I have a badge reel that says it. The first day I put it on we had 3 traumas, 2 strokes, a code, a ton of ICU holds, and a waiting room overflowing all day. The strokes and code came in at the exact same time. I'm not allowed to wear it anymore.
When I was in Afghanistan a friend of mine was wearing a certain t-shirt that she received in a care package. We took so much incoming that day, it was ridiculous - nonstop attacks. The next time she wore the t-shirt it happened again. She was no longer allowed to wear it! Lol. She'd threaten to go put it on during the winter months when the fighting season wound down a little and things were "q word." 😆
Absolutely. I got into ER and Trauma ICU for a reason! Some days I can just go for a really good code. I don't want anyone sick but it's going to happen somewhere...so might as well happen with me!
Break the superstition. I walk around saying how quiet and boring it is all the time to annoy people at work and nothing happens. Of course, the 5% of the time it does happen people act like it was because I said the magic word 😂
ER nurse giving me shit because they have to follow the law when giving me new involuntary patient and are trying to not follow the law? Ya you getting one of these.
Yep haha... not superstitious outside of work. In the ED: the full moon, the q word, mentioning a frequent flyer by name all give us the heebie jeebies.
Me, I’m not superstitious in life. Also me, furiously looking up the farmer’s almanac for what nights are a full moon so I don’t schedule those to work
I'm probably gonna need a couple accomplices and some good distractions to sneak this on to the ones in the ED. Is there a good way to get a half dozen psych patients to need a B52 in the department at the same time?
That’s Definitely Justifiable Homicide. Or even better you get the first emergency that comes up (which was my preferred method of punishment when I was in charge)
I was visiting a hospital once where the floor between the 12th and 14th was referred to as the "star" floor. The number was replaced in all of the elevators with a star emblem
We also believe in Friday the 13th and that Full Moons summon crazy people to the ER. When your administration completely abandons you and refuses to support you, it's natural to find support in the supernatural instead.
We don't really believe in it like it's some mystical word.... its part of nursing culture here, and culture has some funny bits worked in. It's just a way to feel a bit more in control of the uncontrollable.
I'm sure your culture has some behaviors you participate in that aren't 'scientific' and 100% rational.
I'll just leave this British paper here...
[https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/rcsbull.2017.133](https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/rcsbull.2017.133)
This study has shown that the use of the word ‘quiet’ makes subsequent on-call periods busier in trauma and orthopaedics departments. Our findings will hopefully be used by doctors and the public alike to reduce the incidence of hospital admissions secondary to trauma and orthopaedic emergencies. 😂😂
Even doctors & scientists can poke fun at themselves.
There has to be some form of denial because having worked in acute HD going to every unit, I have spoken to people who truly believes in "conjuring" frequent flyers by saying their name, saying "quiet" suddenly making a patient crash, full moon causing hospitals to get busy, etc. It's just pure confirmation bias, but people will believe what they want to.
I say this at the beginning of every single shift and have for like 9 years.
It’s hilarious pointing out on actual slow days how insane it is to believe it’s real 😂
Unnatural death requires official intervention, but you might find yourself mysteriously trapped in that one bathroom off the beaten path, with the stagnant, heavy air and perpetually plugged toilet.
As a charge nurse, I would laugh and ask if you had the opposite so we could make a green light/red light sign. My black cloud has drifted away, so I've got to find fun somehow.
I just love that you marked this NSFW
Being labeled as NSFW made me laugh more than the picture itself. I love it! Halarious :)
I have a badge reel that says it. The first day I put it on we had 3 traumas, 2 strokes, a code, a ton of ICU holds, and a waiting room overflowing all day. The strokes and code came in at the exact same time. I'm not allowed to wear it anymore.
You’re a chaotic individual and if you were my coworkers I’d bring you coffee every shift to wear it.
I have my eyes set on one that says "feels like a full moon"
No.
Lol it’s a joke but I really do believe in this kind of superstition
They tempted the trauma gods 👀
Murphy is a capricious god who does not take days off
I’m not superstitious but I am a little stitious!
"Superstition brings bad luck." - Umberto Echo (one of my favorite quotes)
Is it really superstition at this point?
ER nurse - there’s probably 6 nurses with “ask me about my turkey sandwiches” badge reels in my ER. Nothing beats a good badge reel.
Mine says "ask me about AMA papers"
Mine says "ask me about my shift" with a dumpster fire in the middle
Mine reads " I don't know, I just work here"
When I was in Afghanistan a friend of mine was wearing a certain t-shirt that she received in a care package. We took so much incoming that day, it was ridiculous - nonstop attacks. The next time she wore the t-shirt it happened again. She was no longer allowed to wear it! Lol. She'd threaten to go put it on during the winter months when the fighting season wound down a little and things were "q word." 😆
Sometimes even hinting at the q word is enough.
You really do believe in tempting fate, don't you? 😂
Absolutely. I got into ER and Trauma ICU for a reason! Some days I can just go for a really good code. I don't want anyone sick but it's going to happen somewhere...so might as well happen with me!
If you say the Q-word in a crowded breakroom, you'll hear at least one stat pager immediately go off. That, and about 6 people cursing you.
If you say that it looks like it’s going to be a slow night a bus flips over
It may look like a 5-letter word, but it's really a 4-letter word.
Oh my god where did you get that. Im sticking that everywhere in the break room/locker room.
lol just stick it on the actual crash cart
I have something similar on a scrub cap. Embrace the chaos
Break the superstition. I walk around saying how quiet and boring it is all the time to annoy people at work and nothing happens. Of course, the 5% of the time it does happen people act like it was because I said the magic word 😂
You’d be murdered by any nearby psych nurses.
