Lets start a fun thread that describes a nursing students way of life.

For examply always broke but gotta have those drug cards.

stuff like that

You know you are in nursing school when ....

your car looks like its lived in. :chuckle

Your friend comments that your car looks like a library.

Lunch consists of chewing gum and a bag of peanuts. :balloons:

You are always broke but find money for a NCLEX - RN study guide and hold off on buying a new pair of jeans. :rotfl:

You know you're in nursing school when...

You get a stomach ache and jump to that conclusion that you might have ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease, or any of the other number of GI disorders you studied about over and over (and this goes for respiratory, cardio, skeletal, etc., etc.)

You know you are in nursing school when you hit that snooze button at 4:30 in the morning!

You know you're in nursing school when you say ....

Had a test last night, haven't gone to sleep yet, but I've only been awake for 36 hours straight ..........

Hehehehehhee.:chuckle

You know you're in nursing school when...

You get a stomach ache and jump to that conclusion that you might have ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease, or any of the other number of GI disorders you studied about over and over (and this goes for respiratory, cardio, skeletal, etc., etc.)

When your idea of a compromise between what you want to do (take a long, hot bubble bath) and what you should do (study for that pharm test) is that you get into the bathtub with your pharm cards!

You get a stomach ache and jump to that conclusion that you might have ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease, or any of the other number of GI disorders you studied about over and over (and this goes for respiratory, cardio, skeletal, etc., etc.)

lol, i second that. you can never just be sick. its always some horrid disease!

You buy big, white, granny underwear in bulk for fear of not having a clean pair to wear under you attractive, thin, white scrub pants at clinical.

You carry a bleach pen to remove coffee stains (from the 4am drive to clinicals) on those beautiful pants

Your friends are planning a trip for spring break and you are planning on sleeping then getting a head start on next quarter's reading assignments.

You pack more than one book bag for one day of classes because you cannot possibly fit everything you need in one.

You own at least one backpack with wheels.

Once a 4.0 student, your new motto is "C means Continue!"

Beginning to talk to friends outside the nursing student circle and using slang like "...it prevents DNA replication of the virus", "the etiology is..", etc.

Getting more than four hours of sleep is a godsend.

My fundamentals insturctor told us "If you're getting more than four hours of sleep while in my class...you're not working hard enough."

You and another student are hiding in a pt. bathroom squeezing urine out of your shoe for an I&O because the urinal was knocked off of the bed rail. The instructor catches you, informs you the results will not be accurate. By the way, she walked out of the room laughing and shaking her head.

You know you're a nursing student when......

a family member says "I have a headache", and they all look at you to have the magical answer for a cure(and you've been in school like what...6 days now???)!!!!!

when the school grants those nice 2-3 day spring break vacations (that they think they're doing YOU a favor), you slip into your favorite shorts/pants and find that you can't breathe anymore.

you NEVER buy or wear white again!

...when you buy mechanical pencils and yellow highliters in bulk from Sam's club and get excited at how much money you saved.

...when you feel guilty for relaxing and watching Friends reruns you've seen a jillion times because you could be reading.

...when you've seen 4:00 in the morning from both sides: waking up and haven't gone to bed yet.

...you have more blank tapes and batteries than a Radio Shack in your bookbag.

...when you clean your earrings with alcohol wipes you stole from the hospital, which are also in your bookbag.

...when EVERY SINGLE PERSON you know wants to ask you about their diabetes, cholesterol level, fitness program, migraines, etc. because they want your advice (which I admit I actually kinda like! :chuckle )

...when you can remember the grades on all of your exams since the first semester and what questions you got wrong.

Once a 4.0 student, your new motto is "C means Continue!"

:rotfl: I just laugh when I consider how as a 4.00 student in pre-reqs I used to think that nursing school would be a piece of cake, because "I ONLY have to get a 75%!" Oh how the mighty do fall...

Okay...

you know you're in nursing school when you set your alarm for 6am on a Saturday morning and call it sleeping in.