Just Started Nursing School!

[YoungNurseInTraining]

I just started college and my study is nursing. I'm starting out great, though nursing classes haven't yet started. I'm still trying to adapt to college life & the only thing that seems to bug me at my small college ( Brown Mackie ) is that I am only 18 and I'm surrounded by people that are minimum 5+ years older and some even could be my grandma! I need advice in fitting in with the other older nursing students and how to handle being on my own since at the moment they don't want anything to do with me because I'm so young..

[SleeepyRN]

I am in second semester of nursing school right now and my nursing friends are the greatest friends I've ever had! The best thing about them is that we support each other's emotion and feeling during school. Your nursing friends are the only ones who can understand what you are going through in school. Dont be afraid to talk and make friends. In nursing, you need to open up and be more social.

I'm very glad you are having a good experience. Many many many people don't. Sometimes it takes people the hard way to learn that you can't always trust what you say to a "friend."

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

Thanks LadyFree. I obviously got worked up and defensive. Its because I care so much about student success

I totally understand SleepyRN. I understood it, I hope we have "clarified" it enough, lol...Just appreciate your honesty. I think we all want to have "friends" and the need to belong...however, you point of the commonality of being in nursing school she may have overlooked, regardless, I think your posts had a great way of giving sound advice. I hope she can take what is useful, and have great success in nursing school...it is just the beginning for the OP...