Nursing

Med/Oncology, Night Shift

[landofjules]

Me hiding from my super needy patients like….

[sarcasticbabywhispererjess]

My patient on a heparin gtt starts vomiting up bright red blood...

[myrosecolouredgirl]

today on “pettiest shit i’ve ever seen:”

the new york times and the washington post both waited until air force one took off, then each published separate Really Big stories with not a ton of overlap, almost like they’d made a backroom deal to decide which paper got which story and that they should both wait until the president was out of the country to drop them

and then this happened

[hellotrickster]

and the president and his administration are trapped on a plane with reporters for FOURTEEN HOURS

[moomoobooboo-deactivated2020102]

[reeeaper]

This is a real tweet from Donald trump in 2014. Oh my god

[macgyvermedical]

Working in Healthcare

Like working retail, but every single customer is hungry, in pain, sleep deprived, and has expectations on par with the service at an exclusive, 7-star resort.

Also, everything is beeping.

[mjalti]

[boluscoffeestat-deactivated2020]

When I can’t sleep and thinking about patients of shifts past and what they are up to now

[wordsnquotes]

Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say My heart is broken.

C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (via wordsnquotes)

[copingnurse-deactivated20240217]

That one coworker that always tries to get me to work their weekends for them...

[pammiejr]

[tastefullyoffensive]

[snarkynurses]

Hi Doc, I’m calling you about Mr. Uhhhh…. ummmm… you know that patient with r/o TB in room 365…? 😬 #fail #iknewhisnameasecondago #snarkynurses

[supernaturalnursing]

Getting supplies for a complicated dressing

(not my gif)

[boluscoffeestat-deactivated2020]

When the night resident says “I’ll pass it along to day team.”

I mean, do you want me to let day team know when they code or …?

[boluscoffeestat-deactivated2020]

When the doc orders 15 labs, an EKG, a bolus, 3 new antibiotics, and two scans and is pissed because all of that wasn’t completed in the past five minutes

Last time I checked I am not an octopus!

[kingjaffejoffer]

“im getting old” starter pack

“this is way too sweet”

“they’re remaking that movie already????”

“my back hurts”

“wait, people get mad about that now?”

“I can’t eat that, its gone fuck my stomach up”

“hold on let me check my calendar first”

**turns on the radio** [groans]

[thuggums]

How dare you EXPOSE me at 5:18 am on this good Monday

[zerofucksclub]

[medicinasanguis]

When I'm fascinated about medical stuff and my friends aren't