Habits you picked up from work...

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ComeTogether, LPN

1 Article; 2,178 Posts

Specializes in Transitional Nursing.

People find it odd you wash your hands after using the bathroom?? I'd be looking at them sideways if they DIDNT wash their hands after using the bathroom.

I don't know, my Mom taught me from the age of a toddler to wash your hands before eating and after using the bathroom. Didn't need a nursing instructor to beat it into me :)

Lol I assume she means the way she washes her hands. Maybe she sings happy birthday :-p

"No day but today"

CountyRat

323 Posts

Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..
Lol I assume she means the way she washes her hands. Maybe she sings happy birthday :-p

"No day but today"

Yes, that is what I meant. I never got into the "Happy Birthday" thing, but I still perform the ritual with solemn reverence:

Crank out the paper towel half way (lest I sulley my soon-to-be pristine hands on the bacteria ranch that is the towel dispensor knob), wash each finger individually ("do NOT forget the spaces between the fingers, the nail beds, or the area under your wedding ring!" I hear resounding sternly from the distant past), rinse from the wrist down (fingers pointet down, of course!), leave my dainty paws dangling over the sink (no shaking them and splattering water all about), tear off the afore mentioned, partially deployed paper towel, dry hands, and then, and ONLY then, turn off the water using the paper towel as a barrier against the festering sesspool of contageon that lurks upon the faucet handles.

Whew, I am exhausted! Maybe some other time I will enthrall you all with description of how I exit the lavatory without (heaven forbid!) touching the Door Knob of DEATH, but right now I need to lie down for a while and regain my strength. You guys just continue without me.

Specializes in mental health, Alzheimer, dementia,.

I think the biggest habit I have picked up is knocking on every door and announcing myself...then I am realize i am at home and don't need to knock to go into my own bedroom... Ah the things that get ingrained into our heads...lol

CT Pixie, BSN, RN

3,723 Posts

Yes, that is what I meant. I never got into the "Happy Birthday" thing, but I still perform the ritual with solemn reverence:

Crank out the paper towel half way (lest I sulley my soon-to-be pristine hands on the bacteria ranch that is the towel dispensor knob), wash each finger individually ("do NOT forget the spaces between the fingers, the nail beds, or the area under your wedding ring!" I hear resounding sternly from the distant past), rinse from the wrist down (fingers pointet down, of course!), leave my dainty paws dangling over the sink (no shaking them and splattering water all about), tear off the afore mentioned, partially deployed paper towel, dry hands, and then, and ONLY then, turn off the water using the paper towel as a barrier against the festering sesspool of contageon that lurks upon the faucet handles.

Whew, I am exhausted! Maybe some other time I will enthrall you all with description of how I exit the lavatory without (heaven forbid!) touching the Door Knob of DEATH, but right now I need to lie down for a while and regain my strength. You guys just continue without me.

Ahh, than that makes it make sense now hahaha. I bet your description of exiting said cest pool is the same way I do it. Never knew my body could bend and twist the way it does when I leave public rest rooms. hahahah

KristieRae71

25 Posts

HOUR??? I am lucky to grab the 30 min. that we are allowed!

Shayli80

4 Posts

Specializes in General Nursing,Aged Care,Community Nurs.

I have frequently had the same,feeling,awareness,on occasions, but i call them GUT FEELINGS,on many times,it has actually saved a life, or my own,or my kids!!!When i have these times,or feelings,i NEVER DISREGARD THEM.

Specializes in ER, progressive care.

a lunch hour? what's that? :eek:

Most of the time I just scarf down whatever food I can within the few minutes I have, if I'm that lucky. :sarcastic:

I have signed my checks/credit cards with "turnforthenurse, RN."

Knocking before entering any room at home. Or anywhere, really.

Washing my hands BEFORE going to bathroom (and after, of course!)

Admiring veins from afar. I dream of putting in a nice 16G into those garden hoses. I even like palpating and admiring my hubby's veins :laugh:

My nurse walk...I walk very fast at work, and I do the same when I'm off the clock. Hubby is always telling me to slow down!

Specializes in Hospice.

Automatic safety assessment of every building I enter.

thenursemandy

276 Posts

Specializes in Med-Surg, LTC, Psych, Addictions..

Ha ha. Before I became an RN, I used to sign LPN on my checks sometimes. Ooops!

blackvans1234

375 Posts

Use paper towel to turn off the faucet, or elbow when appropriate.

nursefrances, BSN, RN

1 Article; 601 Posts

Specializes in Ambulatory Surgery, Ophthalmology, Tele.
Use paper towel to turn off the faucet, or elbow when appropriate.

Our hospital has the paper towel dispensers that are automatic, you know, wave your hand under it and the paper towel rolls out. Once I was at Disneyland, I washed my hands and waved my hand under the paper towel dispenser, I did it again. No paper towel. Yeah....it wasn't automatic, just a metal box with paper towels inside. Did I mention I had worked 3 or 4 shifts in a row before going to Disneyland? :blink:

amygarside

1,026 Posts

nurses should learn to eat fast to maximize breaks..wow

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