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The Top Ten Reasons to Work in the Trauma ICU

 

10. You find out that your mother was right, people really do laugh when you have holes in your    underwear.                 

  9. You learn more about tattoos than you ever imagined.

  8. You get to put fingers or tubes in every orifice.

  7. You can be called everything but your name.

  6. When trauma residents change every three months, you know its time to have your oil changed.

  5. The power to tell a man to "S___, shower and shave."

  4. Where else can you get paid for ripping someone's clothes off.

  3. It's similar to a wrestling match because you frequently hear, "Hold 'em down! Hold 'em down!"

  2. It's a good place to find out that your family is not as dysfunctional as you thought.

  1.You get to save lives whether they like it or not.

LOL this one was cute!

Love thats want I want to do when I done nursing school.

Ain't the truth. Totally miss trauma after being out of it for 3 years. It's got to be in your blood. I've nurses think they can do and it doesn't work out. Worked at a Level I for 16 yrs. in Central,OH. God love Columbus.. I never imaged a person could take "tons" of meds-narcs,sedation,paralytic to control. WOW!!!

LOVE THEM!