Habits you picked up from work...

[Brian]

What are some of the habits that you pick up from work?

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[Pamela56]

Trying to use my work username and password to open my bank account...

[Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN]

My first cat was diabetic. The first time I drew up his insulin, I look over my shoulder for someone to double check the dose.

I had to show it to the cat before I could give it! Took me several doses before I broke the habit of looking for a double check.

[Nurse Medicine Woman, ASN, RN]

SCTravelRN,

I drive my family INSANE with the medical shows!! Or even X files with Scully. They REFUSE to watch any medical shows with me - either that or I am WARNED BEFOREHAND to not spoil it for them!! Sigh.

[Nurse Medicine Woman, ASN, RN]

Yep, me too!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Someone else may have said this, but looking for IV sites on everyone, everywhere...:-)

Yes! In public, I'm secretly looking at strangers' arms to see how 'juicy' the veins in their arms happen to be. :)

[jojo489]

I was standing in line at the pharmacy of my local WalMart last week, sick as a dog waiting to get my feel better medicine, and no lie, I heard a wound vac beeping and couldn't pinpoint from where. I took two rushed steps before I stopped myself realizing that I was definitely not at work and that definitely wasn't my patient.

[mrsjonesRN]

Asking my hair dresser friend how many more "patients" she has to see today.

[KarenMS]

This was my sister, not me, but when she started working night shift in a pediatric facility with mostly trached kids, the sound of her puggle's snorty breathing would wake her out of a sound sleep, thinking she had to suction someone.

[CeciBean, ASN, RN]

Always checking out someone's veins for a possible stick or IV site...still do it even though I'm retired!

[smartassmommy]

My kiddo vomited and I did a full assessment on her. But I still say I did right when I did Q2 Neuro checks on my SO after he passed out at work and hit his head.

[amoLucia]

I always upend the lids from various cans, bottles, jars, etc when I open them. Keeping things 'clean'.

Even my college chemistry professor commented that he guessed I was a nurse because all the nurses in his classes did the bottles & jars that way.

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

This is ancient history, but I digress. When I was in nursing school, I was still working in an office job. Much to the bewilderment of the poor office staff who were typing my reports, without thinking I began to insert medical jargon and symbols into my handwritten documents. "What is this S with a line over it?"