You know you're in nursing school when....

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I'm sure this has been done before but I figured I'd do it anyway!

You know you're in nursing school when......

Your mind is thinking about so many different things that you actually have to stop and make sure you have on all of your clothes before you leave the house!

When you see drunk people at the bar and the 1st thing you think of is wow, they are A&O x 2, hmmm ...or maybe I'd document that as a 1.

Maybe its just me who thinks this lol

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You're convinced every little sniffle from you child is something much worse. I was convinced ds had meningitis last weekend with his fever, vomiting, and pain behind the eyes. I actually had him put his chin to chest just for my own peace of mind :imbar
I laughed so hard at this. My husband accused me of using our children to practice assessments when they get hurt.

I'm another who has nursing school dreams. They are happening all the time now--mostly about clinicals.

You know you're in nursing school when your mil informs you all about her vaginitis. I don't mind talking gross stuff. I don't even mind talking gyn stuff with most people. But I certainly don't need to here about it from my mil.

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you know you are a nursing student (or a nurse) when you shake someone's hand and your initial thought it, "wow, you have great veins!" :)

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Specializes in Dialysis.
When you see drunk people at the bar and the 1st thing you think of is wow, they are A&O x 2, hmmm ...or maybe I'd document that as a 1.

Maybe its just me who thinks this lol

Or formulating nursing diagnoses: impaired mobility r/t alterations in consciousness s/t substantial ETOH consumption

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You know you are in nursing school when you have a dream about heparin and warfarin getting married....

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Specializes in Paramedic 15 years, RN now.

I do check to see if im dressed before i leave the house too....

I have NO IDEA what is on tv.....i started used "ante and post" instead of "before and after"

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You know you're in nursing school when a student complains about pain in her LLQ and 10 other students break out the steths to listen to bowel sounds....true story.

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when you and your nursing friends play the "ABC" game...

Person 1: "Apple"; Person 2: "Apple, Balloon"; Person 3: "Apple, Balloon, Canary"... etc.

Except you limit your responses to medications or disease processes...

Person 1: "Arthritis"; Person 2: "Arthritis, Benzodiazepines"; Person 3: "Arthritis, Benzodiazepines, COPD"... etc.

haha Good times. :)

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Specializes in Telemetry.

You work a 12 hour shift and realize you haven't used the bathroom to "void" until you got home

You would rather wait until someone else open the bathroom door in a public restroom because you just washed your hands while singing "Happy Birthday"

You notice how everyone on TV wears their stethoscopes the wrong way

Smells that should automatically initiate the gag reflex don't seem to bother you

The last "new outfit" you purchased was a brand new set of scrubs...and you were excited about it

You just spent the last 45 minutes reading all the replies to this post and laughed out loud by yourself

Thanks for the laughs!!:jester::yeah:

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Specializes in LTC, HomeCare.

you know youre in nursing school....

when reading the HIV chapter with LARGE pictures of how to put a male condom...you just realized ur sitting in the crowded bus and everyones eyes are on your book....

and u flip a page

the next page shows a pic of how to put a female condom on.... LOL

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Specializes in Psych.

You come home from clinical and your dog is going crazy by the back door and you look at your husband and seriously ask him, "When was the last time she voided?" Bonus points if you ask about the output too. LOL

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Neuro, Nephrology, Pulmonology.

"You just spent the last 45 minutes reading all the replies to this post and laughed out loud by yourself"

...................I sure did!!!

You know your in nursing school when:

Your house is overfilled with nursing books

You Knw you have to study, but FB is calling your name

You have no friends but the ones @ school, b/c everyone is tired of you telling them NO when they want to go out!

You have cried more in these last past semesters than you ever have in your life!

You are constantly adding your points to make sure to don't fall below the curve.

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