11 Things Only Polish Nurses Will Understand - The Beaverton

11 Things Only Polish Nurses Will Understand

No one does shift work like a Saskatchewanian Pole. 

1. Little ones love your ‘Babci’ smile.

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2. Attending physicians can never pronounce your name.

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“Is it Rib-skee?”

 

3. After a long shift all you can think about is driving off into the sunset in your 2005 Pontiac Vibe.

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Maybe you should get that rattle checked out first, Edna

 

4. Just try finding some good pierogi at the General!

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You’d kill for a decent cabbage roll right about now!

 

5. Helping people is its own reward.

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“This won’t hurt a bit.”

 

6. You’re okay with your granddaughter marrying that black boy.

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You have no problem with black people

 

7. Sometimes you feel like you never have time to do anything fun.

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“I just want to sleep… ”

 

8. Your husband Terry misses working at the lumber yard.

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Those were the good old days, eh, Edna?

 

9. You have a prosthetic leg.

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10. You regret not marrying Terry’s twin brother who died in a boating accident.

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Oh Garrett!

 

11. You are nurse Edna Rybczynski and you live at 1112 Aberdeen Street.

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