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

19 You know you've been a nurse too long when you can't enjoy a movie because of the half minute of CPR compressions only being given at about 50 per minute, with bent arms and there's a flat line on the monitor DURING the compressions. Oh, and it's the obstetrician doing the compressions.

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You go shopping at Walgreens and someone opens a fire door out back or something and you think they just called a code!!

Your immediate response to all new grads is "No, trust me, you'll learn to hate your job soon enough."

Instead of songs getting stuck in my head, it's IV pump and vent alarms.

Quote from woohYou know you've been a nurse too long when you can't enjoy a movie because of the half minute of CPR compressions only being given at about 50 per minute, with bent arms and there's a flat line on the monitor DURING the compressions. Oh, and it's the obstetrician doing the compressions.

When I noticed the veins popping out of the arm of the statute of David in Italy and I was thinking, I could get an IV in him, no problem!

Quote from Blondenurse83When I noticed the veins popping out of the arm of the statute of David in Italy and I was thinking, I could get an IV in him, no problem!

How about when you avoid all ill, frail, decrepit looking person in public, for fear of something happening that will require your help? Or when you are unloading your groceries at the checkout line, and notice that your package of meat has leaked. I automatically "look" for gloves before touching the bloody liquid!

But I know that I've been a nurse too long and it's rubbed off on my son---at a recent family gathering the kids were playong outside. Soon I hear dramatic sobbing from the backyard with calls of "Mom! Mom!" I race to the scene and see my son standing near his cousin, the victim. As I assess the situation I see a scraped shin, oozing a bit. I calm the "victim" and start to tell him that I'll take him inside and clean it up. My son pipes up and says, "Look, Cousin, it's just an abrasion. We'll wash it and apply some triple antibiotic cream and put a gauze pad on it. You'll be fine. But make sure you watch it to make sure it doesn't get infected." Cousin gets fixed up and the play resumes. I later hear Cousin say something about "going to the doctor" to get his "leg checked out". Boy then says very matter-of-factly, "You don't need a doctor. My mom checked you and nurses know more than doctors". ****Crap, I gotta stop talking about work in front of him!Guess my boy's been paying attention all this time!

Aww, Messy Momma -- how sweet!! Buy that Boy of yours some extra treats tonight from all of us!

Quote from Blondenurse83When I noticed the veins popping out of the arm of the statute of David in Italy and I was thinking, I could get an IV in him, no problem!

Quote from sueallAww, Messy Momma -- how sweet!! Buy that Boy of yours some extra treats tonight from all of us!

When I'm in the med section of Wal-Mart and I see a LOL picking that big bottle of name brand Advil that costs $15.99, and I am dying to tell her to get the generic bottle for $4!