Really. I put these dreadful purple scrubs on again this morning. 112 days until pinning... in case anyone is counting. Which reminds me, as I begin my job search... NOTE TO SELF: do not even bother applying for a job at any place that would require wearing purple scrubs. I'm burning them in 112 days. Which also reminds me, maybe it was silly to buy the purple tubing for my stethoscope. Looking back, yeah it matched my scrubs for the past two years, but it NEVER will again. But that's the diva in me. It had to match. I even had a panic attack after ordering it online and before it arrived, because I feared it wasn't precisely the same shade of "grape".
I'm thankful that within the next 112 days I get a spring break. I will soon have to come to terms with the idea of never having holidays off. There's no six weeks off in the winter! But on the up side, I'll be getting paid to to the job that for the last two years, I've been PAYING to do. Bonus.
You know you're a nursing student when:
*Your refrigerated items are labeled, dated, and initialed.
*Your arms are toning up from carrying that awful med-surg book around.
*You quickly scramble for a NANDA approved diagnosis whenever anyone complains of anything.
*You can have a conversation about poop and eat at the same time, without missing a beat.
*Your family calls you to ask for your "expert medical opinion".
*You get excited when new admissions are coming in.
*You mumble "when was your last bowel movement?" in your sleep.
*You diagnose yourself with something new every two weeks.
*When you meet someone new, as you shake their hand, instead of the greeting "Nice to meet you" you say, "Nice veins!"
*You know not to believe anyone when they say "No, there is absolutely NO WAY I am pregnant".
*Your family forbids you from discussing your day at the dinner table.
*You hem your pants with steri-strips.
*When you pay your mortgage, you sign 'SN' after your name.
*You eat faster than ever before, usually while still standing.
*You have the bladder of 5 people.
*You maintain a sterile field while cooking dinner.
*You almost giggle when the lady at the pharmacy asks if you have any questions about this medication.
*Your 3 year old has an "owie" and your first words are: "on a scale of 1 to 10"...
*You KNOW that your rational is good, and you will argue to the death for those 2 points.
Some of the above happen to me on a regular basis... some, I have heard or read something similar to before. I did not look them up or copy anything directly from any other source but I am not claiming that they are all my original ideas and I am definitely not going to claim that anther nursing student or nurse could never have the same experiences, or have said or written the same things.
RN or BUST!
DRD
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