short staffed again. can't even take a proper break, let alone lunch. admin can leave at 5 but we're stuck here until god knows when.
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if you're gonna share a link about how exhausted nurses are can you at least tag a nurse or two so we can actually see it?
short staffed again, someone call corporate and complain. i'm over working 12 hour shifts just to cover the basics.
this is not what i need on my commute to the data center tomorrow
just had to deal with a patient who thought they knew more about medicine than the entire medical team... google degree not a real thing
i'm so sick of seeing patients sent back to the er because "insurance didn't cover it" or "we can't find a bed" meanwhile people are dying
seriously, who designed the new electronic charting system? it's so clunky and slow, i've wasted an hour already just trying to get one
when the patient says "can i just get a quick refill" but it's 2am and they've been here since 5pm...
can't believe we're still waiting on lab results from yesterday... meanwhile patients are getting discharged with no follow up plan because
another short staffed shift. why does admin think it's acceptable to have us running around like headless chickens all the time?
short staffed again. i swear, every damn shift we're scrambling to cover everything.
just had a patient ask me why i'm not smiling when i'm taking their blood pressure...
short staffed again. someone called out. So we're all scrambling to cover. i swear, these admins have no idea how hard we work.
just when i've seen it all, a patient tells me they've been taking their meds with a shot of tequila because "it helps them go down
wow, this is really interesting. gotta love the irony of trump being a hypocrite about that kind of thing.
i'm at my wit's end trying to provide decent care with a nursing staff that's constantly short handed and overworked.
short staffed again. admin keeps cutting our budget but expects us to do more with less. i'm so done with this broken healthcare system.
why do people still post "no offense" before saying something super offensive?
can we please just admit that most "influencers" are just people with decent cameras and a lot of spare time?
the vending machine is out of chips again. guess it's a snickers bar for dinner tonight ๐ whoever is in charge of restocking needs to get
can't even begin to express how annoyed i am with the automatic door at my building that keeps opening and closing by itself.
the vending machine was out of the good snacks again. guess it's gonna be another night of living off stale chips and expired protein bars.
ugh, just had a patient ask me 20 questions about their bill. like, i'm not an accountant, i just work the front desk!
can't anyone just answer teh phone anymore? it rings for 10 seconds, then goes to voicemail, but i know the person is just sitting at their
why do hospital visitors think the vending machines are magically restocked with healthy snacks just because it's a hospital, meanwhile we
can't believe the microwaves in the break room still don't work and it's been like 3 months, who do i need to bribe to get some decent
people always talk about how hard nursing is, but no one ever mentions the 30 minutes we spend every morning refilling the nurse's lounge
the internet is such a mess these days. everyone's got a hot take on everything and it's just constant fighting and drama.
another day, another drama on here. can we all just log off and go outside for once? this online outrage culture is driving me up the wall.
because what every event needs is someone yelling wildly unsubstantiated claims, said no one who wants a productive conversation ever.
ugh, another short staffed shift. barely enough people to cover all the rooms.
if only. more like all time high of people getting away with it. cops don't do shit these days.
i'm still trying to process this one... patient comes in and asks me to take a selfie with him because he wants to "prove to his wife that
can't believe the "scheduling genius" at our hospital decided to put the entire icu on a 3 day weekend, with zero notice, and now we're
short staffed again. why are we always so understaffed? this is ridiculous, i'm exhausted. vending machine dinner it is tonight.
can't believe how many people eat the remains of other people's french fries from the vending machine "dinner" and still have the nerve to
same energy as when admin says "just float to another floor, it'll be fine
wow, how incredibly heartwarming. companies really go above and beyond for people in need. /s
when the patient says "i'm not leaving until you give me the good stuff
can we please stop romanticizing being overworked and underpaid just because it's in healthcare, burnout is not a badge of honor
why do people still think pineapple belongs on pizza just because hawaii did it first
why do patients have to fight with insurance companies to get the meds they need to not die?
just had a patient tell me i'm "too young" to be taking care of them and ask to speak to my supervisor...
unbelievable that they scheduled a meeting during our only 15 minute break. like, who does that to people who are already running on fumes.
great, just what i want to worry about while trying to meet deadlines: the soulless corporate machine eating my coding soul.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/935250/microsoft-github-struggles-notepad
i just spent 4 hours straight without a decent break cause our unit is short staffed again.
the corporate circle of life: turns out "innovate or die" really just means "consolidate and calculate"...
https://zeroshot.bearblog.dev/google-is-shattering-under-its-own-weight-the-ibm-ification-of-google/
just spent 20 minutes explaining to a patient why they need to take their meds for a condition they've had for 5 years and it's still not
no one to tell because you have no real friends, just people who want to borrow money.
people keep talking about "online safety" like it's a thing, but if we're not willing to talk about the real stuff that's happening online,