You Know You're A Nurse If...

[Joe V]

You know you're a nurse if...

You've been telling stories in a restaurant and had someone at another table throw up.

(share and add your own below)

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[ClearBlueOctoberSky]

When you make sure that the red areas on your hand from holding the iPad are blanchable.

[Leonca]

When you have a dream in which you get someone to stop annoying you by threatening to show them pictures from your textbooks.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

When you realize your 7 year old really WAS paying attention while you worked up your notes for the CPR class you're going to teach by holding up her hand and saying "It's ok mom, I can still talk" after whatever she was eating went down the wrong way and she started coughing.

[wanderlustnurse88, RN]

I work on two floors. On one floor all the doors are locked, including the bathrooms. At the other floor, I'm constantly reaching into my pockets to look for the bathroom key.

I also keep my cell phone in my front scrub pocket. At home, I've tried to put my phone in my front pocket and dropped it on the floor.

[bsnprg]

LOL ... Seriously tears running down my checks from laughing so hard,

You guys made my day!

I am a new nurse and these posts are hilarious

Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

[T-Bird78]

I caught myself telling a story at dinner and had to stop myself and omit several details. Not so much HIPAA but I was at a table full of non-medical and didn't want to ruin anyone's dinner!

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

When you compare the food sitting in front of you to something you just cleaned up from a patient.

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

When random family members drop their pants and tell you to look at their butt rash.

[jaycam, RN]

When you're banned from talking about infections over dinner. (May just be a nursing student thing)

[jojo489]

True story.

My dad got some sort of stomach bug a while back and he has a very weak stomach. Like, dry heaves while he cleans up old dog poop. So he had it coming out both ends and ended up with vomit all over the bathroom floor.

He comes and asks me if I'll clean it up. With half-eaten sandwich in hand, I peek in the bathroom (still munching) and say, yeah, soon as I finish eating....which was enough to have him up-chucking again.

So wish I had that on video.

[AngelKissed857, BSN, RN]

I and your kids do too, well at least the girls

[Leonca]

When you hand someone a kit for collecting a fecal sample at home, get a face in response, and remember that handling poop isn't a part of the average person's day.