Best compliment ever.
On Thursday I stayed after class in skills lab with about a dozen other students to practice some medication skills for a big practical exam that's coming up on the Tuesday after spring break. One of the lab instructors, a very smart RN who I don't work with very often was there helping out. She spent a half hour or so drilling us on dosages, injection sites, side effects, etc., and it seemed like every question she asked, I had the correct answer to. After her questions, I poked around the med carts on my own for a little while, then packed up and got ready to leave. As I was walking out, I had the following exchange with her:
Me: Bye Professor D. Thanks for all of your help today.
Prof: No problem. Hey Jaime, are you one of the RNs in the class?
Me: No.
Prof: Are you an LPN?
Me: No.
Prof: Do you work in the hospital? Pharmacy?
Me: Nope....I'm just a regular student. I just have been studying REALLY hard.
Prof: (smiles) I can tell.
Being a first year nursing student and getting mistaken for an RN.....AWESOME. This was all said in front of the other students while they sat with open mouths. I practically had to widen the doorway to allow my newly inflated head to go through.
