Superstitions???

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As I'm sitting here making my med cards, I realized I have a superstition that gets me through. I religiously watch deathly hallows part 1 & 2 while I study and make note cards. (waving my nerd flag) I, for some reason (?), find it comforting and I feel like I can concentrate better when it's on.

Hey whatever gets us through, right?!?

So what's your superstition?! I'd love to know! :-)

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I have a necklace that I wore to my first nursing school exam and I just have to wear it to every single exam otherwise my world just might end :p I'm super nervous because we have a med calc test on the first day of clinical and we're not allowed to wear jewelry! I hope it will still work as my "good luck charm" while in my uniform pocket! Haha but I totally understand the superstitions!

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Specializes in Med/surg, Onc.

I wear 4 leaf clover earrings for my exams. I figure it can't hurt right? ;)

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Specializes in Emergency.

I am a huge "note-carder" and I seem to always have reruns of House MD playing ever so softly in the background...

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LOL sounds just like me! I put on Disney channel! If I have it on the news it's hard to concentrate. I hate the news and it just makes me sad, so I watch happy things!

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I'm so glad I'm not the only one with a 'routine'! Lol I love these!

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During my pre-reqs I would put my West Wing DVDs on in the background while I studied for tests, and during tests I would wear my pearl earrings that my husband bought me a few years ago. I don't know what my weird little routines will be be once I start my program, but I am sure I will have some.

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I have a necklace (with 2 charms that both have very important meanings behind them) that I've worn for every pre-nursing and nursing exam since I started the program. I've gotten an A on every test so there is no way I would take a test without it!

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Specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

I think this is more of a habit/routine rather than a superstition, but when I study alone, I'm ALWAYS at Starbucks listening to non-lyrical music (usually electric/dubstep) and drinking either a hot or iced cafe mocha with soy and no whip. Haha. It has gotten me through first semester pretty well so no reason why I should stop :D

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I've used the same calculator on every single exam.

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I wear my lucky blue canvas converse high tops

Every test.

I also read my notes into a tape recorder, while Disney music is playing in background.

Then when I sleep I listen to it, with monsters inc playing

This works I was valedictorian in my Lon program, and keeping a 4.0 in RN program.

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Back when I first returned to school, my daughter gave me a lucky charm for me on exam day.

Well, bless her little pre-teen heart, because she gave me her Jonas Brothers pencil.

And I used it for many many exams-- with varied results.

I did get razzed about it, but I have a good sense of humor and joked that Joe was my favorite-- and don't no one rip on Joe or my pencil! :laugh:

By the time I was finishing up nursing school, the Jonas Brothers were passe and my daughter (by then a teenager) could not believe I still had the pencil and had the nerve to use it.

I told her that was exactly why I loved being an old fart-- we don't really care what others think and we embrace our inner dork.

I also told her that I would always remember her giving it to me and that it meant a lot to me that she did that... therefore, I would continue to use it.

I'm also ashamed to admit that I felt anxious if I did not have it!

I've been a nurse for two years now...

Thanks, Joe!

:sarcastic:

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