Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

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I have heard some of the craziest things nurses have done out of force of habit in the "Real World". Aka out of the hospital.

I've heard that some sign their checks with first initial, last name RN.

Someone ran to aisle four in the grocery store because of a "code blue! clean up! Code blue!"

Knocking on the door before entering, any door, your front door.

Answering your cell phone "Nurses station"

Admiring someones veins.

Holding your invisible steth when leaning over.

Wheres the weirdest place you've fallen asleep?

Confess!

Specializes in NICU, ER, OR.

when i sleep,i have to be on my left side......

Specializes in psychiatry,geropsych,LTC/SNF, hospice.

Another one guilty of the "catch myself before signing RN (or worse, RN-evening supervisor)" on kids' permission slips, checks, etc

Became so fond of my cargo style scrubs, started wearing only cargo style pants at home; and then doing the "pat down" searching for pens, scissors, etc at the store or wherever.

Depending on how tired I am, there can be up to a five second pause when answering the phone while reorienting myself to if I'm at home or work :rolleyes:

Knock on doors before entering rooms

Tell the kids "if there's no bones showing or blood gushing, you'll be fine"

Fell asleep at the dentist's once, and they were so sweet they let me nap for 30 min! :lol2:

When my infant had his routine immunisation injection, I was holding him and explaining to him what the nurse is doing and what will happen next. The nurse looked at me and asked, 'Are you a nurse too? I've never heard any parent explaining an injection'.

OMG, I did the same thing! It never occurred to me why the office nurse looked at me so weird! I thought every mom explained what was going to happen to their kids :smackingf

Vein stalker, random pulse checker, "RN" signer, "4west, this is RN.at.heart" home phone answerer, Wal-Mart diagnostician, TV-show CPR critic, neurotic documenter, five-star first aid kit technician, phantom vent alarm searcher . . . . yep, all guilty as charged.

12 yrs of nursing has taught me many things, the most important being I don't know everything but I can always learn. The second is that you are always a nurse no matter where you are or what you are doing. Thanks to all those who proudly wear the mantle of Nurse.

Every time I leave a room I reach my hand up to get hand sanitizer...even though there isn't usually any there...I've jammed a few fingers doing it actually.

My husband is constantly creeped out because I just stare at his veins, and I palpate them constantly. I also sign my name with my first initial, Last name, RN on checks and stuff.

I am always putting pens into invisible pockets because I think I am still wearing a scrub top, and I do the pat down to figure out where I have put things even though I am wearing street clothes.

I knock on every door before I open it...even the closet door.

I answer my phone with my hospital greeting sometimes.

I tried to elevate the head of my bed when my husband was sick and couldn't breath well.

Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I'm guessing the vein thing isn't so unusual after all, to non medical people anyway. I. Notice the veins in everyone, before even their face. On tv also. I have been seeing a lot of shows lately with big forehead veins and will say " I wonder if I could get an IV in that sucker."

Today I finally answered my phone wrong saying "peds this is Vida" and I get so mad watching anything medical anymore but still watch, I annoy my family by saying all the things wrong. In fact it's watching these shows I feel super smart.

The open end of the pillowcase faces away from the door.

I miter my bed sheets.

Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

i miter my bed sheets.

doesn't everyone?

except mt husband, that is.:rolleyes:

i feel as though i've shown him at least 1,000,001 times -- at a bare minimum...:uhoh3::eek:

Specializes in Blunt Trauma.
bomb.pngGive a little pat on the butt, not ment to be a perve just a habit, and only to women ive known awhile.
doesn't everyone?

except mt husband, that is.:rolleyes:

i feel as though i've shown him at least 1,000,001 times -- at a bare minimum...:uhoh3::eek:

i truly and honestly thought my entire life that that is just the way everyone makes their bed (except when ppl got lazy). even my ex bf's sheets were mitered, but looking back, both their mother's were rn's. my mom is an rn. my current bf doesnt and i thought that was so odd but thought maybe he just didnt want to take the time. then i was in nursing school and was shocked that no one in my class knew how to and had theee hardest time trying to learn how to do it.

oops!

Specializes in med-surg.

I check everyone's arms for places to start IVs, I have actually asked my friends for name and birthday before giving them advil out of habbit, If I see someone fall I sigh thinking I have to start fall charting, hear a high pitch noise and go running for a bed alarm, see people in public with their hands shaking and are sweating and think should I give oral or IV ativan, sign my name with RN. I actually hit my head one night and made my friend give me a neuro check. When I meet new people I have caught myself saying hi I am CUMCrn and I will be your nurse tonight...

Specializes in Blunt Trauma.

Depnding on were you are it could be a good thing to someone if you walked up and said (Hi Iam CUMCrn) and I will be your nurse 2night. As to the others thats funny because I catch myself all the time Assessing people out in the real world. Keep it up you never know when you actually might have to do your job out there. Stay nursin CUMC.

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