Nursing School Chronicles ~ Student Nurse in public!

When people know that you are a nurse or studying nursing, a lot of times they ask you about things you may know nothing about.....for example:

Person:  My cousin in Minnesota has a rash.  What should he do?

That kind of question is like saying my cousin in Hawaii has a bag of beans in it.  What should he make?  Beans?  Like Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Jelly Beans?  You get the point.

There are other times when a person is talking about their condition and you want to jump in and give advice so badly and you do and the next thing you know you find yourself giving them more information than they need to know.  Your person is giving you a blank stare.  For example, the guy who took me out last night said he has pre diabetes so he just eats rice.  *sounds of cars screeching, broken glass, screeching babies go off in my head*  And by the end of that conversation he knows to stick to 1/2 cup of rice measured.  Beans and rice make a complete protein.  I know about how he monitors his blood sugars....and he is giving me the blank stare.  (See, I am the worst date ever)

On to the story.....

I still work with my programming buddies and today was Suresh's birthday.  We found a place were the veggies were plentiful as 1/3 of the diners were vegertarians.....aka we ended up at Pizza Hut.

My friend Srini is complaining about a bunion he has.  Half of our work dining partners say you should let La B look at it as they practically pulll his socks off in the middle of the lunch buffet.  Srini is mortified.  I am mortified and morbidly curious.  I am saying loud and repeatedly like a mantra.....I am not a podiatrist.....I am not a podiatrist.  And the other half of our work dining partners are screaming "Noooooooooo!  Don't take his shoes off!!!!!" 

I tell you this.  The TV is full of shows about doctors (ER), doctors doing nursey things (Grey's), and even funny situations with doctors (Scrubs).

I am here to tell ya', nursing is where it's at.....and when you are ready to write the sitcom, Hollywood......you know where to find me.  Yep.  Forcibly assessing/examining bunions of an unwilling patient in the middle of the Pizza Hut lunch buffet.