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Healthcare workers are a different breed entirely. They spend years grinding through medical school just to be able to do their job, then turn around and work brutally long hours with the weight of people’s lives on their shoulders. And if that weren’t enough, the things they hear from patients on a daily basis can be equal parts draining and downright insulting. Somebody give these folks a break.

Well, at the very least, give them a few minutes to sit back and scroll through some of the funny posts we’ve collected from the Instagram pages Internal Memecine and Medi Memes. Hopefully they’ll put a smile on a few tired faces out there—because after everything the medical field demands of them, they’ve more than earned it. Find them below.

#1

A medical meme tweet asking why a randomized controlled trial is not called trick or treatment. For doctors and nurses.

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Liliana Spiro
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5 months ago

Oh, Lordy, my trial group are gonna luvs this... :D

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    #2

    A woman in medieval attire reading a book late at night, a visual meme for medical memes for doctors.

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    Liliana Spiro
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    5 months ago

    Denial is a thing :)

    #3

    A medical meme with a tweet from Sumit Patel MD: My fitness goal is to do two minutes of CPR without needing to be coded myself.

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    Not a bad goal!

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    #4

    A medical meme: red blood cells as characters with speech bubbles joking about tying the clot. Funny for doctors and nurses.

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    Liliana Spiro
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    5 months ago

    Dad/doc humor

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    #5

    A popular medical meme tweet by Bryan Gaensler about research. Perfect for doctors, nurses, and students relating to symptoms.

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    Joe Bloe
    Community Member
    5 months ago

    That's why it's called research. You can't really do that in 2 minutes across 3 web pages about covid vaccine

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    #6

    A medical meme with a tweet saying, If a potato can become vodka, then I can become a doctor. Fun for doctors and nurses!

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    Beady El
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    5 months ago

    You just need to ferment for a while

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    #7

    Medical meme about fantasy sleep, relatable for doctors, nurses, and those who google their symptoms.

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    Beady El
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    5 months ago

    Apparently spoken by two other people, both off-panel.

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    #8

    A chalkboard sign with illegible text that reads "A wise DOCTOR once wrote". A funny medical meme.

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    ʁɨɂɥɒ
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    5 months ago

    Paracetamol and ibuprofen

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    #9

    Medical meme showing visit reasons. One line, Unable to eat diarrhea, is circled, highlighting the importance of commas for doctors.

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    Beady El
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    5 months ago

    Hey, I have that symptom…

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    #10

    A medical meme: a ridiculous med school exam question that will make doctors and nurses laugh, for those who Googled symptoms.

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    Lotekguy
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    5 months ago

    42. Next question?

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    #11

    A medical meme showing stick figures illustrating bad vs. good hospital management, and a chaotic "my hospital" scene.

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    Kristiina Männiste
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    5 months ago

    Ahh we work in the same place!

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    #12

    A doctor's tweet: "Been a doctor for 17 years but still can't get my mum to trust my advice." A funny medical meme.

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    Doodles1983
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    5 months ago

    Lol. I'd tell my dad something, he then **has** to ask his GP. GP says the same, dad asks me, **amazed** how did you know that?

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    #13

    A child in a princess tiara and pink sunglasses, riding in a car, an image from medical memes.

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    Jnausicaa
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    5 months ago

    Nailed it.

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    #14

    A medical meme shows spaghetti with text: My Anatomy Exam: Identify This Nerve. Great for doctors & nurses.

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    I am not you
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    5 months ago

    Spaghetti nervus vagus.

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    #15

    Funny medical meme showing Mr. Bean as a doctor, wide-eyed, giving a thumbs-up. Ideal for doctors and nurses.

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    That’s all I yam
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    5 months ago

    I have no idea why anyone would choose to become a doctor with being on call, lawsuits, constantly making life and d***h decisions hoping you're right, the guilt when you missed something, the sacrified time away from family, the time it takes to decompress - unless you're built to handle all this.

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    #16

    A four-panel medical meme: a ghost scares a person by saying Boo! three times, then scares them with Biochemistry.

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    That’s all I yam
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    Have a BS in Biochem. It was fun to learn. Only worked in labs in college, but it was great general knowledge for later careers.

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    #17

    A relatable medical meme tweet: Natalie had to go to the hospital, but it is just for work. A doctor's humor.

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    That’s all I yam
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    5 months ago

    I had to go back to school. Same reason.

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    #18

    Text reads: "Love is in the air. But so is the flu. Wash your hands." A funny medical meme for doctors and nurses.

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    HanSolo
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    5 months ago

    No kidding, I guess the flu has been more in love with me than people are. ( I work in a kitchen and wash my hands 24/7)

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    #19

    A medical meme showing a TV screen with a patient in an ICU bed, connected to tubes, implying TV shows overdramatize symptoms.

