Tales of a Nurse

mid-20s female; RN, BSN; working at a university-based hospital; 32-bed unit; weekend night shift

[sarcasticbabywhispererjess]

After doing a massive dressing change...

[cutest-cats]

[binarysunrise-deactivated201405]

Cats do this because its a hunting instinct to snap the neck of their prey.

*the more you know*

[dodiedoduo-snk]

It’s a murderer instinct but holy shit it’s so cute.

[breelandwalker]

Fun Fact: The little shaking move they do when they pick up toys in their mouths is the one for snapping necks.

This one’s actually for disemboweling. And it’s adorable.

[marrowwalker-blog]

The cutest murder machines ever.

[julshii]

and for the really talented 

By Julia [tumblr]

[nurse-x-ramblings]

[bmac07-blog]

Relational aggression is a common behavior among nurses, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

[kat-jumps]

So, for everyone who insists on harming their patients by giving ALL of them 100% O2 when they don’t need it, and for firefighters who believe that supplying oxygen to animals is actually helpful, you should probably read this.

[dieselotherapy]

[paramedicine]

For the paramedic / anatomy geek / med student / nurse / physician / pathologist on your holiday shopping list!

[bmac07-blog]

I need these

[crushed-dreams-and-cats]

In the United States:

The north:

The south:

[girl-ontherocks]

I really wish this was a joke, one flurry & the whole damn state shuts down.

[icanread]

[queencitysavior-blog]

Types of people who romanticize small town life:

People who didn’t grow up in small towns

[lilymaylovelesss]

[heyitsjaegrey-deactivated201403]

I think Cosmo did some justice on this one

[the-faith-void-split-deactivate]

I feel this to my core. 

[cassy56-deactivated20150625]

Lol at #3. Seriously my friends family is obsessed With Bebe and it’s all plain clothing that costs way too much and barely anyone can fit into it

[rebel-nextdoor-deactivated20170]

yes.

[thelandofwtf]

[mizars-bizarre-world-deactivate]

Well thats one reason doctors have disposable needles.

[readysetnurse]

When you finally have pt on PO narcs and someone lets slip that they still have dilaudid ordered.

[bmac07-blog]

All the time

[laughingsquid]

A Machine to Make Soft Pretzels at Home

[sarcasticbabywhispererjess]

Want.

[olimar]

having anxiety and depression is like being scared and tired at the same time. it’s the fear of failure but no urge to be productive, and it’s wanting friends while hating socializing. it’s like running a marathon with the willpower of a corpse because you want to get to the end but you also want to sleep and evaporate into the soil and become compost for snails and flowers because then at least you’re useful

[fruitandfitspo]

[theitunurse-deactivated20190904]

HA. Laughed out loud.

Hear that people, literally lold.

I pity myself.

[naturallybiologists-blog]

When you fall and scrape a knee, or accidentally cut yourself with the kitchen knife, or even when you get a papercut, the agony and discomfort you feel is an indication of some very busy processes going on within your cells! We suffer from the bleeding and stinging for a few hours at most, but…