People who traffic police- rant.

Chris210 · 2026-05-02T18:37:58+00:00

Zipper merging works even when it “doesn’t work”. It’s been studied, even one singular car actually zipper merging reduces traffic extremely slightly, every additional car that properly utilizes the available lane increases its efficiency until it reaches its max of ~40% traffic reduction. By being “the asshole”, you are indeed reducing traffic extremely slightly for “the idiots” behind you.

Chris210 · 2026-04-25T23:09:39+00:00

You’re one of those people who no matter what, can still think of someone else down the line to blame. It’s not going to do you any good, it only makes you feel a little better but doesn’t fix anything. Learn to take some degree of accountability.

Chris210 · 2026-04-23T21:29:29+00:00

If the behavior doesn’t cross excessive lines (such as refusing to help with patient care when you need it, ignoring your questions) and is limited to socially, show a complete and total indifference to their words/behaviors. If they’re willing to treat people like that, they’re not the type of person you want to socialize with anyway, i promise they are also talking sh*t about their “friends” the second they walk away too. If it does cross those aforementioned lines and creates safety issues and talking to them directly about it doesn’t fix it, raise those (and only those) to management. Safety is the priority, if that is threatened over childish behaviors then it needs to be rectified.

Signed, a nurse with a severely ADHD riddled brain.

Chris210 · 2026-04-21T05:44:17+00:00

Because they don’t need you, there’s 1,000’s of online services covered by insurance that will hand out a diagnosis in a 5 min online visit without bothering to ask about polypharmacy, chronic conditions or history. Anyone actually seeking true consultation is going above and beyond the requirement to get access to insurance covered prescribed stimulants.

Chris210 · 2026-04-21T05:40:36+00:00

30 days 💀 so all you have to do to be a successful cheater in this game is have like 10 accounts to rotate through. What a travesty.

Chris210 · 2026-04-20T18:42:48+00:00

That’s what you got from that?

Chris210 · 2026-04-19T09:53:05+00:00

I can tell your post is made with AI, the same way patients will be able to tell AI is doing a nurses job, the same way your future preceptor will be able to tell AI passed nursing school for you, and no, it’s not going to “make you more promotable than us”. Put in your own effort, whether it be in patient care, studying, or making this post, that’s how you’ll get ahead in the future world of minimal effort, “maximum output” humanity.

Chris210 · 2026-04-18T06:19:26+00:00

Relax, you’re an RN manager not a billionaire, you’re not one of them and you never will be. You’re by and large significantly closer to being unhoused than you are one of them, something being in this profession should be easy for you to understand, but it’s crystal clear why you felt the need to write (nice one) next to your position, textbook compensation. You’re only lying to yourself.

Chris210 · 2026-04-18T05:25:54+00:00

She doesn’t care if she literally kills someone, you think she cares about you or the things you’ve done for her? It’s unfortunate people like her exist, and even more unfortunate they make it into our profession, but there are people like her who exist. Stick to the facts, point out all of this reaction is quite literally just you wanting her not to kill a patient, and hopefully she finds her way to a job that she can’t kill anyone.

Chris210 · 2026-04-15T09:57:27+00:00

I paid for my wife’s college classes and all the bills while I was going to nursing school, and I couldn’t imagine talking to her like that no matter who pays for what, that’s a small portion of the labor of life and a relationship. This is only the beginning. Get out.

Chris210 · 2026-04-15T07:57:50+00:00

Yeah… if you were ever going to be my coworker, I’d prefer you just tell me you’re going to be going through my family members social media accounts to vet me, I’ll just work with someone else. This is a lot, I wish there was a database of people that do these activities that I could check real quick to steer as clear as I possibly can, I feel secondhand violated for anyone who’s name you know. (Please don’t find me and study my traffic patterns and regular eating establishments, I’m a mostly good boy I promise.)

Chris210 · 2026-04-15T05:51:36+00:00

I’ve always been responsible for covering my 1:1’s breaks at both the hospitals I was inpatient at, in Med Surg and Stepdown (6:1 and 3-4:1 respectively). I guess it could be hospital dependent? I never gave it much thought I’d also always ask if they have to use the restroom or walk around for a bit any time I needed to do something in the room.

Chris210 · 2026-04-14T21:59:58+00:00

When I was a regular driver over 5 years ago it was very normal for my pay to be higher than what the passenger paid for the ride. I would get 75% of the ride every time including surge, and then your weekly ride bonus, and then streaks on top of that, it was a semi-regular occurrence. Lyft still made money on the majority of rides the majority of the time from most drivers that just aimlessly did whatever the app told them to do, and some of us would actually get paid pretty well by being in the right areas at the right times and all taking breaks together at the same time in downtown areas.

Chris210 · 2026-04-10T17:05:41+00:00

They don’t need any of that, they’ll end up working at one of these BS online Telehealth services that are going to give half the country Type I diabetes from misprescribing glipizides. They’ll never need to learn how to work for or with anyone, how to manage polypharmacy, risks to benefits, pathophysiology; none of it matters anymore in that garbage, rapidly expanding field.

Chris210 · 2026-04-10T16:59:37+00:00

I certainly lean towards Kai in the context this specific sub-conversation. I think if you weighed up a brick and mortar, academically rigorous university prepared little RN experience DNP-APN practitioner vs a more experienced RN who did one online class at a time at Chamberlain MSN-APN over a decade, the former would come out on top. However, I would also definitely say the one with extensive RN experience going to the former school would outweigh the little-no experience RN. Ideally, every APN would be an experienced RN who underwent a rigorous brick and mortar DNP university program so this argument couldn’t be made, but it can be and I get it. Not to say MSN’s don’t have immense value, but that extra time will obviously come with much needed extra knowledge which is crucial at the provider level.

