How many people really keep in touch after nursing school?

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Hey everyone,

Just out of curiosity....... do people really keep in touch after nursing school? I always hear that everyone met their best friend in nursing school, and i'm not sure i'll be that person :devil:

Have you guys kept in touch with your college mates, or is it just a lot of hype?:uhoh3:

:clown: Thanks! :clown:

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Specializes in ICU, MedSurg, Medical Telemetry.

It depends. My best friend/study partner in nursing school lives in Ohio and we've had to make a conscious effort to remain in contact. Thank Heaven for facebook and the fact that both of us work night. Once a week to about once a month, we'll try to arrange a phone convo -- which of course lasts for HOURS, lol.

I don't really talk to most everyone else in my nursing class, though. My study partner and I spent so many hours together during those hellacious four years, though, that I would hate to lose contact with her.

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I have with my closest (though one has been recently mia... have to track that girl down...) and hope to never lose them. Going into nursing school, I felt like you did - just could not see myself becoming great friends with anyone else in the program. I am so glad I was wrong, because I met some of the most amazing people ever who have become some of my closest friends. I think it's hard to go through such a rigorous program, with so many ups and downs, without bonding to your at least some of your classmates. Also, it is sooo nice to have them to talk to about things at work and other nursing stuff, because my other friends (as well-meaning as they are) could never understand like they do. (And I am not going to talk to the nurses at work about these things, because I am keeping work life and social life separate... my coworkers are great but i am not at work to make friends - too many problems!) On that note, the classmates I became closest with and remain good friends with... our friendship doesn't revolve around nursing. We can talk about other things, do other things and still have a great time. It gets very boring when the only thing you have to talk about is school/work... Love them dearly and couldn't imagine having gone through school without them!

Hope you meet some great people! :)

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Gosh I met of my dearest friends in nursing school..We keep in touch all time..I was really blessed with the opportunity to meet such a wonderful person,I cannot to begin to tell you how much this person helped through nursing school.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I graduated in 1977 -- and a group of us are still in touch.

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Specializes in MDS/Office.
Hey everyone,

Just out of curiosity....... do people really keep in touch after nursing school? I always hear that everyone met their best friend in nursing school, and i'm not sure i'll be that person :devil:

Have you guys kept in touch with your college mates, or is it just a lot of hype?:uhoh3:

:clown: Thanks! :clown:[/quote

I met my VERY VERY BEST FRIEND in Nursing School.

J..... was EVERYTHING that I could ever ask for in a friend.

J..... was Loved by all.

J..... was my "Voice of Reason."

J..... was in my Wedding.

J..... remembered my Birthdays.

J..... was the neatest person in the World.

J..... was always there for me.

Then one day in November, she was killed by a Drunk Piece of Trash!!!

I'm lost without my Best Friend, who I met in Nursing School....:crying2::crying2::crying2:

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I met my VERY VERY BEST FRIEND in Nursing School.

J..... was EVERYTHING that I could ever ask for in a friend.

J..... was Loved by all.

J..... was my "Voice of Reason."

J..... was in my Wedding.

J..... remembered my Birthdays.

J..... was the neatest person in the World.

J..... was always there for me.

Then one day in November, she was killed by a Drunk Piece of Trash!!!

I'm lost without my Best Friend, who I met in Nursing School....:crying2::crying2::crying2:

My heart broke for you when I read this. I too would feel very, very lost. My friends are my world... Hugs to you, and I hope you find your way.

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Specializes in MDS/Office.
My heart broke for you when I read this. I too would feel very, very lost. My friends are my world... Hugs to you, and I hope you find your way.

Thanks for Caring.....:)

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a lot of us keep in touch on facebook and by email. i see a few at my new job. other than that, i don't meet up with them. i will with one, since she was a coworker at my old facility and we were friends before school started.

bella'smybaby, so sorry about your friend. :(

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Specializes in MDS/Office.
a lot of us keep in touch on facebook and by email. i see a few at my new job. other than that, i don't meet up with them. i will with one, since she was a coworker at my old facility and we were friends before school started.

bella'smybaby, so sorry about your friend. :(

thank you, kcochrane.....:)

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Specializes in Post-surgical nursing.

There is a group of us that keep in touch from our ADN program that graduated in December 2008. Some of us work together so it makes it easier. Also, the same group of us started a BSN completion program at a local university in Fall 2009, so now we see each other all day every Tuesday and we're stuck together for another two years. :p

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Specializes in Psych, EMS.

Yes, there's 5 of us that keep in touch! My grandmother still keeps in touch with her nursing school buds from +55 years ago

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