Journal of Nursing Jocularity

Journal of Nursing Jocularity

Archive for May, 2010

Star Charts by Suzanne LaBarne

Horoscopes just for Nurses!

Gemini

Faced with choices on how to handle a difficult co-worker, you discover that conventional wisdom is to ‘kill them with kindness’.  Please bear in mind that killing someone with kindness does NOT mean inflicting blunt trauma with stuffed animals…even if the stuffed animal is wearing scrubs and a tiny stethoscope!

Cancer

Realizing the scope of your responsibility as a nurse can be overwhelming — but take a step back and make sure you’re not taking responsibility for things that are completely beyond your control!

Leo

Remember that you can learn from everyone — and sometimes what they’re teaching is that ignorance is bliss!

Virgo

Don’t keep your mind so open that your intelligence falls out!  This week will present you with opportunities to change how you view nursing — and how nursing views you.  This is either exciting or terrifying.  Good luck!

Libra

Courage and fortitude aren’t just for heroes, Libra — or maybe they are, and you’re more heroic than you’re giving yourself credit for.  Bear in mind that victory is  measured in small steps, such as those that take you from the parking lot into work!  Hang in there — you can do it!

Scorpio

Want to lose 25 pounds in a hurry? Try emptying your pockets, Scorpio!  You seem to be experiencing pockets/glove compartment/storage facility confusion again!

Sagittarius

If only Home Care meant going to care for Homes…

Capricorn

The grass is always greener across the fence; the patients always nicer on another shift, the workload always less in another facility, the surgeon always less psychotic…well, no.  They’re pretty much the same everywhere, but you knew that, didn’t you, Capricorn? Delight in the here and now, and let daydreaming dwell on more pleasant things than work!

Aquarius

Spiritual discoveries delight sensitive Aquarius, especially discovering that your cell phone is missing, meaning there’s not a ghost of a chance you’ll be called in!

Pisces

Celebrate the positives this week, Pisces: you have a great opportunity to cheer up some colleagues who really need it and in the process will make yourself feel better!

Aries

Giving report can be the most challenging part of the day: try jazzing it up by adopting the mannerisms of your favorite journalist! What if you were Anderson Cooper? Jane Valez? Bill O’Reilly? Really old school? Pretend you’re Edgar R. Murrow!

Taurus

You are always teaching: remember that student nurses are watching, whether you know it or not. The next generation of caregivers has YOU for an example. So make sure they learn how to hide in the bathroom or dodge NM phone calls from the best!

Star Charts by Suzanne LaBarne are for Entertainment Purposes ONLY!

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Ask A Stupid Question

The phone rings, and I pick it up to hear a man practically shouting. “My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”

“Is this her first child?” I asked, getting ready to let the team know we’ve got a Mom-to-be coming in.

“No, you idiot!” he shouted at me. “This is her husband!”

Submitted anonymously from “The best OB practice in Texas!”

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Nurse Marge in Charge

Dear Nurse Marge,

What do you say to patients when they ask “When are you going to become a doctor?” I get this all of the time (it might be because I’m a male nurse but some of my female colleagues get it too!) and I never know what to say!

Signed,

I’m Good With Being a Nurse, Thanks!

Dear I’m Good With Being a Nurse, Thanks!

Immediately after my lobotomy.

That’s my answer of choice, although you have to be careful not to share it with patients immediately in front of a doctor! The public doesn’t realize that nursing is a highly skilled profession; any opportunity we’re presented to change that image is a good one — provided, of course, you’re not doing any of the seven million other things that come into the typical shift, including the channel-changing, pillow-fluffing, call-light answering, family-member herding that appears to be the lion’s share of the day and that trivial nonsense of saving people’s lives.

I turn to you, my readership: I know you’re funny folks! What do you say when people ask when you’re going to be a doctor?

Good Luck!

Nurse Marge

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