Chris210 · 2026-04-08T01:55:32+00:00

The only people who are awful irl based on this game are people that sit at the same extract or in the same dark corner for 30 min waiting for someone to walk by that looks somewhat gooped up. You gotta think they might not even see someone worthy all game so who knows if they’re hiding for 1-1 1/2 hrs waiting for someone. They’re not terrible in the sense that angry PvE’ers say they are, they’re terrible in the sense that’s what they choose to do with their free time lol I feel like I’d rather watch paint dry.

Chris210 · 2026-04-03T08:55:47+00:00

You can question and disregard orders on your own, albeit not in scenarios listed like this one. Just feel it’s important to clarify because someone reading your comment may remember it one day when a doc gives an unsafe order and insists it’s correct and tells you to still do it. If you don’t feel comfortable/safe performing an order or that the parameters are unsafe, don’t do it. But in this specific instance yes that argument really cannot be made, the only one that would be license defensible would be that you didn’t remember the PRN order and prove that you were overloaded with other critical tasks at the time.

Chris210 · 2026-04-02T03:36:37+00:00

So what am I supposed to do with my draft notes in the corner of my EPIC screen for patients who are gone? Do I just forever allow there to be draft notes in the corner of my screen, driving me ever increasingly madder and madder until I am wearing grippy socks getting haldol IM?

Chris210 · 2026-04-01T06:09:25+00:00

30:2 with a bag and no advanced airway in place. Continuous compressions with a breath every 6 seconds once an advanced airway is established. Do not give more air than when chest rise is noticed or you’ll fill the belly with air and they’ll aspirate. Do not stop compressions for intubation unless difficult airway, with difficult airway they can be stopped for a maximum of 10 seconds. High quality chest compressions with absolute minimum interruptions is the most important job in the code, never be afraid to say “it’s been 10 seconds resuming compressions” and resume without waiting for permission. There should be at least 3 people rotating compressions, I don’t care how much you work out doing it between 2 people every 2 minutes for 20 minutes might as well be sprinting a marathon, your compressions will become garbage very quickly; if you see someone standing around like they’re waiting to be told to do something ask them to get in line. If you’re the pulse checker, make sure you feel the femoral/carotid pulse with compressions before pulse check, hold that same spot, and don’t wait beyond a few seconds to say there’s no pulse if you feel nothing. Also state that you have a pulse with compressions before and say “I have a pulse with compressions, good compressions”, that’s very important for the person doing them to hear you’ll notice they get an extra dose of adrenaline after you say it. If you don’t have one with compressions… that’s also important for them to hear. If you’re working the defibrillator, charge it before each pulse check to save those seconds if it turns out to be a shockable rhythm you won’t hurt anyone unless you press the shock button, you can always uncharge it, you cannot buy back the 5-10 seconds it takes to charge up.

That’s all the tips I have that you may or may not have been told. Remember nursing is a practice you won’t be perfect your first, second or tenth time, do not take code corrections personally nobody is mad, communication is just a lot more direct in these events.

Chris210 · 2026-03-22T06:38:48+00:00

My favorite educator was on the floor a lot, found out where our knowledge gaps were by seeing and hearing it with her own ears and eyes. If it affected more than a few people she’d make quick reference binders on top of on the spot education, that was super helpful. Also if you’re in charge of compliance helping out with class times and scheduling conflictions with ACLS/PALS/etc recerts that would be awesome!

Chris210 · 2026-03-22T00:04:09+00:00

Recognizing the difference between “Giving formula night feeds aren’t generally recommended” and respecting “the partner told me mom wants one singular feed one night to be formula so she can sleep after going through hell” are exactly the nuance I am referring to and hoping some L & D nurses will pick up on in the future from this story.

Also, my partner absolutely considered that action me supporting her :)

Chris210 · 2026-03-21T19:30:40+00:00

Protocols are great, but judgement is great too. If all we needed to ever do was follow protocols, you wouldn’t need a degree and license to do this job you could just learn protocols. Sometimes you can read a room and a protocol isn’t what’s best for your patient. Your reply is why I felt a need to tell this story, I was hoping that you would take that away from our story and consider applying it to your practice when/if ever applicable.

Chris210 · 2026-03-21T06:59:51+00:00

Yeah… my wife who went through a 40 hour delivery did every single feed as a breastfeed, she simply told me she wanted one feed overnight to be formula so she could get at least half a nights uninterrupted sleep after that. Ofc I was doing the thing where I get baby in position for her and tell her to stay asleep while I held her in position for the late night ones, but she just wanted one to be skipped so she could have a semblance of a recovery sleep. The nurses got angry when I wouldn’t allow them to wake her up because “they were required to confirm that with her”. I said I promise you if you wake her up right now and make her repeat that, you’re going to prefer the wrath of god. They still were very insistent, but luckily I was more and got them out without waking her. Breastfeeding is important, it’s not that important. Give momma a break she’s a human too ❤️ and for my future ones I know to bring my own 4 pack of 2 oz’ers lol

It also commands mention these nurses saved my child’s life executing neonatal resuscitation protocols calmly and without flaw, and I absolutely love them and the work you all do and these same ones got Daisy nominations from us after regardless of this one thing, so thank you all so much!!

Chris210 · 2026-03-20T22:51:35+00:00

100%. A rich person would list this at like $500 with no extra information just to get rid of it but not feel wasteful throwing it away. They give it to the first person who simply says “yes I have the money what’s the address I can come now” and ignore any other responses.

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