LAWS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD


            1. GOMERS DON’T DIE.

            2. GOMERS GO TO GROUND.

            3. AT A CARDIAC ARREST, THE FIRST PROCEDURE IS TO TAKE YOUR OWN PULSE.

            4. THE PATIENT IS THE ONE WITH THE DISEASE.

            5. PLACEMENT COMES FIRST.

            6. THERE IS NO BODY CAVITY THAT CANNOT BE REACHED WITH A #14 NEEDLE AND A GOOD STRONG ARM.

            7. AGE + BUN = LASIX DOSE.

            8. THEY CAN ALWAYS HURT YOU MORE.

            9. THE ONLY GOOD ADMISSION IS A DEAD ADMISSION.

            10. IF YOU DON’T TAKE A TEMPERATURE, YOU CAN’T FIND A FEVER.

            11. SHOW ME A BMS* WHO ONLY TRIPLES MY WORK AND I WILL KISS HIS FEET. * Medical Student from the "Best Medical School."

            12. IF THE RADIOLOGY RESIDENT AND THE BMS* BOTH SEE A LESION ON THE CHEST X-RAY, THERE CAN BE NO LESION THERE.

            13. THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE IS TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE.


            from House of God
            by Samuel Shem,
            Richard Marek Publishers, Inc., New York,
            ©1978 by Samuel Shem



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