You Know You Are a Nurse When...

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My grandmother just shared this list with me, and I thought it was wicked cute!! Feel free to add your own :)

You Know You Are a Nurse When...

  • You would like to meet the inventor of the call light in a dark alley one night.
  • You know the phone numbers of every late night food delivery place in town by heart.
  • You can only tell time with a 24 hour clock.
  • When asked, "What color is the patient's diarrhea?", you show them your shoes.
  • Every time you walk, you make a rattling noise bcause of all the scissors and clamps in your pockets.
  • You can tell the pharmacist more about the medications he is dispensing than he can.
  • You refuse to watch ER because it's too much like the real thing and triggers "flashbacks".
  • You check the caller ID when the phone rings on your day off to see if someone from the hospital is trying to call to ask you to work.
  • Everytime someone asks you for a pen, you can find at least three of them on you.
  • You don't get excited about blood loss...unless it's your own.
  • You live by the motto, "To be right is only half the battle; to convince the physician is more difficult."
  • You've basted your Thanksgiving turkey with a Toomey syringe.
  • You'e told a confused patient your name was that of your coworkers, and to HOLLER if they need help.

Specializes in OB, Med/Surg, Ortho, ICU.

How about describing urinary output as tea colored, cappacino, chunky monkey, or stinky syrup?

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
How about describing urinary output as tea colored, cappacino, chunky monkey, or stinky syrup?

I had to do a 24 hr. collection of my own urine and didn't have enough ice to keep it cold, so I "cordened off" a section of the bottom shelf of my fridge. I put a sign on the next shelf up.....the arrow pointing up toward my husband's ice-tea said "T" and the arrow pointing down said "P" , and the sign in th middle of those said "DON'T BE CONFUSED!":lol2:

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you know you are a nurse when...

you sign your checks with your name and title...I do not write them all the time but whenever I do I always find myself putting my signature and title...lol

leave frozen water bottles at the curb side for the garbage people picking up trash...hey they work so hard they need hydration too...lol

you find yourself prioritizing daily matters by writing things down on a to do list...we do some funny things that only other nurses would understand...lol

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I recently gave my bio-mom a case of 30 gravity tube feeding bags I no longer use....she's going to use them to water her tomatoes when she's out of town :D

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I recently gave my bio-mom a case of 30 gravity tube feeding bags I no longer use....she's going to use them to water her tomatoes when she's out of town :D

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in Medical Surgical.

Oh, yes, ALL of that applied to me. One of my best memories: Our head nurse had been hammering about answering patient calls more promptly. We were already doing without breaks and lunch and running nonstop all shift. That week-end we got in a very loud confused woman who was always screaming for her nurse. We convinced her all her nurses were named "Susan". So Monday morning our beloved head nurse, Susan, walked in to constant screams of "Susan, Susan! I need you! Help me, Susan! I know you're out there!" We loved it! Susan, not so much. :))

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Specializes in Peds.

You could start your own medical supply company from all of the bandaids, syringes, etc in your pockets following your shift.

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Specializes in Peds.

When you envy your friends who have jobs where they don't work weekends or holidays, work less than 12 hours, and actually get off on time.

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Specializes in TCU, LTC/Rehab.
Oh, yes, ALL of that applied to me. One of my best memories: Our head nurse had been hammering about answering patient calls more promptly. We were already doing without breaks and lunch and running nonstop all shift. That week-end we got in a very loud confused woman who was always screaming for her nurse. We convinced her all her nurses were named "Susan". So Monday morning our beloved head nurse, Susan, walked in to constant screams of "Susan, Susan! I need you! Help me, Susan! I know you're out there!" We loved it! Susan, not so much. :))

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

Too funny...

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
When you envy your friends who have jobs where they don't work weekends or holidays, work less than 12 hours, and actually get off on time.

Don't even mind the weekends and holidays, but the thought ( and one 9 month experience) of working Monday thru Friday 9 to 5 gives me the HIVES!:eek:

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