Life as a single nurse

You must be wondering what I mean by "single nurse".

Probably not.

Yes I am talking about working as a nurse while being single.

Yes, I do get hit on...a lot.

And not even the good kind of "hit on". Yes, there is a good kind. The kind when nice little old men say you are pretty or have a pretty smile. Those do happen, but they do not make up for the awkward situations.



As weird as it may seem, nurses do not act like this. Well, at least none of the licensed registered nurses I KNOW act like this at work.

Some lines I have heard from patients:

"You have a dynamite body" - not even joking, a make patient really said this to me.

"When do you get off work? There is a good movie on TV tonight, you should come watch it with me"

Dear creepy patients
         please do not say awkward things to your nurses. we appreciate it.

Life as a nurse

Recently I have had some neat/funny/sweet moments at the hospital

Moment 1:
I had a patient wearing a BMW shirt. I asked him if he drove a beemer. He did. We talked about our love of BMWs. I had to give up my patient in the afternoon so I only took care of him for about 5 hours. Later on in the day his wife came up to me and asked if I wanted to take a ride in his car (M roadster). I was super swamped so I asked if we could do it the next day. The next day she  kept finding me at the nurses station asking if we were on for a ride. At the end of the day we went out to the car and she asked, "Do you want to drive?" WHAT!!!! Who lets a girl you just met drive your $20,000 car?

I didn't end up driving because it is a stick shift and this little girl doesn't know how to drive a stick shift. We did take a nice trip down Bangerter with the top down going a little bit faster than we probably should've.

It was so glorious. It made me miss by Bad Boy Blue

Not only did she offer me to drive the car, but she also said, "I wish I had some sons to set you up with."

 

Moment 2

As a nurse you end up assisting your patients to the bathroom, a lot. Guess how many of them wash their hands after they finish in the bathroom? Of the hundreds of people I have assisted back and forth to the bathroom I have only seen 2 wash their hands in the sink after they flush the toilet. I will give credit to one patient who used wet wipes on her hands after voiding. So maybe three people have washed their hands. ONLY 3! Do they think they are immune to any germs by going in a bathroom toilet? Whatever they are thinking, it is gross and makes me want to wash my hands before, after, and during touching anything in your room.





Welcome back

 

Let's have a little update, shall we?

 

 



 

I saw my first Cirque de Soleil show for my 25th birthday.

 It was a "LOVE"ly time

 

In February my family took a trip to Hawaii.

Some of my favorite pictures as follows.

Whale Watching

Nicole found a turtle. She was quite excited.

It was a jolly ol time

Next, I finished my bachelors of nursing degree.

Our 24 page senior project...completed!

Celebrating the last day of class

We know how to celebrate

Graduated Magna Cum Laude


To celebrate graduation I am going on my dream vacation in October.

I've decided to run in the Ragnar Wasatch Back relay in June.
It will be interesting seeing how I just started training and I am not what you call a "long distance runner"

 2.5 miles: The farthest I have ever run.

To end.
Here is a little selfie and my new favorite songs.

 

Anyone recognize the city?