1. When someone asks why you didn’t become a Doctor:

2. When a patient asks “what took you so long?”:

3. When a patient is allergic to Tylenol but not Percocet:

4. When you ask the coherent patient for their pain level and the family member answers from across the room:

5. When the patient spent 5 minutes on WebMD and self-diagnoses themselves with a terminal illness:

6. When the alarm beeps more than it’s quiet and the call-button goes off seconds after you leave the room:

7. When the patient won’t stop calling you pet names:

8. When you just want to go to the bathroom once in twelve hours:

9. When every visitor wants a four-course meal:

10. When the fall risk is already one foot on the ground out of bed by themselves:

11. When you’re assigned to the permanently angry patient:

12. When nobody has thanked you since last Wednesday:

13. When you haven’t eaten all day so you sneak away and hide:

14. When your post-op patient won’t ambulate: