Published Nov 13, 2014
Red Kryptonite
2,212 Posts
...you can change six BM briefs in a row, and then sit down at the desk and eat a Tootsie Roll before you realize what you're doing.
cayenne06, MSN, CNM
1,394 Posts
You know you're a midwife when you talk about ordering a pizza while you are examining a warm, bloody placenta! Or when the smell of poop gets you excited because you know a baby is likely to follow!
Conqueror+, BSN, RN
1,457 Posts
OK YOU need a vacation stat. :)
It's been 20 years but I'll jump in:
You are at home making your bed and you become frustrated when you can't find the chux to put on top of your fitted sheet.
nlitened
739 Posts
...poop doesn't even phase you:wideyed:
...you try to rationalize with a pt with dementia:confused:
...your idea of a great day was a pt assignment of just 15 pts:up:
...during a moment of silence on your day off you panick b/c you don't hear any call lights going off:banghead:
johndough
92 Posts
The scent of peri-cleanser follows you everywhere, even when you are in your car and home.
Tinkk
95 Posts
Been there, done that, LOL
Missingyou, CNA
718 Posts
...you wonder why you have the tune "some where over the rainbow" stuck in your head....
....you lie in bed at night before dozing off thinking about what you could have done differently or what you can do to help a lonely, confused resident.
cna_2_nurse, LPN, RN
20 Posts
you can change a patient with poop everywhere and still take your lunch break right after
LemonMonkey
17 Posts
When you know "Hey can you give me hand" on 11p-7a means someone had an explosion and you instinctively grab everything needed for a bed change.
hookyarnandblanket
318 Posts
You have the urge to chart your own BMs.
Or, after the week I've had at work, you can tell a patient has a UTI without getting a UA.