Level of Familiarity and Relevance to Clinical Practice |
Breaking a mirror causes 7 years of bad luck (UB) (general) |
Saying the “Q” (quiet) word causes an increase in workload/activity (UB) |
Death/bad luck comes in threes (UB) |
A full moon means chaos is coming (UB) (general) |
Some patient rooms are cursed/bad luck (UB) |
Some staff carry a black cloud (bad luck follows them) (UB) |
People have a lucky number or totems (i.e. lucky uniform, socks, charms (UG) (general) |
Moving the code cart close to the room of a patient doing badly prevents a code from happening (UG) |
Opening a window to let a soul leave; giving permission to die (UG) |
Not opening a sterile package early prevents the need for the procedure (UG) |
Knocking on wood prevents the undoing of a previous statement (PR) (general) |
Tying a knot in the bedsheet keeps the patient from dying (PR) |
Never mention frequent flyers by name or they will show up (PR) |
Do not say “see you soon” when dismissing a patient as that results in a re-admission (PR) |
Seeing a black cat brings bad luck (SC) (general) |
When you drop a pill (in packaging) walking into a patient’s room, do not give it to them right away because they will choke on that one pill. Wait until all other meds are swallowed then give them the dropped medicine.(SC) |
Printing out the death packet too early makes a long drawn-out death (SC) |
If you bring something to work to read/do you WILL be busy (SC) |