You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

[jalvino1]

...Somebody calls your friend an SOB and you start assessing his respiratory status.

ok. so that one's a joke, but everybody's gotta have one of those stories when, for example: I instant messaged my friend "you need to have some patients. Oh, uh, I mean patience!

so what's your story? :)

[NurseChick]

I noticed one night when we were watching one of the medical shows on tv, and it was pretty grafic. The kids and I were all eating popcorn and just watching tv. I looked at them and told them they could all be in the medical profession because they were eating and watching a gory program at the same time.

[ShayRN]

You are not completely freaked out by a code blue. You have everything pulled out and are handing it to the doctors before they even ask for it....

[Dalzac, LPN, LVN, RN]

you know you have been a nurse too long when your friends and neighbors walk up to you and say "Your A nurse etc......." and you say automatically "It's cancer you are gonna die" just because you are sick of people asking that.

[SitcomNurse, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN]

you know youre a nurse too long when...

"get it done" is more than just a thing to do, its a way of life!

your bladder's override button can wait for another minute..

you dream abouts pt. call bells, and it is your alarm going off.

you sign your checks with your credentials.

you stopped telling people you were a nurse in casual conversation.

some of your uniform is also available in denim! and you wear it!

you have more cardigan sweaters then sweatshirts.(almost an impossibility)[/b]

old (unstained) scrubs are house cleaning gear.(a second almost-impossibility)

:rotfl:

sometimes god turns on the sitcom nurse channel for gits & shiggles.

...somebody calls your friend an sob and you start assessing his respiratory status.

ok. so that one's a joke, but everybody's gotta have one of those stories when, for example: i instant messaged my friend "you need to have some patients. oh, uh, i mean patience!

so what's your story? :)

[finchertwins, BSN, RN]

Well I've only been a nurse for a short time but in medical field for 11 years and my ex wife for 5 years. Our children watch med shows and say that looks cool or they can find the errors before we can. Or instead of playing house they play hospital and use all that darn tape that hitched a ride home in your pockets. Or when your walking around a store and see someone that looks as if they have both feet in the grave and refuse to look at them again because they could code at any second and I'll be dang if I'll ever do mouth to mouth!

[needs help]

AWESOME POSTS EVERYONE!!!

I've done so many of the prior posts I didn't think I'd have any to add. however, I have thought of some more.

**You watch shows such as ER and CSI and point out to your family the things that are procedurally wrong or medically impossible.

**You go to your personal Doctor and when he enters he asks "what scripts do you need written this visit.

**When your son has an injury at work and tells his boss " no I don't need to go to the ER, my mom is a nurse--she can fix it just as good".

**When your family actually understands many of the medical abbreviations you inadvertantly use in notes you write to them.

**you go to have a stress test & tell the nurse which vein to use. She doesn't listen the 1st time & misses. Your husband that is with you reminds her & tells her your a nurse. She still doesn't listen & missed the 2nd time then gets another nurse. The second nurse listens and gets it the first try. Your husband then comments "If she would have listened you would have had only one stick".

**Its 2:45pm, your in the store, someone asks the time and you automatically say its 1445. Then when you see the quizzical look you have to think to give the person the civilian time.

--------------Last but by no means least--------------------------------

**You bring you hyper dog in to see the vet for a torn nail and after she examines the dog you tell the vet "He needs a script for Xanax" and she writes it for you.

Hope you all get some laughs. By the way ALL the above has actually happened to me.

:balloons: :rotfl:

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

**Its 2:45pm, your in the store, someone asks the time and you automatically say its 1445. Then when you see the quizzical look you have to think to give the person the civilian time.

How true!

[JoBug]

Thank you all!! I SO NEEDED these laughs tonight...here is mine..

you know you have been working too many hours when your kids, husband says, "will you look at this " and you reply "you can't aford me" I am off the clock...

JoBug

[JoBug]

Your at home and you reach for the keys to get into the fridge......

[JBudd, MSN]

I posted this one in the ED thread, but here goes again.......

You know you've been an ED nurse too long when you are in your civies, in your own car, and all the EMS crews driving by wave and know who you are.

[Jo Dirt]

You don't have regular clothes, only scrubs.

[AMARTIN1]

You are standing in line at the grocery store and think to yourself about the guy ahead of you "Man, he would be an easy stick! Look at those veins!"

That is so true it's creepy. I sometimes catch myself at the grocery store in line, trying to do mini head to toe assessments on people. :)