You Know You're A Nursing Major When...
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You Know You're A Nursing Major When...

Other people just don't get it.

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You Know You're A Nursing Major When...

If you've chosen the glorious career path of nursing, you know just how hard it is. You understand the late nights of studying, the lack of spare time, and the perpetual state of stress and anxiety. Other people just can't fathom the nursing major problems.

1. You can't talk about your day with anybody who isn't in the medical field.


It doesn't matter which class or clinical you're discussing, the things you say are probably too disgusting or complicated for other people to understand. For instance, if you took care of a C.Diff patient at the hospital one day, your family might not appreciate it so much if you talk about it at the dinner table.

2. You have a hard time being friends with people who aren't nursing majors.

Other people don't get the nursing school lifestyle of no sleep, constant studying, and frequent panic attacks. We also don't get much time to go out and make friends with people who aren't also nursing majors. It's an exclusive club and once you're in, you're in for life.

3. No matter what conversation you're in, the topic somehow ends up on nursing every single time.

"So, what did you do yesterday?"

"I went to the park and my cousin dug a hole in the sand that was about the same size as the bed sore my comatose patient had at the hospital the other day."

4. You celebrate any passing grade.

Literally, anything that is a passing grade. Nursing school is where honors students begin to hope for a C. The question after tests or assignments is, "How did you do?" and the answer most people give is, "Well, I passed." High five to the bare minimum.

5. You are always skeptical of "a day off."

That's the face of someone who has no idea how to have fun. Whether it's the weekend or a school holiday, there is always that feeling of forgetting something. The "too good to be true" moment of freedom. There are no breaks in nursing school. And if you think you have one, you're already falling behind.

6. You love your decision and completely regret it all at the same time.

Nursing school is hard. Probably the hardest thing we will ever do in our lives, other than being an actual nurse. The days are long and the sleep is short. You feel wrong more times than you feel right. You're exhausted and stressed out and every single day you wonder why you didn't choose an easier major. Then you remember that being a nurse and devoting your life to helping other people is what puts the fire in your soul. So you kick, scream, complain, and do it all over again tomorrow because you love it and you wouldn't change it for the world.

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