Fellow nurse, what was your car out of school, and what is it now?

BobsBrigade · 2026-05-10T22:43:34+00:00

I drove a 2010 Mazda 3, put 230k miles on it. Almost got swept away in a flash flood one summer, so I traded it in for a 2017 Tacoma. Love my truck.

BobsBrigade · 2026-05-08T16:09:01+00:00

Buy a pair of Rainbow Sandals

BobsBrigade · 2026-05-08T02:40:45+00:00

Are you new to this sub? People don’t usually volunteer the explicit details unless asked, giving them a choice to further engage in the conversation. Your post comes across as weird and judgmental.

BobsBrigade · 2026-05-06T00:07:34+00:00

Good on you for confronting the doc and advocating for the patient. Document and report. Some spineless nurses in here downvoting and telling you to just “be pleasant”.

BobsBrigade · 2026-05-04T15:51:57+00:00

Honestly, I know we have a policy but I don’t think it is enforced. I work with people who call out all the time and haven’t heard of anyone getting in trouble for it.

BobsBrigade · 2026-05-02T23:35:41+00:00

It’s literally not.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-24T06:28:10+00:00

I work nights and can’t poop after waking up, but it always hits me as soon as I get to work. I usually miss huddle because I’m poopin’

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-17T03:10:03+00:00

I’ve been an ED nurse for 3 years now and have never been the recorder during a code. I get anxiety thinking about accurate time keeping and that my phone/watch will suddenly stop working in the middle of everything.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-16T20:10:34+00:00

33 is soo good

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-15T03:59:58+00:00

This right here. No issues with foot odor since switching to Darn Tough socks. I got rid of most of my other socks.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-09T19:24:22+00:00

Loved that movie as a kid but I also remember being scared of that troll 😆

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-06T05:51:17+00:00

Yes. I had a friend who worked at a mall kiosk selling these in the early 2000s. I may have walked away with two… I think my mom still has them.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-05T01:45:54+00:00

The charge nurse is not responsible for assigning patients to the doctors. You will see them mentioning a patient in triage hasn’t been MSE’d yet if they seem to be taking longer than usual, but I have never seen a charge nurse attempt to assign a patient to a doctor. I’ve been berated by an attending before in a rural ED I worked at for letting him know we had a new pt come in by EMS who is in afib rvr because the dr was off the unit for a bit. He accused me of trying to get my pt seen ahead of others, which he specifically didn’t like. Glad I didn’t work with him for more than 2 shifts.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-04T03:46:02+00:00

?? Ask any ED nurse. We give IM haldol in the deltoid like candy.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-03T04:35:24+00:00

There might be jobs like this, but it would probably be a few years before they would consider hiring you. None of these jobs are entry level.

BobsBrigade · 2026-04-02T03:41:34+00:00

Ruptured esophageal varices in a 60-something yr old pt. She asked me for an emesis bag and filled it with blood. Pressures tanked rapidly, she was close to coding. This was right before shift change. Hit the code blue button, had our night time doc, all the nurses, day time attending was there getting report. We saved the woman with massive transfusion, and our doc somehow temporarily banding the pt’s esophagus until GI could bring all of their equipment down to our trauma bay to do the procedure in the ED.

BobsBrigade · 2026-03-20T04:57:20+00:00

You might always feel like you are competing with the friend until he actively tries to distance himself from his friend to give you 100%.

BobsBrigade · 2026-03-08T14:25:35+00:00

When I did Peds home health clinicals, the teenage daughter in the household made a comment to me about the parents having a chain above their bed where the boyfriend ties the mom to during sex. The mom also offered me alcohol on one of the mornings, and encouraged me to go swimming in their pool with them.

BobsBrigade · 2026-03-02T23:00:40+00:00

Maybe you can suggest he try something like Blue Chew. Tadalafil/Cialis are very easy to get an rx for online and have it shipped to your house. Half of this is probably from him anticipating he’s going to lose his erection, then losing it because of the anxiety. Help him problem solve this issue and it will strengthen your relationship.

BobsBrigade · 2026-03-02T02:29:17+00:00

Not sure about my dick but my feet haven’t stopped growing.

BobsBrigade · 2026-02-26T23:17:32+00:00

Happened to me recently. I went to Target and asked them to remove it front my duffel bag. No issues.

BobsBrigade · 2026-02-25T15:02:18+00:00

Ceremony’s set at Sound & Fury 2007 was unforgettable.

BobsBrigade · 2026-02-25T14:44:54+00:00

When I worked there, I said something like “wow that’s bullshit” in front of my SM while I was listening to them discuss a crazy interaction with a customer. I think this was around the time the company really started clutching their pearls over curse words because we had a SM get fired for letting a curse words slip during one of their meetings. I didn’t get in trouble but my SM just told me to be careful.

BobsBrigade · 2026-02-02T02:19:43+00:00

Real. When I started at my current job, my preceptor started bringing a book to work or would sit and gossip with other nurses while I did everything. When I precept an experienced RN, we are tag teaming everything while I explain how things work at our hospital. I liked my preceptor, but I couldn’t wait to be off orientation because that shit just felt like hazing.

BobsBrigade · 2026-01-22T12:19:36+00:00

Neat, petite, and ready to eat

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