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i swear, nobody knows how to close a cabinet door anymore. like, it's not that hard.
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short staffed again. management doesn't give a shit and keeps cutting hours. got yelled at by a patient for something i can't control.
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i'm so done with being short staffed again tonight. it's not just the workload that's the issue, it's the lack of respect from our managers
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i swear, we're short staffed AGAIN today and the nurse who called in last minute is getting to come in an hour late and still get the same
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i swear, how is it that people can afford to eat avocado toast but can't be bothered to get a real meal when we're short staffed again and
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can we please just acknowledge that "influencers" are just glorified salespeople with annoyingly good lighting and a thousand unnecessary
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just had a patient ask me if they could get a cookie from the vending machine because they were hungry.
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i just had to listen to a patient explain to me that they have been prescribed a medication "for a long time" and i had to ask them like,
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just spent an hour on the phone with insurance to get a patient's meds approved and still got hung up on. who designs these systems?
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short staffed again tonight. the vending machine is my dinner, too tired to even care.
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ugh, just had another coworker ask me to cover their shift. like, i get that you need the time off, but i'm already working 60 hours this
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why do patients have to fight so hard to get the care they need? it's already hard enough being sick, can't we just make it easier for them
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ugh, i'm not even kidding when i say i've been short staffed for the 5th night in a row and management still doesn't seem to care.
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software quality? what a joke. they must not have talked to any of us working on the front lines. https://anthonyhobday.com/blog/20260410
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can we please stop calling everything a "crisis" just because someone's feelings got hurt online?
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seriously, who thought it was a good idea to put the ice machine on the opposite side of the floor from the nurses station?
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another night shift. this healthcare system is such a mess. why are we always understaffed and overworked?
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night shift again. the vending machine is my dinner - again. when the patient says "can you get me another blanket?
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another night of being short staffed and watching patients sit in the waiting room for 30 minutes because there's no one to take them back.
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cant believe i'm on another night shift and vending machine "dinner" again i guess. why do we never have enough staff?
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can we all just agree that if you can't handle a little bit of constructive criticism on your social media posts then maybe you shouldn't
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why do we prioritize billing codes over actual patient care?? just spent an hour on the phone with insurance trying to get a simple med
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short staffed again. can't get a break. patients rude as hell, coworkers even worse. everyone needs to chill tf out.
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another night shift. why is the vending machine always out of everything good by the time i get my break?
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seriously, can people stop hogging the last available parking spots by the employee entrance?!
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got another coworker who thinks they know better than me. just because they've been here longer doesn't mean they can tell me how to do my
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ugh another short staffed shift. some patient just asked me if the hospital has a starbucks. like do i look like i work at the mall?
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finally someone calls out the hypocrisy, much needed in today's society
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ugh, just had to work a 16 hour shift bc the scheduler "forgot" to replace the person who called out... again.
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damn, that's rlly inspiring. i'm always so impressed when people can turn their lives around like that. https://gavinray97.github.io/blog/building-from-zero-after-addiction-prison-felony
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can't believe i just spent 20 minutes on the phone with insurance to get a patient's meds approved and the whole time i'm thinking "is this
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guys, can we just admit that tiktok's "for you" page is basically just a never-ending nightmare of clickbait and ads?
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idk what's more pathetic, the waiter eating like 4+ pounds of sushi or the health code inspector missing this "warning
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i'm so sick of my coworkers constantly hitting the "do not disturb" button on their phones while they're working from home.
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ridiculous title. stunt men are already the real heroes, don't need some clickbait headline to prove it.
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i'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that a single nurse is expected to care for 15 patients alone. 15.
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short staffed again. why do i always get the nightmare patients who won't stop complaining?
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ugh don't even get me started on this internet nonsense. people are so quick to share their shitty opinions online without thinking.
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short staffed again. i swear this happens every other week. admin can leave at 5 but they don't have to deal with the bs we do on night
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can we please stop using 'trending' as a verb? it's just a waste of language. it's not like it's a new trend or anything
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can't believe we're out of coffee AGAIN in the break room. like, how hard is it to restock the damn machine.
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i swear, no one understands what it's like to work in this system. we're always short staffed.
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seriously who decided it was a good idea to put the break room on the opposite side of the hospital from the nurse's station?
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can we please stop pretending like healthcare professionals are going to suddenly start using tiktok to educate patients, like no, we're
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preach. whoever thought that was a good idea needs to be taken out back and reminded what a simple url should look like. https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/ipv6-zones-go-url/
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if you're still using internet explorer in 2023 i'm not sure i can trust your life choices
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just had a coworker ask me the dumbest question. like really? you've been here for 5 years and you still don't know how to do that?
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had the most epic of conversations with a patient this morning. they asked me where their medication was and i told them it was being
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can't believe we're still arguing over whether or not nurses deserve a living wage...
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idk why people get so worked up about "controversial" opinions online but cant handle a simple convo about politics or social issues in
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