Favorite sayings

[NursesRmofun, ASN, RN]

What are some of your favorite sayings, cliches....

Just one I thought of or heard recently...I'm ..."like jello...hard to nail down".

[beckysue920]

Dumb as a post.

The blind leading the deaf. (oh, the mental picture of this is priceless. yep I know it is not up to PC standards.)

[nurse lala, BSN, RN]

To explain my success in MH:

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Tom Waits (Singapore)

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

All bleeding stops, eventually.

And what made you think that was a good idea.

I use these mainly on my sons, but there have been a few patients....

[elijahvegas, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

"is this the hill you want to die on?"

"no sir thats not how this works, you cannot fire me. But believe me, im just as upset about it as you are"

"if anyone is looking for me, tell them i went on my lunch break and slipped into a coma"

just a few things i say almost on the shiftly basis

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

As dumb as a rock.

[SarahMaria, MSN, RN]

"If we weren't all crazy, then we'd go insane." Jimmy Buffett

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

Cannot repeat on here...

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

The Universe tends to unfold as it should.

Not my circus, not my monkeys.

In any given situation, the first thing to do is stop and take your own pulse.

Breathe!!

[mrsjonesRN]

I like when I hear one of my fellow co-workers use the term "cattywampus." Example: "Will you help me reposition my patient? He's all cattywampus in the bed." I had never heard that term until an agency nurse came to work at our facility.

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

In daily use are:

Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Could be worse, could be raining.

Need housekeeping in room xx with pliers and a blowtorch.

[nars_wannabe]

The only disability in life is a "BAD ATTITUDE" not the presence of disease.