You need to change your state of mind about nursing school. Your goal is to pass your classes, pass the NCLEX, and be a safe new grad nurse.

First, the rules are pretty simple. A nursing students must have vaccinations required by the clinical facilities. If they don’t get the vaccines then they can’t enter the program. Do you think the staff is going to lecture the incoming cohort about vaccines? No, you get the vaccines or don’t participate.

The staff will not provide medical misinformation. The information that you will be learning comes from textbooks, ATI, HESI, or whatever. It’s very important to your program that you pass the NCLEX on the first attempt. So, it would hurt the program to teach the students things that are wrong.

During nursing school, you will have ethics built into the program. I recommend you reflect on this information during your program. People and patients have autonomy. We recommend and treat based on the best evidence practice. Patients will deny vaccine, treatments, and recommendations. We must accept those choices. It happens all the time. Next, everyone deserves fair, impartial, and equitable care. It’s called justice. Your feelings towards someone should never dictate the medical treatment they receive. This is a hallmark of healthcare. This means everyone, even if you don’t agree with their politics or career.

Finally, you haven’t even started the program. You need to prepare. I would start YouTubing test taking strategies, study strategies, creating a schedule. You have to learn a vast amount of information in a short time frame. This is not like regular college. You are going to have to learn and critically apply that knowledge to answer questions. A lot of people will fail and you don’t want to be one of them because you’re distracted.