to support them while they go to school. they can’t bare the thought of having to work while completing their education. and they will verbalize this every single day, after every single test. and here you are working full time because that is the only way you can support yourself. some call them fortunate, i call them annoying.
6. the ones who already work in the health care field.
it’s a tough economy out there. in case you haven’t heard….not many places are hiring new grads. the only worry in my mind at this point is passing nursing school. sooooo with that said….why is it so important to tell everyone, everyday that you have a job lined up for you because the clinical manager loves you oh so very much. if you say it once, that’s great j if you say it again after you are asked, that is awesome. but if you announce this to the whole class during the discussion of what they will do after they graduate… then that’s just boastful. not a single person would say, “hey good for you, look at how fortunate you are” and if they do they are lying.
anyway…well this is my little rant. whether you are in nursing school or waiting to enroll in a nursing program…this is what you should expect. i promise…there will be at least one person in your class that falls in each category…can’t wait to graduate so that i never have to see these people again!
how about everyone else? what is your annoyance with the social aspect of nursing school? i’d love to hear that i am not the only “annoyed beyond belief” one out there.
I worked as a CNA all through nursing school and WAS more knowledgable than the nursing students that thought they were too good to do CNA work...more power to ME!
First of all, I never said i was too good to do CNA work and second of all, REALLY? You thought you were more knowledgable than the other nursing students?
I think that you're right on all of your gripes---- i have many of those students that fit into every single category... except that i have one category to add to your list... how about those who don't even want to be in the nursing program and are just doing it for the money and or because their family WANTS them to?? i have a couple of classmates in my class that are like that.... me personally? i'm guilty of the student who studies less and does well... not ALL the time though, just on the ones that i have experiences on. I was a CNA 8 years ago and the clinical/work experience in that had prepared me to pass my entire 1st semester with a B+, the 2nd semester is kickin' my butt though---- Good luck to you and your nursing career.
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I find the ones that have the medical field experience are usually the ones that need less studying and do well... another thing that i found annoying are the ones that apply for student nurse positions and have NO prior experience get the position over the ones that HAVE prior experience and DON'T get the job... and usually those who have no prior experience and get the job are usually the ones that act as if they are the know it alls... LOL
Go ahead and vent away, but I'm honestly not worried about any of those things. Maybe it's age? Someone can sit next to me and brag all day and I would listen with half an ear and a polite smile. Don't let anyone that doesn't matter in your life affect your attitude. It's just not worth it.
Go ahead and vent away, but I'm honestly not worried about any of those things. Maybe it's age? Someone can sit next to me and brag all day and I would listen with half an ear and a polite smile. Don't let anyone that doesn't matter in your life affect your attitude. It's just not worth it.
Ha! Yes, people do get annoying, but the effect on you becomes less with age....Except for my utter annoyance with the guy who comes in late all the time, can't follow directions at all and is just plain-old dangerous in his nursing skills! There will always be someone in the program that EVERYONE is wondering, "How the he!! did he get in?"
LOL! Oh my. All of these people exist in my class too! I think end of 2nd and begining of 3rd is the peak of the annoyances. I know that the people I am most annoyed by on any given week, maybe my buddy the next.
BTW: I don't work, but I'll have to repay about $20k in student loans. I know it all, but I only answer if no one else says anything. I never read the books anymore but still get A's on the tests.... but that's because I really love this, and I think that everything has really started clicking. AND I listen to the lectures like 3X each and read the power points instead of obsessing over the Twilight books now. Ha!
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I don't work but I do have 4 kids and am a single parent half the year (husband works out of state from Nov to May) so that has to give me points for something HAHA
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
LOL! Oh my. All of these people exist in my class too! I think end of 2nd and begining of 3rd is the peak of the annoyances. I know that the people I am most annoyed by on any given week, maybe my buddy the next.
BTW: I don't work, but I'll have to repay about $20k in student loans. I know it all, but I only answer if no one else says anything. I never read the books anymore but still get A's on the tests.... but that's because I really love this, and I think that everything has really started clicking. AND I listen to the lectures like 3X each and read the power points instead of obsessing over the Twilight books now. Ha!
I obsess over the twilight books! (not in class though)
I am a second semester RN student and I agree with all the types you listed but one type is not...That is the My grand ma's second cousin brother had that or I went to the ER for that...this person or persons has a story for each and every one of the Instructor's comment. "AAAGGGHHHH!!! WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP ALREADY AND LET THE INSTRUCTOR TEACH " That is what I want to stand up and say to her. It so ANNOYING!!! ((Sigh)) now I feel better Thanks for letting me vent!!
There will always be someone in the program that EVERYONE is wondering, "How the he!! did he get in?".thumb.jpg.5aa4d55557c0228e31b94de19666bbbb.jpg){kind=small}
That is what I want to stand up and say to her. It so ANNOYING!!! ((Sigh)) now I feel better
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First of all, I never said i was too good to do CNA work and second of all, REALLY? You thought you were more knowledgable than the other nursing students?