Joey's Nursing Experience

Nursing school. By now each one of us has figured out what nursing school is. We started at Widener in late August of last year and all of us were confused and truly unsure of what this so-called nursing school was going to be all about. I know for many of us it was a brand new world, and each one of us had to learn the route of nursing school. We are now ending our second semester at Widener University and we all have grow as individuals and as students. From our first nursing exam to now we have learned how important preparing for exams and studying for nursing school is. Nursing school is not easy and is very challenging, we have worked together to help one another get by and succeed. I have learned to study my butt off and dedicate my life to school at this time. Knowing too much information is better than not knowing enough information I have learned. Nursing school has taught me to over study and prepare myself for all of the above. Well, now we all know what nursing school ...

The finish line is right around the corner. What has been a very stressful and very time-consuming semester is bearing down to the end. We have worked extremely hard and spent most of our time doing our schoolwork. While others are out enjoying this nice weather we are here talking nursing. There is no breaks that we have experienced, however when it’s all said and done and this train comes to a complete and next May we will be extremely proud of ourselves and happy that we spent the last two years educating ourselves on how to be a great nurse. We will have a great salary great jobs and then we will have time to ourselves. This semester is almost over and then summer will be starting before we know it. We should all be proud of ourselves for making it through and keep working hard to end on the strongest note possible. This stuff is not easy and is very challenging for even the smartest. We are almost halfway through this program and time is flying, we will be nurses soon and all of...

EXAM MANIA! Being a nursing student is far from easy. Let me tell ya,  I have never experienced the workload that I have experienced since starting nursing school last August. When people think of college they think of spending four years of their lives, going out and partying, enjoying the change of life from high school, learning to live on their own, and ofcourse going to class and learning..While in nursing school it is totally different. Nursing students have to spend their free time preparing for exams (so really there is no free time). Exams are everything in nursing school. There are not little assignments that can bring your grade up like other majors have. As a nursing student we have to show up every exam. The exams are worth so much of the grade that you cannot risk not knowing the information. Now some of us will laugh at this and say even if we know all the information the exam may still be hard. I have experienced this too.There have been times when I believe I...

Clinical for Beginners. As nursing students we experience obstacles than most college students don’t face. We don’t have off on the weekends, due to this thing called clinical. Clinical is extremely important for nursing students. This is the closest thing to reality while being a nurse. So those weekends that we are not going out to a party, down to the shore, or just chilling, we will be bettering our education and providing ourselves with crucial experiences in the clinical setting. Clinical is not the easiest thing in the world. It’s very long hours on days of the week that we are used to having off. However the two clinical days that we have weekly are extremely beneficial for all of us. We learn how to work together and accomplish skills that we have never used before. We go into clinical every week and face situations we have never seen. However at the end of the day we have learned something that we will indeed use as a nurse one day. I’m writing his post because we are al...

    Nursing school throws a lot of obstacles at us as students that are challenging, and a bit frustration at times. My classmates and I are all in the same boat with one another, The struggles do "get real" at times. With Exams, exams, and did I forget, more exams, our lives become hectic. It is truly a challenging part of our lives, and there are plenty of up's and down's that we encounter. This quote related to my life the past few months while in nursing school. We are all humans trying to reach our dreams and goals, and in order to be realistic with ourselves we must realize that there are going to be times when we are down. Its totally okay to be down at times, just keep pushing through and when the time is ready you will rise up. I hope this makes everyone feel better, and to understand that we are not going to be"up" all the time and that its totally fine to come from the bottom and rise.