You need a sense of humour

Everyone in health care knows you need a sense of humour in order to stay in the game. It's sometimes dark, outsiders would be shocked to know what we find funny. But, it isn't because we don't care. The reason I went into nursing (besides the high pay, great hours, and interesting smells) is because I actually do enjoy caring for people. But, you need a defence mechanism when things don't go right. We also reserve the worst for each other. Pranks are common place and legendary, there are plenty of websites devoted to that.

The Ishihara Color Blindness Test is a commonly used test to see if someone is colour blind. Most people are familiar with them, it's a common test done at eye doctors and at the DMV.

If you look at the image above you will see the number, "35" - as long as you have no colour differentiation issues. If you only see a, "3", "5", or no number at all then you are colour blind to some extent. A fun website Fake Science published a nifty image to share with a special colleague.

This lovely image was presented to a particularly blond nurse who stared intently at it before pronouncing, "I can't see any number." All of us get a a good giggle at this. The team are about to go looking for the next victim when the nurse proves her blond hair is natural.

"But, I'm not wearing my glasses."