Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You Quotes

“Nursing is sink or swim.  Nursing is a whirlwind.  Nursing will make you feel like the stupidest and most incompetent professional on the planet, and it’s going to ask that you show up the next day and do it all over again.”
― Sonja Schwartzbach, Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You

“I’m not sure when our society lost focus on issues that truly require deep thought and introspection and opted to focus on turning minutiae into mayhem, but apparently it occurs often enough that I feel obligated to preface my position toward men in nursing with evidence that I’m neither an anti-feminist nor am I a man-basher. I love men and women equally: it’s the assholes of the world that I struggle to embrace.”
― Sonja Schwartzbach, Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You

“Follow the only nurse rule that can be applied to wearing a mini-skirt: it should be short enough to get to the point, and long enough to cover the important stuff, all while keeping you out of trouble. ”
― Sonja Schwartzbach, Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You