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:

[VICTO3841]

1st day of clinical########You look at you fellow classmate in the middle of a bath and ask her if she knows what she's doing......she tells you no, and ask you back the same question.

[itsmycalling]

You know you are in nursing school when you continually say....

No I can't go out tonight, no I can't go out tonight, sorry guys I am studying AGAIN!!!!

[celclt]

when...

- you only shave your legs on the days that you might have to practice skills on each other (especially TEDS).

:Dhhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhha! too true!

[dee122381]

2. When everyone calls you and ask what you are doing, you say "Studying"

3. When someone ask you what are you doing this weekend, you say "Studying"

4. When all your dreams are about exams and quizzes, papers that are due

lolol... yep, sounds about right! :chuckle

[Jadedstudent]

-You consider yourself to be "Not really religious" but you listen to christian radio stations on test days..

-You consider a frozen waffle peanut butter and jelly sandwich (with a glass of milk) a balanced meal the night BEFORE the test day.....

-The only food in your house is frozen waffles, peanutbutter and jelly because you haven't had time to grocery shop in 3 weeks....

[Becca123183]

when you spend more money on books than tuition!:uhoh21:

[SunshineRN79]

You know your in nursing school when....

-You spend 5 days studying for a test, take all the practice exams and get a 75%

-Youcome on these boards to make sure what your going through is normal nursing student stuff!

-You areWondering what the heck you have done to your self!!

[ThisOneGotLucky]

When you're studying so long you get a headache...then begin to wonder if you have a brain tumor or ICP!

[LaceyRN]

You know you're a nursing student when-

You come up with a ND for your hubby of Frustration r/t lack of effective coping strategies AEB raised voice, angry tone, heavy sighs, rolling of eyes (objective data) and comments of "when are you going to be finished STUDYING!!" (subjective data)

[LaceyRN]

When you zone into a drug commercial while watching television and you wonder what the prescribed dose would be, how you would reconstitute and how many mL you would give. ITS SICK SICK SICK

YES! You also hang on every word said... therapeutic effects...contraindications... side effects ... dangerous adverse reactions, etc...knowing it will give you an advantage when memorizing this drug!

[twinkerrs]

*you whip out your palm pilot to check to make sure the dosage, route, and side effects of antibiotics they gave your 3 year old is correct and then teach your three year old all about taking his meds.

*every person in wal mart is symptomatic of something, the woman with the nail clubbing who you start a conversation with just to see if you are correct.

[SaraO'Hara]

*you whip out your palm pilot to check to make sure the dosage, route, and side effects of antibiotics they gave your 3 year old is correct and then teach your three year old all about taking his meds.

*every person in wal mart is symptomatic of something, the woman with the nail clubbing who you start a conversation with just to see if you are correct.

- you only shave your legs on the days that you might have to practice skills on each other (especially TEDS).

- Drug guide, with every med taken by relatives

- I try to diagnose, just too shy to actually ask!

- I've just stopped bothering. I figure we've all seen scarier things than a furry female leg