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At work, we carry our work phones. they basically look like cell phones but can only make calls within the hospital. They also can get calls from outside the hospital so if families want to contact the nurse we can just give them our direct number. So when we get calls from Families, PT, Doctors, Central monitoring, basically everything they just call our direct line instead of going through the HUC and the main line at the desk. Super nice, cause we have a phone with us ALL the time.

So....everytime i answer my work phone i say "Cardiology this is Jenni, RN"

My habit? I answer my personal cell phone and home phone like this. Today my fiance's coworker called our house phone, which NEVER rings. i answer it "Cardiology this is Jenni, RN" all i hear is "uh...................Is this Cory's number?"...oops :)

Anyone else find them self having habits like this at home?

Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

When holding DH hand, I idly palpate for veins, until he gets disgusted and yells "I'm not a patient!". I carry purell in my purse at all times.

I dated a phlebotomist for a while and she would do this all the time. We would be sitting watching a movie and she would just be playing with my arms looking at the veins. It fascinated her!

I have, on more than one account, signed RN and then dated and timed when signing credit card slips.

My heart goes in to overdrive anytime something is called over the intercom anywhere I go. I love being on code team but it messes with your nerves ha ha.

lol I'm not a nurse yet either, and I do that too. When I was younger, I used to make fun of my mom for doing that because she is somewhat of a germaphobic. Now I see why she does it. Door handles and sink handles are disgusting!

Shoot, I do this now and I'm not even a nurse yet! :lol2:

My fam is always teasing me, saying I'm ocd b/c I use hand sanitizer on buggy handles, etc. My mom was teasing me one day saying 'i don't know how she'll be a nurse and deal with the germs, she's constantly rubbing her hands w/ that stuff'. My aunt who is a nurse had my back. Her reply was "Good! She'll fit right in!" :)

Specializes in Trauma, Critical Care.

The other night while sleeping, my boyfriend was getting up from bed to go to the bathroom. I had just cared for an intubated/agitated/sedation nightmare that kept trying to sit up and self extubate the night before. As soon as my boyfriend sat up, I threw my hands over his chest to keep him from getting up. He instantly yelled "what are you doing?" I woke up and laughed when I realized what happened.

I too have looked for hand sanitizer in odd places.

I hear the beeps in Wal mart and stop in my tracks, getting to run to a code! My son has more than once looked at me and walked the other way :)

Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.

even to this date whenever i meet a friend accidentally at a public place my first statement is "so what brings you here today?" :cool:

Specializes in PDN; Burn; Phone triage.
The other night while sleeping, my boyfriend was getting up from bed to go to the bathroom. I had just cared for an intubated/agitated/sedation nightmare that kept trying to sit up and self extubate the night before. As soon as my boyfriend sat up, I threw my hands over his chest to keep him from getting up. He instantly yelled "what are you doing?" I woke up and laughed when I realized what happened.

I too have looked for hand sanitizer in odd places.

I did something similar!

I'd taken a melatonin to help me sleep and I guess was half-asleep/dreaming with my husband who was awake and reading a book next to me in bed. Next thing he knows, I'm frantically looking at his fingers and searching through our covers and mumbling something about how he lost his pulse ox.

All I remember is him waking me up and asking what a pulse ox was and why was I looking for it?

Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

One sentence :: You may want to talk to the doctor about that.

These two things happen to me all the time...At the hospital I work at, I sit with the safety precaution patients all day. So, whenever a nurse or doctor enters the room or switch shift they ask for ID. Whenever I go to the store I have a bad habit of carrying my ID with me; sometimes I even try to use it instead of pulling out my bank card.

Another one is when someone call to ask me to go with them somewhere. I always go and put on my scrubs, then, when I go to put on sneakers is when I realize I have on the wrong clothes.

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