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9AM It's Just a Little Excited, That's All
Nurse #1: Well, then what in the hell is the difference between a threesome and a gangbang? Are there specific rules?
Nurse #2: I guess... I tried it with my boyfriend and my roommate once...
Sickly patient: Excuse me... Is my IV supposed to be leaking?
Emergency Room
St. Louis, Missouri
2PM Clears That Cancer Right Up
Nurse: People just keep calling me and calling me about getting pain pills called in. They just need to be a little sauced up -- then they'd be fine!
14100 Parkway Commons Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10AM The DVD Is Selling Very Well
Nurse to another nurse: So that's how you get all those huge objects in your happy hole!
1600 SW Archer Road
Gainesville, Florida
Overheard by: SuperClerk
4PM Vicodin Is the Shizzle
Nurse: Thanks for taking out the trash. I've been a nurse for so long I don't have a sense of smell anymore. You could roll in roadkill and I wouldn't notice.
15001 Quivira Road
Overland Park, Kansas
Overheard by: Naomi
5PM I Always Fall for That One
ER nurse #1: No, she wouldn't let us. I've been trying for 20 minutes.
ER doctor: Well, then she needs to understand that we can't establish the assault if we can't get to the evidence.
ER nurse #1: I don't think she cares. I mean, she wanted me to smell her underwear!
ER nurse #2: What? Did you?
ER nurse #1: Yeah. It didn't help.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Overheard by: TK
11AM Now That We've Put the Lime in the Coconut
Nurse: Why can't we just put the hair on the pancreas?
Medical office
Jacksonville, Florida
Overheard by: So Glad I Work Here
11AM One Cold Day It Got Stuck
20-ish male CNA: Hey, what's a taint?
20-ish female nurse #1: Well, it 'taint your balls, and it 'taint your asshole -- it's in between.
20-ish female nurse #2: I don't think I have a taint...
20-ish male CNA: I had a girlfriend in high school who used to like to put her tongue there!
130 2nd Street
Neenah, Wisconsin
5PM What Do You Think "Gay" Means?
Patient: I'm going to see The Lion King tonight.
Nurse #1: Can you imagine doing shows like that every night, traveling all the time?
Nurse #2: Most of them are gay anyhow, so it's no big deal.
Red Cross van
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: Taxman
1PM Yeah, We Can Feel the Breeze
Nurse: I have unusually large labia.
Other nurses: Ummm...
Hospital
New Hampshire
Overheard by: I Don't
1PM What Are You Getting At?
Nurse: How much do you weigh these days?
Patient: A hundred twenty-one pounds.
Nurse: And the scale you are using is accurate?
Doctor's office
Connecticut
4PM Just Demonstrate While I Take Photos
Woman holding inhaler: So I just cock it and suck on it?
Nurse: You might not want to put it just that way.
2955 Farnam Street
Omaha, Nebraska
5PM Now, Does Jesus Say That Every Time We Have Communion?
Crazy ER patient: I believe in the Lord! I believe in the Lord! I believe in the Lord!
Monotone nurse #1, taking vitals: Blood pressure, 150 over 80... Pulse, 110.
Nurse #2: Yes, yes, but does he believe in the Lord?
Monotone nurse #1: Haha. Hold him. [Jabs crazy patient with a needle.]
Crazy ER patient: I believe in-- Aaauuugh! You bitch!
Nurse #2: What about the Lord?
Crazy ER patient: Auuugh! Stop taking my blood, you bitch!
Colorado
Overheard by: TK
12PM No Secrets on the Internet
Hobo: You can't make me stay here! Fuck you! I'm leaving!
White nurse: Get out, then! Leave!
Hobo, to black nurse: How you doin', chocolate thunder?
White nurse, laughing: That's totally your porn name.
27th Street and 1st Avenue
New York, New York
2PM Only One of Those Can Be Eliminated
Director of nursing: I mean, you gotta be able to recognize the signs and be able to say, 'That's not a fear of dying, that's constipation!'
Hospice
Denver, Colorado
11AM When You Fall Over, There's a Lot of Quacking and Pecking
Receptionist: I have great news!
Nurse: What?
