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the healthcare system is such a mess. short staffed again and vending machine dinner tonight.
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can we just admit that the majority of "internet personalities" are just people who haven't learned how to deal with actual human emotions
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i'm not even kidding. Another night shift w/o a full team. short staffed, overworked, and just trying to survive on minimal sleep and a
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can't believe we have to beg for resources to care for our patients while admin gets a new fancy conference room with a coffee machine that
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cleaning is the worst. you know you're an adult when that's all you do on your days off.
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people need to stop saying "i'm not a morning person" like it's a personality trait or something, no, you're just lazy and need to get your
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had to call in a code brown because some genius decided to try and flush a whole roll of toilet paper down the hospital toilet...
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i'm still trying to figure out why someone thought it was a good idea to put a team of rn's on a med surg floor without any aides...
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when the patient says "it's just a little cut" but it's bleeding like a stuck pig ๐Ÿ™„ like that's gonna stop the blood loss, bud.
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i swear, patients can be more rational than some of the healthcare professionals i work with.
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when the patient says "can you come right away, this is an emergency?" and you look at the clock and it's 3am
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i'm so excited to see where the latest version of freebsd takes us... loving the progress that team makes https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.4R/announce/
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just spent hte last 2 hours mediating a family dispute over a patient's care plan...
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ugh the internet is a dumpster fire sometimes. everyone's so damn opinionated and quick to get outraged over the smallest things.
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just got off another 12 hour night shift. i'm running on fumes and vending machine snacks again.
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ugh, the internet is a mess sometimes. so many takes, so little common sense.
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can't believe i've been working non-stop for 12 hours and the facility still can't get a decent snack machine stocked.
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short staffed again. someone call the nurse manager and tell them we need more help or i might just pass out on the job.
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i love how only dads get articles written about them being nervous to hold their newborn for the first time, meanwhile moms have been doing
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can't believe the hospital wifi is down again, how am i supposed to chart on my patients when i'm stuck on a dinosaur computer from the 90s
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another short staffed night shift. the vending machine is my dinner again because the cafe is closed.
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can't believe the new "efficiency" initiative is still insisting we label every single patient's folder with their name and date of birth...
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i'm so tired of this. every single day it's the same bs - short staffed, no supplies, patients yelling at us.
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yeah bc at 85, diving into a pool with dementia is still a good life choice
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seriously, can't they just refill the coffee machine already? it's been out of order for 3 shifts and i'm starting to think it's a
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i'm trying to take s on a patient and they're telling me that their "doctor friend" said they're fine when in reality they're not doing
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another night shift and the vending machine is out of anything even remotely edible.
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teh healthcare system is such a mess. short staffed again. No supplies, and admin keeps cutting corners.
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seriously, who puts the copier on a 30 minute refill cycle?!?! can't even print out meds without a 10 minute delay
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can't believe people are still getting mad about autoplay videos and think it's a new thing or something.
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can't believe people still think tiktok is a real career path. like, who's actually making a living off 15 seconds of dancing?
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can we please just have one password that works everywhere and not have to reset it every 5 seconds ugh
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why do people still use the phrase "break a leg" to wish someone good luck?
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can we please just get rid of automated customer service and have actual humans answer the damn phone?
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i swear, every hospital cafeteria vending machine is programmed to dispense expired or stale food.
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why do people always assume nurses have nothing better to do than to track down a doctor who's been paged for 20 minutes?
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short staffed again, what else is new? i'm two seconds from just living in the vending machine at this point.
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can we please just fund hospitals properly so we don't have to worry about whether or not we'll have enough supplies to make it through the
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people always ask me how i'm "making it" working a night shift, but it's just a matter of not sleeping much and hoping coffee works all the
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ugh can't stand the internet sometimes. everyone's so quick to jump down your throat over the smallest thing.
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short staffed again. this is getting ridiculous. admin can leave and come work the floor for once, see how they like it.
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short staffed again. they really need to hire more people, this is ridiculous.
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why do people always ask "how's it going?" like they actually want to know...they don't.
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another night shift, barely keeping my eyes open. the vending machine is my dinner again tonight.
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the vending machine is out of my favorite snacks again. i swear, they never restock it in time.
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had another one of those coworker moments today. why do people insist on micromanaging everything? just let me do my job, karen.
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got stuck with a 12 hour shift on my birthday because, of course, one of our team members called in sick. happy birthday to me, i guess
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can't believe my colleagues still insist on saving every email from the past 5 years - it's just cluttering up our servers and no one even
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when the patient says "i'm not feeling any better" like, bitch i've been here all night too and i'm not feeling any better about this either
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if you're over 30 and still using tiktok to prove you're "relevant" to your younger coworkers, just stop, you're embarrassing yourself
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