First Day of Nursing School

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I wanted to start this thread again. I've seen so many posts about first days and have lived vicariously through those posts. Now, with that first day steadily approaching, I'd like to start my own thread. I start school on the 21st of August, and I thought that I'd go ahead and start a thread so that it will be good and ready for that first day post. As of now, I have pretty much everything done except I have to have my second PPD read on Monday. I welcome comments from everyone. After all, we are all in this together!

My first day is Monday. I am so excited and nervous. Actually, I am a bit surprised at how anxious I am this weekend. Though it is my last weekend of "freedom", there is still a lot to do. I feel that I should be getting extra sleep, making sure all my ducks are in a row, and ensuring that all the household chores are done for the week.

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My first day is Monday. I am so excited and nervous. Actually I am a bit surprised at how anxious I am this weekend. Though it is my last weekend of "freedom", there is still a lot to do. I feel that I should be getting extra sleep, making sure all my ducks are in a row, and ensuring that all the household chores are done for the week.[/quote']

I am in my third semester and that feeling has not gone away :/ Try to enjoy the weekend, sleep, be lazy, anything that you feel you need to get out your system! Good luck to you and congrats!!!

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Just checked Blackboard and the powerpoints for my 'Math for Nurses' class are posted. Reviewed Lecture 1 and it seems very simple. This is coming from a person who hated College Algebra and Statistics.

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I am in my third semester and that feeling has not gone away :/ Try to enjoy the weekend, sleep, be lazy, anything that you feel you need to get out your system! Good luck to you and congrats!!!

Thanks! This morning we woke up at 6:30, got some Dunkin' and walked over to the dog beach. Drinking coffee while watching dogs attack the waves was very relaxing. Today I am going to bake brownies, pumpkin mac & cheese (it's healthy...) and clean the house in my jammies. I feel a lot calmer.

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I'm nervous, but not sure why, tomorrow is simply a 2 hour lecture and it will mostly be covering what to do, the syllabus, orientation, etc. It might just be because I know how hard it's going to be, and I'm concerned if we'll be able to balance four children, our marriage, our home and nursing school. It's a big step and it begins tomorrow! Eeek!

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Tomorrow is my first day. I have a 2 hour lecture, and an hour after that, I have a 3 hour skills lab session. I have read the 4 chapters that the first lecture is supposed to cover.

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Just checked Blackboard and the powerpoints for my 'Math for Nurses' class are posted. Reviewed Lecture 1 and it seems very simple. This is coming from a person who hated College Algebra and Statistics.

Oh no, don't mention the dreaded "S" word (statistics). I still have nightmares; I might need therapy!

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Oh no, don't mention the dreaded "S" word (statistics). I still have nightmares; I might need therapy!

Agreed. If my Stats course doesn't transfer when I go to get my BSN, I might throw a rock at the advisor.

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Agreed. If my Stats course doesn't transfer when I go to get my BSN, I might throw a rock at the advisor.

It should; I HAD to have stats for my BSN, but the community colleges around here didn't require it.

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Okay, I know y'all love updates to help your anxiety! So here was my first day of nursing school. I had Fundamentals lecture and Skills Lab. Fundamentals covered 4 chapters using powerpoints, my teacher was very interactive and funny. She asked us a lot of thought provoking questions and all of the responses I gave her were well received. I'm not a teacher's pet but I do like to make myself known so I always participate when teachers ask a question or try to have a discussion. So that kind of eased my worries.

My Skills Lab teacher, who will also be our clinical instructor, is very nice and made it clear that her goal in life was to break down the idea that nursing instructors have to be evil and hateful. She said she started nursing school with the goal to be an NP, but once she had a few bad instructors, she turned to teaching because she thinks the best way to curb the idea of 'nurses eat their young' is to educate student nurses in a way that encourages 'caring' in all aspects, even amongst each other. So that looks good.

Unfortunately, I bought my clinical supply packet the day I got my letter, which was last semester in April, and a few things have changed since then. So, I am missing some syringes and some other things. I think I will be able to exchange the packet though, and even if not, it is solely for lab practice and the teacher said she has extras of most things.

I have a reading assignment of 4 or 5 chapters for next Theory lecture, and a reading assignment of 7 chapters for next Skills Lab. Our teachers did well to show us how to cover a large amount of text, though. Our book has objectives and our syllabus has objectives for each lecture. So we just find material relevant to the objectives and read that. I'm excited!

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Today was my first day of nursing school and it wasn't bad. I think we spent most of the day going over paperwork and signing forms. There was a two and a half hour orientation followed by a welcome luncheon and then a two hour lecture. Our first exam is the day after Labor Day and covers eight chapters. Can you say ouch?

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My first day is tomorrow! It is a short lecture class; only an hour and 15 minutes. However, on Thursday I have classes from 8 to 1. I will definitely be updating!

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