You know you're a nurse if...
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23Apr 28, '12 by Joe V AdminYou 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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41Apr 28, '12 by Esme12, BSN, RN Senior ModeratorYou're at the grocery checkout and you are summing up their veins......
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50Apr 28, '12 by Rose_Queen, MSN, RN GuideYou wash your hands before going to the bathroom, as well as after. -
11Apr 28, '12 by sharpeimom Guidewhen your husband has been honking, hacking, and generally sounds like a warthog and you matter-of-factly ask whether what
he's blowing out is green or yellow and if it's thick or thinnish...
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32Apr 28, '12 by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN GuideWhen you visit a loved one in the hospital after surgery, and the very first thing you do before you even say hello is to immediately check their IV site and fluids, assess their incision, and make sure their SCD's are on!
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21Apr 28, '12 by Rose_Queen, MSN, RN GuideWhen 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.) -
36Apr 28, '12 by kmarie724You 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.