Receptionist: I got accepted into grad school! But I'm scared.
Nurse: Why?
Receptionist: I haven't been in school in a long time.
Nurse: You'll be fine -- it's like falling off a duck's back.
1917 20th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama
Overheard by: Eavesdropping grad student
10AM Hence the Need for Continuing Education
Nurse exiting patient's room: I can't find my vagina.
Princeton, New Jersey
Overheard by: chippy
10AM That's Coming from Her TV -- It's Stuck on Lifetime
Patient: Stop raping me!
Nurse #1: Did I just hear that?
Nurse #2: She has been yelling it all day.
Randolph Road
Plainfield, New Jersey
10AM Eh, Whatever, He'll Be Dead before He Can Complain
Nurse: The patient in Room 39* requested a visit from a Mormon priest.
Chaplain: Really? I'll have to call one, give me a moment. [Opens notebook] Ah, here we go. [Dials phone, waits] Hi, this is Chaplain Smith* at the hospital. I'm calling about a patient who would like a visit from a Mormon clergy-person. I haven't visited with the patient, so I don't know if he is a member of your congregation, but he did specifically request a visit from a Mormon. Feel free to call me back at 555-3418* when you get this message. Thanks. [Hangs up] Well, I left a message on their voicemail. I wonder if the Jehovah's Witnesses check their messages often.
Nurse: Jehovah's Witnesses...?
Chaplain: Oh, shit! I called the wrong church!
10 Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Overheard by: another witness
2PM Any Excuse to Tell That Story
Nurse: She's been so much better today. Chatty. She still walks around like this [puts chin to chest], but she came up to me and was like, "How are you today?" I said, "Huh? Oh, I'm fine!" Maybe it's the Celexa.
Psychiatrist: Actually we're weaning her off the Celexa. We started her on Effexor.
Nurse: Oh, well, maybe that's it.
Psychiatrist: She's only been on it one day. That wouldn't really be long enough.
Nurse: No, that's not... Celexa... I think I was taking that when I got into a fight at the airport. You know those guys with the M-16s? Well, I told this one bitch I was gonna jump over the counter and take her out.
Girl: That was Celexa?
Nurse, smiling: Yeah.
Oregon State Hospital
Salem, Oregon
12PM Will Someone Please Buy This Nurse a Knockoff Prada Clutch or Something?
Nurse #1: Do you think it's okay to eat this? It was in there with the specimen bag.
Nurse #2: Oh yeah, it's fine.
Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
Overheard by: jessie spano
12PM Guy Laroche, Guy de Maupassant...
Local public radio reporter: Nurse Smith* is reponsible for the health of over 2,000 students in the school district, but she seems to know many of them individually and calls them by name as she passes them in the hallway.
School nurse, to kids: Hey, guys.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1PM Look Who's Talking, Dr. Vajayjay
Male nurse #1: I just thought of something. Wouldn't it be so embarassing being a gynecologist? What's your motivation? Man, that would just be so embarrassing.
Male nurse #2: Yeah, especially with your name, Dr. Beaver.
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, Pennsylvania
1PM ...Or to Geography Class
Nurse #1: You better grab that. It's leaning like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Nurse #2: Oh, I've never been to France.
339 Windermere Road
London, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Amanda
12PM Color-Coded by Size
Rep: What's a vaginal dilator?
Nurse: A penis?
4645 East Cotton Center Boulevard
Phoenix, Arizona
1PM No, That's Question #15
Nurse, pointing to birth control questionnaire: Ma'am, I think you answered this question incorrectly.
15-year-old girl: No, that's right.
Nurse: It asks how long you've been with your current partner. You said five minutes.
15-year-old girl: That's how long it took.
616 Court Street
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Vicky
11AM We Love the Things We Love For What They Are
Nurse: Have you ever done any other drugs? Cocaine? Meth?
Patient: I have loved meth since the day it was introduced to me.
Gall Boulevard
Zephyrhills, Florida
2PM So THAT's How It Is In Their Family
Nurse on phone: I'm sorry, she said she doesn't want to talk to you... Uh huh... Well, we can't make a patient talk to someone on the phone... I'm sorry, that's what she said. You're her husband, right? Oh, you're her mother! Just a moment, please.
