25 Signs that Your Mother is a Nurse

 

This post was due for an update.

This post is for nurses and anyone who has a nurse in their life.  Though the following is especially true for parents in the field of nursing.  I wrote this post on Facebook awhile back, hence it says mother, rather than parent or relative.  I've seen some great male nurses too. 

Your mother just might be a nurse if

1.  There are nursing related coffee mugs and refrigerator magnets in the house.

2.  You get free medical advice.

3.  There is a stethoscope in the house and extra points if there’s a sphygmomanometer lying around.

4.  Medical terminology rolls out of her mouth effortlessly.

5.  She watches televised surgeries, complete with a picnic tray; sandwich, chips, and lemonade.

6.  Her free reading is filled with books on nursing.

7.  She watches nursing related TV shows.

8.  She doesn’t run out of nurse-related entertainment. She finds random, eclectic shows about Australian nurses during WWI.

9.  When off duty, she will save someone’s life in public places like the grocery store.

10.  At work, she has brought people back from the dead, and has listened to near-death experiences.

11.  At home, you’re likely to learn that the lost eyelash in your eye was swimming behind your eyeball for 8 hours, and she will continue to do gardening.

12.  She has nurse T-shirts, like RN stands for Rescue Ninja.

13.  She has shoes just for nursing, since she’s on her feet all the time.

14.  Relatives call her for medical advice.

15.  She immediately cleans up children’s vomit without a word of complaint.

16.  You’re in the bathroom feeling sick at 3am, she heard you, and she’s ready to help.

17.  Your dad is complaining about something petty and demands to know, “Well what did you do all day,” and her least disgusting example has you fishing for the antacids and Dad says, “Kids, clean up the kitchen.  Mom doesn’t have to clean up today.”

18.  Giving veterinarian medicine is easy, even with the most stubborn dog.  Then she says, “Well how do you think I get little children to take their medicine?”

19.  When remodeling rooms in the house, she requests everything to be white, like a hospital.

20.  Within context, she will proudly state, “I’ve seen 2 million butts during my whole career!”  (or something similar).  Every time, she says it with pride.

21.  Someone is choking, she does the Heimlich Maneuver, and saves the guy on the first compression like a boss.

22.  She works the electronic CPR dummy with next to zero errors, while you make all sorts of embarrassing mistakes.  (Believe me, that machine is hard!)

23.  She is in a different hospital, senses someone is coding, and feels the urge to take action – and then a family member has to stop her and let the regular staff respond.

24.  After retiring, she does extra chores to occupy her time.  Even if it’s simple things you can do on your own, like pouring yourself a beverage, she insists on doing it for you – just to keep busy.

25.  You go to see a Marvel movie, and your mom’s T-Shirt is a Superman symbol with RN where the S should be.