"What I Really Do" meme

Specialties Operating Room Toon

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There's this little thing floating around the social networking sites related to people's careers, where they post a picture showing what their friends, society, themselves, (and whoever else) think they do, and what they really do. I made one for myself, but no one on my facebook could really relate. :( So I'm sharing it with people who would get it!

Background on my choices:

1) My girlfriends would love to think I have hot Grey's Anatomy romances on the regular. I think that's the stereotype for all nurses in general!

2) Inspired by all the nurses from the floor on which I worked that gave me trouble about not "doing anything" and "losing my skills" when I told them I was leaving for the OR.

3) In response to hearing what I do, laypeople are usually like, "Whoa!! So you, like, see blood?! You see people get, like, cut open?!" and are pretty amazed and horrified at the same time.

4) The next one is self-explanatory. Hellooooo nurse!

5) I'd like to think that I make an impact on the kids I take care of, but by the time they get to me, their so drunk off their little butts from the Versed, they don't remember a thing. ?

6) I like this picture, but I want to point out at the surgeon appears to be mask ventilating the patient? And the mayo looks like it's above the head. What the what? Haha. :lol2:

Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

These are great! Must do one. :up:

Specializes in LTC.

I need to make a long term care nurse one. If someone comes across a picture of a nurse frazzled at the medicart with 15 dementia patients all over her.. sent it my way!.

Specializes in Pediatric and Adult OR.

Oh, I didn't use a generator. Might have been easier if I had known about it. :lol2: I just used MS paint. Feel free to take the OR nursing one if you like. I stole the pics off the internet, so it's not really mine. ;)

I do like the "what my friends think I do" with the nurse with all the money (very true), followed immediately by the hospital thinking we're throwing it all away....clever!

@Saphhire18: a mayo stand is the stand that you pull up to the OR table with all the instruments on it. But it can't be above the head, that's where anesthesia hangs out. :)

@hey_suz: it's hard to see because it's small, but it's actually some weird thermometer thing. But the type you put outside to measure the weather, not in people! I guess a tempadot was too small. :lol2:

Specializes in Pediatric, adult medical, lt.

Love this... i want to create a board for my office like this... its awesome!!!!

Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

I couldn't figure out how to enlarge the all nurses one. I saved it from a website, and uploaded it. If anyone knows how I'd appreciate it!

Specializes in Operating Room.

Love it!!! Thanks for sharing :) I can totally relate to the operating room one! It's so true!!!

That was freakin' awesome!!!! I love the OR!

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Lol. Here is mine.

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I just made this one for nursing students...hope it makes sense and is kind of funny...

Hello Christine,

I like your meme. I’m doing a power point for school and was wondering if it would be alright to use it. If you have an image that’s not a screen shot and you could send it to me it would turn out better. My personal e-mail is [email protected].

Thank you so much

Julia

Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
On 2/18/2012 at 12:53 PM, ChristineAdrianaRN said:

Oh, I didn't use a generator. Might have been easier if I had known about it. :lol2: I just used MS paint. Feel free to take the OR nursing one if you like. I stole the pics off the internet, so it's not really mine. ;)

@Julia Lavell the OP already gave permission to use. She also hasn't been on the site since January, so you may not hear back from her.

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