16 months

I really just want a nap.

[boluscoffeestat-deactivated2020]

Leaving after a long, exhausting shift

[licensetomurse-deactivated20200]

This. This is the perfect gif.

[hownottoloseyourmind]

Me, letting the night team deal with the shit going down, because I’m just. so. tired.

[boluscoffeestat-deactivated2020]

When your patient’s crazy family members are fixating on something that is completely not priority right now

I cannot focus on eye drops when their blood pressure is in the toilet. I appreciate your enthusiasm  in the care of your loved one, but please do us all a favor and shush.

[imyournotsoaveragestudent]

7 things that I have learned from nursing clinicals thus far.....

Clinicals… many love them, some hate them. They are the right of passage we all must go through as student nurses. Here is what I have learned, as a nursing student, in a world that can be both intimidating and exhilarating all at once….

1. Volunteer to do everything! 

(with your nurse supervision of course) the more hands on experience you get the more confidence you acquire. Taking the initiative will also expose you to potential experiences you might not have had otherwise. If your nurse feels like you are helping them, then they might help you get to do some really cool things like get into a surgical procedures. 

2. Ask questions: 

especially if you don’t know what a drug, procedure, etc. is. It shows that you are interested in learning. 

3. Talk with your patients as much as possible. 

They are the ones that have the disease process and are good resources especially if it is a chronic illness. They will know how certain drugs are affecting them, any procedures, symptoms they experience, etc. It also helps build good patient/nurse rapport.

4. Right off the bat… ask your patients, “What are your goals for today/ your total stay?” and “What do you expect from your care?” 

these kinds of questions will help you with care planning and making your “nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes” patient centered. It will also give you a direction to begin your care. 

5. Not everyone you work with is pleasant and that is ok. 

Many times nurses, doctors, surgeons, etc might be having a bad day (remember they work long hours, day in and day out) and don’t realize how it might affect a “baby/ student nurse” or it is just they way they are. Don’t get me wrong, by any means this does not excuse any mistreatment. The best thing you can do is brush off any comments and thank them for the opportunity to work with them regardless of your experience. One day you may work with them again. 

6. Always say goodbye and thank your nurse and patients for the day when you leave. 

For your patients, It is the final step in the nurse/ patient relationship and shows that you really care and appreciate working with them. For your nurse, it shows the same (and remember that you may end up working with them later in life, make as many good and strong connections as you can now). 

7. Finally, any experience whether “good or bad” is a learning experience. 

Clinicals are what you make of them. If you are a student who stands behind your preceptor nurse like a little puppy without helping, or you sit around all day you will most likely not learn as much nor enjoy the experience. Remember to take initiative and smile! Good things come to those who seek them. One of my favorite quotes is “Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious or aggressive, but recognizing your responsibility to make things happen.”

[weavemama]

WHEN AMERICAN SYMBOLS ARE GETTING SICK OF AMERICA 

[itsalburton]

Reminder that an American Bald Eagle named “Freedom” attacked Trump when he tried to hold and pose with it for photos and news cameramen during the early stages of the general election campaign trail

[thememacat]

This is scary and creepy.

[gamechangershow]

[noobtheloser]

I made this.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

No but this is actually genuinely the entire plot of The Dark Knight Rises though

[jst4kicks]

[nevaehtyler]

Come on, we do know why they don’t teach us that.

[lonely-nobody]

[cybergrampa-blog]

or turn it into a fuCKing COMPETITION.

[the-inspired-lesbian]

This mother fucking post. Thank you.

[bipolar-sunshineee-deactivated2]

Always repost.

[theinturnetexplorer]

A Real Hero

[takashi0]

This is some John Henry shit right here.

[afrikangyal-deactivated20190204]

wow

[pinkcheesegreenghost-deactivate]

Dashrath Manjhi

[dailyinspirationquotes]

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[futurefamilydoc]

"Emergencies"

“America is great because we have this fantastic system set up in order to deal with emergencies. We tell people to call if they have an emergency, and they do. The problem is, we never explained what a true emergency is.”

- MIH preceptor commenting on some of the ridiculous “emergencies” he’s been called to

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

I FEEL THIS SO MUCH

:’(

[dailyinspirationquotes]

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[wheresonichedgehogwnt]

TFW you’ve had more than enough patients come into the hospital in the middle of the night who are clearly dying and who are unable to tell you their wishes and do not have a pre-determined medical decision-maker, but whose family is all with them and has different expectations and ideas of what they think is appropriate care, so you call everyone in your family and are like “Y’all are filling out a POLST and a Five Wishes form and sending it to your PCP and to your medical decision-maker within, like, three days, because this is really not something your family needs to be arguing about as you are trying to die in front of a sleep-deprived intern who is quietly panicking inside about how much they do not want to code you, while trying to explain everything to your family and resolve conflicts among everyone at 3 AM.” And they’re like “WOAH.  Isn’t this really awkward and morbid stuff?  I feel super uncomfortable?”

And you’re like:

[dxmedstudent]

This is why all my geriatrician colleagues (and probably a good chunk of my older medical peers in general) have advanced directives stating clearly where they want their ceiling of care.

I’m actually amazed that in the US it seems to be a decision placed on the family alone, not on the clinicians, given that it’s a truly difficult situation to be put in when your relative is very very sick. I think most people would find it morally hard not to say ‘do everything’ especially given how inaccurately CPR comes across in the media.

In the UK, it is technically up to the clinicians to decide the ceiling of care, as long as it’s discussed with the family. In practice, people usually go along with what the family want, because clinicians don’t go into medicine to make the relatives of frail payoents sad, but it does open up discussions about people who really shouldn’t go through CPR and does mean that some unnecccessary codes aren’t called.

Still, never an easy conversation, whoever the legal decision stands with.

[purplebuddhaproject]

[rallyforbernie]

This is what Republicans try to demonize for political gain. Think about it.

[quotemadness]

I think I could have loved you better than anyone, and I can’t stop making lists of all the times I almost told you that.

Caitlyn Siehl (via quotemadness)

[illbeyourmursesomeday]

NURBLRS: Nurses of TUMBLR

Admit it. We are different from our peers and colleagues. We shall call ourselves - “NURBLRS”. REBLOG so we know you got the memo. ^_^

[cardiacattack-deactivated202106]

I’m confused, haven’t we already been nurblrs for years?