You Know You've Had A Hectic Shift/Day At Work

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1. You reach behind your ear for your pen and pull out a rectal thermometer.

2. You begin to slip off your shoes to relax, and find your OR booties still on.

3. You go to a restaurant, order your meal, go to the bathroom, look in the mirror, and see your fancy OR hat still on your head.

4. You reach for your stethescope, and pull a cannula off of your neck.

5. You reach for your wallet or purse and pull out a medical kit you used on a patient.

You sign your credit card receipt at the gas station after your shift with the ",RN" after your name.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
you sign your credit card receipt at the gas station after your shift with the ",rn" after your name.

...or your check at the grocery store.:yawn: just one of the joys of working nights...

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology.

After an especially busy day at work my husband almost always has to tell me to "slow down".. I'll go speed walking through our house because it's the same pace I've been walking up and down the hallways all day :p

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CRRT,.

you leave work, get out of the parking deck and stop at the 4 way stop sign, and sit there for ten minutes waiting for the nonexistant light to turn green so you can go.....

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Specializes in Onc/Med-Surg, ER, Nursing Supervisor.
After an especially busy day at work my husband almost always has to tell me to "slow down".. I'll go speed walking through our house because it's the same pace I've been walking up and down the hallways all day :p

I'm 5'3" and my DH is 6'1". For the first decade of our marriage he would walk so much faster than me I had to jog to keep up sometimes. Now, I'm pulling out in front of him!!! Hehe.

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Specializes in LTC, Subacute Rehab.
you leave work, get out of the parking deck and stop at the 4 way stop sign, and sit there for ten minutes waiting for the nonexistant light to turn green so you can go.....

Or stop at the green light believing it to be a 4-way stop... until the car behind you starts honking... :idea:

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Specializes in medical surgical.

you stop and buy a few groceries and sign a check with your name RN

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Specializes in psych, case management,.

working on full speed for years...I will never forget when I got remarried and I never thought about how full tilt I always operated on...ate at full speed or you didn't eat at work, walked at full speed or you didn't get everything done, wrote at full bore or the charts got taken by someone else,...well, one night shortly after we got married...in our forties..I decided to bake cookies at 945 pm...he comes into the kitchen and says...DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM...noo..I don't think so...Welcome to the world of being married to a nurse...we are wide open...I think it becomes ingrained as your 2nd nature...lol....

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Specializes in Cardiology, Psychiatry.

You have to stop and think if you actually peed...you eat your food at home in 15 minutes flat cause the line in the cafe is so long that's all you get....

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Specializes in cardiac & vascular surgery step down.

you get clocked out, run to your car and realize you've never had to pee so bad in your life-you forgot to take a bathroom break during your 12 hour shift

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Specializes in Peds.

OMG YESSSS!! I had this dream the other night.

You have a dream that you forgot to give a resident meds.
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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Swear you can hear your CNA's calling you to a room for some emergency, and you call back to let them know your on your way. Scaring poor Hubby from a sound sleep believing the house has been broken into!

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