I know this has made the internet rounds a few times, but I laugh every single time I read it. A friend sent it to me via email, but I also saw it again today posted over at Nursing Voices. Hope you enjoy!
Come to think of it, this may produce a few more entries from me as I remember stories that go along with some of these. People are amazing creatures.
Subject: You know you are a nurse when
1) the front of your scrubs reads "Nurses... here to save your ass, not kiss it!"
2) you occasionally park in the space with the "physicians only" sign... and knock it over.
3) you believe some patients are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4) you recognize that you can't cure stupid.
5) you own at least three pens with the names of prescription medications on them.
6) you believe there's a special place for the inventor of the call light.
7) you believe that saying "it can't get any worse" causes it to get worse just to show you it can.
8) you wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom.
9) you believe that any job where you can drive to work in your pajamas is a cool one.
10) you consider a tongue depressor an eating utensil.
11) eating microwave popcorn out of a clean bedpan is perfectly natural.
12) you've been exposed to so many x-rays that you consider it a form of birth control.
13) you've ever heard a patient with a nose ring, a brow ring, and twelve earrings say "I'm afraid of shots."
14) you've ever placed a bet on someone's blood alcohol level.
15) you've told a confused patient that your name is that of a coworker and to call if they need help.
16) your bladder can expand to the size of a Winnebago's water tank.
17) you have seen more penises than any prostitute could dream of.
18) you believe that not all patients are annoying... some are unconscious.
19) your family and friends refuse to watch medical sitcoms with you because you spend the whole time correcting everyone and pointing out upside down x-rays.
20) you don't get excited about blood, unless it's your own.
21) you've sworn to have "do not resuscitate" tattooed on your chest. Soon.
22) discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal is perfectly normal to you.
23) your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down to eat.
24) your idea of a good time is a cardiac arrest at shift change.
25) you believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac.
26) you believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a recognized diagnosis.
27) you believe that the government should require permits to reproduce.
28) you believe that unspeakable evils will befall anyone who utters the phrase: "Wow, it's really quiet, isn't it?
29) you have ever wanted to write a book entitled "Suicide: getting it right the first time."
30) you have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye ad say "I have no idea how that got stuck in/on/up there."
31) you've had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably.
3 comments:
Thank you for this again! I needed it tonight - too many crazy busy shifts - you know it is bad when you are hooking patients in the waiting room up to the telemetry box because everything, including the folding chairs, in the ED are full! Just needed some affirmation that I haven't gone insane all by myself!
I love to read your blog it is refreshingly funny!!!
Having searched the house, I can confirm that I don't own three pens -without- drug logos... Isn't #32 how you know you're a nurse when you're discussing work over dinner at a restaurant and the people at the next table throw up?
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