Nursing Meme

Oh,I love these and found this one via WardBunny at wardbunny.blogspot.com

1. How long have you been a nurse?
A couple of years.

2. What Dept/area will you never work in?
L&D (labor and delivery). Too much stress for me.

3. What Dept /area would you like to eventually like to try?
Oh, maybe ICU, neuro, or administration...can't decide.

4. What Dept/area are you in?
Rehab.

5. What is the grossest thing you have encountered?
The acrid smell of one patient's colostomy. It was so bad it stopped people in their tracks walking down the hall when the patient was in the room draining the bag with the door closed.

6. What is the weirdest thing you have seen as a nurse?
The bagless Foley (only saw it in an advertisement: see www.optionmedical.com)

7. What one piece of advice would you pass on to new nurses?
Work hard, pay attention and help your neighbors.

8. How would you help retain nurses?
Offer to rotate nurses every few months if they want to try something new.

9. Do you have days you wondered why you ever became a nurse?
Nope...I'm still having fun, even if my back hurts sometimes.

10. If you hadn’t become a nurse what would you be doing?
I'd work in a marketing position selling t-shirts, knives or beer and hot dogs at the ballpark. Gotta have fun somehow!