Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

[MrsCaseyRN]

This is going to sound sooo corny, but does anyone find themselves going into "nurse" mode when they are off the clock? Example : The other day at the grocery store, I saw this little old lady trying to get a loaf of bread. She was squinting and holding the loaves far away. She wasn't wearing any glasses. (ok, just to even notice all that, I felt was "nurse mode" looking for who needs help) and I asked her if she needed help and she accepted. I stayed until she had what she needed, and it had a far away expiration date. (She did forget her glasses and had trouble reading the loaves) So walking away I didn't feel like a person who did a nice deed, I felt like I was at work. Like it was my job to help her, like when I'm with a pt.

Does anyone else do this sort of stuff?? Am I just crazy??

[birdgardner]

I picked up a hitchhiker - would have done it anyway because he is a small gentle handicapped man who is an usher at our church - but today I was asking where his scooter was and assessing his mental status and ability to care for himself...

[MrsCaseyRN]

..I think that's why you are a Nurse,.not because you are a Nurse!

Very true. I never thought of it that way. We are not too helpful (how could anyone be too helpful anyway???) but the rest of the world is not helpful enough. Just wondering how no one else noticed this little lady trying to find some bread:nono:...it was a busy Saturday at the store.