Comments on: Joke of the Week! http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/ A Resource for Nurses Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: susana http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-73 susana Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:44:14 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-73 the family was having dinner one night. i started to tell them about a patient with kidney failure. my 7 year old daughter said "mommy please!" i asked "what's wrong?" she said well, that's just really gross and kinda sad. i asked if she even knew what the kidneys were.... she said "of course i do!" then she lifted her knee and said "the kid knees! these are the kid knees!" the family was having dinner one night. i started to tell them about a patient with kidney failure. my 7 year old daughter said “mommy please!” i asked “what’s wrong?” she said well, that’s just really gross and kinda sad. i asked if she even knew what the kidneys were…. she said “of course i do!” then she lifted her knee and said “the kid knees! these are the kid knees!”

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-69 nursenakia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:53:10 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-69 Why did the nusre go from full time to parttime? she thought she would only have to work 4 hour shifts ( this is a nursing home joke) Why did the nusre go from full time to parttime?
she thought she would only have to work 4 hour shifts
( this is a nursing home joke)

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-68 nursenakia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:50:39 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-68 The supervisor told the nurse to take a TO (telephone order) the nurse grabbed her bags and said good I need time off The supervisor told the nurse to take a TO (telephone order) the nurse grabbed her bags and said good I need time off

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-67 nursenakia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:47:45 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-67 When the supervisor called a code, Diana was the " first aid" to respond When the supervisor called a code, Diana was the ” first aid” to respond

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-66 nursenakia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:45:05 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-66 Why did the charge nurse call down to the nursing office when she had a hard time reading the progress notes. Because she needed a nurse with "super vision" to read it. Why did the charge nurse call down to the nursing office when she had a hard time reading the progress notes.
Because she needed a nurse with “super vision” to read it.

]]> By: Lois A. Dotger http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-64 Lois A. Dotger Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:47:09 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-64 What is the difference between God and a Doctor------------God knowns he's not a doctor. What is a nurse's idea of heaven?-------------A full stomach and an empty bladder at the same time. What is the difference between God and a Doctor————God knowns he’s not a doctor.

What is a nurse’s idea of heaven?————-A full stomach and an empty bladder at the same time.

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-50 nursenakia Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:25:20 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-50 My daughter asked me " Mommy do you get to sit do at work?" I said yeah, " she said where?" I said @ the nurses station, she said, " Do they sell gas there?" I said no the gas there is free My daughter asked me ” Mommy do you get to sit do at work?” I said yeah, ” she said where?” I said @ the nurses station, she said, ” Do they sell gas there?” I said no the gas there is free

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-49 nursenakia Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:20:12 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-49 I was going home from my over night shift and as I was entering the elevator a nurse yells out fron the desk we're short, I yelled back just before the elevator closed I " Iam tall" I was going home from my over night shift and as I was entering the elevator a nurse yells out fron the desk we’re short, I yelled back just before the elevator closed I ” Iam tall”

]]> By: nursenakia http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-48 nursenakia Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:11:27 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-48 This is a true story, I was receiving report one night and the other nurse was going over the reasons why the patient's was being monitored and when we gave report on the last patient she stated " This person is on contact percaution no complaints offered I monitored for any s/s and or changes in status but I did not "see diff" this shift. The patient was on percautions for C-diff This is a true story, I was receiving report one night and the other nurse was going over the reasons why the patient’s was being monitored and when we gave report on the last patient she stated ” This person is on contact percaution no complaints offered I monitored for any s/s and or changes in status but I did not “see diff” this shift. The patient was on percautions for C-diff

]]> By: Louise Henegan http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/2008/03/12/joke-of-the-week/#comment-16 Louise Henegan Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:56:32 +0000 http://nursesdirect.crtdirectblogs.com/?p=8#comment-16 This is true: The patient was being extubated. The unit clerk asked "What time was the patient excevated?" This is true: The patient was being extubated. The unit clerk asked “What time was the patient excevated?”

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