Coffee Addiction

Nurses General Nursing

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Is this profession notorious for being coffee addicts?

In one hospital I've worked in, it certainly seemed that way- an RN walked in with a Slurpee size cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee and I commented on it. She replied that when she orders an XL cup from them, she has to direct the employees to where they keep those cups. As she's sipping away, she's describing to me how she can't see out of her left eye just yet and the left side of her face is numb.

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

I drink 3-4 12 cup pots of coffee a day.

Some caffinated, some not, I really don't care either way.

I drink it because I love the taste and feel of hot coffee.

ETA... I go weeks at a time drinking nothing but decalf without headaches or anything. Drinking caffinated doesn't perk me up, give me jitters, etc. It's like I'm immune to it, lol.

Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
:eek: somehow I find that claim suspicious.

If it was a hospital run by 7th Day Adventists or Mormons, it's entirely possible. Both of those religions refrain from caffeine.

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

oh, how i can relate...

love me my keurig coffee maker AND that my son works at dunkies.

he brings me home a large coffee (with shots of turbo;)) every time he works.

life would be meaningless without real coffee...

none of this decaf stuff for me.

leslie

I am not a big coffee drinker but if I do have some, it had better be good. I tried instant to cut down on price but it doesn't taste as good to me at all. Since I don't need​ coffee, I'd rather drink nothing. I also tried decaf to cut down on that overstimulation but I don't think that tastes good either.

Specializes in Peds.

Healthstar, me too, I hate coffee, smell and taste ewwww lol .... I don't need coffee. I do love tea.....

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