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.

[kakamegamama]

Is he not magnificent?????? Saw him last summer and I literally caught my breath! Next time get the Firenze Card, front of the line for everything, better than a Disney Speed Pass!

We saw him in December! I stood there, sat there, for as long as I could just in awe. Magnificent! Then....oh my...Sistine Chapel......so much amazing art!

[ninathechihuahua]

When you're standing behind someone in line at the store and notice how juicy their veins look, and how you'd love to start an IV on them...or noticing track marks.

Complimenting your dad for looking like he has good veins. .

[chacha82, ADN, BSN]

When I go to the bathroom at home I lift the seat as if to take the hat out! Also ending emails with "Will continue to monitor"

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

When you wash your hands at your kitchen sink and turn the water off with the used paper towel.

[mren0707]

Always laugh when I do this myself lol

[BSN-to-MSN, ADN, BSN, RN]

I answer my cell phone with 'This is Helen 09, the nurse".

I triple check my dog's medication

I periodically test my fasting BG at work

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

You make your bed with mitered corners.

I learned to do that when I worked during the summer at a mineral springs resort - I was the hotel maid. That's the way we made beds back then.

So grateful for fitted bottom sheets. The top sheet and blankets still get "hospital cornered" in my house.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

If I am not thinking when I sign something, I always add my credentials, just force of habit by this point. I also pour any OTC meds in the cap instead of my hand, even at home.

[AlabamaBelle]

When you hold an infant, you automatically check the fontanels.

[FurBabyMom, MSN, RN]

You pass a knife at the dinner table like a scalpel[emoji40]

Guilty. Usually with scissors though...

[nynursey_]

When you're watching an elderly person ambulate in public, you become instantly anxious that they're going to fall. My brain: "Where is the damn gait belt and walker!"

[FurBabyMom, MSN, RN]

Recently, I sold my now old car, and bought a new car. In the process of doing the paperwork I had to consciously remind myself *not* to sign the paperwork with my first initial, last name. Turns out the bank/dealership/state want your *FULL* name as it appears on your DRIVERS license.

I'm guilty of using my first initial, last name on many things often. Whoops!