Nurses are magical human beings. They have to go through so much constantly. School is really tough and competitive, and then they get pooped on, peed on, puked on when they actually become a nurse or nurses aid, etc. They work for long hours and sometimes they are underpaid. I am a nursing student and I would not have it any other way. Bring on the struggles.
1. Sleep? What is sleep anyway?
Being a nursing major means long hours studying and memorizing for the constant flow of quizzes and keeping up with the professors.
2. Free time. Another thing nursing majors do not have.
“Oh, I have 30 minutes in-between classes? Time to cram in some more vocabulary”.
3.Speaking of vocabulary…nursing vocabulary is never-ending.
The amount of flashcards you have are ridiculous and you can probably fill a whole tub up with them. Eventually, you learn to save note cards by cutting them in half.
4. Everyone always constantly asking you what kind of nurse you want to be.
One of the hardest decisions you have to make is where to put your passion. It is something a lot of people put off until they absolutely have to.
5. When you decide on what kind of nurse to be and get asked, “Are you sure that’s what you want?”
YES. NO. MAYBE….
6. Getting asked why you want to be a hospice nurse.
Why? I want to be a hospice nurse because just like there are nurses there to help bring life into the world, there has to be a nurse to help people at the end of their life. There is something about making a dying individual’s last moments of life more peaceful and making sure they are not alone. THAT’S WHY.
7. Getting puked on, peed on, pooped on, etc.
You learn to deal with it eventually, I promise.
8. Taking anatomy class, but then learning to dissect cats.
NOT OKAY. I am here to learn about human anatomy, NOT CATS. CATS are pets.
9. Getting into “said” nursing school.
The process of forever waiting to get in or to see if you have been accepted.
10. Family members and close friends constantly asking you awkward questions because you're “half a nurse anyway”.
What does that even mean? You are either a nurse or you’re not.
11. Having to stick other nursing majors with needles for practice all the time so it really does look like you have suspicious bruises/needle sticks all over your arms.
To be a nurse, you have to be a special, kindhearted person. I look up to nurses and hope to be like them one day. They work long hours, weird shifts, multiple shifts in a row and usually do not sleep on any kind of normal schedule. Nurses get yelled at by patients, or residents constantly, but at the end of they day, they are here for you-for everyone. They are lifesavers. They are givers. It takes a special person to become a nurse.
I, myself, have always looked up to any kind of nurse, especially hospice nurses. They go through so much and I never noticed it until I was put into a version of their shoes by being a nurses aid. I have so much respect for you all and look up to you everyday and cannot wait for the moment I get the title of RN.
