The nurses amongst us can relate to this:

[frann]

The nurses amongst us can relate to this:

Q: Did you hear about the nurse who died and went

straight to hell?

A: It took her two weeks to realize that she wasn't at

work anymore!

You know you're a nurse if.....

You believe every patient needs TLC:

Thorazine,

Lorazepam and

Compazine.

You would like to meet the inventor of the call

bell in a dark alley one night.

You believe not all patients are annoying...some are

unconscious.

Your sense of humor seems to get more "warped"

each year.

You know the phone numbers of every late night

food delivery place in town by heart.

You can only tell time with a 24 hour clock.

Almost everything can seem humorous...eventually.

When asked, "What color is the patient's diarrhea?",

you show them your shoes.

Every time you walk, you make a rattling noise because

of all the scissors and clamps in your pockets.

You can tell the pharmacist more about the medicines

he is dispensing you than he can.

You carry "spare" meds in your pocket rather than

wait for pharmacy to deliver.

You refuse to watch the T.V. program ER because it's too much like

the real thing and triggers "flash backs."

You check the Caller ID when the phone rings on

your day off to see if someone from the hospital is

trying to call to ask you to work.

You've been telling stories in a restaurant and had

someone at another table throw up.

You notice that you use more four letter words now.

Every time someone asks you for a pen, you can

find at least three of them on you.

You can intubate your friends at parties.

You don't get excited about blood loss...unless

it's your own.

You live by the motto, "To be right is only half the

battle, to convince the physician is more difficult."

You've basted your Thanksgiving turkey with a

Toomey syringe.

You've told a confused patient your name was that of

your coworker and to HOLLER if they need help.

Eating microwave popcorn out a clean bedpan is

perfectly natural.

Your bladder can expand to the same size as a

Winnebago's water tank.

When checking the level of orientation of a patient,

you aren't sure of the answer.

You find yourself checking out other customer's

arm veins in grocery waiting lines.

You can sleep soundly at the hospital cafeteria

table during dinner, break, sitting up and not be

embarrassed when you wake up.

You avoid unhealthy looking shoppers in the mall for

fear that they'll drop near you and you'll have to do

CPR on your day off.

You've sworn you're going to have "NO CODE"

tattooed on your chest.

:roll :roll :roll

[NurseDennie, BSN, RN]

Those are great!! I told everybody I was going to have the name of a "certain" neurosurgeon tattoo'd on my chest with the big red international "NO" symbol through it!

Love

Dennie

[nursedawn67, LPN]

These are great!! I can definately relate!! :roll :)

[Brownms46]

Just tooo funny!

:roll :roll :roll

ALL that apply to me::roll :roll :roll

You refuse to watch the T.V. program ER because it's too much like

the real thing and triggers "flash backs."

You would like to meet the inventor of the call

bell in a dark alley one night.

When asked, "What color is the patient's diarrhea?",

you show them your shoes. (actually happened one time)

Every time you walk, you make a rattling noise because

of all the scissors and clamps in your pockets

You've told a confused patient your name was that of

your coworker and to HOLLER if they need help. Your bladder can expand to the same size as a

Winnebago's water tank.

You find yourself checking out other customer's

arm veins in grocery waiting lines.

You've sworn you're going to have "NO CODE"

tattooed on your chest.

Thanks Frann for taking the time to post this..

:roll :roll :roll

[dawngloves, BSN, RN]

Hey! Get outta my brain!!!

[Paprikat]

This was totally funny!:roll

[aus nurse]

Very funny Fran, thanks. I've taken these to work and everyone loves them. Thanks for the laugh, we sure need them.

[CATHYW]

Oh, boy, do I like these!:chuckle

I feel like someone wrote the story of my life!:roll

[SharkLPN]

Love it! :chuckle

But question - What is a Toomey syringe? None of my co-workers could figure that one out.

[Peeps Mcarthur]

LOL!

DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE!.........NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!..............Like in one of those slow motion nightmares as your spouse reflexively rushes to the phone.

LOL!.........Telophobia!

Everytime a phone rings. Regardless of your location. In a mall. At the beach. On vacation.

A short of schizoprhenic involuntary spasm of irrational fear.

Happened for years after I worked at any hospital....seriousely........ha ha LOL!:roll

[Brownms46]

Originally posted by SharkLPN

Love it! :chuckle

But question - What is a Toomey syringe? None of my co-workers could figure that one out.

Here is a pic of one....I'm sure you have seen it before.

[SharkLPN]

Thanks Brownie! That's pretty much what we thought a Toomey syringe looked like.

I've seen similar 60 cc syringes with cath tips, but the blunt tip and needle hub are new to me. What is it normally used for?