Nursing students are a breed of our own and we often do a lot of strange things, sometimes without even realizing it. Our brains are so focused on school that we shut almost anything and everything else out. Here are five things that we do to make everyone else slightly hate us.
1. We always travel in flocks
We all wear the same color, and most of us have the same schedule so we end up all walking together... Everywhere. So as a non-nursing student almost anywhere that you go you will see 5-10 nursing students together. You might as well steer clear of the library, and any "quick" place to get food. This has to be especially inconvenient when you're trying to get to class and the flock is taking up the whole walkway. We're sorry, we probably had a Patho test that day and we're half zombies by that point.
2. If we aren't actually studying, we're probably talking about studying
As mentioned earlier, a nursing student's life is consumed by school work. We have almost no social life because we're always studying. We have study groups, we study alone, we have group chats about studying, and that is our lives. If you ask how our day was we will probably complain to you about all of our tests coming up, then cut the conversation short because we "have to go study." We don't mean for it to be an excuse, so don't take it personal because that's what we tell everyone, and that's just how it is.
3. The only thing we ever watch on Netflix is "Grey's Anatomy"
Yes, we've watched every season three times already, but just face it, if we're watching Netflix, it's going to be Grey's Anatomy. There are absolutely no better options, so don't even try.
4. We watch gross videos and talk about medical situations while we eat
This may be the worst. Don't take us to dinner if you don't want us to talk about a wide array of bodily functions, or pull out our phones to watch a video of cysts being popped or a hernia repair. We love those kinds of things and don't mind talking about them at any time, even when we're eating, and we want you to join in. We probably don't even realize that you're grossed out.
5. We always want to practice our new skills
In the Nursing world, learning never stops. This means that there are always new skills to practice and we are willing to pick out any innocent bystander to use as a "patient". Whether it be taking a blood pressure or feeling for masses or lesions all over the body, you name it and we're probably going to try it, anywhere at anytime.
We sincerely apologize for doing all of these things, but it probably won't stop anytime soon so haters are just going to have to keep hating.
