I don’t know who wrote this, but I feeeeeel exactly like this. You know…nursing school is both awesome and it stinks all in one. I wish I believed in wrote prayer, because this one takes the cake.
THE STUDENT NURSE’S PRAYER
Lord: I know we go through this every day but please give me the knowledge as to why I actually wanted to go to nursing school. Lord, give me the strength to make it through those boring three hour lectures without falling asleep. Lord, please give me the patience to make it through twelve hour clinicals with instructors that can’t just give you the right answer and on the same note, give the nurses the ability to remember what it was like to be a student and give us just a little more respect. Lord, give me the endurance to read all the assigned readings and be able to remember it when I am taking a test with four right answers. Lord, give my family and friends the ability to realize I really am on the edge of insanity. Finally, Lord, give me the vision to see that one day I will be a real nurse and I will never have to wear this ugly uniform again.
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Filed under: Credo, Nursing School
tanx for the very inspiring prayer. im also going through the same situation as yours. keep it up & more power! god bless nurses!
I am actually the author of the Student Nurse Prayer. I wrote in while I was in school in the late 90’s. I just googled it to see if I could still find it out there and here it is. I am glad that I have been able to share it with so many people.
I would like to have permission from you Ms. Joyner to use the prayer on a shirt for my nursing school! Any way I can contact you for this? Thanks
Im 6 mths into my nursing degree in the U.K and this prayer made laugh and cry almost at the same time! My sentiments entirely…….god bless all us nursing students and to all who made it! Hopefully that will be me too. You are in my prayers. Sophie x
you know, i also feel the same, i remember when I’m still in 2nd year. that was very inspiring. god bless us all student nurses.
actually, im now in level 4 of nursing,we feel thesame but,hehehe! 3 hrs. was so boring but it was so expiring.your prayer is so cute,a little bit funny but its true………….god bless always.
Wow this is so true, what an awesome prayer lol nursing school is so bittersweat
… all the things mentioned in that prayer are exactly what I seem to be praying for these days & with only 5 months left of nrsing school till graduation hope it continues to work lol…
- erika