What I wish my nursing students knew...

[AspiringNurseMW]

This is great! This sounds like each and every nursing instructor at my ADN program. They all have, 20+ years of experience and each and every one of them works at least PRN on top of that and stay abreast of what they teach. They are amazing, patient, and obviously invested. Half of them are graduates from our very program. One of them spoke about retiring last week, and I can't imagine what the school would do without her or ANY of our instructors.

Thank you for all you do.

[jifferte, BSN, MSN, RN]

Thank you all for your kind words!

[pedseraprn]

Thank you. I have wanted to say many of those things to my former students

[Toremeup2]

I enjoyed nursing school so much. It was stressful, I worked full time and drove an hour to get to school, I paid out of pocket for my education. There were no cell phones but no way could I afford to miss a word my instructor said.

[PANYNP]

Sea of white caps!!!?

[jifferte, BSN, MSN, RN]

PANYNP said:

Sea of white caps!!!?

Yes, the students are pinned and capped at graduation. It is a beautiful and wonderful tradition.

[PANYNP]

Nursing caps signify servitude and oppression. Thankfully, schools that have joined the 21st century recognize this.

[jifferte, BSN, MSN, RN]

This is an opinion, your opinion. I most certainly do not see "servitude and oppression", I see a proud tradition. Come now, negativity has NO place on this thread.

[mrclark0000]

jifferte said:

This is an opinion, your opinion. I most certainly do not see "servitude and oppression", I see a proud tradition. Come now, negativity has NO place on this thread.

Hmm... As a Male Nurse who was Balding prematurely when he graduated, exactly where I would attach my cap, which I had to buy, was the topic of some amusement by my fellow graduates ( all Female no males made it to graduation!)

[dnelson120]

Love this. I just started my program and I already can tell that the faculty and staff really do wants us all to succeed. It's a nice feeling.

[MsV2U]

Thank you for posting!!! I was accepted into the 2016/2017 class and I can't wait to get started!!

[BeenThere2012, ASN, RN]

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Thank you for writing this.

The only one I'm shaking my head about, just a little, is the texting in class. When I graduated 19 years ago, we didn't have the same access to technology. I'm finding myself challenged by how people are so tied to their cell phones, the internet, and texting. If I were a teacher, I might think about banning the cell phone during class. And yes, I know I'm online right now on AN (but from home. )

Which I know would not go over very well.

Your comment reminds me how we had to spend long hours in the library and type our papers. We didn't have the information at our fingertips -litterally.