25 Things I learned in my First Year as a Nurse
1. You will be understaffed. All the time. 2. Can the other nurse have the admission please??? 3. When your patient/ patient’s family genuinely thanks you for the care you have provided, it is one of the best feelings in the world 4. The break room is your diet’s worst enemy. Chocolate donuts anyone? 5. Men will constantly ask you to nurse them. And you will constantly fight the urge to punch them 6. Finding the hole on the first try warrants a celebratory dance. 7. Sometimes you learn more from your patients, then they will ever learn from you 8. Your hands will never look pretty. And you can’t decide if Purell is your friend or foe. 9. Disoriented elderly women give the best relationship advice 10. A little bit of Ativan never hurt anyone 11. There will be an hour when nobody needs you, and then three hours when everyone needs you 12. You never know when your shift will end….EVER. 13. Sometimes you will pray more for your patients than you do for your own f...