What kind of Nursing school drama in your school?

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Nursing school drama. Sometimes its like highschool all over again. Different cliques, people talking behind your back, students competing against each other for the best grade, students arguing over the dumbest things. Why do some of us allow ourselves to get wrapped up in this ridiculous drama? Sometimes I feel like Im worrying about dumb nursing school drama then I am studying. What kind of drama is there at your school and how do you not let yourself get wrapped up in it?

The "drama" in my program is grades....the constant how'd you do? after every single exam! "fine" is not good enough. These people want exact numbers! There are some cliques, but I think that's to be expected. I think there is also a simmering "debate" about which area of nursing is the "hardest"

sigh...

Ugg that gets on my nerves. Some people will even break their necks to look at your paper during test review to see what you got. People don't need to know exact numbers.

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CRRT,.

Nothing wrong with making friends in NS. After all, who knows better than your classmates what you are going through? I went to a school out of my area, and most everyone there knew each other, which automatically put me out of the clique..but the few friends i made were legitimate, not gossipers. I was friendly to everyone, and never minded helping someone when they needed help, but that was it. Alot of the students there were younger..i am only 27, but feel 40..and spent their off times drinking and partying it up. I spent mine trying to find a quiet minute to study and rest.( I have three children..very young ones).

So, my advice, is to find people you have things in common with, be friendly, and dont give too much of yourself. You come first

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Nothing wrong with making friends in NS. After all, who knows better than your classmates what you are going through? I went to a school out of my area, and most everyone there knew each other, which automatically put me out of the clique..but the few friends i made were legitimate, not gossipers. I was friendly to everyone, and never minded helping someone when they needed help, but that was it. Alot of the students there were younger..i am only 27, but feel 40..and spent their off times drinking and partying it up. I spent mine trying to find a quiet minute to study and rest.( I have three children..very young ones).

So, my advice, is to find people you have things in common with, be friendly, and dont give too much of yourself. You come first

I think your advice is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you so much. :D

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
Nothing wrong with making friends in NS. After all, who knows better than your classmates what you are going through?

A classmate of mine has been threatening to make me a home-cooked meal since about November, supposedly to repay me for helping her through a very difficult semester of OB and pediatrics. She called me 2 days ago, and told me she was going to do it tonight.

She called tonight, and asked me to meet her. Wife and I drove up to find her and her husband loaded down with Mexican rice, charro beans, guacamole, salsa, tortillas, and about 5 pounds of chicken and beef fajitas and ribs fresh off the grill. Top it off with a beautiful Splenda strawberry cheesecake. All homemade.

It was all delicious, but I have to say....the chicken was the most delicious I've ever had, and I've been around master grillers. The rice was perfect, too.

Being the way that I am, it humbles me to find that sometimes, I do manage to find someone who's willing to like me and want to do things like this for me. It was an amazing meal (well, more like 4 meals).

Nope, no drama here. Just delicious fajitas and fixings. Nom nom nom.

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Specializes in critical care, PACU.

when people ask me about my grades I tell them "I'd rather not say because it only puts pressure on me and you're only asking to see if you beat me." May cause more drama in the end, but then I squash the speculation about who scored the highest and shed light on the pettiness of comparison.

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We have major drama in our program!! I am one of the oldest in the class, so maybe I'm just being old and grumpy!! I just don't get some of the crap they get into it over. I'm one of the ones who keeps to myself, which kinda sucked in the beginning, but now I've got 2 or 3 that I talk to and even go out with every once in a while and that works just fine with me. The grade thing really is annoying too......But I have found that if you just listen to everyone for a little bit and listen for the highest grade, then when they ask tell them something just a little higher.....really ******them off!!! But very entertaining....LOL:p

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Specializes in critical care, PACU.
But I have found that if you just listen to everyone for a little bit and listen for the highest grade, then when they ask tell them something just a little higher.....really ******them off!!! But very entertaining....LOL:p

heehe I like that alot :)

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My problem is that once I start school at the end of the month, I can't decide if I want to try and make friends with people or just keep to myself.

