You always forget what it was you wanted after you get to the supply room. You always remember when you get back to the other end.
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Murphy's laws about Medicine, page 2
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Doctors only ask your name when the patient isn't doing well.
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As soon as you've ordered the pizzas, 25 patients show up at the ER registration desk along with three ambulances all with cardiac arrests!
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Ten seconds after you have finished giving a complete bed bath and changing the bed, the patient has a giant code brown.
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If a patient needs four pills, the packet will contain three.
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Your buddies who were reading the paper at the nurses' desk a minute ago always disappear when you need help.
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Expect to get your pay raise the same day the hospital raises the parking rates and other charges.
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The better job you do, the more work you can expect to be handed.
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The amount of clean linen available is inversely proportional to your immediate needs.
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The more confused and impulsive a patient is, the less chance there is for a family member or friend to sit with the patient.
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The perfect nurse for the job will apply the day after that post is filled by some semi qualified idiot.
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If only one solution can be found for a problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.
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When the nurse on the preceding shift has surrounded the patient with absorbent pads, the code brown will hit every sheet and miss every pad.
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Rest assured that when you are in a hurry, the nurse's notes have not been written.
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The first person in line when the clinic opens will not require urgent care. The sickest person will arrive 5 minutes before closing: I thought I'd feel better.
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You may not install a car catcher on the front of the ambulance.
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