Um, more than I wanted to know...

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Feb 25, 2006

Not really bombarded, yet my parents keep their Preparation H suppositories in the door of the fridge, next to the ketchup.

(Whatever happened to Preparations A through G??)

student_girl · Feb 25, 2006

Yeah, it's the curse of the RN. I'm only a student, but my whole family is asking questions and seek advice... :uhoh3: Gotta love the job!:chuckle

loricatus · Feb 25, 2006

I have got this feeling that your Mom is trying to relate to you in a way that shows that she is proud of you and your accomplishments. I could be wrong but I felt the thought was worth mentioning.

tcdtx · Feb 25, 2006

My aunt has been a RN for 15 years. When I graduated an RN in December, she told me she was going to start "deferring" some of her calls to me. I think it's kinda flattering in a way that my family would trust me to ask me; and I know they are all very proud of me. :)

As far as being stopped in the store, now that's just weird. You must live in a small town like I do.

thumperRN · Feb 25, 2006

Yes, I do live in a small town, however, I must make a mental note to self, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP AT STORE BEFORE OR AFTER WORK WITH SCRUBS ON, VERY BAD THING TO DO :nono: :roll

tcdtx · Feb 25, 2006

Yes, I do live in a small town, however, I must make a mental note to self, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP AT STORE BEFORE OR AFTER WORK WITH SCRUBS ON, VERY BAD THING TO DO :roll

My sentiments, exactly!!! :chuckle

Nurse Ratched, RN · Feb 25, 2006

I just tell people, "Don't worry: if I don't know the answer, I'll make one up. I enjoy dispensing random bits of false medical information and see how long it takes to get back to me ."

Alternatively, you can look vaguely worried, furrow your brow, and with a somber voice, "I think you should call you doctor about that. Today. Now."

Peds/baby/OB questions: "It's important to know that my clinical experience consisted of hiding whenever there looked to be an impending birth so my classmates (most of whom wanted to work OB until they realized all those pregnant women on the Jerry Springer show have to give birth *somewhere*) would get placed in that room instead."

TazziRN, RN · Feb 25, 2006

I've got the opposite problem...my mom is very proud of me and brags to everyone that her daughter's a nurse. She asks me questions all the time, but then when I take her to the doctor she asks him the same questions she asked me. When I "look" at her she says, "You're just a nurse, he's a doctor!"

Can't win..........

blynn · Feb 26, 2006

First off let me just say that in my family, we have a rather warped sense of humor.

My sister is an MA and I'm an LPN, our aunt one time asked us both about a weird rash on her leg.. we both looked at each other and at the same time said very deadpan 'Oh, it's cancer'. Of course she knew we were kidding. We then told her it'd probably be better to have a doctor look at it.

More seriously, when my grandfather was placed in a nursing home my sister and I privately refered to each other as 'The official movers of grandpa' because whenever we'd take grandpa out of the nursing home for a day, we would be the only ones who would help him with going to the bathroom or transferring from the car to wheelchair, stuff like that. I didn't mind helping him, but he had five grown sons and he was always a very private and proud kind of man, I think he would have preferred having his son help him with some things instead of one of his granddaughters.

Undecided7 · Feb 26, 2006

My parents AVOID talking to me about any medical concerns. I do worry about them (they are getting older and they do have health issues), but they won't talk because I might ask further questions or tell them to see the doc or something.

Anyway, my sis in-law and cousin are also nurses and at Thanksgiving this past year my dad announces, "Okay we have three RN's here so don't mention ANY medical problems!" :uhoh3:

mandrews · Feb 26, 2006

Boy, I LOOOOVE my mom, but since I've become a nurse I am suddenly inundated with stories of her hemorroids and irritable bowel. I'm not trying to be snooty, but OMIGOD, MOTHER!!!!! I also seem to be a magnet for medical advice at the grocery store too, "Um, excuse me, is high top shoes better for a baby?", "Pardon me, mam, I have a mole that I'm concerned about..." Enough already!! Anybody else get bombarded by family or the public??

My mother and I were picking my children up from daycare and a lady recognized her and whipped into the parking lot and cut us off to ask her to look at her childs rash. :uhoh21:

melissa