What I Learned My First Week In Nursing School

[mirandaaa]

• You cheat, you die.
  
• Basically don't post anything on social media. Ever.
  
• Pharmacology is going to be a nightmare.
  
• The manikins are freakin' astounding.
  
• My instructors are awesome.
  
• They keep the classrooms at approximately 32 degrees.
  

Those are basically the fun ones. Of course I learned actual nursing things as well.

Non-school related things:

• It is possible to eat out 4 lunches in a row and not die (although I feel like I might).
  
• I still don't know what triggers my anxiety (but I am determined to find out).
  
• Three words: Underoath. Reunion. Tour.
  

[TexRN, BSN, RN]

What I learned

-Enthusiasm will be mistaken for being bossy and overbearing.

-The classes are kept at 32 degrees.

-Every laptop will have an issue.

-My school included a gym membership but I don't need it because it takes 20 minutes to walk from my car to the library with 40lbs on my back.

Tomorrow is my 4th day, I didn't have classes today but I spent 7 hours studying patho. One class.

[augurey]

I also learned:

~You cheat, you die. (Also if you find out someone else is cheating and you don't report it)

~Don't post things on social media.

~My instructors are also awesome. Seriously, they are great.

Also:

~The classrooms are kept at about 80 degrees.

~We have access to the gym for hospital employees except that I'll have absolutely no time to utilize it.

~Get there early so you have a place to park, especially at the 8:00 class start times.

~While it's not a really long walk, the walking from the parking lot to the building is still going to... well, not be fun.

~Labs are fun. I expected to have performance anxiety, but amazingly enough it's been enjoyable. In the sense that I feel more comfortable than I would have imagined as I'm the shy/self-conscious type.

~I learned that during check offs we'll be role playing rather than listing everything. In addition to that, I learned not to google "how to get comfortable role playing in class/school" as the results will not give you the type of role playing you're looking for.