I met with my nursing advisor today--I'm starting in the fall--and she was giving me the rundown on what I need to have for clinicals. Yep, I gotta have white pants! My favorite! (not) Guess I'll be stocking up on neutral-colored undies too. The pants will be worn with a polo-style shirt with the school's patch on it. Should I buy more than one pair? Is it easy to get stains out of them? Do they make them in petite sizes? What do you all wear at your school?
I want to get the right pair of shoes, too. Any recommendations? Something relatively inexpensive and not unattractive.
My instructor recommended getting the Littman stethoscope, saying it was a good quality one and would last me many years. I wouldn't know one from another--is this a good one to get?
Registration starts tomorrow--I hope it goes smoothly--one less thing to worry about. Some other things I am worrying about are: financial aid, finding my immunization records, having a physical (something I've put off but needed anyway), getting that hep B shot, taking CPR...I can't wait until it's all taken care of and everything falls into place.
There are going to be only 20 people in the weekend/evening nursing program at my school this fall. Everyone will take the same classes at the same time over the 2-year period. I like that--it sounds like a good opportunity to really get to know my classmates. Hopefully they will all be nice people! (another thing I worry about; I tend to be shy and don't make friends easily). I asked my advisor how many people had applied and she said "a lot". Wish I knew how many, just out of curiosity. It's a BSN program, btw--you have to have all your prereqs done in advance, that's why it takes "only" 2 years to get the BSN.
Well, this got to be long. I really only meant to talk about the white pants, but thanks for letting me unload all this other stuff too.
