The Mockery of Nursing

[Old.Timer]

Just a bit ago the top three threads involved:

1.I have a DWI. Can I be a nurse?

2.I am stupid. Can I be a nurse?

3.If it takes me five times to pass NCLEX, Can I be nurse.

Not much left to add. Says it all.

[Hygiene Queen]

I am overweight (I call it under tall, but whatever)

"Under tall"...

[Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN]

I do not weigh too much for my height. I am just not tall enough for my weightM

[JBudd, MSN]

Ever since my waist caught up to my hips, my scrubs don't stay up very well.

Isn't there a special kind of nursing suspenders I can use? Without looking tacky of course. Because I really am too beautiful for saggy scrubs. Or any kind of scrubs but my manager just doesn't understand that. But don't you think suspenders (or galluses for all you old crusty bats) would just be the latest thing in fashion for nurses?

[Hygiene Queen]

Ever since my waist caught up to my hips, my scrubs don't stay up very well.

Isn't there a special kind of nursing suspenders I can use? Without looking tacky of course. Because I really am too beautiful for saggy scrubs. Or any kind of scrubs but my manager just doesn't understand that. But don't you think suspenders (or galluses for all you old crusty bats) would just be the latest thing in fashion for nurses?

How about some suspenders to hold up pants...

So I don't have to look at some people's butt crack?!!!!

I swear I am going to start ambushing these young gals and safety pin their scrub pants to their ears.

It would be a win-win for all:

I won't have to look at their butt crack and they could then be sporting some pretty funky and edgy piercings.

[JBudd, MSN]

I don't have to worry about butt crack, because my muffin top covers it...........

[Altra, BSN, RN]

The man has known me most of my life. No idea why he thought I would become his emotional Sherpa all of a sudden after getting my RN. But that fact that he thought that up to that point in my life I had never had a problem was a howler.

Emotional Sherpa ... now there's another phrase I'm going to have to steal!

[Do-over, ASN, RN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUCSB8xZDCE

LOL, ha, ha, ha I just thought I'd give you something to drool over, Do-over? Now, wouldn't it be great if he (Myles) was the new guy on your floor???

Everybody would be in a great mood, at least for a while... :)

Perfect! Well, maybe a little too high-class - he is wearing real pants, with a belt after all. (and wallet chain for bonus points).

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

I treasure the memory of a particularly self-absorbed relative who is too special to go to work, so his wife has been the breadwinner, but he does SO much for strangers - which means, his wife does the hard parts while he grandstands - long saga of dysfunction there that I'm sooo over - anyway, I saw him one day, scowling alone, clearly brooding, and I steered clear. The next time I saw him, he was all over me about how "Nurses are supposed to be COMPASSIONATE. You saw I was in PAIN and you just walked right past me. If you ever had a problem I would be THERE for you, because that's the kind of person I am". The man has known me most of my life. No idea why he thought I would become his emotional Sherpa all of a sudden after getting my RN. But that fact that he thought that up to that point in my life I had never had a problem was a howler. .

"Emotional Sherpa"That is one awesome line!!!!!

[mama_d, BSN, RN]

I always thought that if I drunk enough alcohol whilst wearing my scrubs, the fumes surrounding me would be enough to kill off any fomites. Am I the only one? :)

[AICU RN]

I want Fomite Factory scrubs WITH built in suspenders! I want one pair in tube feed tan, one in isolation gown blue, one in suctioned trach green and one in coffee ground brown. I think that should cover all my bases. Where can I preorder them???

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

I want Fomite Factory scrubs WITH built in suspenders! I want one pair in tube feed tan, one in isolation gown blue, one in suctioned trach green and one in coffee ground brown. I think that should cover all my bases. Where can I preorder them???

rofl....I LOVE the color names! No "cool aqua" or "sunrise pink" for us....we want Code Brown Brown!

I hear a business venture calling my name...the designs are easy, but if only I could sew!

[AICU RN]

I think it's time to learn. This is a gold mine! You should pitch it on that show with the investors. Could you imagine their faces when you tell them the color with the most promise is liver failure yellow ?