Nursing Orientation

In life, I have always been a planner. I like to know where I’m headed, and I like to have things laid out for me so I can see the entire picture. So I was excited and grateful for the nursing orientation. It gave me a great view of what the nursing program is going to be like. I got to meet my professors, who assured us all that we would love them at times, and hate them at times, and that they can take it. I got a good look at my classmates, who I will be spending the bulk of my life with in the next two and a half years. I got the perspective of students already in the nursing program, which was unbelievably helpful and helped, at least for me, to reduce some of my fear of the workload.

One thing they all seemed to be adamant about was changing your perspective. Since I decided to go into nursing, I have been fighting for my position in the program. I have been in competition with all of the students who applied. Now, however, I need to lay that down. For the next two and a half years, they are my second family. We will laugh together, cry together, panic together, and overcome together.

Another thing I have realized that I really, really like about the nursing program is how organized they seem to be. Because they are such a small, close-knit community, they are able to truly care about you as a person. They have high expectations for you, but they give you the tools to meet those expectations. Everyone who knows me knows how much I love organization....and can foresee that when they handed me a checklist and packet for every single thing I needed to get done before the nursing program, I completely fell in love. Everything was laid out, nothing was left a mystery, I have all the tools I need. That showed me more than anything that they are in this with me. That they care. Which, given the history I have with Simpson, is more than I’ve ever had.

Excited!!!!