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    Liliana Spiro
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    5 months ago

    They most certainly need to. None of this makes sense at all

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    #20

    A medical meme with text: 7 Billion people in the world but still 7th Cranial Nerve is the reason why i smile. For doctors & nurses.

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    Joe Bloe
    Community Member
    5 months ago

    It's now 8b, was 7b between 2011 and 2022. Is it why you never smile anymore?

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    #21

    A funny medical meme showing an alien ironing a woman's dress with her head poking out from underneath.

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    Mike F
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    5 months ago

    Cute

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    #22

    A medical meme from internalmemecine about doctors asking strangers about bowel movements, for nurses and medical professionals.

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    Did I say that out loud?
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    5 months ago

    Yes. But I didn't know until the morning when I woke up.

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    #23

    A pug lying flat like a loaf of bread on an ottoman with the text, The only state I exist in outside of the hospital. Doctors medical memes.

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    Beady El
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    5 months ago

    Potato Pug

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    #24

    A person resembling a classic painting subject lies in bed with a laptop and medical textbooks. A funny medical meme.

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    HanSolo
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    5 months ago

    I’m 20 and I found out I have high blood pressure

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    #25

    A medical meme: a car on fire labeled Emergency Room, while moose labeled Dermatology specialists relax in a kiddie pool.

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    I am not you
    Community Member
    5 months ago

    Well, there are acute and life-threatening dermatological diseases too.Steven Johnson syndrome is one of them.

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    #26

    A medical meme: arms holding a gold watch, with text about taking medication. Humorous for doctors and nurses.

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    Liliana Spiro
    Community Member
    5 months ago

    Hope it's a high dose - this is bad

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    #27

    A medical meme showing a tweet asking, "Everyone talks about how social media is bad for your mental health but what about ER shifts?"

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    KatWitch57
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    5 months ago

    ER shifts are bad for ER patients. Social Media will be fine.

    #28

    A child in oversized scrubs, surgical cap, and mask, holding a stethoscope, representing medical memes for doctors.

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    Jnausicaa
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    5 months ago

    Yup.

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    #29

    A medical meme for doctors and nurses. The meme reads, Life is too short to describe etiology, just write "IDIOPATHIC" and move on.

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    Lotekguy
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    5 months ago (edited)

    But NEVER iatrogenic! (The preceding message brought to you by doctors' egos, and all malpractice insurers.)

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    #30

    Selma Bouvier on her knees in a candlelit pentagram, summoning the right insulin dose. A funny medical meme for doctors.

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    KatWitch57
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    5 months ago

    Zool needs blood.

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    #31

    A person's face peaking over a wall with text that reads: Chloride watching the other electrolytes get all the attention. Medical memes for doctors.

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    #32

    Medical meme showing a crowd with an elderly woman looking content, illustrating the long journey to becoming a doctor.

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    #33

    A medical meme of Margot Robbie as Barbie, smiling, with text asking about quitting medicine. Perfect for doctors and nurses.

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    #34

    Dwight Schrute crying, hand over face, after a long day at the hospital. A perfect image for medical memes.

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    That’s all I yam
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    5 months ago

    Another reason not to become a doctor. I enjoy learning, but I enjoy my family more.

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    #35

    A funny medical meme showing a PSYCHIATRIST door sign with a caption about where medicine leads. Perfect for doctors and nurses.

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    #36

    A medical meme depicting neurology: a patient asks What's the problem, leading to a tangled Neuro exam, then Let's get an MRI.

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    Beth Wheeler
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    5 months ago

    Well somebody definitely took the scrappy handwriting class in med school.

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    #37

    Mean Girls meme with medical humor, showing students gossiping, perfect for medical memes.

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    Glix Drap
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    5 months ago

    Dermatologists seem to be getting bad press on this thread. Trust me, it's not all bling bling.

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    #38

    Medical meme showing a broken, overgrown train track over a stream, representing the hard journey to become a doctor.

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    That’s all I yam
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    My guess is that the road after becoming a doctor is on the rough side, too. Just a thought - maybe the road to becoming a doctor helps with the hardships after.

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    #39

    A child with smudged purple eyeshadow and lipstick, looking tired. A funny medical meme for doctors and nurses.

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    #40

    A medical meme on a white background: "Medical school is cool bc if you relax for 5 seconds then all of a sudden you are failing 11 classes even though you are only taking 5."

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    KatWitch57
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    5 months ago

    It's just life. It's not even your life.

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    #41

    A funny medical meme featuring Olenna Tyrell, saying "Tell Satan. I want him to know it was me." Great for doctors.

