You know you are a Nursing student when...

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Some of you probably have seen a thread like this already.

I put this one up to "freshen-up" the forum.

I am pretty sure everyone has at least something they can throw up onto here.

So, I ask you fellow nursing student (or nursing student alumni)....what makes a Nursing student....erm...a Nursing student?

:yeah:

I needed stress relief last semseter and wrote up a few of these. Some of them were:

you wash your cutlery at home in an autoclave.

your 5 year old can name all of the bones in the body

you label all of the bones on the skeletons in the Hallowe'en displays at Walmart.

your flower pots are old bedpans

your answers are usually "Yes Doctor." or "No doctor."

the conversation at most meals involves blood and gore to some degree.

There was a whole page filled.

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Specializes in Critical Care (ICU/CVICU).

Got another one!

You know when you are a nursing student when you start overeducating your friends on their favorite lifestyle habits...

I'm personally guilty of this. I can't help but alert them of the risks of tanning (which they love to do), over-drinking (gotta put some patho in it!), STDs, etc. Its crazy how nursing school can really change the way you look at life. Tanning isn't just tanning anymore... it's a possible risk of melanomas and other skin cancer! I'm sure I irritate them sometimes, by messing up their fun, but hey, I'm a future nurse...can't help it.

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Specializes in Psych.

When you know that you only need 62/120 on the final to pass and are still worried about failing

when you think OH CRAP after tuesday I may never see some of these people again

when you think OH CRAP after next tuesday I wont be able to say let me go run this past your nurse because you are the nurse students will be saying that about in the fall

when you use your fun money to buy nclex study guides

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When you know that you only need 62/120 on the final to pass and are still worried about failing

this is how i feel right now :eek:

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Specializes in ICU/ CCU.

I thought of this the other day.... We actually know and understand the scientific reasoning behind a fart! LOL (after learning in MICRO that our gas released is a byproduct of the normal flora in our gut, after they metabolize the sugars we consume)

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.
I thought of this the other day.... We actually know and understand the scientific reasoning behind a fart! LOL (after learning in MICRO that our gas released is a byproduct of the normal flora in our gut, after they metabolize the sugars we consume)

Go E. coli!

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Amen:)

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When you look forward to holidays like 4th of July, not for the BBQs or time to spend with friends or family or catching the sales- you look forward to 1 extra day that you get to study!

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When you ask your son how many advils he's taken and what color is his stool

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You spend your time on allnurses.com instead of studying.

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You know you a nursing student when....you listen to your lectures in your car instead of the radio

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When you forget about your partner's birthday.

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