What nursing habits do you take home?

[Brian]

With many of us working long hours it makes sense that some of our "job habits" end up at home. Please share the most embarrassing / funniest thing that has ever happened to you. Which habit do you find is the hardest to break?

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[SaoirseRN]

I am always surprised at the numbers of nurses who over use the antibiotic ointments and antibacterial soap/wipes at home!

I always end up dispensing pills into bottle caps -- and the only thing I take routinely at home is iron. I do it for acetaminophen or ibuprofen too.

I end up visually "assessing" people wherever I go. I don't mean to, but I realize I'm doing it when I come up with their most likely chronic diagnosis (COPD, liver failure, etc). And of course -- the veins. Oh the veins.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

My cleaning lady is a non-practicing RN. The way she makes my bed would make her instructors proud!

[nursefrances, BSN, RN]

Yep to most of the above. Dispensing my own meds in the pill cap, assessing others (oh the wonderful veins I have seen! I could get a 15g in THAT one!), if I hold someone by the wrist for any reason I check their pulse, if the kids (when younger) didn't flush the toilet I would assess that too. (I know I am not the only weirdo)

I know there are more, I just can't think about them right now.

[VampyrSlayer, CNA]

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[VampyrSlayer, CNA]

My bed can not have wrinkles.....when I went thru training it was all flat sheets and mitered corners- the instructor would bounce a coin. I'm OCD about it.....just ask my hubby!

Happywife I love your icon!