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The above link is a thread we had going a long time ago...funny enough to revisit I think.
...you privately wonder what it would be like to have a "Loop", "maneuver", area of the brain, "syndrome", or "triad" named after you.
..."Sorry, honey. That was *my* flatus..."
...you've ever attempted to get your cat's carotid, apical, popliteal, or brachial pulse (Of course I haven't tried getting a radial - jeez, I'm not crazy or anything!).
...you've somehow unconsciously come up with both rationales and a cute little acronym for each step involved in, yep, preparing a pot of coffee.
...when you get excited over the fact that you're going SCRUB shopping for clinicals......when you have become a PREMIUM member of all Borders, Barnes & Nobles, etc...
...when you are greeted by name by cashiers from said places...
Every book seller in Barnes knows me. I feel like such a loser that I know everyone that works there. When I haven't been in for awhile, they are always like "HEY! Where have you been?" I start thinking...Wow, I have NO life!
when you are flipping through the channels and stop when you see an operating room or blood!when you prepare your coffee with aseptic technique (trying not to touch the coffee top to the counter at Dunkin Donuts).
you love hospitals, as sick as that is!!!
you are determined to find the most comfortable white pairs of shoes or sneaks!
you look for nursing jobs online even though you have another year of school!
:trout:
I totally agree with the TV one and the nursing jobs online on!!! I just starting looking at travel nursing jobs online, and I don't graduate until next May..
RFLOL...these are great!
- you believe that a balanced breakfast is a Thermos of coffee and a slice of toast you "balance" on your lap as you drive to school.
- your SO doesn't bother asking what time you came to bed lat night, just where you're going to be today.
- you're not allowed to comment while watching ER on TV.
- you other job knows if you had clinical or an extern day by what color scrubs you come in with.
- you have a feeling of lost aimlessness after you graduate when you realize you have nothing assigned to read, no care plan to do, no more clincals and you can actually sleep at night!
Cheers,
Tom
-you tell your family and friends how important it is to turn off the water with a paper towel and using another one to open the door of public bathrooms
-TiVo all your favorite programs so you can study, and then fall asleep when you have time to watch them
-all your family calls your for advice on every pain, fever,sickness, or injury to get your opinion
-the only books you look for are now nursing books, the only shows you reaaly like to watch asre on Discovery health or Greys' anatomy and House....don't forget ER and Chicago Hope reruns
..when you can say that sleep is totally overrated.
..when your friends' caller ID no longer recognizes your number.
..when the staff at the coffee shop not only know you by name but have your latte brewing
..when you can easily not only diagnose yourself and others but also come up with a care plan
..when you find yourself saying things like "related to" and "as evidenced by" in every other sentence
..when you crave carbohydrates more than sleep
..when the only season you know is summer; the rest of the year is a blur
When you go home with about 30 alcohol swabs in your pocket after clinicals.
You eat m&ms out of a sterile bowl.
You have ativan on a prn basis.
You also smoke and drink on a prn basis.
Your shrink knows your voice on the phone. :)
Antidepressants dont seem so bad anymore.
Your kids know how to check apical pulse.
Your family is tired of being guinea pigs, all of those physical assesments.
maliat
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I'm haven't started classes yet but...
...you're asking your 90+ great aunt how she got that wound on her arm and that she really should put some antibiotic cream and a bandaid on.