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:

[chaxanmom]

*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.

I was totally distracted by some guy at church last Sunday night because his nails appeared to be clubbed. I kept staring like some stalker trying to catch a better glimpse of his nails to see if I was right.

[momtojosh]

OMG!!! this site is way too funny.....

i am in a LPN program at the local college and when i see an older woman(like me,45..hehe)walking by or standing in a food line i wonder if she is a RN student.....and YES...i do ask cause i want to go on after.....

just today a woman fell at my sons basketball game.......i did get up to go over but she had her husband and others around her....she appeared not to be hurt and i strained to hear why she fell.......all the while thinking and observing her for signs of low sugar......ended up being a new pair of glasses and she didnt judge the step....

i am forever assessing people in my head....waking up in the middle of the night to check my notes cause i just couldnt remember something and HAD to know NOW......we only go to clinics on mon and tue and i find myself tues night wishing i had ONE more day of clinic so i could go back and check my PT labs......OMG!!! i could go on and on.....

just admit it everyone....we EAT,SLEEP,BREATH,and POOP nursing!!!!!!

PAULA

[Beautiful Stranger]

I haven't experienced any of those yet, purely because i haven't started my course yet (start next month)...

they don't sound so good.. im looking forward to any of it, anymore...

[momtojosh]

beautifulstranger......did you mean you werent looking forward to school anymore??........dont let this scare you............i would not change one tought,one dream about a classmate,me calling my brothers and sister to give me a list of their meds so i could look them up in my drug book(yup,i did),me thinking to myself,.."i have every symptom of this disease,perhaps i should get checked",....nothing.....you will find the humor.....i am just happy i am not alone....thanks everyone for sharing alittle bit of your insanity:bow:

[sneakymom2011]

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)

I just finished my 1st fundamentals class, just started Assessment/Pharmacology. While we were learning the nursing process, I kept coming up with nursing diagnoses for EVERYTHING. The cat, the kids, hubby, you name it I've come up with it (lol).

I take a pair of gloves out to clean dishes, and keep thinking I need to use sterile technique in order to put them on (lol). Or I take them off using the way I was taught.

So I guess this means after assessment, I'll be assessing everyone I see (lol).

[casi, ASN, RN]

When you call your roommate. "Your cat's hernia repair didn't work. So far it feels like it's just adipose tissue in the hernia and no small intesines. I checked his bowel sounds and they are active in all four quadrants. I don't think it's an emergency right now, but you may want to call your vet and get an appointment."

[cmonkey]

I haven't even finished my prereqs yet but I find myself eyeing veins when I'm out in public. I hope that's a good sign and not an impending visit to the locked ward. ...though that much time away from school and family would probably do me some good. So I guess you know you're a pre-nursing student if...

[shippoRN]

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........

Not only do you set two different alarm clocks, you put said alarm clocks in completely different locations to force your butt out of bed, and then have your nursing school bestfriend call you to make sure you actually woke up!

[beth66335, BSN, RN]

When you call your roommate. "Your cat's hernia repair didn't work. So far it feels like it's just adipose tissue in the hernia and no small intestines. I checked his bowel sounds and they are active in all four quadrants. I don't think it's an emergency right now, but you may want to call your vet and get an appointment."

:lol2::lol2:!!!!!( I think I just wet myself!!)

[Becca123183]

Not only do you set two different alarm clocks, you put said alarm clocks in completely different locations to force your butt out of bed, and then have your nursing school bestfriend call you to make sure you actually woke up!

This is soooo true lol! I do this too!

[Amburgerz12]

Wow, I start school in August and I can nervously say that I'm looking forward to it... I hope I am just as ecstatic and greatful as all of you are

[pugluvr310]

I didn't get the chance to read through them all.... because i'm a nursing student... so i'm sorry if this is already up, promise i'm not stealing!

You know you're a nursing student when you have dreams about studying and are able to actually review material in your dreams. (i think it's either a gift from god, or i've gone completely nuts!)