Poll on Nursing Traits

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  1. What are you Funniest Nursing Traits

    • 38
      Signing your title on checks and other documents.
    • 27
      Swipping drug rep pens or medical supplies from your job.
    • 15
      Being the cure-all specialist for the neighborhood kids.
    • 4
      Your kid being the cure-all specialist for the neighborhood kids.
    • 27
      Using medical supplies in places they were never thought or meant to be used.
    • 26
      While eating dinner with friends or family, you are not allowed to discuss your day at work.
    • 14
      You hang your stethoscope over your rear-view mirror to limit the chances of you getting a ticket when going to work late.
    • 19
      You answer you home phone or cell phone as though it was the work phone.
    • 41
      You dont give your family any sympathy unless there is a severed limb involved.
    • 12
      You pride yourself on going without foods for days.

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Ok guys, This is just a poll I wanted to do to see what are the 10 most common nursing traits lol. I think it will be pretty funny lol.

Specializes in midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice.

hmm think I have done all of them except hang ny stethascope over the mirror! my family think the worst is that they get no sympathy over injuries unless death is immentient or a limb severed!! my dad has banned nurse talk at meal times- he shouldnt have married a nurse! and both my sister and I are nurses.......so what do you expect?? maybe thats why he only invites us both round, together, at christmas!!

Karen

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Wow, I could have checked almost all of these! lol

I chose signing my title with my name on checks and other documents. Seems to happen more with school papers for my kids...don't know if it's because I sign them in the morning or not but I use that excuse.;)

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Oh, btw, I have gotten out of speeding tickets because I was a nurse. I hang my lanyard on the rearview mirror and usually just having scrubs on helps. lol

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you can check more than one.... basically check all that applies lol.

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:imbar OOPS! Guess I wasn't awake yet. lol

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Originally posted by BelindaLPN

:imbar OOPS! Guess I wasn't awake yet. lol

its ok lol

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I picked the 'family gets no sympathy' one. Have you ever talked to one of your relatives, and there's ALWAYS "something wrong" with them. If I had a nickel for everytime I've said in robotic voice, "did you go to the doctor?".....

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hmm think I have done all of them except hang ny stethascope over the mirror! my family think the worst is that they get no sympathy over injuries unless death is immentient or a limb severed!! my dad has banned nurse talk at meal times- he shouldnt have married a nurse! and both my sister and I are nurses.......so what do you expect?? maybe thats why he only invites us both round, together, at christmas!!

Karen

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I have 3 sisters, 1 wife, a brother in law and a sister in law who are all nurses. My parents gave up trying to stop gross discussions years ago. My kids would not even think about a nursing carreer; see twenty years of no sympathy HAS paid off.

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ROFL! Thats bad. I guess the reason behind no sympathy is that you are burned out from giving it all day or all the time that you are work. Am I right?

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Call Center RN.
Originally posted by nrw350

you can check more than one.... basically check all that applies lol.

Sorry I missed that too. I thought you had to chose one. I have all the moms in the neighborhood bringing their kids over, saying "what do you think this is?" or "what can I take for...." I'm not a doctor. Call you doctor. I help when I can though. Also the ability clean up "code brown"s all over the house be it baby, dog or cat is an added nursing feature.

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heh

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Stethoscope thing really worked for me.

(I think the cop thought I was a Dr. *** said "Well you cant help anybody if your not around from a wreck , can you doc?"

I just smiled and said "No sir"

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