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 - youre probably a nurse. Now, everyone thinks they know what a nurse is: the romanticised versions on Greys Anatomy probably help form the disastrously erroneous illusion theyre all sex-mad bimbos. Lets be straight, though if there was one thing the nurses in TV and movies wouldnt be interested in (if they portrayed the profession realistically), itd 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. Its impossible to convey exactly how much a nurse does if youre not in that world - understaffed and overworked - which is exactly what makes the bond between you and your team-mates so magical. Youll find a special kind of love within your nursey workforce: you know, like an Ill hold the butt cheeks while you clean the crack kinda love. One things for sure - laughter is definitely the best medicine, and not just for the patients...
