Our 5 favorite nurse memes seen this week

They’re funny because they’re true

What is a meme? .A meme is a humorous image, video or piece of text that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by internet users.A meme is just an idea that rips through the public consciousness, British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, via the New York Times.In French, the word “même” translates to “same” and the Greek word “mimoúmai” means “to imitate.”.Webster’s defines a meme as “a concept, belief, or practice conceived as a unit of cultural information that may be passed on from person to person, subject to influences in a way analogous to natural selection.”

We’ve all seen them, laughed at them, related to them and shared them with friends. They’re memes.

For the uninitiated, a meme is “a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by internet users.”

Google “nurse memes” and you’ll get hundreds of results. Some are funny, others are poignant.

Here are our five favorites seen this week.

Don’t jinx it

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Priorities

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Applies to nurses, too

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Not counting the price of the book

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Male nurses are nurses, too

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