Hello all! Thanks first of all for your hard work. My wife, after a decade as a biologist / lab monkey, is currently back in school to become a nurse. Never seen her so passionate about something and she's doing great in classes and clinicals, so I'd say the move was the right one for her.
I'm looking to get a list of small gifts I could get her as she goes along that would leave a nurse / nursing student saying "AWESOME" :) I got her a few "bigger" items already based on other feedback (Danskos shoes, lapel nurses' watch, etc.), but is there any other secret little things that might be good for occasions? Pedicures (given the time on the feet), etc?
Bless your heart. A nice day at the spa, a mani-pedi, a quiet dinner (for a treat, have it catered in), and a good little bit of marital bliss would make almost any woman's day. How thoughtful!
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I am a single student so I don't really have anyone but myself to worry about. All my married classmates complain, they wish their husbands really understood how tough nursing school is and would help out more with the day to day household stuff. That said, if you have kids, do everything you can to take them out of the way so she can study quietly a few hours a day or each weekend. If no kids, maybe just making sure the shopping, laundry, cooking and cleaning are done as much as you can help her with these tasks. I know when my mom cooks me dinner once a week, it is the best meal I'm going to eat all week. I usually prefer to have dinner with her after I have clinicals once a week. The night before clinicals would be nice too, but I have too much to do from going to the hospital to review charts and preparing med cards for the next morning that I can't count on being able to sit down and eat a meal with mom. Keep lots of snack size packages on hand - baby carrots, granola/cereal bars, nuts, dried fruit or trail mix is always nice to have when studying.
You are officially a great husband! I agree with GrnTea, a nice, quiet dinner and a little bit of together time is always appreciated. I also love getting starbucks/coffee shop gift cards, going to coffee shops is my personal guilty pleasure. Also, I've gotten little nurse things like pins and bookmarks that are just fun to have and good motivation. If she doesn't have it, a lunchbox can be nice if she brings her lunch from home-an insulated lunch box/bag and an ice pack increases your options of what to bring by about 1000% if she doesn't have access to a fridge. There are plenty of websites with nursing stuff ranging from inexpensive fun stuff to expensive technology. Also, any NCLEX review books for the specific classes she is taking that semester will go a long way, she can study her content and study for the NCLEX at the same time!
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Bless your heart. A nice day at the spa, a mani-pedi, a quiet dinner (for a treat, have it catered in), and a good little bit of marital bliss would make almost any woman's day. How thoughtful!
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