I'm a pretty laid back person and I hate drama! There has been some in my class, but I try not to get involved in it. I kind of stayed to myself most of 1st semester because I was so focused on adjusting to life as a nursing student. I also wanted to sit back and see who I liked and who I didn't. I get along with everyone, but there are a few in my class that I hope to never see again once I graduate. lol All that being said, I have made 2 of the best friends I've ever had in my life! I would advise you to be open to friendship, even if it takes a while. My husband is very supportive and even wants to go to nursing school once I graduate, but he has no idea what it's really like. It's nice having people to talk to that understand what I'm going through. We also get together and have nights out just to relax and forget about school for a while. I honestly wouldn't know what to do without my nursing school friends.:heartbeat

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Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.

i never got wrapped in it. i had two very close friends the entire time and we stuck together, out of the way of the drama, like glue.

we had all kinds of drama, cheating drama, baby daddy drama, boyfriend stealing drama, i got better grades than you drama. there was always someone who hated you because you get better grades. always someone who said they didn't have a calculator and used their iphone (hello teach?). there was a man who slept with four girls and impregnanted one. all kinds of rumors about who came to school high, who stole whose notes, who had study group and didn't invite everyone else. i had a headache everyday!

it was funny how mean people thought my friends and i were, simply because we chose to stay away from everyone else. we studied hard and we studied together. i have been thru too much in life to go to nursing school and play.

when i read the valedictorian's speech at pinning, you should have seen the jaws drop. the mean girl who didn't speak to anyone, the "snob", well that was the girl who spent her teenage years homeless and addicted to drugs and working two jobs to pay for school. it was amazing how many people said "wow, i had no idea, i'm sorry i misjudged you". i didn't go to school to make friends ad socialize. the ones i made are a true blessing from god, and the other people i don't care to ever see again.

study. learn. practice. stay away from the drama. stay focused on your goal. brush the haters off. the true test is the nclex--drama doesn't gets you anywhere with that. good luck!

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Specializes in ER/Ortho.
My problem is that once I start school at the end of the month, I can't decide if I want to try and make friends with people or just keep to myself. I have a hard time making friends. I am quiet, keep to myself, and I am one of those people that just has that annoyed look on their face 24/7 lol. I'm not mean, I just look that way I guess. Anyways... I think my problem is the people I do want to be friends with are quiet themselves. I tend to somehow talk to the people who are still drunk from the night before in class. Not what I need. I am all for fun but I can't go out during the week during school. Drinking for weekends only. Sorry, I am just rambling now haha. I just can't decide whether or not to keep to myself or make some new NS friends when I start.

I would say be open to friendship. You will all feel weird around each other at first. Then you will see each other half naked in skills lab, see each other cry after bad check offs. You will be there for each other during times of intense stress, and because you do not have time for the outside world will find your nursing friends end up being your best friends. It's nice starting a new semester knowing I will be sitting with a group of people who we have seen each other cry, get too drunk, karaoke badly, and share a lot of my same worries, concerns and fears.

In addition, I think nursing is really a people profession. I know we have one girl who feels she is a loner. She never comes to group activities, or hangs out with anyone. She sits by herself at one end of the table, and even when asks refuses to join in. I was friends with her for a short while until she got angry when I would talk to others. The one other girl she associates with was told by our clinical professor to try to get into a different group the following semester so she wouldn't be around the girl who doesn't play well with others. The professor thought she was bringing her down. Anyway, my point is I think the professor's also notice who plays well with others and who doesn't.

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Specializes in Hospice.

Oh my gosh I am the same way. As a child I was shy and on the outs of all the cliques. I am always very self conscious around very attractive people and so I am normally pretty shy. I am not a monstrosity or anything I just always had a case of lowered self esteem. Of course going to college is fixing that quick! But, I also get people tat think I am stuck up, because I am shy. I figure my game plan will definitely be to be an adult and just stay out of the drama, I will be kieeping grades to myself as well!

My problem is that once I start school at the end of the month, I can't decide if I want to try and make friends with people or just keep to myself. I have a hard time making friends. I am quiet, keep to myself, and I am one of those people that just has that annoyed look on their face 24/7 lol. I'm not mean, I just look that way I guess. Anyways... I think my problem is the people I do want to be friends with are quiet themselves. I tend to somehow talk to the people who are still drunk from the night before in class. Not what I need. I am all for fun but I can't go out during the week during school. Drinking for weekends only. Sorry, I am just rambling now haha. I just can't decide whether or not to keep to myself or make some new NS friends when I start.
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Drama that's is a BIG no no...............why would someone bring drama into a nursing school, What is so good about it.:chuckle It's a wast of time to see two woman's fighting.......:yeah::yeah:over a 5'2 men.

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