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    Liliana Spiro
    Community Member
    5 months ago

    On a separate note: The great Dame Diana Rigg. Loved The Avengers

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    #42

    A medical meme of Squidward struggling with a spine and lungs, representing a patient's body on discharge day.

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    #43

    A humorous medical meme showing a broken record player with a note saying "Does not work but could be FUN to FIX!".

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    #44

    A medical meme showing buff versions of The Office characters as ortho residents on vacation. Funny for doctors and nurses.

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    Lotekguy
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    5 months ago

    They don't look like they should be trusted with sharp objects.

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    #45

    A medical meme using Doge characters to illustrate cellular adaptation: Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Atrophy, and Metaplasia.

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    #46

    A monkey in bed with a laptop, looking tired. A funny medical meme for doctors and nurses.

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    #47

    A man with wide, surprised eyes reflecting a mirror image of himself. A medical meme about doctors and nurses.

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    SheHulk
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    5 months ago (edited)

    , cause I too want to know!

    #48

    A group of people, including many young women, holding red cups and looking surprised. A funny medical meme.

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    #49

    A woman, a doctor, looks at a computer screen with a passive-aggressive medical meme, holding a soda.

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    That’s all I yam
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    Chart comment by a hospital corpsman on patient with severe constipation: Needs a long fingered corpsman.

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    #50

    A medical meme of Eustace Bagge looking angry, representing doctors and nurses before and after practice.

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    #51

    A humorous medical meme tweet from DrShankar: "As a Medical student, you either lose hair or mental health. Nothing in between!"

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    Kristiina Männiste
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    5 months ago

    Me eyeing my boss with his full head of hair.....

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    #52

    Spongebob meme depicting Squidward and Spongebob. A funny image for doctors and nurses.

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    #53

    A man crying in a medical meme with text about interpreting EKGs. Perfect for doctors and nurses.

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    Mike F
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    5 months ago (edited)

    He's dėad, Jim.

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    #54

    A Beauty and the Beast meme for medical memes, showing Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Cogsworth, with text about ER docs.

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    KatWitch57
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    5 months ago

    But, we're having him busted in the morning.

    #55

    A medical meme featuring Max from Max & Ruby with human lips and hands, portraying an annoyed ER front desk.

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    #56

    A person in an angel costume with wings, facepalming, representing a medical meme for doctors and nurses.

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    otiose
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    5 months ago

    YOUR guardian angel??? Think of the patient!

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    #57

    A medical professional, disheveled and in bed, checking her phone after 17 missed calls and 4 missed codes. Medical memes.

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    KatWitch57
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    5 months ago

    Well, they ain't'nt d**d yet.

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    #58

    A medical meme showing a conversation about a chest X-ray quality. Relatable for doctors, nurses, and medical professionals.

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    CatD
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    5 months ago

    Eep.

    #59

    A medical meme expressing exhaustion with the text: This cannot be the same body that used to wake up at 4am. Doctors and Nurses will relate.

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    #60

    A swimmer in the water with a confused expression, depicting medical memes about Googling symptoms.

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    KatWitch57
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    5 months ago

    Aw, she's just having a bit of period pain. It'll clear up after she's 80, menopause lasts longer Ionger if they're fat,

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    #61

    A medical meme reads, If you can't handle me at my ICU 24h call then you don't deserve me at my rheumatology elective. For doctors and nurses.

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    #62

    A medical meme of a doctor in a mask and cap, peering through a gap. Captioned, What the vocal chords see before intubation.

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    CatD
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    5 months ago

    😂

    #63

    A person in a pink fluffy coat, medical mask, and colorful paw print scrub cap, portraying a medical meme.

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    LALALand
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    5 months ago

    If you know then you know……

    #64

    A medical meme featuring Phoebe from Friends saying, What a day, relevant for doctors and nurses.

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    #65

    A medical meme of Jerry from Tom and Jerry sleeping with 43 missed calls, relatable for doctors and nurses.

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    CatD
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    5 months ago

    Because they turn off the ringer.

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    #66

    A medical meme shows two young girls, one looking away and the other smiling awkwardly. Ideal for doctors and nurses.

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    #67

    Medical meme: woman winking and yelling, representing doctors and nurses in a funny medical scenario.

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    #68

    A medical meme showing doctors in an OR and a man knitting, satirizing interest during a long day of surgery.

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    I am not you
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    5 months ago

    Something is terribly wrong with the knitter's right arm 🤣 Left hand dosen't look very good either. ( Ai I know)

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    #69

    A woman in sunglasses looks annoyed in a medical meme. Perfect for doctors and nurses.

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    #70

    Ryan Reynolds looking calm amidst a city destruction scene, perfect for medical memes for doctors and nurses.

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    #71

    A funny medical meme showing a woman sticking her tongue out, relating to a surgeon's question. Perfect for doctors and nurses!

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