how many use the line when giving shots to women?

Are all in fourth grade again?

"I dare you... really I dare you... then post the results..."

No. Wait a minute. I don't know whether that's fourth grade or college frat boy.

Yuck!

sharpeimom

Umm, probably somewhere in later elementary school.
Sorry Sharpeimom, I guess you dont get it.

To Itsthedude: Let's see. . . You have a "gig" giving injections. You want to know how many use "the line", assuming it's so well known and hilariously funny all male nurses will know exactly what you're talking about. You hold a syringe in your hand and say, "you're going to feel a p***k". The lady assumes you're talking about her husband, or some other male in her life, and you both have a good laugh. If the lady is over 40, she REALLY gets it!!!

For the few old prudes that don't, well that 60+ year old bat of a charge nurse will set them straight. The girls say it, and dammit, the guy will too!! It's the law! She checked, and her husband said it was OK!!

Sorry, guy. This just sounds like If you're serious, all the advice above should not be brushed off. You might just want to stay a nurse. Otherwise, thanks for a laugh.

Highly inappropriate. Before I started working as a tech a few years back, I was told that a another tech saw that the wife of a patient in radiology was still in the room. He said in a "non-threatening, joking" manner, "oh, you're here all by yourself? Need some company?" and the next day the woman called the supervisor and said that the tech was making advances on her while her SICK husband was away. He was written up.

Three pages so far, dude, well done...curious to see how many pages of indignation you can rack up before it gets shut down.

^^^ Haha, I seriously don't see the big deal about this at all... Who cares if you say such a thing, I personally see the what the fuss is about.

Ha ha. It's Saturday night!

I'm so confused. Gave about 20 flu shots today at a clinic, more then half the recepients being female and to all I said something like, "ok, you're going to feel a slight sting/pinch/pressure/etc..." I'm sure I used something different each time- in school they told us to say something like this just before giving the injection, and never once thought about anything other then the shot I was giving?

Am I missing something or are the xxxxx's in place of a certain word?

You're doing fine. The original post indicated that he said to the ladies, "you're going to feel a pr***k". The vast majority of the guys recommended against this form of humor, needless to say.

"Dude", if you were concerned enough about the propriety of the word for us to see, and had to replace it with x's. How in the world could you even dream of saying such a thing to a pt?
We nurses surely have heard the word prick before. However I think that your choice to x it out speaks volumes for how you should carry yourself in your professional practice of nursing.
This seems to me like a potential lawsuit type of statement.
My extraordinary wife who is an outstanding RN gave me some advice when I was still in training.
Imagine saying whatever it is that you are going to say, be it to pt. family or colleague to a group of 12 people sitting on a jury. Who know nothing of our profession.
Good luck in your practice. I hope that you remain safe.