Superstitious Nurses

7 hours ago, Sour Lemon said:

I forget the rest

White: You're, like, so stuck in the past!

Brown: Don't have have a cow, man.

Yellow: It's definitely better to be peed off than...

Green: You're think you're a cartoon character on allnurses.

Here's something that I use to do that was a kind of ritualistic superstitious act:

When I was done with all of my duties in the wee hours of the morning, and had no admissions waiting, I'd make up charts- you know, covers, name cards, indexes, standard forms, etc.

 And if I took report on a "possible" transfer or admission, I'd find out as much information as I could, make up a chart, and put initial notes in the computer.

My peers believed me to be conscientious and hard-working when in fact, I was warding off The Evil Spirits of Admissions!

And it worked more times than not.

Definitely the Q word! The S---t hit the ceiling EVERY time!

I had a light green and yellow Spring blouse that my sister gifted me with.There was also a green cotton jacket to wear over that blouse. I could never wear either together or separately! The first time I wore it as the evening manager in the ER, a  psych patient came inside and shot himself in the head in the ER. We scooped him, intubated him and transferred him to the trauma center.  He died 2 days later.

 The second time, a psych pt who was not properly searched took out a lighter and burned his mattress. His room had a thin wall and was next to the OR with it's gases!! We had to evacuate the entire ED with.nurses bagging vents! It was a nightmare!

 The third time a guy came with a sword ( I kid you not), strung up and high into the ER waiting room screaming and threatening one and all. He was secured. This was in Bronx, NY!

I put the blouse back! Last week I wore it after a very long time. The entire day in the clinic went from bad to worse. It ended with a pt going to the ED for an allergic reaction in the clinic.

I put it in the bag for the salvation army! Hubby pulled it out saying it looked so pretty and new! 

Sigh!

I am now waiting on an opportunity to trash ,burn or cut it up!

 So yah, I am superstitious!

40 minutes ago, spotangel said:

I had a light green and yellow Spring blouse that my sister gifted me with.There was also a green cotton jacket to wear over that blouse. I could never wear either together or separately!

I am now waiting on an opportunity to trash, burn or cut it up!

WOW!

Yeah! Blouse (and jacket), BE GONE!

13 hours ago, SmilingBluEyes said:

Nurses and fishermen.

Some of the most superstitious people on the planet.

I had to Google fishermen superstitions, but by gum, SBE, you are correct!

12 hours ago, Daisy4RN said:

Sounds like a familiar situation but in my case add a big barrel of cheetos and the pt coming in on their own scooter. Gotta love the frequent fliers!

Or going through the frequent flyer's belongings that are as neatly packed as an explosion in a Goodwill store...

...and smell like something that could knock a buzzard off a manure wagon!

9 minutes ago, Thought said:

 Apparently, bananas on boats results in bad luck. The superstition rang true, as the other charter boats were consistently catching fish around us, while we only got one.

On 1/15/2021 at 8:08 PM, SmilingBluEyes said:

Nurses and fishermen.

Some of the most superstitious people on the planet.

23 hours ago, Davey Do said:

I had to Google fishermen superstitions, but by gum, SBE, you are correct!

YES!

Thought, when I Googled fisherman superstitions, sure enough bananas were on the list!

Wow! Is that cool, or what?

It’s bananas!