10 Signs You Need A Spring Vacation!

This article was republished with permission from SCRUBS Magazine.

Wishing your next day off was a little sooner? Imagining a marvelous tropical vacation in the spring (hey, we can dream!)? You don’t have to tell us twice: Nurses work HARD…and sometimes you just need a break!

We asked our readers for the telltale signs they know they need a break (more coffee, anyone?). Read on for their funny responses and share your own in the comments below!

You know you need a spring vacation when…

1

I walk into the elevator, the doors close and I forget to push the button!
Scott K. 

2

I answer my cell phone with my work voice telling the caller the unit I work on, my name, and “How may I help you?” And then realizing I’m standing in my living room.
Botbot B.

You click the button on your car keys and wait for your office door to open.
— Caren S.

4

I sent a text, then held the phone to my ear and wondered why I didn’t hear any any ringing… *face palm*
Ashley S. 

5

I start to hear patient call bells while I’m at home.
Lashanda J.

6

You start calling coworkers by residents’ names! LOL!
Stacy G.

7

You work 12 hours as a nurse taking care of people who have the flu only to come home to the same; then repeat! Arrgghhh!
Merlene T.

8

I woke up one night at home wondering who the hell was ringing their bell before I realized it was my smoke detector indicating the battery was low.
Wendy G. 

9

I put my name as the patient on all the admission forms!
Christina W.

10

The coffee is no longer helping!!!
Nicole J. 

 

 Nurses, what are the signs you’re ready for a break?

This article was republished with permission from SCRUBS Magazine.

4 COMMENTS

  1. I know it’s time for vacation when I get resentful of parents for bringing their kids to the ER for a fever of 99 that just started 10 minutes PTA and have not done any interventions.

  2. Wrote my own former primary care physician’s name on a telephone order for a nursing home patient instead of the name of the physican who had been medical director there for years.

  3. I make everyone quiet down and ask for a complete read-back of our dinner order at the restaurant and wait until it is almost verbatim of everyone’s order. Did not realize I was doing this until my husband said to chill out, it’s not work.

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