December 2016 Top 8 Captions Contest - Select $100 Winner

Nurses Announcements Contest

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  1. Select your favorite captions for the cartoon above...

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      MAN: "Merry Christmas, my lovely nurse!" NURSE: "Bah Humbug. Get me some coffee."
    • 8
      MAN: Happy New Year! New Year??? NURSE: What's the time now? Is it morning? Evening?
    • 12
      HUSBAND: Must you fall asleep while I am talking?! WIFE: No- it's purely voluntary.
    • 25
      HUSBAND: Oh no, the dream with the IV beeping again? WIFE: It just won't stop no matter how many times I hit the button...
    • 19
      MAN: Some of your coworkers say you're two-faced! WOMAN: Do you think that if I had two faces, I'd be wearing this one?
    • 24
      DOCTOR: I'm discontinuing the patient's Seroquel, Loxapine, Zopiclone, and Ativan tonight. Let's see how he does. NURSE: .... *speechless
    • 5
      NURSE: Hey your patient's been yelling for you to come see his bowel movement in the bathroom for like 10 minutes... DOCTOR: *sigh* I should have become a nurse...
    • 22
      HUSBAND: "How was your night?" WIFE: "Full moon. 'Nuff said about that. Now how about that margarita?"

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Show us your FUN SIDE! Submit your caption today!

It's so easy why wouldn't you? wave.gif.f76ccbc7287c56e63c3d7e6d800ab6c

Should you accept this challenge, it involves coming up with a caption to the above cartoon. You may submit as many captions as you wish. You have a few days to submit your entry.

Need ideas? (brainstorm session)

Christmas, New Years Eve/Day, hard day at work, patient to nurse (vice versa), doctor to nurse, nurse to nurse, etc

Caption Contest Rules

To qualify for the $100 prize, your caption must be posted here on allnurses.com. We will select the Top 8 captions in a few weeks where you (the community) will choose the winner.

Everyone is allowed to participate! Share on Facebook and tell your friends, family, and co-workers to join the fun!

Update

Top 8 Captions Poll is now available!

Vote for your favorite below...

UPDATE Dec. 27, 2016

Congratulations compassionresearcher!

You won $100! Your entry was selected by the community as the best caption.

Cartoon can be viewed at Nursing Dreams and Nightmares

Man: Hey, how have you been?

Nursing Student: Nursing Dx: Excessive Stress RT to Nursing Finals AEB extreme exhaustion, lack of social life, and nightmares of select all that applies questions.

Man: Huh?

Specializes in Psych.

" Rough night?"

"Let's just say: 12 Santas sniffling, 11 in the ER, 10 babies bawling, 9 fakers faking, 8 just want a waitress, 7 people punching, 6 code browns -FIVE HAVE C-DIFF - 4 techs called out, 3 went home, 2 docs went dinner, and 1 nurse for the whole night."

Him - "Sorry Nurse Kamping, we have to mandate you to work a double".

Her - I don't think I'm safe, I've had no sleep, Didn't have time for a break, and well 'look at my hair!!'

Him - We just had another sick call so you will be working short tonight.

Her - again! I'm burning out from all this extra work - I thought it was a recession.

Specializes in Renal/Hemodialysis.

Husband: Hey Brenda, just when I thought you're armpits are the darkest parts of your body, you come home with those eyebags!!

Wife: Cut the cr*p Mike!! Hurry and get my caffeine shots or I'll bury your face in those "dark armpits" that you're saying.

Nurse call to doctor on night shift: Pt's resp status is compromised.

Doctor to nurse: Give them two coats to varnish and I will see him in the morning

(True story)

Man: Excuse Me! This is cannot be my BP! are you sure you know how to take BP. I eat kale and do yoga everyday. This cannot be right!!! Get me a real Dr.

Nurse: I don't know why I wasted 4 years of my life, should've became a yoga teacher so I can tell people to shut up and to the downward dog.

Guy: The kids miss you, you have to stop working so many hours.

Lady: I have kids?

Guy: Mother, my friend Gary's mom cooks every night

Lady: Then you should eat there. Good night!

Husband: why such a long face hun? by the way what's for dinner?

Nurse: I just worked a 12 hour shift on Christmas Eve. I had one drunk, a kid with allergies and a woman in labor. How about you cook me dinner.

Husband: I'll be waiting for you later to come to bed......

wife: ha! Santa is'nt coming down the chimney tonight!!!

Specializes in Case Managemenet.

He-I am done for the day and even though I am on call, don't call me for any reason tonight. She-oh goody I can skip the phone calls with no answer and do whatever I can to keep patient alive for you to bash in the morning.

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