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When you assess your own urine during your one trip to the rest room during your shift and realize that you really need to be drinking more fluids (and perhaps a bit less caffeine).
You wolf down your food, even when sitting at a nice restaurant, then sit there making chit chat for the next 40+ minutes it takes the rest of your family to eat.
Your own kids go to daddy when they hurt themselves because they know you won't get worked up over anything short of missing digits or copious bleeding. (Even though you still kiss their boo-boos to make them all better.)
You come home from work and tell your husband "I'll take report on the kids whenever your ready."
Your babysitter has to call you at work to decipherer the Tylenol directions you left for her because you wrote "5 mL PO q 4 hrs PRN"
When ever your child hits his/her head, you initiate neuro checks.
Whenever you hear someone cough, you feel the need to assess their lung sounds.
Joe V
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You know you're a nurse if...
You've been telling stories in a restaurant and had someone at another table throw up.
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