2 designs of the same line, so you can pick the artwork rather than settle for the first one you find.
Medical-surgical is the busiest floor in most hospitals and rarely gets its own merch — this is the version those nurses look for.
The same line in a different layout, so you can pick whichever artwork reads better.
Trade and profession shirts are specific on purpose. Someone who says they are a med surg nurse will not accept a near-miss title, and the closely related jobs each have their own version — that precision is the whole point of the joke.
The 2 designs here all name the same job, so pick on how loud the artwork is. Anything worn to work should read cleanly at a glance rather than crowd the chest with a second punchline.
Best for someone a few years into the work — long enough that the job has its own vocabulary and its own complaints. For a new starter it can read as presumptuous, and for someone who has left the trade it reads as nostalgia rather than a joke.
Med-surg is where most nurses begin, which is why it carries a reputation as the training ground. Anyone who stayed did so deliberately, and they know the assumption people make.
The patient load is the joke and the complaint at once. Nobody outside the ward believes the ratios.
Buying this for a nurse who has moved to a speciality is the wrong shirt. Ask which unit before you order.
The wording only works when it names the exact job, so it is worth checking before you buy. Miner, Nurse and Optician each have their own page with their own designs, and there are more below.
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