Top 10 Reasons Nurses Shouldn't Go On Vacation

Or.....that moment could arrive a couple of days early, when I find out that a resident whose daughter complains incessantly (and even tried to get me fired just two weeks ago) has passed away unexpectedly. I love my job.......I love my job.......I love my job.......breathe..........!

I have to show this to my boyfriend. He doesn't understand why I can never relax.

Nyquil cup of jack daniels, tablespoon of honey, squeeze of lemon-put in microwave for 10 secs and take the shot. You will go to bed and sleep like a baby, get up have a BM and wear a smile all day. I don't recommend this treatment except for the first days of vacation and all family reunions. No one understands the lifestyle of a nurse. We eat too fast, we control things and we are sleep deprived or on some kind of biorhythm that is not in sync with others. Take my advice and let go. Pad your vacation with a couple of days extra and never return on a Monday.

marla, you amaze me with your innovative ideas in writing. kudos to you for another job well done.

I tried to see the humor in the post and replies but its all just the same recycled story with different words.Originality counts for something.

Recycled or not this still rings true.

Just returned from a 12 day vacay myself, and I couldn't have put it better! I spent the first half in some sort of "what do I do now" stupor and the second half worrying about a] what gossip/news was I was missing at work and b] what mess would I walk into when I went back. Thanks so much!

Numbers 8, 9, and 1 over and over and over. Also, you swear you can still hear your acsom, or whatever nursing phone that is chained to you, in the distance.

No vacation?? I do that, too - often think I am better off at work, keeping up with work. It's also hard to take a break when you love what you do - Helping People!

Better take care of yourself from time to time, too much work and not enough care for yourself can shorten your life. It's amazing that you have to learn to relax??? Sad but true.

[SIZE="3"]You better watch out or else that job will have you in a rubber room faster than you can say shock treatment. You need to go on a sixties vacation. Plenty of booze and drugs,acid rock on the stereo, and doing the nasty with anyone or any thing that is near bye. Stay stoned for ten days until you can't remember who, what or why you are. then take another couple of days to sober up and then go back to work. You will think you have a new job and you will be ready to take on what ever happens. It has work for me for years. Of course this had lead to some unexpected jail time on my part but everything comes at a price. This is a joke of course all I'm saying is that they are not paying you on vacation. Give your mind a rest. On vacation I'm a plumber. I still work in the trenches and I don't want to see sick people on my vacation

HAHAHA That is a priceless entry.