Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 27, 2011

why aim to "just pass" why not aim to do your best? Why is it always "how many questions can I get wrong and still pass?" why isn't it "let's study and see if we can get the best score possible"?

Never understood the need to just hit the 75% mark. Why not aim higher and hope for the best? Sure not everyone is an awesome test taker but really people, why aim low?

<3nursing0329 · Sep 12, 2011

Just started school last week and I already need to get some stuff off my chest..... To the two girls that sit behind me in lecture, "I sit in the third row so that I can concentrate, not so that I can listen to you two talk about how class needs to end soon, or how bored you are. You knew you signed up for a class that went until three, so suck it up and don't expect lecture to be done before three." I don't know why people would sit in the fourth row and just talk the entire lecture. Some people actually want to learn about nursing.

NopeNotToday, LPN, LVN · Oct 13, 2011

haha! i am guilty of it at times as well.. BUT when it comes to debating the ENTIRE test and remembering all 100+ questions.. i have to close my ears.. my brain is way past overload at that point :chair: and im just glad that ONE test is over!

momtojosh · Oct 13, 2011

i am not in the RN program yet...but there are some in my A & P 2 class that are in their first semester...what pains in the butts they must be....complaining that they have to practically teach themselves...complaining that they have a test after a long 3 day week end...BOOWOO.....i had test after midwinter and easter breaks...take your books with you and STUDY for crying outloud....oh and this one woman...yes woman....she is ALWAYS asking her classmates how to do something.......and from what i gather she is a high A student....her mouth is loud and so very annoying......i am SO glad i am not in that group.....i miss my LPN classmate who sat behind me who said Jesus Christ every time one of those annoying people would start...:gtch:

blackandyellow · Oct 13, 2011

1.) To the girl that knows everything due to being a CNA for 6 months and working in a nursing home please refrain from having something to say every 2 minutes it delays everything.

2.) To the person that always argues with the instructor. Maybe your C's you get on your test would be A's if you would shut your mouth and open your ears and hear why you got those answers wrong instead of holding up the rest of the class.

3.) To the person new to the nursing field with her preconceived notions of nursing being all warm and fuzzy and is upset during clinicals that her 2 patient assignment is too much and constantly complains about it. Wait until you get into the real world.

And I hope the mentioned 3 flunk out this semester so I do not have to go through another semester of this. You are the reason many of us go out for margaritas after class.

keepmovingrn · Oct 13, 2011

LMAO!

CBsMommy · Oct 13, 2011

In case I haven't said it before, "I can't wait to never see you again". Graduation in 64 days, 1 hour, 57 minutes and 16 seconds!

Constantly Surprised · Oct 13, 2011

1.) To the girl that knows everything due to being a CNA for 6 months and working in a nursing home please refrain from having something to say every 2 minutes it delays everything.
2.) To the person that always argues with the instructor. Maybe your C's you get on your test would be A's if you would shut your mouth and open your ears and hear why you got those answers wrong instead of holding up the rest of the class.
3.) To the person new to the nursing field with her preconceived notions of nursing being all warm and fuzzy and is upset during clinicals that her 2 patient assignment is too much and constantly complains about it. Wait until you get into the real world.
And I hope the mentioned 3 flunk out this semester so I do not have to go through another semester of this. You are the reason many of us go out for margaritas after class.

You must be in my class!

Might I also add the 2 girls in class who think what they have to whisper very audibly to each other is more important than what the instructor is teaching even though I paid to hear her speak, not them. And the other girl who has a long winded question about everything; and I do mean EVERYTHING! :rolleyes:

bcems134 · Oct 14, 2011

If you can't afford to buy your own books for school, maybe you should not get that $300 tattoo you have scheduled for tomorrow after clinical.

anneuhbanana · Oct 14, 2011

Thank you person, who doesn't study for any test until the morning of for bragging about it like you are so cool. Like your 72 was pretty good considering. I do not care. You will never be my nurse and I pray that you do not pass the NCLEX.

To the other person who always has a story, even if it involves a 6 year old going to college(exaggeration), we know you are lying so stop making things up!

As for the person who gets up every 15 minutes to go to the bathroom, when they don't even have a drink....please stop snorting that crack I doubt you'll pass any drug test. NO one goes that often.

Clovery · Oct 14, 2011

You really don't need that rolling suitcase of a backpack... it's ridiculous, makes it impossible for me to get to my seat (since you always get there super early and sit on the end of the row) and we never even use our books in class.

It's been said 100 times already, but no one in lecture cares about your mom/brother/kid/cat that had this or that disease or procedure. The instructor listens to you to be polite, but everyone just wants you to **** and stop wasting our time. Very rarely these stories add anything of interest to the lecture.

Your phone vibrating on the desk is just as much of an annoyance and distraction as your crappy ringtone. Keep it in your pocket if you need to have it on. It vibrates so you can FEEL it.

There's a time and place for jokes and silliness. Yes, I have a sense of humor. Please don't be disrespectful to our instructors because it makes me look bad too. I don't mind laughing about it in the parking lot -- let's save it for then. Also, don't talk to me during class. Your boredom/ADHD is not my problem.

You DO realize we're not supposed to be talking about our patients in the hospital lobby/cafeteria/elevator/etc?! We do a post-conference in a private area for a reason.

To the girl who insisted we carpool during my first semester -- I started to ignore your calls and give you the cold shoulder because I was pregnant, you drove with your knees with a cup of hot tea between your thighs, your phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and there was a rotting shrimp cocktail on the floor of your car.

wanna b · Oct 14, 2011

You really don't need that rolling suitcase of a backpack... it's ridiculous, makes it impossible for me to get to my seat (since you always get there super early and sit on the end of the row) and we never even use our books in class.
It's been said 100 times already, but no one in lecture cares about your mom/brother/kid/cat that had this or that disease or procedure. The instructor listens to you to be polite, but everyone just wants you to **** and stop wasting our time. Very rarely these stories add anything of interest to the lecture.
Your phone vibrating on the desk is just as much of an annoyance and distraction as your crappy ringtone. Keep it in your pocket if you need to have it on. It vibrates so you can FEEL it.
There's a time and place for jokes and silliness. Yes, I have a sense of humor. Please don't be disrespectful to our instructors because it makes me look bad too. I don't mind laughing about it in the parking lot -- let's save it for then. Also, don't talk to me during class. Your boredom/ADHD is not my problem.
You DO realize we're not supposed to be talking about our patients in the hospital lobby/cafeteria/elevator/etc?! We do a post-conference in a private area for a reason.
To the girl who insisted we carpool during my first semester -- I started to ignore your calls and give you the cold shoulder because I was pregnant, you drove with your knees with a cup of hot tea between your thighs, your phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and there was a rotting shrimp cocktail on the floor of your car.

LMAO!! :lol2: