Posts Tagged 'we want jokes'

Whinorrhea! By Elizabeth A. Schultz, RN, BSN

Posted by kbuxman on September 4, 2010

Marsha took a deep cleansing breath before entering Room 519. It was only midnight, and she already answered Mrs. Gorski’s call light four times. The evening nurse had given Mrs. G. a Halcion at 9:30 and assured Marsha she would sleep through the night. Another empty promise.

“What took you so long?” Mrs. G whined. “I called 10 minutes ago. What if it had been an emergency? I could be dead by now..maybe that would be a good thing. I wish I were dead.”

“Mrs. Gorski,” Marsha said calmly, “I saw your light go on from down the hall. I finished what I was doing and came directly to your room. I’ve been in here five times, and I really do need to check my other patients before it gets much later. Now, what can I do for you?” (more…)

Tags: Anti-Whining Factor, AWF, Classic JNJ, clinical, disease, doctor, doctors, Elizabeth A Schultz, Enjoying Humor, hormones, nurse, nursing, nursing humor, patient, patient families, stories, volume 1, we want jokes, whining, Whinorrhea

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Top Ten Reasons To Become A Nurse

Posted by kbuxman on January 22, 2009

istock_000000309335xsmall 1) Pays better then fast food, though the hours aren’t as good.
2) Fashionable shoes and sexy white uniforms.
3) Needles: “Tis better to give than receive”
4) Reassure your patients that all bleeding stops…eventually.
5) Expose yourself to rare, exciting and new diseases. (more…)

Tags: bleeding, charting, diseases, doctors, holidays, Joke of the day, Jokes, nurse, nurse jokes, nurses, top ten, we want jokes

Posted in: Enjoying Humor, Jokes

Getting Ready To Go!

Posted by kbuxman on December 2, 2008

As you can see from all the construction in these parts, we’re getting the new Journal of Nursing Jocularity ready to go! It’s an exciting time: we’re lining up some of the funniest people we know to help JNJ bring smiles to your face.

Any party’s only as good as the guests that come: that’s why we want to take a moment here, at the get go, to specially invite you along for the ride. The original JNJ was by nurses, for nurses, and we want that to be the case again: who knows what makes us laugh better than we do?

So if you’ve got a funny story that happened on your floor, or have a tale to tell about the patient you had to see to believe or (and we know this one NEVER EVER happens!) an incident with a doctor that proved that maybe med school doesn’t teach you everything…let us know! Send your jokes, stories, and funny tales to Cindy@journalofnursingjocularity.com and if it makes our panel of celebrity judges crack a grin, we’ll include it in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Nursing Jocularity — and send you a Prize of Unspeakable Value!!!

Are you artistic? Got a funny cartoon or visual gag? We want to see those too! Send us your work as a JPEG file, and we’ll put it before our panel of celebrity judges!

In your email, make sure to give me your name, let us know if you want your name used (it’s OK to be anonymous or use your initials!) and a mailing address to send your Prize of Unspeakable Value.

We can’t wait to see what you all come up with. Nurses are really some of the funniest people on the planet: this is your chance to share what makes you laugh — and be part of the proud JNJ legacy!

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