You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

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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. :uhoh3:

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:

Specializes in Med-Surg.

Once a 4.0 student, your new motto is "C means Continue!"

:rotfl: I just laugh when I consider how as a 4.00 student in pre-reqs I used to think that nursing school would be a piece of cake, because "I ONLY have to get a 75%!" Oh how the mighty do fall...

Okay...

you know you're in nursing school when you set your alarm for 6am on a Saturday morning and call it sleeping in.

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:rotfl: I just laugh when I consider how as a 4.00 student in pre-reqs I used to think that nursing school would be a piece of cake, because "I ONLY have to get a 75%!" Oh how the mighty do fall...

Okay...

you know you're in nursing school when you set your alarm for 6am on a Saturday morning and call it sleeping in.

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........

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Specializes in Lactation Ed, Pp, MS, Hospice, Agency.

"By the way, she walked out of the room laughing and shaking her head."

LMBO! What a great instructor! (Do u think perhaps she has dealt w/this b4?)

TY 4 sharing!

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You and another student are hiding in a pt. bathroom squeezing urine out of your shoe for an I&O because the urinal was knocked off of the bed rail. The instructor catches you, informs you the results will not be accurate. By the way, she walked out of the room laughing and shaking her head.

You tell everyone how upset you are that Burger King ran out of the 4-way reversible SpongeBob Squarepants watches...and you went multiple times...

You make sure to see The Incredibles and Lemony Snicket over Christmas break so you have something to talk about with your young patients...

(and you know you are getting old when...) you pick legos and Dr. Seuss as favored play objects in your care plan about a patient you have to make up...

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Specializes in LDRP.

i have to stop myself when writing notes to my husband (you know, b/c i leave the house way before he's awake!) from using nursing abbreviations-like the c for with, r/t, and so on, lol.

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE A NURSING STUDENT WHEN:

a classmate who you havent talked to since HS calls you on your cell (How he got the # I dont know!) to ask what to take for his cold/flu.

You have at least 3 boxes of cereal bars in your car to substitute for lunch

since you learned the proper handwashing techniques, you teach anyone you see whos washing their hands wrong and explain why (Yea im sad!)

You repeatingly say that you look like The State Puff Marshmallow Man in your clinical uniforms!

I love this site, you guys are too funny :chuckle

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You guys!!! Stop, youre scaring me :chuckle;):chair:

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Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

Your husband tells you that you need some serious psychiatric evaluation... especially the night before an exam!

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Specializes in L&D/Mother-Baby.

I am starting my clinicals today and I just want to say that some of these are sooo true; the others I have yet to experience. Great thread... keep them coming!!!!!!!!

Melody

:Melody:

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You know you're in nursing school when:

You want to do a physical assessment on every new person you meet to see if they are healthy, sick or have any physical/mental abnormalities:rolleyes:

Someone tells you they have a; headache, backache, stomache etc.. you ask them to rate it on a scale from 1-10, what's the quality, how long has it been hurting, what makes it better or worst etc:chuckle

you shake someone's hand and look at their hands and say to yourself,"Could I get an IV in that vein on the first stick?":uhoh21:

You can't stop using abbreviations when you write papers (ac,pc,prn,stat etc):uhoh3:

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Specializes in Med-Surg.
You know you're in nursing school when:

You want to do a physical assessment on every new person you meet to see if they are healthy, sick or have any physical/mental abnormalities:rolleyes:

Or...

you're watching Bush give a speech and start thinking Hmmm... he's got some asymmetry of his facial features...

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You carry a bleach pen to remove coffee stains (from the 4am drive to clinicals) on those beautiful pants

Great idea, thanks for the tip!!

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