Nursing School Stories

The boy who changed my life

Mornings with Nathaniel became my favorite part of each day and inspired me to follow my gut. It’s now my second year of nursing school…

Your funniest nursing school moments!

We asked our Facebook fans for their funniest stories from nursing school, and boy, did we get an eyeful! Read on for their hilarious, crazy and occasionally R-rated responses!

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Dear Nursing Student: Would you rather change a bedpan or administer meds?

I’d heard students’ stories of their first semester of clinicals, and I can tell you, I was highly underwhelmed. It sounded to me like the grunt work of Nursing 101.

A nursing student who beat the odds

I will never forget during one of my clinical rotations when a nurse looked at me and asked, “How are they letting YOU be a nurse?” I was too shocked to know what to say.

A cure for hospital tunnel vision: Peeking into the OR

When Meg Adams switched from a medicine unit to an operating room during her first year of nursing school, she discovered “a completely different world.”