First Day Trauma/Drama

S. Berning, SN
We always thought that the first day of nursing school would be something worth remembering and today we found out that it's sooooooooo NOT. Ok, it wasn't that bad. Really it wasn't...but IT WAS BORING. Very very boring. There was paperwork, and financial junk and paperwork and textbooks and uniforms and sitting around and waiting around and getting pictures and getting shots and waiting around...and then there was the first lecture which was....you guessed it! boring...and then there was the second lecture which was-boring!-and not only boring but long too! So, anyways now that the basics of our first day have been covered here's what was mildly interesting: our classmates. Our class is tiny and slightly (very slightly) diverse and the first day showed some very marked personalities. We have not yet referenced the Student Handbook on whether or not throwing textbooks at a fellow student's head is against the rules but woe to a certain someone if we discover that it's within guidelines!
So, right now on the first night of our first day of class what are we doing? Celebrating? Partying like only crazy OCD nursing students can? No. We are studying-studying!

T. Bennette, SN
Although Sarah has pretty much summed up our marvelous day in a descriptive dialogue. She did exclude some details--- Dorm life.
The concept behind dorm life is: partying, fun, independence, all out freedom to knock yourself out. But, as we experienced last night (our first night "moved out") it is REALLY boring! There is only one other person in our dorm giving it that creepy quiet long halled institutional atmosphere. No internet, no TV.....We are predicting dorm life now to be dull, but in the future CRAZY from 50 some odd girls moving into a rather confined space on the second story.
Oh, did we mention that living right next door to a hospital is an adventure? The noises that emit from some such building! Just an hour ago we were trying to figure out this deep low hum that seemed to be coming from that direction... probably Frankenstein awakening!
Well, still have one chapter left to study (yes, already behind on the first day!) before heading to bed... So, gotta go!