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...you find yourself using words like "proximal" and "distal" in everyday conversation.
...you note a television personality's body-type as "apple-shaped", and immediately start formulating a Type-2 DM careplan in your head.
...you announce to your wife not to come into the washroom because you're in the midde of a "BM", and she immediately understands what that means.
...you find yourself saying things like, "yeah right, I'd never get away with that...", every three seconds or so during any given episode of "Scrubs".
...bandage scissors are the only scissors you use.
this especially made me laugh, because i only remember those scissors being present in my house when i was little. in my mom's sewing kit, in the jar or drawer with pens/pencils whatever, those scissors were always there. not to mention hemostats, both straight and curved, could be found right alongside the bandage scissors!
...when you use aseptic technique to open a piece of flat cheese
HA! :chuckle For some odd reason I can relate to that.
Here's a couple more:
....when your clinical group's lunch table in the hospital cafeteria has a WIDE swath of empty tables around it due to the comment "Did you see that stage 4 decub today? Looks like this vanilla pudding!" (Actually happened!)
....You know that coffee should be a major food group
when you are flipping through the channels and stop when you see an operating room or blood!
when you prepare your coffee with aseptic technique (trying not to touch the coffee top to the counter at Dunkin Donuts).
you love hospitals, as sick as that is!!!
you are determined to find the most comfortable white pairs of shoes or sneaks!
you look for nursing jobs online even though you have another year of school!
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YoungWiseWoman
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...you use a paper towel to turn off the water faucet after washing your hands--even in your own home.
...you know the exact location of every coffee shop within a 5 mile radius of your clinical site.
...bandage scissors are the only scissors you use.
...everyone, including complete strangers, tells you about each and every ache, pain, sniffle, and lump they have.
...when you tell a man you meet for the first time you're a nursing student, you're expected to laugh hysterically when he asks you for a sponge bath, as if it was the most original and wittiest thing you've ever heard.
...you realize that the sponge bath joke is the wittiest thing you've heard in awhile.
...you are not allowed to talk about your school day at the dinner table.
...you know it's possible to squeeze 6 people into a car to ride to a clinical site an hour away.
...your favorite dream is the one where you ask the nursing instructor what each and every side effect of a medication is and cheerfully write up an unmet objective if she misses one.
...you've woken up with a stethoscope-shaped imprint on your cheek.
...your family members must have a fever of at least 105 or be missing a limb with active bleeding in order for you to miss class/clinical.
...you replaced sleep with coffee and red bull.
...you seriously consider using the lecture on sleep deprivation to support a disability claim that will buy you one more week of study time before the next test.
...you have no problem discussing sputum and bowel movements at lunch.
...you can almost see the germs on doorknobs and telephones.
...you get excited when someone says there is dressing change or a catheter to be done.
...your christmas list consists of: nclex books, drug flash cards, a new stethoscope, and maroon scrubs.
...you car resembles a medical library.
...you use a penlight to get around the house when your electricity is knocked out.
...you know that one shot of tequila equals 45cc
...you find yourself subconsciously giving your family and friends nursing diagnoses.
...you are convinced you have every disorder you study, including all psychiatric disorders.
...you believe that a large bag of chocolate is a reasonable nursing action for ineffective coping skills.