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Hello! I am looking for ideas on what to include in a nursing school survival kit. My class is wanting to make some to welcome the new students of the next class. I need ideas that are fun and cheap as we may be using our own funds. Some ideas we have already are: index cards (for flashcards), maybe a small calculator, a fun pen, chocolate, maybe a pen light (with a note saying there is light at the end of the tunnel), or maybe a few medical jokes (with a note saying something about keeping your sense of humor). Does anyone have any good ideas?
Hello! I am looking for ideas on what to include in a nursing school survival kit. My class is wanting to make some to welcome the new students of the next class. I need ideas that are fun and cheap as we may be using our own funds. Some ideas we have already are: index cards (for flashcards), maybe a small calculator, a fun pen, chocolate, maybe a pen light (with a note saying there is light at the end of the tunnel), or maybe a few medical jokes (with a note saying something about keeping your sense of humor). Does anyone have any good ideas?
I think chocolate and coffee would be excellent ideas!
Maybe even some trial size bubble bath or massage cream would be nice.
What a fun project!
Shel
Hello! I am looking for ideas on what to include in a nursing school survival kit. My class is wanting to make some to welcome the new students of the next class. I need ideas that are fun and cheap as we may be using our own funds. Some ideas we have already are: index cards (for flashcards), maybe a small calculator, a fun pen, chocolate, maybe a pen light (with a note saying there is light at the end of the tunnel), or maybe a few medical jokes (with a note saying something about keeping your sense of humor). Does anyone have any good ideas?
I think chocolate and coffee would be excellent ideas!
Maybe even some trial size bubble bath or massage cream would be nice.
What a fun project!
Shel
How about this:
Moisturizer. Rationale: Take care of yourself. You can't help others until you help yourself first.
Life Savers. R: Actively listen to what your patients tell you. It saves lives.
Visine. R: Tears - many will be shed and that's a good thing. When the tears stop it's time to move on.
Pencils. R: Write down your memorable moments.
Balls &/or Other Small Toys. R: Have fun. Nursing is stressful. Exercise and laughing relieve stress. If you aren't happy, find a new job.
Hershey's Hugs & Kisses. R: Give them. Receive them. Eat them. Chocolate is a good thing.
How about this:
Moisturizer. Rationale: Take care of yourself. You can't help others until you help yourself first.
Life Savers. R: Actively listen to what your patients tell you. It saves lives.
Visine. R: Tears - many will be shed and that's a good thing. When the tears stop it's time to move on.
Pencils. R: Write down your memorable moments.
Balls &/or Other Small Toys. R: Have fun. Nursing is stressful. Exercise and laughing relieve stress. If you aren't happy, find a new job.
Hershey's Hugs & Kisses. R: Give them. Receive them. Eat them. Chocolate is a good thing.
Last year's first-year students made up a list of "things they wish they had known" when they entered the program, and the list was distributed to us incoming students a few months before we started school.
It contained things like
-buy a rolling backpack
-get a filesaver clipboard for clinicals (it opens up to store papers, calculators, bandage scissors, etc.)
-get a Palm Pilot and download Davis's Drug Guide and Taber's so you'll have your resources handy at clinicals
-other program-specific information to help the new students become familiar with the specifics of the program/school
I know that a list isn't all that "tangible", but I really found it to be helpful. Perhaps you could make up a list and add it to the survival kits you're making?
Let us know how your survival kits turn out!
Highlighters, mini stapler
Hello! I am looking for ideas on what to include in a nursing school survival kit. My class is wanting to make some to welcome the new students of the next class. I need ideas that are fun and cheap as we may be using our own funds. Some ideas we have already are: index cards (for flashcards), maybe a small calculator, a fun pen, chocolate, maybe a pen light (with a note saying there is light at the end of the tunnel), or maybe a few medical jokes (with a note saying something about keeping your sense of humor). Does anyone have any good ideas?
mstockwe
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Hello! I am looking for ideas on what to include in a nursing school survival kit. My class is wanting to make some to welcome the new students of the next class. I need ideas that are fun and cheap as we may be using our own funds. Some ideas we have already are: index cards (for flashcards), maybe a small calculator, a fun pen, chocolate, maybe a pen light (with a note saying there is light at the end of the tunnel), or maybe a few medical jokes (with a note saying something about keeping your sense of humor). Does anyone have any good ideas?