Coffee Addiction

My first clinical day as a nursing student. My wonderful teacher first showed us the cafeteria ... as she pointed out that they had complimentary coffee there. Then we went to the floor and noted all the Java stations. She always had a cup in her hand in pre/post conference. :cheers:

Then at another hospital, I started brewing coffee and there was NO one to share the pot with. Everyone attested to being caffeine free!

The entire floor was caffeine free??

Did you check the back of their heads for a control panel? Did they always insist on sitting close to an electric outlet? Do they spark when exposed to water?

I cannot make it through the day without at least 2-3 caffeinated drinks whether it be coffee, Rockstar, etc.

Then at another hospital, I started brewing coffee and there was NO one to share the pot with. Everyone attested to being caffeine free!

somehow I find that claim suspicious.

i use to drink 4 to 5 cups a shift mainly when i worked nights...now i'm down to 1 cup working days :thankya:

I think I am the one and only human being that HATES coffee, hate the smell, the taste etc....and I function really good without it.I love flavored tea:)

somehow I find that claim suspicious.

Honestly! There were maybe 2 who did drink coffee.. an NP and one other RN and they both brought theirs already. It was night so there was much less staff. But seriously I ended up running up to housekeeping staff and any stray person who would cross our floor to ask if they wanted a perk. I expected that night shift would be drinking MORE coffee but this particular group of people proved me wrong.

Once you wean yourself off caffeine, it's easy to remain caffeine free. Then on the rare occassion that you do consume caffeine, you get a nice jolt from it. I used to be 100% caffeine free. Now, I enjoy coffee on my work days, then spend my days off weaning off again. And again. And again.

I drink a lot of coffee, black, because I just like drinking something hot - and I like the taste of coffee. Most of the time it's decaf, though... although since I started working night shift, I do drink more caffeinated as well.

One of the perks at my new job is the wonderful coffee - including flavored! - as much as you want.

DeLana

We have a K-Cup machine where i work and its awesome.. i bring my own and there are soo many different K-Cups out there.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dunkin Donuts coffee! Unfortunately we dont have any DD stores here. They dont sell the K-Cups in the grocery store and the ground DD coffee in the bags is super expensive

Caffeine is my drug of choice, im addicted and i wont ever give it up

I have a serious mountain dew addiction. Its a problem. I keep trying to stop, but I am always tired and I can't get past the withdrawal migraines.

A year or so ago, I took my son to an ER for a really serious asthma flare. Our room was right outside the central station area. I remember making note of the attending saying to a nurse, "Oh what? you're tired? Here, come here. Look, in this drawer I keep 5 hr energy, a couple Red Bulls, Mountain Dews and caffienated jelly beans. I can't make it without caffienated jellybeans."

I felt slightly concerned at the amount of time our physician may have been awake at that point, but what can I say about it, I have a caffiene problem too:)

A couple weeks ago I was reading an article on the health risks of inhalable caffiene. The only thing I took away from that article was the question "Inhalable caffiene? Where is it? How can I get some?" lol:)