trying to survive

RedSox33RN · Nov 5, 2004

Welcome!

You've come to the right boards! This whole site is loaded with tips and encouragement and answers to tough questions. We get a lot of "well-seasoned" nurses that help us out, as well as nursing students who are ahead of us in school. Ask any question and you're sure to get many great answers. :)

purplekath · Nov 6, 2004

Welcome Jennifer!!

Tips?? Let's see...don't expect nursing school to be like anything you've ever studied or done before. Remind yourself that you are strong, you've come so far and that you're capable of learning anything you put your mind to.

Lower your housework standards and try to keep your sense of humour. Come here and vent after a bad day. Drop your bundle now and then, curl up in a ball and cry - then pick yourself up the next day and remind yourself that you're one day closer to being a nurse!

Don't be disappointed by people who have never been to nursing school. Sometimes they won't understand what you're facing, and sometimes you have to be your own cheer squad!

Learn to prioritise - your time is now worth more than gold! So use it wisely, and don't beat yourself up for stuff you don't get to. Keep your focus - your goal is to be a NURSE, not to get the best grades in the class. Nursing school is transient, but NURSING will be with you for life. So focus on that.

And finally, this last bit comes from a very wise instructor (who left to go back to nursing!) -- in the first week she told us that when you don that uniform you are invited into people's private world. As a nurse you will care for people in the most intimate ways possible. You will support people through the most physically, emotionally and mentally vulnerable times of their lives. There is no greater burden, and no greater gift - so use it wisely!!

Best wishes in your studies!

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Nov 6, 2004

Ill tell you somethings Ive thought and learned..

1. A dirty house is OK.

2. peanut butter and jelly is gourmet

3. paper plates and plastic ware is a girls best friend

4. sex!!! What sex?

5. Take pictures of your children now cause you wont see them until it's over

6. I used to scream when I saw a pile of laundy,now I laugh "Ya thats gettin done."

7. Get you a book light ,you will be doing alot of all night read- a- thons

There are more ,but you guessed it Ive been up studying and have no more thinking ability.....:)

hello i am new to nursing school any tips