Top 10 Reasons To Become A Nurse!

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10. Pays better than McDonald's (though the hours aren't as good.)

9. Fashionable shoes and sexy uniforms.

8. Needles: 'tis better to give than to receive.

7. Confidence in reassuring patients that all bleeding stops ... eventually.

6. Opportunity to expose yourself to rare, exotic, and exciting new diseases.

5. Interesting aromas.

4. Courteous and infallible doctors who always leave clear orders in perfectly clear handwriting.

3. Admit it, it's a lot easier than med school.

2. Celebration of holidays with all your friends ... at work.

1. Comfort in the knowledge that most of your patients survive no matter what you do to them.

Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

My hours are better than Mickey D's. I feel very blessed. No nights, no weekends, no holidays. I did work all of the above for over 30 years so I feel I've earned my good fortune.

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Specializes in Critical care, neuroscience, telemetry,.

Other reasons to become a nurse:

Opportunity to develop a really robust immune system from exposure to all the crud that the hospital setting offers.

A chance to experience sleep deprivation on a weekly basis, which new research informs us is akin to a blood alcohol level of .10. Baby, I've been drunk for years!

An ongoing symposium into various forms of mental illness and their unique manifestations on any given weekend night.

Where else can you wear running shoes to work and make > $40.00/hr?

Three words: Full frontal nudity. (Not as big a draw as it's made out to be, given the population we serve....)

Can answer most of the science questions on "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"

Nothing, but nothing, grosses us out. Oh, except the guy in bed 7.

Ability to elicit intimate details from casual acquaintances and total strangers about their surgeries, sex lives, warped fantasies, etc.

Are immediately assumed trustworthy based on profession alone. (Humbling, isn't it?)

Opportunity to be there for the best and worst that this life has to offer and in so doing, to encounter the sacredness of every human being.

Gotta admit, I love the job......even if I did turn down overtime tonight!

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Ok maybe i'm being a bit uptight, but I kinda find this offensive. I know its supposed to be a joke and lighthearted, but seriously, we have enough problems with our image without people in the profession joking negatively. Sorry to be a stick in the mud:bugeyes:

Well, this IS the nursing humor forum.

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10. The chicks

9. Making six figures on an associates degree

8. The chicks

7. Making a difference in people's lives

6. The chicks

5. Unlimited choices in environment, schedule and location

4. The chicks

3. Never worring about what to wear to work (I have ten sets of the same color scrubs and three flight suits)

2. The chicks

1. When one of the kids is sick or hurt - they want me, not mommy. (it's the only time they do)

Pete Fitzpatrick

RN, CFRN, EMT-P

Writing from the Ninth Circle

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Ok maybe i'm being a bit uptight, but I kinda find this offensive. I know its supposed to be a joke and lighthearted, but seriously, we have enough problems with our image without people in the profession joking negatively. Sorry to be a stick in the mud:bugeyes:

I respectfully disagree. I don't find anything negative and then again that IS the hunmor section. It's a time to poke fun of what we do as nurses. It is NOT mean to hurt anybody's feelings. And you've got to admit, SOME of this stuff is pretty funny. :caduceus::lol2::nurse:

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Here's one that nobody mentioned: The men. ohh la la! :cheers::cheers::pumpiron:

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"8. Needles: 'tis better to give than to receive."

I LOVE it! :chuckle

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Hold a Hand

See a Smile

Save a Life

:yeah::heartbeat:D:twocents::redbeathe:nurse:

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

  1. All the tape you could ever want
  2. Free alcohol preps
  3. Getting to tie up strangers
  4. Wearing cartoons on your clothing in your 40's -- to work
  5. Working with folks who's sense of humor is as warped as your own
  6. Go lytely bowel prep!
  7. Discovering that the some people view contents of colostomy bags as fingerpaint and their body as a canvas
  8. You long to be in a longterm relationship with a podiatrist
  9. The little voices told me to
  10. You have a personal goal to be exposed to every infectious disease known to man

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I liked these lists-we need humor in our profession!

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Specializes in PERI OPERATIVE.

> $40 dollars an hour?

6 figures?

What kind of nurse are you guys, and where can I sign up??

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Specializes in ICU.

those describe my coworkers & me on the nightshift in our icu unit, like i tell them though you have to have a sense of humor to do what we do!

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