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!

Specializes in Hospice & Palliative Care, Oncology, M/S.

...when you realize you don't have room in your enormous DayPlanner for everything you need to read/study/write/practice every day.

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You know you are a prenursing (fall 2010 woo hoo) student when you sit and read 10 pages of posts that should scare the poo out of you but are now so excited you cant wait to wash your hair 2-3 times every shower, recite the steps for IV injections, speak in abbreviations, have people look at you like you're disgusting for talking about vomit and suppositories in a crowded restaurant, quit cooking dinner for your family and move to the library away from your babies and husband!!! :) :) :) :) hahaha.

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

in one week you can pass a med calc exam, foley validation, iv validation, and take the first exam which covered at least 200 pages of labor and delivery. Right before you try to relax... your remember about the online pharm class that you have an exam for next week....:uhoh3:

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I used to work at a dry cleaners while in nursing school. When I would mention a customer to one of the other employees. Instead of me referring to him or her as the customer, I would always say "this Patient"

HAHAHA, I do this now too! I work in a hospital office setting now and I constantly refer to people as patients everywhere I go! Drives my boyfriend crazy :)

He hates it when I speak in code...I will come home and say "Ugh, Patient X came into the ED going into V-Tach and I couldn't believe the idiots downstairs just wanted to send him to Med Tele instead of the CVICU!"

And he looks at me like this.....:confused:

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This is great stuff! I can hardly wait : )

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Specializes in Dialysis.
I carry my text book's with me during the week when I have to make trips to the nearby City. Ive been known to study at the car shop, doctor's office, etc, LOL thats too much for me!!!

I also bring my textbooks to the gym and study on the treadmill...did that yesterday, actually!! lol

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you know you're in nursing school when you fall asleep when you are studying and wake up with note cards stuck to your face and pencils sticking you in the back.:uhoh3:

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... you've forgotten how to listen to music on your iPod because all you use it for now is nursing podcasts and relistening to your recorded lectures.

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Specializes in Onc/Med-Surg, ER, Nursing Supervisor.
when your room looks like a war zone because you can only clean when you're on break, and once you're on break, cleaning is the last think you want to do. and you wait to do laundry until you run out of clean underwear! (please say i am not the only one.... come on.... admit it!)

Is it bad that my 11 yo son is doing my laundry? LOL. Only sometimes...:p

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

When you go to the lab for a blood workup and UA and the lab tech tells you,"you have the best looking pee I've seen all day" and you take that as a compliment.

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You have a 1/2 credit class that is just as much work, if not more, as most 4 credit classes

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You mad that your teacher did not give you anything to do over Spring Break b/c you feel like you are wasting your time.

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