You know your nurse brain is still at work when....

[EmpathyInAction]

You see a curved tube from a broken shampoo pump on the floor and your first thought is "Why is that trach tube on the floor??"

Feel free to add your own.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

Dying laughing. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I so want to teach my husband SBAR

Oh no...I've done this, too. I thought I was just being impatient. It appears I'm just getting the technique ingrained in my brain.

[Kitiger, RN]

Uhh . . . What is SBAR?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Uhh . . . What is SBAR?

Situation

Background

Assessment

Recommendation

Example:

S: Patient has abdominal pain.

B: Patient came in with appendicitis and had an appendectomy yesterday.

A: Patient states pain is worse than yesterday even with medication; temp normal; dressing clean dry and intact; blood pressure, HR, and respirations elevated.

R: Different pain medication(s).

[amoLucia]

I focus on cashiers' veins in the line at Walmart/ACME etc.

I have to convert to metrics for most measurements.

And when I open a bottle of ketchup or jar of applesauce, I automatically upturn the cap open-end up when I lay it down.

(David, the Sistine Chapel, and the Pieta. Magnificent!)

When you're in a store and you see the yellow 'WET FLOOR' signs are placed wrong as the janitor is still mopping. Or 'FIRE EXIT' sign is burned out.

When I'm in an elevator, I'll move a little bit farther over after I've determined I don't like the way another rider has coughed/is breathing.

[essT]

Getting out of the shower thinking about charting "complete bath given, patient tolerated well."

[runRNmom]

I am scandalized when McDonald's leaves the previous drive-they order on the screen because it is a HIPAA violation. Oh, wait.

[INN_777, BSN, RN]

You dream that you are working and have to remind yourself in the middle of the night (night off that is:)), that you are off duty right now.

[dec2007]

You dream that you are working and have to remind yourself in the middle of the night (night off that is:)), that you are off duty right now.

I dream I'm at work almost every night. I wish I could stop it.

[Angelicpurl]

We got it from the Navy, so....

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

I still dream about catastrophic situations at work after 20 years away from it.

[ixchel]

When you're watching a concert on TV and you can't stop staring at the great veins in the guitarist's arms.

My hubs and kids have beautiful veins. Their pediatrician knows I'm a nurse and says to me, while holding Girl Child's arm out, "don't these just make you want to start an IV?" [emoji23] Maybe not my kids because their veins need to get a bit wider first, but my husband??? You could stick a 14F catheter in those suckers, let alone IV caths.

[doxielover304]

When you still hear call lights go off when you get home!