13 Problems Only Nurses Will Understand

If it’s wet and not yours, use gloves.

By Nina Cresswell /

Do you remember what weekends are? Are you so immune to undesirable body fluids that you no longer have a gag reflex to suppress? Can you hold in a pee for hours, if your hectic job requires it? If you answered yes to all three questions - you€™re probably a nurse. Now, everyone thinks they know what a nurse is: the romanticised versions on Grey€™s Anatomy probably help form the disastrously erroneous illusion they€™re all sex-mad bimbos. Let€™s be straight, though €“ if there was one thing the nurses in TV and movies wouldn€™t be interested in (if they portrayed the profession realistically), it€™d be sex. Who has the energy for nooky after a 12 hour shift flipping angry, disorientated patients back into bed and being covered in green bile at sporadic intervals throughout the day? Ha! Oh, the media. It€™s impossible to convey exactly how much a nurse does if you€™re not in that world - understaffed and overworked - which is exactly what makes the bond between you and your team-mates so magical. You€™ll find a special kind of love within your nursey workforce: you know, like an €˜I€™ll hold the butt cheeks while you clean the crack€™ kinda love. One thing€™s for sure - laughter is definitely the best medicine, and not just for the patients...