You know you're a nursing student and parent if...

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*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!.... :rotfl:

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that is the best!!!!!!!!!!! I can relate and I am laughing out loud and I dont even start the actual nursing program til the 8th...... My son and I are already practicing some of those just from my working and doing night school up til this point. I should have the rest of that list down pat by Christmas!!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

This is sooo true! I can really relate to most of them!

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Cardiac, Med-Surg.

So hilarious and sad at the same time. :) I was laughing so hard at the kids wearing their swimsuits to class. I can relate as both a fellow nursing student/parent and also a former nursing student's daughter. This is like deja vu for me. Hang in there. We'll make it....

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My dh washes and dries laundry but doesn't fold. I came home from class the other day, and our king size bed was covered in a two-foot high layer of clean laundry. I had a test the next day, so needless to say, I just shoved it all in the closet...I've been telling my kids all week, when they ask for clothes to wear, "Go dig through that big pile in Momma's closet..."

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Specializes in L&D.

That is so funny! Fortunately I have a pretty supportive husband who picks up the slack for me when it's concerning my family or my house.

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This is so absolutely true!!!~Ya have to laugh at it to keep from having a breakdown..lol

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Had to bump this back up! I need a laugh today! Sg

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Too funny! I love the Top Ramen one....so, so true!

Also......

If your kids and husband know the Mcdonalds Value Meal menu numbers by heart!

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Ha hA!!!

I have one more.... you know you're a Nursing Student and Parent when....

my Kindergartener wanted to take my A&P book to school today for "Show and Tell"... I convinced him to take something else, I told him some people might not thinks it's as cool as he does... :rotfl:

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when you AND the kids try to top each other about who's homework and tests are harder!

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Specializes in Adult Med-Surg, Rehab, and Ambulatory Care.

LOL this is great.

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