I don't have time to pee!

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I have spent the last 2 hours doing my job and hanging drips of medications to save peoples lives. I have spent hours holding hands with patients and talking to their loved ones. I have passed the bathroom 20 times but I have not taken the chance to pee (all of 15 seconds). I have had ridiculous patients ask for ridiculous things and have fetched blankets and water for patients but I have not taken the time to pee. Now I sit in the break room, or the nurses station, or in the hall ******** to my colleges about not being able to pee. I have actually had a real break to eat and drink but yet I will ***** about not being able to pee. I have updated my Facebook and posted another ridiculous "nurses save lives" or "nurses are with you the 95% of the time your doctor isn't" or the "I'm a nurse I don't have time to pee" meme. Now; now you ask me to hang the medication or come to the trauma! I haven't had time to pee!!!

Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think you guys get this.

If I understand this OP, it's saying if someone has time to kvetch to co-workers, has time to take a break, has time to update status on FB, that person has time to pee.

I saw it as mocking all of the "I don't have time to pee' rants. I could be wrong.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.
I have spent the last 2 hours doing my job and hanging drips of medications to save peoples lives. I have spent hours holding hands with patients and talking to their loved ones. I have passed the bathroom 20 times but I have not taken the chance to pee (all of 15 seconds). I have had ridiculous patients ask for ridiculous things and have fetched blankets and water for patients but I have not taken the time to pee. Now I sit in the break room, or the nurses station, or in the hall ******** to my colleges about not being able to pee. I have actually had a real break to eat and drink but yet I will ***** about not being able to pee. I have updated my Facebook and posted another ridiculous "nurses save lives" or "nurses are with you the 95% of the time your doctor isn't" or the "I'm a nurse I don't have time to pee" meme. Now; now you ask me to hang the medication or come to the trauma! I haven't had time to pee!!!

Wait, what are you doing in the hall to your colleges? I got stuck there.

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However I liked some of those contradictory comments for truth. Hand holding, meds, phone calls, call lights, docs...everything short of chest compressions/defib/ACLS drugs can wait for a BR break. (And since codes aren't run solo.....)

I just got the mental image of trying to do chest compressions without making a mess of the floor if I had held it for 12 hours (if sneezing is an issue then....). Yeah, if they are not alone and dying, pee in the bathroom and not on the floor.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.
I just got the mental image of trying to do chest compressions without making a mess of the floor if I had held it for 12 hours (if sneezing is an issue then....). Yeah, if they are not alone and dying, pee in the bathroom and not on the floor.

Five lady partsl deliveries here...not physically possible for me to hold it even 8 hrs. :bag:

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Specializes in Hospice.
Meh. I'm at work and I peeing right now.

TMI Far, TMI. [emoji33]

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I've forgotten to pee a few times. It's completely possible when you have 5 patients walk in at the same time and you spend an hour and a half registering and rooming all of them. But I definitely don't complain about it. I just go when I can or I just tell the patient that I will be with them in a minute, and go pee. lol

Kinda off topic... why is pee and poop so interesting to discuss? lol

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I've forgotten to pee a few times. It's completely possible when you have 5 patients walk in at the same time and you spend an hour and a half registering and rooming all of them. But I definitely don't complain about it. I just go when I can or I just tell the patient that I will be with them in a minute, and go pee. lol

Kinda off topic... why is pee and poop so interesting to discuss? lol

Because it comes from within.

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Oncology.
Meh. I'm at work and I peeing right now.

Almost peed myself reading this:)

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Because it comes from within.

Because we all have years of experience in the field. Well, hopefully mostly in a small room with plumbing, but you catch my drift.

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i feel bad for the people who don't understand that this is satire. *rolling my eyes*

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the post is dripping with sarcasm dude...

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I'll be honest, (and it's embarrassing): the satire flew straight over my head. It flew so high that I can't even see it anymore.

lol same here

I love how you stated it, though :)

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