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You know you’re in the medical field when…….
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You know you’re in the medical field when……. · 1. Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you. · 2. Your idea of a good time is a full code at shift change. · 3. You find humor in other people’s stupidity. · 4. You believe in the aerosol spraying of Prozac. · 5. Your idea of comforting a child is placing them in a papoose restraint. · 6. You believe that “Shallow gene pool” should be a diagnosis. · 7. You believe that the government should require a permit to reproduce. · 8. You believe unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, “Boy it sure is quiet here!” · 9. You have ever referred to a patient death as a transfer to the eternal care unit. · 10. When out in public you compliment a stranger on their great veins. · 11. You hate to work the night shift when there is a full moon. · 12. You ever wanted to leave a patient’s room before you began laughing uncontrollably. · 13. You think caffeine should be in IV form. · 14. Your most commonly muttered phrase after midnight is “what changed after 2am that makes this an emergency after 6 months?” · 15. You believe “too stupid to live” should be a diagnosis. · 16. When you mention vegetables you are not referring to a food group. · 17. You have your weekends off marked and planned for. · 18. You not only wash your hands after the restroom, but before also. · 19. You use bandage scissors to clip coupons. · 20. You are the only one at the table not allowed to talk about their day at work. · 21. You baste your Thanksgiving turkey with a 60 cc syringe. · 22. You suggest which meds and labs you need when you visit the doctor. · 23. You think pizza and a diet soda are a suitable meal. · 24. You act as if you won the lottery when you see urine flowing from a newly placed catheter. · 25. You mentally assess your friends and coworkers. · 26. You believe that nothing short of a cardiac arrest is a true emergency. · 27. You wolf down food in record time, even at a fancy restaurant. · 28. Your recurring nightmare is that a portable xray machine is about to run you over. · 29. You yell out diagnosis while watching medical dramas on tv. · 30. You know its a full moon without looking at the sky. Author Unknown |
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| Posted over 4 years ago OMG that is soooo funny! I've sent my family away from the table more than once, "what's so gross about diarrhea?" Never, ever say the "Q" word. "D/C to Heaven". Yep I'm in the right field!!!! I'm laughing so hard right now I may pee! Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that stood it's ground.
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| Posted over 4 years ago AWESOME!!!! This was hysterical...I needed a laugh. I love medicine! A good man loves other. A better man loves God. A great man loves God and lives well among others! I miss you daddy!
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| Posted over 4 years ago LOL, all so true!! |
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| Posted over 4 years ago A very tired nurse walks into a bank, totally exhausted after an 18-hour shift. Preparing to write a check, she pulls a rectal thermometer out of her purse and tries to write with it. When she realizes her mistake, she looks at the flabbergasted teller and without missing a beat, she says: |
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| Posted over 4 years ago love it dmazment! you know when you're in the medical field when you have a collection of "stuff" that came out of your pockets after a day in the hospital- gloves, thermometer strips, saline flushes.... |
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| Posted over 4 years ago Deb- that was hilarious!!!!!! |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I know I'm in the medical field because:
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| Posted over 4 years ago I found myself nodding in agreement to well over half of these. And yes,caffine SHOULD be available in I.V. form. Very funny stuff but so true to. C.H. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago YES! I've thought and/or done most of these! I'm definitely in the right field :) And the joke about the thermometer and the pen was hilarious. I can just see it! |
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