10 Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2PM Shift Scheduling
Nurse #1: We're short today, and so everyone is supposed to get one extra patient.
Nurse #2: I hate patients.
8260 Atlee Road
Mechanicsville, Virginia
9AM Back to Work
Nurse aide #1: I was up all day watching the old Batman marathon today.
Nurse aide #2: The one with Adam West, right?
Nurse aide #1: Yep, the original.
Bed alarm sounds in the back hall.
Nurse aide #2: Holy Alzheimer's, Batman!
1111 Crater Lake
Medford, Oregon
2PM Follow Up with HR
Secretary: I could swear that I read that if you have a death in the family you automatically get two days off.
Nurse: Well, I looked it up in the protocol. You can have days off, but they're just regular PTO.
Secretary: Right, I know they're PTO, but I swear I read that they're automatic if you have a death in the family.
Nurse: No, it's like any other PTO, you have to have them approved by your supervisor.
Secretary: I swear I read that you get those days off for a family death.
Nurse: Well, I'm sure every supervisor would be happy to quickly approve your PTO if someone dies.
Secretary: Yeah, but I swear I read somewhere that you get two days automatically for that.
Nurse: Please, tell me one more time about how you read that somewhere.
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
9AM Back to Work
Nurse: Is that a paper clip in your hair?
Receptionist: Yeah, I couldn't find a bobby pin
Nurse: God, you're such a secretary.
800 East 28th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: killerboots
2PM Interviews
Nursing Aide: What do I do?
CSR: Just fill out the brown application.
Nursing Aide: Okay, I filled out my name, but where do I put my address?
CSR: No ma'am, the brown application. That is a calendar.
99 Hudson Street
New York, NY
Overheard by: praying I don't need medical attention
11AM Client Meeting (Off-site)
Nurse: Is there a reason that there's a "no pregnant women" sign on that room? Because the patient in there is pregnant.
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: Maude Lynne
3PM Cigarette Break
Nurse #1: But don't be swayed by the money.
Nurse #2: I'm not swayed by the money. I like being poor.
157 East 86th Street
New York, NY
Overheard by: Kira
1PM Lunch
Nurse: How did I know this elevator was going down?
Man: I don't know; my guess would be the down arrow above the
door, though...
Davis Avenue at East Post Road
White Plains, New York
3PM Cigarette Break
Nurse: I think I have worked at every hospital around here. If I ever get anything stuck up my ass, I'm going to have to drive, like, 4 hours to find a hospital where nobody knows me.
100 East Carroll Street
Salisbury, Maryland
9AM Doctor's Appointment
Nurse #1: It's more important that we get rid of the dead things in the clinic.
Nurse #2: The smell's still there?
Nurse #3: Have you tried spraying the air with something?
1230 York Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Molly the Mole
2PM Hang Magazine Rack
Nurse #1: Do you want me to go through your legs?
Nurse #2: I can't believe you don't want to go through my legs to find the lower hole.
Nurse #1: Well, pull out the first one so I can see!
Nurse #2: Is it in?
Nurse #1: I don't know, I can't feel anything!
Nurse #2: I'm gonna pee my pants! I can't believe there's no one here to see this!
2990 Mack Road
Fairfield, Ohio
Overheard by: Kimmie
9AM Doctor's Appointment
Doctor: Did you put the drugs in the drug room?
Nurse: No! I can't find where they are supposed to go. Every time I try and find the drugs in that room I want to kill somebody!
Doctor: Please don't. We shouldn't be killing any more patients anyway.
250 West Bridge Street
Dublin, Ohio
7PM Only the Ones With Hearing Aids
Two nursing assistants were feeding old men at the home.
Nursing assistant #1: Wow, you're a really awesome chewer.
Nursing assistant #2: I bet you say that to all the guys.
694 Isaac Prugh Way
Kettering, Ohio
12PM I Left My Undies Down Under
Nurse: Where are your pants [Tobias]?
AlcoHobo: I must have forgotten to put them on before I left the house.
North Terrace
Adelaide, South Australia
