You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

[tnstudentnurse]

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:

[Feathers]

When you set two different alarm clocks, in case you idiotically set one to 5:00PM, or one doesn't go off, or the batteries wear out or........

This one made me laugh out loud as they all did so far (only a few pages in)... I just finished my first week, every night I go through the ritual of setting 3 clocks: 2 alarms & my cell phone. Hubby thinks it's funny, but he doesn't understand the 'fear' that was put in us on day 1.

[casi, ASN, RN]

And then even though you set two alarm clocks you wake up every hour the night before clinicals absolutely panicky because you are POSITIVE you slept through your alarm clock.

[chevyv, BSN, RN]

You finally sit down to eat your split pea soup and your fellow student, who is watching your pt comes in to tell you your pt had an emesis. Without missing a spoonful ('cause you know you won't have time to finish it) you ask amount, color, consistency and she tells you it looks an awful lot like your soup and you just keep on wolfing it down!

[LMoonRN]

What a great thread! Keep them coming!! You know you're in nursing school when:

1.) You spend more time in the anatomy lab studying for a ten question quiz than you do in your own dorm room.

2.) You set the alarm for 6 AM on a Saturday so that you can get to 7 AM clinical.

3.) You have absolutely no more storage space for your books in your dorm room or backpack!

4.) Patients yell "I want a real aide!!!" when you go into help them.

5.) It doesn't matter whether you study for 3 days or 3 hours for that exam, you are still not going to ace it.

6.) You are constantly writing/ carrying around a huge pile of anatomy flash cards

7.) Nurses are a cult on campus.

8.) You can hear those damn call bells hours after you leave clinical and in your dreams!

9.) You feel that all other majors just "don't get it".

10.) People come knocking on your dorm room telling you they have these and these signs and symptoms.......

[merrywhiterose]

You know you are a nursing student when:

-your instructors tell you that you have to take another test (1st yr.)

-you barely talk to anyone outside of nursing, due to lack of time

-you get asked every day "how is nursing?" Then they go on to tell you their health issues.

-you have so many nursing books that you can't possibly carry 1/2 of them at a time.

-you are counting down the months until you graduate, and gritting your teeth

[lvnhopeful]

You guys almost make me miss nursing school, not!

LOL, keep em comin!

[obicurn]

Oh NO!! It's over. I was so enjoying this thread. LOL

Hopefully I can add my own before long. The madness begins tomorrow.

[Nurses-Rule1987]

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

* Even in your sleep and when taking a shower , you think about all the nursing interventions that should know and do, away from just learning what each problem or disease means.

* You think about all the sacrificies that you are making right now and that one day not too far , it will all pay off, you will get that degree and become a nurse.

* An opportunity to take someone BP, becomes a learning experience everytime and you rejoice when you get it right. (lol).

* You thinking about all the strategies, book, websites , exerienced people, resources that can help you suceed in this journey, get good grades and become that SPECIAL ONE WHO DARES TO CARE..

[jeanyis]

Your friend's parents now find it necessary to tell you every med they are on, along with their last lab results :omy:

You are now the person to beat when it comes to discussing "the worst/grossest thing I've ever seen is..." amongst your non-medical friends.

[lemonaidangel]

...When you hold a conversation with an emotional client, and when you walk away it hits you that, "hey, I just did cognitive restructuring!"

...When you get jealous over your classmates because they got to do more catheters and iv pushes than you in clinical.

...When you get excited over Wednesdays because it means you get to sleep in until 5 AM instead of 4 AM.

...

[LfmVigilo]

You learn to open bathroom doors with the top of your wrist

[Ang_RN]

waking up in the middle of the night and spouting out facts, etc.

I woke my husband up doing this and I didn't even realize I was awake or talking outloud.