You Know You're a Psych Nurse When . . . .

[motor_mouth, MSN, RN]

Thought this would be fun!

You know you're a psych nurse when. . .

You consider it a good day if you're not hit, kicked, scratched, etc.

Code greens are a normal part of the job.

[Davey Do]

I realized taht I was an old psych nurse when I passed a person in the hospital parking lot...

[Davey Do]

You know you're a psych nurse when. . .

Everybody has an Axis III diagnosis!

[motor_mouth, MSN, RN]

When you meet people, you try to decide which unit they'd most belong on

[ProperlySeasoned]

The only difference between yourself and the patients is that the patients sometimes get better.

[MrChicagoRN, RN]

You know that you are an old psych nurse if you ever, in the past, suggest that we give people who hallucinate on the street a set of headphones so that everyone would think they were listening to a Sony Walkman

[Cdnbscn]

You can pinpoint all the potential PDs in your circle of friends/acquaintances

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

My guidelines for a good day in psych nursing are:

1. No one died

2. No codes (of any color) are called

As long as those two guidelines are met, almost anything and everything else can happen, and it'd still be a good night in my book.

[jaycam, RN]

Cdnbscn said:

You can pinpoint all the potential PDs in your circle of friends/acquaintances

I thought this was everyone...

[Hygiene Queen]

You know you're a psych nurse:

when you find yourself engaging in bizarre conversations like they're perfectly normal.

Example: Your patient tells you Dolly Parton comes into her room at night and stuffs her full of straw... and you bat not a single eyelash. It's just another day.

[Davey Do]

motor_mouth said:

You know you're a psych nurse when. . .

You see a poster like this:

and change it to this:

[Buyer beware, BSN]

Dolly is the real thing. I love Dolly.