Wise One Liners

Nurses General Nursing

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The use of Wise One Liners helps me when I'm needing to make decisions, especially at work.

Here's a few examples crediting the person from which I first heard it:

If it ain't broke, don't fix it." -Dad

"The worst enemy of good is better." -Dr. M

And from Dr. ABC:

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Got any Wise One Liners you like to use?

You make your bed, you lay in it!

You play with puppy, puppy lick your mouth. Don't trouble, trouble won't trouble you!

Specializes in Private Duty Pediatrics.

Air goes in and out, blood goes round and round, any variation on this is a bad thing.

Specializes in Clinical Leadership, Staff Development, Education.

Thought of another one-liner I use:

Wear the world like a loose garment.

Specializes in Nursing Education, Public Health, Medical Policy.

“Sh** happens- deal with it” - said to me by my nursing preceptor in my leadership clinicals ??

Specializes in ED.

Asystole is a stable rhythm. Anything else is apt for change.

"Thats a DSP" day shift problem.

"Aww bless his heart". Said by muah when about to intubate the nether region of a man, and the wife said don't laugh but he's small. Indeed, he was and said the above. Didn't laugh though.

Specializes in Hospice.

If you're the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.

Specializes in ambulant care.

I "have to" only two things :

To die and to the can.

On 5/24/2019 at 1:37 AM, Davey Do said:

I really like that, hawaiicarl!

I like the aloha part. LOL

Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

My signature line:

Never, ever trust a 35 weeker.

Specializes in Psychiatric and emergency nursing.

The patient is fine, but the family is nuttier than squirrel poop.

Unfortunately, if I continue to be this awesome, expectations will rise

Set the bar low, and you'll never have trouble clearing the hurdle

Whatever people are talking about now, in 2 weeks, they will be talking about something different.

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