TWIN male nurses

RainMom · Jul 10, 2013

I often float to our med/surg floor & recently figured out we have twins working there. I kept getting them mixed up & confusing their assignments. One is an LPN, one is an RN. I finally saw them together at the desk & said "What!? Are you twins? That explains a lot!" I had worked with them before, but never together on the same shift.

ktliz · Jul 10, 2013

I saw an episode of Untold Stories of the ER with twin docs. I think they chose different scrub colors and then stuck with that color.

allnurses Guide · Jul 10, 2013

Identical twin sisters work at my son's elementary school - both teachers. It took me awhile to be able to tell them apart but now I can pretty easily.

Not sure why twins can't work the same unit. Unless they are diabolically evil and want to do something bad.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jul 10, 2013

My floor has identical twin nurses working on it. They are not allowed to work the same shift (i.e. days/nights)

Just imagined having a patient seeing the "same" nurse all day, all night, every day, and wondering "does he EVER go home???" LOL

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jul 10, 2013

Man, who'd have thought there'd be so many sets of twins working the same units!

chocoloverr · Jul 10, 2013

That's cool!

linzjane88 · Jul 11, 2013

I would be SO confused. And very fascinated. (I have secretly always wanted a twin....)

I want to start a company and hire only twins--really get people mixed up. Duplicates for everyone!

tigerRN2013 · Jul 11, 2013

That would be a blast if ya'll could. I worked at the same hospital as my brother, but his manager was unwilling to have family working on the same unit. There wasn't any hospital policy against it, but some managers are difficult about that type of stuff.

Best_Name_Ever · Jul 11, 2013

My hospital allows siblings, mother/daughters, etc to work on the same floor. Only stipulation, neither can be in charge when they are working the same shift. That would be really fun if your hospital allows it! I would just have your brother ask his manager :)

cassie77775 · Jul 11, 2013

We have 2 local,hospitals that would not all my twin and I to work together. We both were hired for a nurse residency program out of state and were both hired for the same units with no problem if we were on the same shift. Of course, I was the only one that accepted the job. Seems like different hospitals say different things. Our only issue was when we were on psych rotation in school and not allowed to be in the same group so I came the following week after her and patients were confused and a little but leery about it.

SaoirseRN · Jul 11, 2013

I work with identical twin male nurses. I can quite easily tell them apart, but it's amusing when they are both working and usually end up both wearing navy blue scrubs, or when one is days and the other is nights and they have the same patients. The confused ones think their poor nurse never gets to leave!

elprup, BSN, RN · Jul 11, 2013

I did not read all the comments. I would suggest one of you always wear one color and other another color. There was a tv show I just saw about twin doctors who were residents at same time, and it was crazy. Some people never knew there were two of them. I would also always document with an initial and then last name. :).