You Know You're a Nursing Student When...

So here we are beginning yet another semester. Oh holy hell. But this is a good thing, because it puts me on the path of having one more semester under my belt. This semester I am taking Psych and Peds. I begin with my clinicals right away (meaning tomorrow) at Primary Children's Hospital. Though I am horribly nervous, due to not having much exposure with kids and I don't really know what I am doing with them, I am so excited. For years where I wanted to end up working was pediatric oncology (cancer). The instructor said she would do what she could to get me in that unit, so I am thrilled!

So since I abandoned the pregnancy list... god that was rough, I will begin a new list with no particular number in mind. When I have number in mind it is a lot to live up to! So my new list is going to be called "you know you're a nursing student when..." It should be interesting!

Let's begin...
You know you're a nursing student when a rolling backpack is necessary because the weight of the books you have to carry around with you weight more than you do (and you're carrying around your whole house in the bag since you are never home).

You know you're a nursing student when your relaxation time is going to the bathroom.

You know you're a nursing student when you are excited and telling all your friends about how you learned to pull a swollen foreskin back over a penis (this one is for you Cori)

You know you're a nursing student when you are anxious to put in a foley catheter

You know you're a nursing student when think you are experiencing every illness that you are studying

You know you're a nursing student when you look at all of your Facebook post and realize that every status update has something to do with school and you realize that you no longer have a life

You know you're a nursing student when you have nightmares about your instructors

You know you're a nursing student when you go a month or more without talking to anyone in your family and don't even realize it...

You know you're a nursing student when you are kissing someone and all you can do is wonder if this person has herpes of the mouth

You know you're a nursing student when you write EVERYTHING in medical abbreviations! Even text to your non-nursing friends and they have to ask you what the hell you're talking about

You know you're a nursing student when you receive a text in the middle of the night asking you why the elderly become confused when they have a UTI (and you are awake studying the same information)

Ok, I could go on with this for awhile. But we will call this good for now. I look forward to the semester and am sure I will have lots to write about with the two classes I am taking at this time. Love you guys!

Since I have to add a pic with each blog and I have not taken any yet for this semester I will add one from this month of me and my papa flizzle.

Memories....

I never thought it would happen. The end of the semester finally came and I hit my year mark in nursing school! This year has been so full of happy/stressful/hilarious/etc memories. I can honestly say I have laughed more in this last year than I ever have in my whole life, in spite of the stress. Thank you to my dear friends out there who helped me with that.

So I kinda wanted to change things up today and bypass the pregnancy list. I wanted to write about the things I will remember most about this semester.

#1- I should not come at my patients from behind, they don't like that
#2- I should be asking my patients "may I thump you?"
#3- Roll 'em, flow 'em, and blow 'em. This was said in my OB class, and my question to Jennie was 'wasn't this how they got pregnant in the first place?' I got candy for that.
#4- That your parathyroid releases triangular hormones, your thyroid square hormones, and pituitary circular hormones
#5- That IV fluid should NOT be warmed in the microwave
#6- It's fun to bite Jared
#7- I can not handle sitting in class for 5 hours... I seem to lose interest after about 2 hours!
#8- That babies DO have to be fed every 24 hours (thank you Danielle for helping us all learn this one!)
#9- That if you put on Facebook how stressed you always are for your test then you score in the 90's your friends give you shit!
#10- That it's fun to deliver placentas and babies... glad I didn't tear the placenta (unlike other people).
#11- Nursing school totally ruins your sex drive (due to learning yet again about STD's) and even ruins kissing for you. You must ask for proof that the person does not get cold sores or has herpes before kissing them
#12- Claudia's whip
#13- mucus or mucous?
#14- The infamous "blue hue" I know Jennie will never forget me after my mini melt down in class over that one
#15- Going to Chili's after test and having a Jamaican drink is quite therapeutic
#16- Some words are just fun to say; for example: ticdouloureux, mittelschmerz, and spinnbarkeit
#17-When I tied my pants tighter in the middle of the hallway... and they fell down! Just don't do it cuz the patients going by in a wheelchair get an eye full and your lab partner laughs hysterically!
#18- You can relate everything with studying to something sexual and you can remember it a lot better!
#19- The seizure/sex tree that Cori and I made. Freaking hilarious! By the way Cori, it's all about the status epilepticus!
#20- Share your fries with Brandi!
#21- The best thing to do right before going in for a test is to have a laughing fit with your friends! It drastically improves your grade!
#22- I have to have my orange calculator before going in for my test or I am not a happy camper!
#23- Sitting next to Jared during test is hilarious because you hear things like "screw this shit" and you can't help but laugh!
#24- Stefanie and her suckers
#25- IUGR growling in the middle of class
#26- The countdown to the end of the semester on Facebook!!! It kept me going each and every day!
#27- That men are broken because they have a XY and not a XX
#28- Coitus Interruptus...
#29- Taking studying breaks with Cori and Brandi to jump on the trampoline. It helped get the oxygen going to the brain!
#30- Chick-fil-a every Wednesday!
#31- Only my clinical group will get this one, but the catch-all. It was at that moment that Julie knew exactly what she was getting into trying to explain things to me!
#32- I learned that if you ask Julie for something enough times she will finally say yes!
#33- Seeing Cori come in to study group covered in Jamba Juice!!!! Hahaha!!!!




This semester has been hell, and each day I thought that I couldn't get anymore tired (which I was always wrong, I learned you can ALWAYS get more tired), and daily questioned if I could really do this. I am so happy to say that I have! I made it threw some of the most stressful times ever and came out on top. I know that my dear friends never doubted it... but hell I sure did!

I am so thankful to Russ, Julie, and Jennie (3 of the greatest instructors ever... as long as Russ doesn't give me paperwork to do!), my friends at school (who continuously humor me and laugh at my silly/obnoxious jokes), my friends outside of school (who constantly listen to me whine and stress about school and cheer me on), and my family for being patient with me for being non-existent these days! I couldn't do this without all of you and am so appreciative!