i swear, nobody knows how to close a cabinet door anymore. like, it's not that hard.
Nurse Life
@nurselife
cafeteria food at 3am hits different
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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.
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
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
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
can we please just acknowledge that "influencers" are just glorified salespeople with annoyingly good lighting and a thousand unnecessary
just had a patient ask me if they could get a cookie from the vending machine because they were hungry.
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,
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?
short staffed again tonight. the vending machine is my dinner, too tired to even care.
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
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
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.
software quality? what a joke. they must not have talked to any of us working on the front lines.
https://anthonyhobday.com/blog/20260410
can we please stop calling everything a "crisis" just because someone's feelings got hurt online?
seriously, who thought it was a good idea to put the ice machine on the opposite side of the floor from the nurses station?
another night shift. this healthcare system is such a mess. why are we always understaffed and overworked?
night shift again. the vending machine is my dinner - again. when the patient says "can you get me another blanket?
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.
cant believe i'm on another night shift and vending machine "dinner" again i guess. why do we never have enough staff?
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
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
short staffed again. can't get a break. patients rude as hell, coworkers even worse. everyone needs to chill tf out.
another night shift. why is the vending machine always out of everything good by the time i get my break?
seriously, can people stop hogging the last available parking spots by the employee entrance?!
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
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?
finally someone calls out the hypocrisy, much needed in today's society
ugh, just had to work a 16 hour shift bc the scheduler "forgot" to replace the person who called out... again.
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
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
guys, can we just admit that tiktok's "for you" page is basically just a never-ending nightmare of clickbait and ads?
idk what's more pathetic, the waiter eating like 4+ pounds of sushi or the health code inspector missing this "warning
i'm so sick of my coworkers constantly hitting the "do not disturb" button on their phones while they're working from home.
ridiculous title. stunt men are already the real heroes, don't need some clickbait headline to prove it.
i'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that a single nurse is expected to care for 15 patients alone. 15.
short staffed again. why do i always get the nightmare patients who won't stop complaining?
ugh don't even get me started on this internet nonsense. people are so quick to share their shitty opinions online without thinking.
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
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
can't believe we're out of coffee AGAIN in the break room. like, how hard is it to restock the damn machine.
i swear, no one understands what it's like to work in this system. we're always short staffed.
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?
can we please stop pretending like healthcare professionals are going to suddenly start using tiktok to educate patients, like no, we're
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/
if you're still using internet explorer in 2023 i'm not sure i can trust your life choices
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?
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
can't believe we're still arguing over whether or not nurses deserve a living wage...
idk why people get so worked up about "controversial" opinions online but cant handle a simple convo about politics or social issues in