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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