Biggest Misconception about nurses you've heard

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Mine was when I met a good friend of mine on the bus on the way to clinicals while in school and she was SHOCKED that they allow lowly nursing students to "work with real, live people"

Naw, we just come out of nursing school with nothing but textbook knowledge and yet can mysteriously do skills well....... :lol2:

Probably due partially to the fact that her dad is a physician:uhoh3:

Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

1 -- we all want to marry doctors

2 -- all the patients sleep at night

3 -- WE get to sleep at night

4 -- we get paid a lot of money. Er...compared to what we risk (lawsuit, Hep C, HIV, meningitis, etc.), no we don't

6 -- we have "orderlies" to look after male patients and do the heavy lifting

7 -- patients are always nice to us.

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Specializes in M/S, ICU, ICP.
"are you absolutely positive it's pneumonia? have you seen a doctor?"

"yes! i did and it is pneumonia." [/i]

"well, if you do happen to feel better this afternoon, could you maybe do half a shift?"

"uh, no way in xxxx....":uhoh3:

btw, my temp was 103*f with tylenol aboard.

oh my heavens, we must have had the same don. i had come to work one morning and pushed myself until i collapsed. i had bilateral pneumonia and the doctor wrote the note ordering me to go home or be admitted. my don said "since you are already here, why don't you just work the desk and take off orders instead. omg! i swear she did!

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
"are you absolutely positive it's pneumonia? have you seen a doctor?"

"yes! i did and it is pneumonia." [/i]

"well, if you do happen to feel better this afternoon, could you maybe do half a shift?"

"uh, no way in xxxx....":uhoh3:

btw, my temp was 103*f with tylenol aboard.

oh my heavens, we must have had the same don. i had come to work one morning and pushed myself until i collapsed. i had bilateral pneumonia and the doctor wrote the note ordering me to go home or be admitted. my don said "since you are already here, why don't you just work the desk and take off orders instead. omg! i swear she did!

we must have! i was in my early thirties and feeling very grown-up and i ended up calling my mom who lived over 1000 miles away and she flew right in to take care of me.

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Specializes in Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology.

My mother-in-law on first meeting me said "So John tells me you're a nurse. That's a dirty job"

Needless to say I never have got on well with the old witch

:)

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

While doing committee work that consisted of chart audits, for one of the many committees I'm actively involved with or chairing, a student nurse comes up to me and says "How did you get the easy job not having to take care of patients?" Excuse me?!? I have put my hours in taking care of patients, and let me tell you taking care of patients is a hell of a lot easier than trying to convince nurses who are already overwhelmed and feeling overworked that I need them to fill out another form and the patients are generally a lot nicer and more appreciative. Not to mention even when I'm dressed in my non-nursing clothes I am still asked to change beds, note orders, heplock IVs, and ambulate patients.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
my mother-in-law on first meeting me said "so john tells me you're a nurse. that's a dirty job"

needless to say i never have got on well with the old witch

:)

sometimes the best response is what i used to call the look. you know the one i mean. the same one your mother used to give you when you were a defiant teenager and got difficult or said something totally inappropriate.:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology.

She got the look alright. ;)

My own mother was outraged as she was also a nurse.

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

Your not supposed to say "eeww!" or be "grossed out" when you see somone produce some kind of bodily fluid because you deal with that everyday.

Nurses may deal with it everyday, but that doesn't mean they don't find it gross. :rolleyes:

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
your not supposed to say "eeww!" or be "grossed out" when you see somone produce some kind of bodily fluid because you deal with that everyday.

nurses may deal with it everyday, but that doesn't mean they don't find it gross. :rolleyes:

i get totally grossed out if someone blows his nose really really hard in a restaurant while i'm eating.:eek:

in fact, mucous in general gets to me.:barf02:

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.
sometimes the best response is what i used to call the look. you know the one i mean. the same one your mother used to give you when you were a defiant teenager and got difficult or said something totally inappropriate.:uhoh3:

hey, i gave that look to my 4 year old nephew recently & he laughed & said i was giving him "the stink eye". couldn't stay mad at him. cracked me up

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Acute Rehab.
That nurses are having amazing sex in the supply room with Dr. McDreamy.... LOL. Too much TV!

Yeah, if only!!!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Acute Rehab.
My mother-in-law on first meeting me said "So John tells me you're a nurse. That's a dirty job"

Needless to say I never have got on well with the old witch

:)

I love your posts, you are hilarious!:rotfl:

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