You Might Be A College Student If

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Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..

you have ever price shopped for Top Ramen.

you live in a house with three couches, none

of which match.

you consider Mac and Cheese a balanced meal.

you have ever written a check for 45 cents.

you get more e-mail than snail mail.

you have ever seen two consecutive sunrises

without sleeping.

your glass set is composed of McDonald's Extra

Value Meal Plastic Cups (e.g., Olympic Dream

Team).

your underwear supply dictates the time

between laundry loads.

you cannot remember when you last washed your

car.

you can pack your worldly possessions into the

back of a pick-up (one trip).

you live in an area that is smaller than most

mobile homes.

you average less than 3 hours of sleep a night.

your trash is overflowing and your bank

account isn't.

you go to Target/Wal-Mart more than 3 times a

week.

you eat at the cafeteria because it's "free,

even though it sucks."

you are personally keeping the local pizza

place from bankruptcy.

you wake up 10 minutes before class.

you wear the same jeans 13 days in a row --

without washing them.

your breakfast consists of a Coke on the way

to class.

your social life consists of a date with the

library.

your idea of "doing your hair" is putting on a

baseball cap.

it takes a shovel to find the floor of your

room.

you carry less than a dollar on you at all

times because that's all you have.

you haven't done laundry in so long you are

wearing your swimsuit to class.

your midnight snack is microwave popcorn.

you celebrate when you find a quarter.

your room is so cold that your toilet freezes

over.

you wear a sweat suit for so long that it

stands up by itself.

your backpack is giving you Scoliosis.

you get more sleep in class than in your room.

your idea of feeding the poor is buying

yourself some Ramen Noodles.

you can sleep through your roommate's blaring

stereo.

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Specializes in LTC.

you get more e-mail than snail mail.

your underwear supply dictates the time between laundry loads.

your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn't.

you go to Target/Wal-Mart more than 3 times a week.

you carry less than a dollar on you at all times because that's all you have.

:roll :chuckle :roll :chuckle :roll

My poor husband........ Fortunately nursing school doesn't last forever.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Man, all of that stuff applied when i was in school, and it probably will again when i go back.

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Specializes in Cardiology.

lol, those were good. And quite true.

...Jennifer...

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wow....that one nailed me....most are very very true..LOL oh well that's part of it right?

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You know you're a nursing student and parent, when.....

*Your kids know all the flavors of Top Ramen, and remind you of their preferences when you finally make it to the store......

*Your 3 yr old knows how to work the VCR/DVD player and remote controls better than you...

*You and your children go shopping for school supplies at Wal-Mart together and then spend the next year fighting over them...

*Your children find you studying when they awake in the morning and worry that you never went to bed, because you look like you haven't....

*Your family knows which of his/her veins are "great" and where different injections go...

*Your car is so dirty that you are not sure of the original color anymore - pray for rain, and there is so much $#*@ inside you can't remember if you have carpet....

*You find that if you dim the lights in the house you don't have to clean as often.....

*Paper plates are just about the greatest invention...

*You spend a moment contemplating whether or not you could find a way to serve Ramen on those paper plates....

*You find yourself standing in a room with no idea why you went in there in the first place, but you are sure it was important....

*The thought of getting up at 5am to study in peace and quiet makes you smile....

*You convince your kids that not all clothes need to be washed after wearing only once, if they look alright and you have clean undies!.....

*You pay for your gas with change......

*You don't get upset when your kid eats week-old McDonalds fries from the backseat...

*You haven't done laundry in so long, your kids are wearing swimsuits to class...

*You actually try to think of a way to study while driving your kids to school, football and other assorted activities...

*Your kid(s) are able to convince you they don't need a bath even though they have a cloud like "pigpen"......then you dim the lights again....

*You get to class and realize in the middle of a lecture that you either forgot to brush your hair/ teeth or change out of your pajamas......and you don't care

*Your kids offer to pay when you take them for fast food or order pizza....

*Your kids ask you if you've done YOUR homework......

*You haven't showered, the grass in knee-high, the vacuum gone into hibernation, nothing but milk and ketchup in the fridge, but you passed your big exam!.... :D

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No one on campus recognizes you as a student...

You use luggage to carry your books in...

You think your roommate has at least one of five rare diseases...

You consider waking up at 7:00 am sleeping in....

You think shots are fun...

There are more, but I cant think of this offhand..our bookstore had t-shirts with all these on it...

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

You know you're a nursing student if you think hemorrhoids can be a learning experience.

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Specializes in LTC.
No one on campus recognizes you as a student...

You use luggage to carry your books in...

You think your roommate has at least one of five rare diseases...

You consider waking up at 7:00 am sleeping in....

You think shots are fun...

There are more, but I cant think of this offhand..our bookstore had t-shirts with all these on it...

So true. So very true. :chuckle

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Specializes in ER, Medicine.

you have ever price shopped for top ramen.

you get more e-mail than snail mail.

you have ever seen two consecutive sunrises without sleeping.

you cannot remember when you last washed your car.

you live in an area that is smaller than most mobile homes.

you average less than 3 hours of sleep a night.

your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn't.

you go to target/wal-mart more than 3 times a week.

you wake up 10 minutes before class.

you wear the same jeans 13 days in a row --without washing them.

your midnight snack is microwave popcorn.

you celebrate when you find a quarter.

your backpack is giving you scoliosis.

your idea of feeding the poor is buying yourself some ramen noodles.

amen.

:rotfl:

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Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

A good alternate to this would be a You Know You're a Nursing Student When...

You actively know what microorganisms you're trying to kill when you wash your hands.

You wash your hands before as well as after using the restroom.

Your favorite word is "Assessment." (or your nightmare)

You start looking up all your over the counter meds before taking them.

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