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1.) Be creative and innovative (putting a urostomy bag over an incontinent patient's retracted member who pees all the time when Texas cath and Foley failed ✌ðŸ»ï¸âœŒðŸ»âœŒðŸ»)
2.) Teamwork
3.) It's possible to not pee 12+ hours
4.) Sometimes you got to stop and slow down, patients are human too
1. Not everyone will understand a nurse's sense of humor.
2. It's always a good time for breakfast when you work night shift.
3. No matter how much you've slept during the day, you'll hit a wall at 3am. Sometimes that wall hits back with an admission or two at just the right time.
4. You never know what you'll find in the washing machine after a load of scrubs.
5. We have the most challenging and rewarding job imaginable.
Cwilliams415
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1. A sense of humor is vital for everyone"s survival.
2. I can go an entire shift without emptying my bladder, but only for an hour or two on a road trip.
3. Medical people are the least compliant patients.
4. Hearing what a patient is saying is not the same as listening to them talk.
5. Coffee should be a food group