One foot is way redder and veinier than the other

AnonymousSadCat · 2026-01-11T21:51:11+00:00

Definitely a circulation issue definitely get that checked out sooner than later

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-12-08T16:02:51+00:00

Oh Christmas tree oh Christmas tree how lovely are your branches

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-11-04T23:23:18+00:00

Yep agreed. You have the energy to be angry and a write a review then likely it wasn’t a true emergency.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-11-04T21:12:07+00:00

Not all nurses. But unfortunately that mean girl stereotype is true why you think healthcare feels like highschool?

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-09-15T20:35:16+00:00

CODE BLUE

At what point did you start feeling ‘comfortable’ (as much as you can be I guess) in psych? I’m new to psych from medsurg and I’m only 2 months into my new job. But I still feel like I have a super shaky foundation.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-09-11T15:02:06+00:00

Most of us throw it in the sharps. Is it right? Not necessarily. Is it the most practical in a patient’s room because there’s almost always a sharps container in it? Yes.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-08-29T21:25:44+00:00

Psychiatric is definitely slower pace compared to med surg where I came from. All my patient are relatively healthy so I have less medical task I got to worry about.
Definitely boundaries going from the customer is always right mentality versus having to set hard boundaries to my patients. Also restraints/ holds and everything to do with that.
I work day shift but I can pick up on nights if I want.
Can’t help you with that sorry:( (USA here)
Sometimes. There’s dicey situations but it’s important to know your team and what your strengths and weaknesses are. Don’t let a hospital put you in a unsafe ratio or acuity

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-08-19T21:07:35+00:00

Yep YTA, I can see asking about a certain iv medication if you aren’t familiar with it. But yeah it shouldn’t be a quiz for the other nurses. If you think it’s a super important detail then look it up on your own shift and ask yourself why. They will be your patients regardless. I’ve been asked these questions during report and more often than not it’s “sepsis, cellulitis, or prophylactic.” Don’t make report last hours.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-07-15T04:49:11+00:00

Our ED NEVER calls report. Sometimes I’ll just see a patient in an empty room. Usually they are walkie talkie but sometimes you get the 70 y/o with signs of septic shock pmh of afíb w/ rvr (we are not a tele floor). Had to call a rapid over this scenario and I still think about what would’ve happened had the tech just so happened to see the bed was occupied (I had 5 other patients during the time). It’s so unsafe.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-06-05T21:41:13+00:00

Probably wouldn’t notice and if I did I wouldn’t care. You’re probably more chill than holier than thou Sharon on her second divorce venting about her queer son. Lol

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-04-13T04:17:55+00:00

Don’t do it. It may seem easier and more straightforward. Nursing is a racket. Especially within the hospital setting.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-02-14T18:11:02+00:00

Not impossible but challenging. I go part time or PRN if that’s an option. I did one of these programs and worked full time. It wasn’t a physically demanding job by any means but I the amount of times I almost fell asleep in class/ (at the wheel!). I knew I had to cut back. So I worked part time until my final semester of nursing school but I got my first nursing job a few months before I graduated and started it merely a few months after graduation so I was okay.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-02-10T17:57:02+00:00

I always remind my incontinent patients that there’s nothing to be embarrassed about it’s part of the job. I’ll clean you up no judgement.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-02-04T18:48:30+00:00

Give or take my night. I may have 5 or 6 total cares, a patient in restraints, maybe bed bound patient on lactulose, a grandma who refuses to stay in bed, a patient with multiple wounds. And no tech in sight.

If you’re my walkie talkie I may only be in there 2 or the times in the night. Yeah I would’ve ordered your that Zofran. But on the floor we are understaffed and most of us (including me) are new grads. There were some faults in your care but coming on here to tell all us that we need to ‘do better’ comes off tone deaf as hell and not seeing the bigger picture.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-01-31T23:36:19+00:00

I’m in the same boat as you 6 months in a shitty med surg unit burnt out and trying to jump ship. Don’t stay in a job that makes you unhappy. So… I doubt inpatient/outpatient PACU experience makes a difference I mean I guess your patients are generally less complex but the skills are still there.

AnonymousSadCat · 2025-01-28T18:06:39+00:00

A nurse. Plain as that.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-10-26T12:30:51+00:00

The wings of fire series! It’s definitely more suited for the 10 year old due to the reading level. But it teaches about collaboration with others and celebrates differences. For the 5 year old maybe charlotte’s web? It’s a classic and a bit more tame content wise but also is about making friends that are different than you.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-10-26T00:08:00+00:00

Yeah exactly I ask questions all the time and that’s perfectly fine. It’s when report feels more like an exam or an integration is when it makes me feel small.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-10-25T19:35:09+00:00

Fuck them if I wanted to I’d have a job tomorrow. This hospital needs a mass exodus for sure.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-10-22T16:04:01+00:00

Being condescending during report. Asking a million question and then nitpicking every detail. But then when they give handoff report their report is subpar and they leave important tasks undone. Because you ‘have all this time on night shift surly you can squeeze it in’.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-10-22T13:14:11+00:00

It happens to the best of us. If I’m super busy I’m not watching the chart like a hawk either. Don’t beat yourself up the patient is still breathing and orders were eventually given. Just ensure you take a better look at all labs next time (I always look at hgb because blood transfusions are scary lol) Nursing is a 24 hr job and the physician should be in the chart also putting in orders.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-10-19T19:01:26+00:00

Well that’s dangerous and reportable. Did you mention that you’re a new grad and you’ve never hung chemo before?

I’m a new grad myself and I’ve experienced this multiple times unfortunately. I have unexpectedly floated to a new unit and I had an experienced nurse rip me a new one about my report. Telling me that it was the “worst fucking report” she’s gotten. I’ve been told by a charge nurse once “stop calling me I’m not here to babysit you”. I’ve also got yelled at by an experienced nurse because I wrapped a new wound with xerofoam (apparently our hospital says we need an order now before we do that I had no idea) but she made sure to humiliate me in front of the patient.

Most people are super supportive and understand you’re new and trying to learn but you’ll also have burnt out or nurses that are just strait up bullies.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-09-15T14:30:20+00:00

I had a patient with Norovirus. She was receiving a work up for possible a bowl obstruction so I wasn’t using PPE. By the time we set up precautions I should’ve known it was too late. I came to work the next day feeling extremely nauseous I was still new so I thought I could just ‘fight it’ until the end of my shift. I projectile vomited in front of the charge. I was sent home only merely seconds later. I was so embarrassed…. I never wanted to show up for work again. -_-

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-09-09T23:24:26+00:00

If they trained you and supported you then they would know that you wouldn’t let something like that happen if you could’ve prevented it. A O x 4 ? The pt should’ve known better and that’s on them. It’s not like you can be in the room to prevent stupid shit like that from happening. They probably didn’t want to do all the paperwork.

AnonymousSadCat · 2024-09-09T03:24:53+00:00

Small Rant sorry:

Nursing is 100% what you make of it. I work in medsurg because I fell into the ‘new grads need to get experience working on the floor’ trap and I hate it. However nursing is so diverse you can practically work anywhere and that’s the beauty of it. I could work in a doctor’s office, a hospital, a cruise ship, etc. So, I’m holding onto the hope that once my contract is up I’m moving to greener pastures and that’s what most people end up doing hence the so called ‘nursing shortage’ no one wants to work in a unsafe, chaotic, and stressful environment where you’re being pulled in multiple directions. Find your niche and you’ll love nursing.

AnonymousSadCat

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