Thursday and Friday we spend the whole day in lecture: Pathophysiology, Pharmacotherapeutics, Integrated Healthcare, and Cultural Fluency.
Laptops are required for the nursing program. Ten years ago, students who brought a laptop to class were just asking for silent judgment. Now I am one of them. I just wish I had shelled out a little more and bought a lighter computer.

The best part about it is being connected to the internet all the time. The worst part about it is being connected to the internet all the time and checking your email repeatedly, desperate for some sort of communication with the outside, praying that your shadeball friends will update their blogs, and when they finally do, that you won't get the giggles when reading all the hilarious things they have to say. Because once you start giggling, it's over; the professor knows there is nothing funny about acute kidney failure.