Has anyone else ever fallen asleep in class?

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Jun 4, 2013

I have not fallen asleep in class in several years. However, over the past two years I believe I have nodded off in class several times but not to the point where I completely fell asleep and missed any lecture material. Fortunately that only happened on days where I had to work very late, like a graveyard shift, before going to school. My school schedule has gotten a lot better and has been able to mesh well with my work schedule lately so I normally get to bed at a reasonable time and can get up early enough that I can have breakfast, drink some coffee, get to school and pay attention in class without any difficulty.

__patiently_waiting · Jun 4, 2013

Yep. Lol this girl here has .. for the past two days I've dozed off in literature class. But it's probably because I'm on campus from 9 am until 6 pm & walk at least a mile or so going to & coming from classes .. I get pretty tired & that's my last class. Plus I've been staying up late recently (it's 1:30 am now) -- yeah that's a bad habit. Try to stop it.

babelinglove33 · Jun 4, 2013

Not fallen asleep but I've nodded off! One my classes is 2 hours after my 12 hour.overnight shift so by then I'm exhausted. I too sit in the front row. My notes are always super detailed so I have something to do to keep me awake.

AccelCNL, MSN, RN · Jun 4, 2013

I have. I even feel asleep during my AP II final. I know I was asleep for over 10 minutes. I still did great though.

GIEndoRN, BSN, RN · Jun 5, 2013

I have not fallen asleep in class in several years. However over the past two years I believe I have nodded off in class several times but not to the point where I completely fell asleep and missed any lecture material. Fortunately that only happened on days where I had to work very late, like a graveyard shift, before going to school. My school schedule has gotten a lot better and has been able to mesh well with my work schedule lately so I normally get to bed at a reasonable time and can get up early enough that I can have breakfast, drink some coffee, get to school and pay attention in class without any difficulty.[/quote']
Last two semesters I took general psych and developmental psych. The classes were once a week, from 6:30 to 9:30 at night... I had the hardest time staying awake every week after working all day! Found myself nodding off all the time. I started carrying all kinds of snacks and drinks, and made myself take a lot more notes than was really needed just to stay alert. I will admit to playing a lot of words with friends and surfing the web on my iPad. After an hour or so I felt like I was in Charlie Brown's class *blahblahblahblah*.

queserasera, RN · Jun 5, 2013

What a funny thread! I fell asleep in class once, about two years ago in my intro to Bio class. My professor had a really monotone voice and I was really tired. Anyways, long story short he didn't wake me up, nor did any of my classmates. The class was from 530-645 and I woke up at 9 in a dark room. I have taken getting a good nights sleep and coffee very seriously since then!

amberdawn85 · Jun 5, 2013

When I went to ASU we had lecture courses with 400+ students. I think things being so general and not opinionated bored me I fell asleep atleast once a week

MsKris_CarolinaGirl · Jun 6, 2013

Ha I've been nodding off in A&P lecture but it's like I zone out more than actually sleeping but i know it's because I haven't been sleeping like I should. I work 11p-7a then I have class mon & wed from 8-1 and tues & thurs from 8-10:30

GIEndoRN, BSN, RN · Jun 7, 2013

What a funny thread! I fell asleep in class once, about two years ago in my intro to Bio class. My professor had a really monotone voice and I was really tired. Anyways, long story short he didn't wake me up, nor did any of my classmates. The class was from 530-645 and I woke up at 9 in a dark room. I have taken getting a good nights sleep and coffee very seriously since then!

OMG! You win! That's so funny... and so not funny at the same time. :sorry: I can't believe no one would wake you up when they left! I could never leave someone like that.