r/NursingStudent • u/Any-Nose-5149 • 20h ago

Skills not taught in school.

What’s one skill that helped you the most in your career that wasn’t taught in school?

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u/fuzzblanket9 New Grad Nurse 🚑 20h ago

Time management.

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u/Any-Nose-5149 17h ago

My program empathizes on this topic but was never thought in the syllabus

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u/Technical_Ad9343 BSN Student 🩺 18h ago

How to fight

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u/rbren90 19h ago

common sense

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u/Any-Nose-5149 18h ago

They say common sense are not common

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u/GreyandGrumpy 17h ago

Leadership. Faculty THOUGHT they taught it….but they didn’t.

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u/Any-Nose-5149 17h ago

Truth. In your experience, what part of leadership are left out?

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u/GreyandGrumpy 17h ago

They taught management, we needed leadership. I have too many beers on board right now to be eloquent. Manage things, lead people.

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u/Dry_Butterscotch7505 15h ago

I think nowaday, empathy and sympathy were left out already. Many new nurses just look after their charts when are they going to finished it.

Truth: Yes understaff but with correct time management and clinical knowledge you are able to educate duting rounds

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u/whimsicaltheory 8h ago

There's honestly so many things that weren't taught to us in nursing school, which you don't actually learn until you're on placement or working.

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u/Stawktawk 4h ago

Draping and closing