Contrary to popular belief...

[Supernrse01, BSN]

... I DO NOT, nor have I ever, worked for Terminix or Orkin. Nursing school did not educate me in the ways of bug/species identification, and no, I do not know what kind of bug that could possibly be. Stop bringing them to me. Just. Stop.

[KeeperOfTheIceRN, ADN]

Kid comes running into the office and grabs the phone. Doesn't speak to me nor our admin assistant:

Kid on phone to parent: Mom. There's a bedbug on my hat.

***mom replies***

Kid on phone: No. I know that's what it is. I looked it up on the internet and it looks EXACTLY like a bed bug.

***mom replies***

Kid on phone: It came from *so-in-so's" house. Remember? Their couch this weekend was covered in them.

***mom replies***

Kid on phone: NO MOM. I KNOW IT'S A BED BUG. *spins hat in air*

***mom replies***

Kid on phone: UGH. *hangs up and storms back to class, again without speaking to me nor admin assistant*

Me and admin assistant: :wideyed: uh, what just happened?

Admin assistant to me: If he comes back up here is that one yours or mine??

Me to admin assistant: Yours. Definitely yours. Only bugs I deal with are those that cause the flu, cold, stomach issues, or any other actual illness. Oh, and lice. But I don't do creepy crawlies.

Admin assistant to me: crap.

[Eleven011]

Ewww.

[lvnforschool]

I mostly get asked-

What RASH is this from?

I work in the mountains, so who knows what bugs/spiders/bee/snakes or other outside creatures gave you that!

[NanaPoo]

The rumor at my school is that I was a cosmetologist before I was a nurse...when I first came here I would braid some of the 7th grade girls' hair before classes started because they liked they way I did my daughter's hair. That was 3 years ago and that rumor still buzzes around.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

My other talents according to popular belief include orthodontia and all other fields of dentistry, glasses repair, zipper repair, hair care of all sorts, amateur cobbler, and of course part time dermatologist - among others:roflmao: