Nurses Will Eat Anything

dollydettol · Feb 22, 2005

:rotfl: i am from the uk and you have to explain pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

have you ever heard or said that to a family member?
whats the weirdest thing someone has brought for you or your staff to eat?
i think the sickest thing was a patient brought some balout, the duck eggs........well its sick to me anyways.......
we had a patient overnight some white castle burgers one time.........

PamRNC · Feb 22, 2005

Check this out:

http://www.innocence.com/games/pmwiki/index.php/UnknownUSA/WhiteCastle

or the official site:

http://www.whitecastle.com/

and not so official site: :chuckle

http://www.lakeweb1.com/gutbombs/

bobnurse · Feb 22, 2005

OH, well we dont have a whitecastle anywhere close. So they overnight shipped us some white castle burgers........

Hailey · Feb 23, 2005

I have loved reading your posts.All I can say is that you are all getting a lot more food all sources than we do. Thank goodness for vending machines at 3 am !!

ERNurse678 · Feb 23, 2005

I have loved reading your posts.All I can say is that you are all getting a lot more food all sources than we do. Thank goodness for vending machines at 3 am !!

I agree. Our cafeteria just started opening from 1am-3am and you would think that we were getting served a gourmet meal. We were so excited. We don't get food brought to us on night shift. So, before the cafeteria opened we either brought something from home or the vending machine was our best friend

melons · Feb 23, 2005

Don't agree at all that nurses will eat anything. In our dept it has to look good, taste good. and reasonable healthy.( we're 'training the reps!) In saying that when we're tired and breaktime is way in the distance we head for the snack machine!

lisamilgrim · Feb 23, 2005

well since i just started on the floor in a nursing home with 35 patients just on my side, if i find time to eat i will probably eat it whatever it is

danu3 · Feb 23, 2005

You know how some other profession has some kind of "Olympics" like the firefighters in which they compete on to show off their firefighting skills.

I wonder what kind of events would a "Nursing Olympics" have?

I "eat anything" contest? Cold coffee, warm soda, duck eggs, whatle fat...

and also maybe a speed contest where you see how fast a nurse can inhale a meal. Or a multitasking contest where a nurse eat a big fat juicy burger while on the run or documentaing without spilling any of the juice...

-Dan

Audreyfay · Feb 23, 2005

. . . . or how long a nurse can delay using the restroom? :uhoh3:

ldynwht · Feb 23, 2005

You guys are making me homesick with the talk of White castles. No White Castles in Colorado :crying2:

dbscandy · Feb 23, 2005

In SC, we had Krystal burgers (sorta like White Castle); one day, I took the order for pick-up for my dialysis unit; one of our PA's said he would take 6 GLF's. What is a GLF? Good little f***er! And yes, that's what they are.

In my NICU now, one of the Neo's is Filipino, and he and his wife bring food very often (they take good care of us). It's not strange stuff, though we would eat it if it were, I'm sure. This lady can COOK!!!

Another memory of food from another dialysis unit was my Korean patient that would make homemade sushi and dumplings (and the cutest origami decorations).

And yes, I have downed my share of 24hr old pizza, cold coffee, cake for every-occasion-known-to-man (I eat the cake, my friend eats the icing), and homemade goodies with who-knows-what in it. And you know what? I've never gotten sick from it. I think there's a sort of special dispensation for this. It just wouldn't be fair for us to have the ptomaine trots on top of all the other stuff we catch from patients!!

By the way, did you ever try the formulas we feed those poor innocent preemies?

dknunges · Feb 23, 2005

I'm a big fan of the day old cold pizza....Can't beat it. :) Kinda bad when the food carts start to smell good. -A

Oh man nothing better than a couple of slices of day old cold pizza after working the 7P-7a shift before going to bed.....AtE this for years when I worked nights. My 3 yr old grandson loves cold pizza for breakfast!