I just graduated from medical school, and my new hospital has some very strange rules

I just got my license to practice medicine yesterday, and I finally started my first hospital job today. It’s a pretty small hospital in a remote part of the country, surrounded by a lot of dense woods. <br><br>The hospital itself is pretty small, with only sixty rooms for patients, as well as about fifty personnel. I was one of five people who graduated medical school and got a job here. We all started today, and we immediately began the three day training period. One of the older nurses gave me the official hospital guidebook. I looked it over briefly before one of the older doctors took me to the conference room to begin training. <br><br>He went over a lot of basic things, such as the location of all the different rooms in the hospital. He showed me the different coding systems we have for different emergencies, as well as the call systems and the computer systems. He spent some time going over the different procedures for patients who were in the different wards. <br><br>Finally, he told me to read the guidebook, and that any questions I had after that, he would be happy to answer. He said that he’d see me back here tomorrow for more training, and left me alone in the conference room with the guidebook. <br><br>I opened up the guidebook, and found myself reading it from cover to cover. Weirdly enough, it said that the guidebook was published in 1947. I figured that was probably just a misprint, and continued reading. It went over a lot of the same information that the doctor told me about earlier. It also talked about the different patient wings, like the maternity ward, the oncology ward, the emergency recovery ward, the pediatric ward, the psychiatric ward, and the burns unit. <br><br>I read the equipment guidelines, the safety guidelines, and the patient privacy guidelines. I read over the list of personnel, the shift scheduling guidelines, and the patient charting guidelines. Finally, I read over the hospital rules. <br><br>Some of them made sense. Things like rule number 6: Never enter a room without knocking first. It didn’t say why you couldn’t, it just said not to. Rule number 3 also made sense. It said not to accept anything from the patients. I figured that was probably to avoid people trying to bribe their doctors. Number 1 also seemed pretty obvious, telling us to familiarize ourselves with the call systems. <br><br>Some of the other rules didn’t make very much sense. Number 11 said not to walk alone in the hallways at night. It didn’t say why, or who was supposed to be with you, just that you weren’t supposed to be alone. Number 7 said not to go outside after dark because of the moors. I wasn’t even 100% sure what the moors were, or where they were in relation to the hospital. I figured I’d look it up on a map later, but I knew that I wouldn’t be wandering off into any moors any time soon, so I didn’t think too much of it. Number 8 said not to go into the storage closet. I figured maybe one of the other doctors just wanted a little room to himself, but I really hoped there was a better reason than that. <br><br>Finally, number 9 caught my eye. It said that you aren’t supposed to go to the second floor, because that’s where Mr. Solomon lives, and that Mr. Solomon hates people. I figured Mr. Solomon must have been some older rich man who either owned the hospital, or donated a lot of money to it, because the only reason I can think of that someone would get an entire floor all to themselves is if they were extremely generous to the hospital. I didn’t think much more of it, until I heard a voice behind me. <br><br>“Did you read the rules?” It was the head nurse. I nodded. “Did you read *all* of the rules?”<br><br>“I did.” She turned and walked away. I followed her. She stopped in a doorway at the end of the hall and turned around. “Did you read the rules? *All* of the rules?”<br><br>“Yes, I’m absolutely positive I did.” She turned and walked through the doorway. I followed her, and found myself back in the conference room. The same doctor from earlier was sitting at the table. “Did you read the rules?” He asked. <br><br>“Yes.” He just nodded and told me to go to sleep, that my shift was over for tonight. I found my way to the dormitories for the doctors, where I’m currently sitting as I type this. I think I might have to break one of the rules tomorrow though. I’ve been wandering around this hospital all day, and I haven’t been able to find the second floor anywhere.