Found my nursing survival kit & list i received from my manager when starting first nursing job in 2012...

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Congress be like....

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Literally always asking this question!

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COVID pt on BiPap: “I need a snack”

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Welcome to ICU baby

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If 2020 was a party....

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Accurate...

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You just can't make this stuff up

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New grad interviews be like

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Is this a normal requirement for a remote position? No pets? I don't see how a cat can violate HIPPA but maybe I'm wrong?

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Travel Nurses arriving for crisis pay.

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Sickening to read. This could happen in any setting.

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Ambulatory, up ad-lib people that act helpless are vexing. This one also wanted me to wipe his ass. 'Who wipes you at home? Yourself? Then you can wipe yourself here, as well.

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🙏🥹🎉

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And this is why you should UNIONIZE!

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At work we get a sticker each day for doing our covid screening, I like to stack my stickers

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Yes or no would have been fine.

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Wow. I didn’t realize this was such a universal experience, I thought I was special

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Dangers of recapping 😑

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Please stop yelling at me :(

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Wow, what a great use of ER resources.

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This isn't problematic

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Tell me you're a nurse without telling me you're a nurse

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Kidneys? What kidneys?

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Seriously though.

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Traveler set a tech on fire in the break room.... Wow

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this card we all got today

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Too soon?

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Am I wrong for being pissed about this?

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Let’s discuss Stefan’s tweet

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Fellow nurses, what’s wrong with this picture?

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Only like 15 classes left, or 16, idk...

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Chinese food for nurses week

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My hospital sent out a letter about unions.

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Rude. I feel attacked.

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Allergies

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99 problems

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my veins - an ER nurse said to post this photo here for you all <3

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walked through dialysis (which is closed at night) and was absolutely terrified when I saw this...then I realized

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Sorting/trashing my piles of PowerPoint printouts from my first year of nursing competencies...

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A simple spell, but quite unbreakable

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Contract done. , so name and shame time. This hospital is a hole.

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Night shift perks... running out to the car midshift and seeing this

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If my ICU patients forget for just a few minutes that they're stuck in ICU over Christmas, then it was all worth it.

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Just some pt shenanigans

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Ok but I wanted a work jacket

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Well, that explains it...

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Who else is getting the shot asap?

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A little unicorn dust for all of yall✨

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Happy Nurses Week 🩺

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Love to the nurses still going strong

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If only

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You guys turned me into a sociopath. This is my greatest achievement!

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When the prankster AIN of a med-surg unit leaves you a present to find at 3am in the morning

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When the patients family member brings in cookies for us!

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I’m new here...

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I don't need to be thanked. I would just like to not die from a lack of PPE.

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Who feels attacked?

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I guess they were having some retention problems...

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Figs cringe?

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Sums it up pretty well

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Sir my only clinical experience is orientation

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Welcome to kindergarten! No time for breaks, but if you do find 3 minutes to take a pee, allow us to insult your intelligence while we refuse to leave you alone.

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New Call Light System

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Is this true

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I am Once Again Asking You to Lift me to the Chair so I Can Bitch About it All Morning

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Working in a hospital that appears to be dangerously understaffed the majority of the time because we are so under paid and under appreciated; I felt this so hard.

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Relatable or ...?

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Boundaries are more important than admin making a slightly bigger profit

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Always the same after every single day or nightshift 😂

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Just staaaap! 😭

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There are incentives? I want my incentives!

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Patient made my portrait. Apparently with feces.

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What is like to really be a nurse?

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For the odd allergies post

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Sanctuary

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What is the most useful advice you've given a new nurse?

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Mom's First Week of Nursing School -1979

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🙃 Got the “honors” tonight.

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So would you describe your pain as an ache, or?

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Don't worry guys. All is well over here

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Favorite note by a physician ever.

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Enough!!

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Any awkward moments from the OR?

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Gave me a laugh, had to share!

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I laughed way to hard at this

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My patients, apparently...

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We signed up for this

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Cleaning out grannie's medicine cabinet. Scary antiques here.

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OG post by u/StridAst on SuspiciouslySpecific

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Wondering how to be a better nurse? The ANA has some recommendations straight from the patients! 😐

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Modern problems require modern solutions.

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What’s the highest A1C you’ve personally seen?

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“It” being travel nursing

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When one door closes, another one catastrophically fails and falls on the floor.

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Symphony of Crackle

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Administration: No potlucks or eating at the nurse’s station on Thanksgiving Day. The nurses’s station:

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Can someone please explain how you insert a catheter backwards?

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Take my scanner, I'll hunt ya down!

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It’s like 10,000 spoons, when all you need is a knife...

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I don’t know if this is allowed but it was during my shift. One of the best volunteers made his rounds today.

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Not the most helpful for long, chaotic shifts.

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i thought this belonged here

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If anyone’s unit is missing their bedside commode I found it...

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Simple things can make a difference

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I will never understand why I’m like this ☠️

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It true tho!

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Bring Leukofix and you'll be my bestie!

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It’s time to stand up for ourselves-call your representative!!

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You've got to be kidding me...

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What my patients see when I’m making sure they’re still breathing at 0230 in the morning

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I might be overqualified 😎

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I’m a new grad RN on an inpatient peds unit, 3 weeks into my new job. My 9 year old patient just gave me this for being nice. If that’s all I get out of today it’s good enough for me 😂

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Hmmm... Definitely the highest heart rate I've seen! 👀 What's your record?

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Real Life

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Just highlights thae fact that those from within understand it isn't a nursing shortage.

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Hmmm makes you think

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So I let someone borrow my blood pressure cuff and I noticed this when I got home

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Got a little holiday thank you from the directors!!1!1!

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That’s a lot of badges

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I'm not good with kids, and I relate to this too much.

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Some positivity during this COVID crisis from a hospital outside of Detroit

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So excited to tuck into my Christmas present, written by one of the docs at the hospital I work at

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Went to collect a urine sample from my 3yo patient. His response: “I just get SO EXCITED when I get stickers!”

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I don’t think prison nurses start enough IVs.

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This needs to happen ASAP

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What more do they want to squeeze from us? I know the shortage is to blame, but it could exacerbate the problem by treating us as subhuman

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Hospital Trying to Use Medical Students to help replace Nurses on Strike

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Just saw on the news. Interesting stuff.

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C'mon, I just want a swap!

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Truth

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I turned myself into a Purewick Morty. I'm PureRick.

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Thank you for all you do! ...unless you’re night shift.

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Coworkers posted this on the wall at work and the manager took it off and threw it in the trash 😒

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Dr.'s order 😒

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🇺🇸🩺

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In my post-ictal state with a broken nose and bloodied face, all I wanted was to give report on my patients

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My mom recently passed away. She graduated from nursing school in 1968, and dedicated her life to serving others. Nurses, thank you for the amazing work you do. ♥️

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In case ya’ll need proof to call off one day 😅😂 jk jk

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All the bags I went through before family opted for DNR. Went through a bags of epi, neo, or levo every 60-75 mins.

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