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.

[NightNerd, MSN, RN]

When you're holding your boo thang's hand and find yourself checking his pulse, cap refill, skin turgor...

When *everything* sounds like a bed alarm and gets you moving like nothing else in this world.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

When you're in the middle of "happy time" with your SO and start doing a discrete skin check because...was that mole there last time?? [emoji33]

[Julius Seizure]

When you try to "badge in" to open your front door.

Or your car door.

Or to make a left turn. (it was a rough day.)

[cardiacqueen]

1. You try to "badge in" on your home computer.

2. When you get up to pee after night shift, you immediately think you need to document the output.

[angeloublue22, BSN, RN]

I cock my head to listen for my radio when I'm at home.

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

I loved making beds with mired corners.

[edmil1213]

When you assess every person you see. When you pay attention to everything, their skin, their voice, the way they walk and stuff.

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

When you are at dinner with friends and you find you are not listening to the conversation, but are instead admiring the big veins you see on various diners.

[missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN]

I do a quick head to toe assessment on anyone in public. Swollen ankles? Prob Heart issue. Nice veins? Love to have you baby. My veins are flat...drink more water.

[ponymom]

I chart on sick or injured animals like I used to do at work. The vets love it!

[Stcroix, ASN, PhD, RN]

In the grocery checkout line I look up and down at the people near me. When one is pale, dyspnic, tachypnic, morbidly obese, jaundiced, or the like , I think to myself, "See you soon".

[happy_life]

At home I've lost track of how many times I catch myself reaching into my imaginary scrub pockets for a pen!