Actually it's not a thread, it is a list that I made up from previous threads. I have accumulated so many acronyms and nonapproved abbreviations that it is approx 14 pages worth. If you would like me to email it to you I would be more then happy to. Just pm me an addy and I'll send it off to you. :)
Thank you for making me laugh my a&& off. I too am a nursing student, but I have worked as a unit clerk/NA for the last 5 years in the ER and thought this was GREAT!
Things will change for those that are new after they've been hit/kicked and barfed on/crapped on a few times.
Exactly...that's what this board is for - to blow off steam. We wouldn't talk like this in front of patients or their families. It doesn't mean we don't care about some of these people. But you have to laugh to keep yourself from getting burned out. Humor is a VITAL part of keeping your soul alive. I wouldn't describe it as corrupted.
I would say especially for those of us who work ER/EMS sometimes - we see some truly horrible, awful stuff. Stuff that makes you not want to believe in the goodness of people. So you come here and vent, laugh, make crude jokes...whatever it takes.
For example...one night we had a toddler and parents hit by a drunk driver so hard that the toddler's skull was crushed. Not breathing on arrival...blue and bloody. Parents and drunk driver not injured. Baby died. We were all crying...it's times like that you have to find something to laugh about, or you wouldn't go back, or if you did you would have nothing left in you for anyone else.
I agree, no matter what field of nursing you work in there is always something bad, and if you don't find some humor some where it will eat you alive. You can't wear the weight of the world on your shoulders so you find a way to lift it, even if it is black humor. So lighten up and enjoy life and all that comes with it and find a way to laugh.
:p 
angelique777
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Yes I would love a copy.
Thanks