This might be fun. You all know the different types of nursing students you go to school with. For instance:
The guy student who has the palm pilot with all the latest programs, which he plays with for hours on end, fanny pack, scissors of varying sizes, hemostats, and all kinds of gizmos attached to his pack. Always this type wants to work in the ICU's or ER upon graduation, wants to be where the ACTION is!
There's the beauty queen, full face make up, eyes made up like a cats, always dressed to the 9's even in scrubs or that awful school smock you may have to wear, every curl neatly in place, perfect lips. Looking for that MD to replace her RN upon graduation.
The studious student. In her/his back pack are not one, not two, but at least 4 - 1500 page nursing testbooks, at least 2 tape recorders and multiple notebooks. Sits in the front row but no one really knows her/him, disappears after classes.
How about the student who has no idea what's due or when it's due let alone what class their sitting in or when the next test is or what day it is or .. oh wait, that's me!
The Warner - The warner stops by your table in the eatery, he is one year ahead of you in nursing school. You and your friends from class are eating, studying and quizzing each other, but he can't just say hi, he stops, shakes his head, takes a deep sigh as he looks over your shoulder at your notes and states "You all are never gonna make it." and then strolls off:rotfl:
Don't forget the freeloader. The one who wants a copy of everything, help with everything (actually for you to do it FOR him) whine about having to work 8 hours a week, complains that he never has time to study and can't pass tests, yet he has plenty of time to cheat on his wife at work
The I'm-going-for-the-big-bucks student nurse: He's handsome, has a mustache, seems to coast with his grades and will tell anyone who will listen that he has no intention of actually "being" a nurse, yuk!. He's going to graduate and sell pharmaceuticals and make the BIG BUCKS! :chuckle
How about the mr/ms perfect who scores >95% on every exam, and the one time she gets less than that, she's made appointments with everyone from the professor, course coordinator, and the dean complaining that the test was unfair.
The student who sleeps through or skips almost every class, then shows up one hour before an exam, sits down with your study group and says, "tell me everything I need to know".
The student who can't take it upon herself to read about skills in her book or attend the demonstrations, then while in the lab grabs your arm as you're passing by and asks, "how do you do this skill?"
The student who is soooo incompetent and may not be dealing with a full deck, if you know what I mean, and you look at them and think, if I were a patient and found out he/she were my nurse, I'd turn around and leave.
I could go on but some of what I might say may offend people.
How about the mr/ms perfect who scores >95% on every exam, and the one time she gets less than that, she's made appointments with everyone from the professor, course coordinator, and the dean complaining that the test was unfair.
Oh, that same person went to school with me - they must not have passed their boards!!!!!!!!! :chuckle
If NurseWeasel, Marie and I weren't in totally different programs, I would swear we were in school together!!!!
We have a student that knows everyone even if she glanced at them once at the supermarket and is anxious to fill you in on the complete details of their life....we call her channel 40. (after a local news station)
Now as to the "pretty" girls. One of my favorite clinical cohorts is always, made up, freshly pressed etc. How she manages to be pretty, perfect and perky at 0630 is something I am constantly amazed out. Woe however to anyone who underestimates this woman. She is brilliant and clinically gifted. With a deliciously wicked sense of humor, and happily married. Me I roll out of bed, brush my teeth, grab the coffee, clinical gear and hit the door. And for the record no woman is truly ugly. We just, as a society, have some warped perceptions of "beauty".
The only student that scaaaaares the hell out of me is the one that can't say "I don't know." or "I was wrong." To me that smacks of danger. We all can't know everything and we are not always going to be right. (Except the instructor, of course :rotfl: )
How about the guy who WON'T SHUT UP, every time the teacher is lecturing, he has to to make comments/ask questions, needs more detail, etc., asking about things that are irrelevant to testing material, so everyone has 10 minutes wasted from class?! :angryfire
:rotfl: :rotfl: You know I am laughing because I know this situation ALL TOO WELL. I swear this guy was in my A&P!!
Gampopa
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How about the student who has no idea what's due or when it's due let alone what class their sitting in or when the next test is or what day it is or .. oh wait, that's me!
