NursingZen

Jun 06 2008

MEPN lessons learned the hard way

Published by nurseSF at under UCSF MEPN 2007-08

1. Plan ahead for sleep management. (How will you fall asleep when anxiety keeps you up till 2 a.m. and you have to leave the house for clinical at 6 a.m.?)

2. Plan ahead for mental health. (Even if you’re skeptical, try to talk to a Student Health counselor at least once as soon as you start hating on your classmates, MEPN, and/or the world.)

3. Buy compression socks (15 mmHg).

4. Don’t follow the rules. (See my update to Things I wish I knew…).

5. Be flexible. When things get hard, just remind yourself, “What did you expect?” A classmate said this all the time.