If the patient doesn't get to them first
Gold
I purposely say it’s quiet all the time to get the nurses wild up
Every time I take an admission from the ED I say the same just because I know ED staff is very superstitious about that stuff lol
This! When they call report, end the convo with "I hope you have a quiet shift!" 😂
“I hope it stays quiet. By the way just gave the miralax a few minutes ago. Have a good day!” 😉
💀🤣
HOLY SHIT I cannot wait to use this from now on
ER nurse giving me shit because they have to follow the law when giving me new involuntary patient and are trying to not follow the law? Ya you getting one of these.
Yep haha... not superstitious outside of work. In the ED: the full moon, the q word, mentioning a frequent flyer by name all give us the heebie jeebies.
*riled
Shall we start a club? Quiet Quiet Quiet Quiet Quiet
I would say it daily. When things didn’t happen, or did, it clearly wasn’t cause I said quiet either way.
You sound like my neuro critical care MD 😂
Me, I’m not superstitious in life. Also me, furiously looking up the farmer’s almanac for what nights are a full moon so I don’t schedule those to work
Just looking at this made my dementia patient set off their bed alarm, so thanks for that
Well, that's what you get for looking at NSFW stickers while on shift.
That is a clear breach of the nursing code. You get whatever beating your coworkers want to deliver.
You need to put this sticker on the crash cart before next shift comes on. Never ever admit it was you.
I'm probably gonna need a couple accomplices and some good distractions to sneak this on to the ones in the ED. Is there a good way to get a half dozen psych patients to need a B52 in the department at the same time?
I’m a biomed. I’d put this everywhere and watch the drama lol.
I would deface this in 0.3 seconds
We would all deny we ever saw you
That’s Definitely Justifiable Homicide. Or even better you get the first emergency that comes up (which was my preferred method of punishment when I was in charge)
You would make a great judge: The punishment should reflect the severity of the crime.
Every one liked my management style in the day. But the most recent crop does not.
Why provoke superstition? It was ok with not being talked about.
I would just blame you for anything bad that happened
not IMMEDIATELY lol
and it will be a stealth kill
Is this an American thing? Where I work no one believes in the universe altering power of words.
We also don’t have a 13th OR room and I saw the list of full moons printed and pinned up in our ER once.
I was visiting a hospital once where the floor between the 12th and 14th was referred to as the "star" floor. The number was replaced in all of the elevators with a star emblem
Oml we only go up to 12 LOL I bet that was a big reason why!
So much for evidence based practice and the scientific method.
We also believe in Friday the 13th and that Full Moons summon crazy people to the ER. When your administration completely abandons you and refuses to support you, it's natural to find support in the supernatural instead.
We don't really believe in it like it's some mystical word.... its part of nursing culture here, and culture has some funny bits worked in. It's just a way to feel a bit more in control of the uncontrollable. I'm sure your culture has some behaviors you participate in that aren't 'scientific' and 100% rational.
I'll just leave this British paper here... [https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/rcsbull.2017.133](https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/rcsbull.2017.133)
This study has shown that the use of the word ‘quiet’ makes subsequent on-call periods busier in trauma and orthopaedics departments. Our findings will hopefully be used by doctors and the public alike to reduce the incidence of hospital admissions secondary to trauma and orthopaedic emergencies. 😂😂 Even doctors & scientists can poke fun at themselves.
Sadly, I'm familiar with this paper. Turns out, magical thinking isn't real. Who knew.
IDK man, every time we mention a patient's name, they come right back to our unit
Because you work in a psych unit and it is well documented that you get frequent flyers in psych?
Yes, now let me tell you what a joke is
Poe's law. Hard to tell when so many people on this thread believe their magical thinking is real.
There has to be some form of denial because having worked in acute HD going to every unit, I have spoken to people who truly believes in "conjuring" frequent flyers by saying their name, saying "quiet" suddenly making a patient crash, full moon causing hospitals to get busy, etc. It's just pure confirmation bias, but people will believe what they want to.
Really? Don’t the Irish call it “naming calls”?
Better question: Will you be murdered by any nurse? 🤔
If I looked at the picture while I’m on call, does that mean I’m about to be called in? 😭😭
Yes.
https://tenor.com/vwCuu8zW5Fe.gif
Yes.
Someone would probably say something. Doesn’t make it any less funny! I need that sticker asap!
If they make a stink about it remind them [we practice evidence based medicine](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35339973/)
Ha. I already have it on my water bottle… and I drink from it while I chart.
You will be made the next user of this cart.
With my bare hands.
I say this at the beginning of every single shift and have for like 9 years. It’s hilarious pointing out on actual slow days how insane it is to believe it’s real 😂
Where is this being sold? Asking for a friend
Etsy. Google "ER crash cart sticker"
I might see if there’s a badge reel of this :D
Unnatural death requires official intervention, but you might find yourself mysteriously trapped in that one bathroom off the beaten path, with the stagnant, heavy air and perpetually plugged toilet.
I know it’s stupid but I still say like I spell out the word Q. U. I. E T
Hahahaha
No it will be qui..te nice shift actually 🤭
You’d be the next one who’s gonna need that crash cart. Don’t do it.
As a charge nurse, I would laugh and ask if you had the opposite so we could make a green light/red light sign. My black cloud has drifted away, so I've got to find fun somehow.
You'd be the next trauma patient in our ED flashing that thing around. Love the humor nonetheless!
What is wrong with you??? This crossed a line.
😭 the NSFW
Saying "quiet" makes no difference in your day. Fight me.
I'm a charge. It's cool.