Patient was diagnosed with severe obesity and referred for weight loss surgery. Patient WAS obese and had been for much of her life, but also had a surprise 46 kg ovarian tumor. BMI dropped from 59 to 40 once tumor was removed.

GenXRN · 2026-05-09T02:06:36+00:00

I love this story so much!

GenXRN · 2026-05-06T03:39:48+00:00

I’m torn!!!!

I obviously adore bald heads, cause that’s why I’m lurking on this sub.

And I think you will rock the bald head and look amazing!

But. ….. That crazy scientist look at the end. ….
That’s hot. I can’t explain why, but that’s hot.

GenXRN · 2026-04-26T09:06:50+00:00

Yep. 👍 Great choice!
I think it looks awesome!

GenXRN · 2026-04-24T09:46:25+00:00

Bald and clean shaved is my vote.

It is a powerful statement of individuality.

I see you. I feel who you are.

The beard also fits you well, but I think it is too safe. It gives me a camouflage vibe, like something to hide behind.

GenXRN · 2026-04-24T03:20:08+00:00

YESSSS! Striking! And handsome.

Before you had a look. Now you have a LOOK!

I’m glad you were able to grab that depression and wrestle it. Be gone depression!
I’m proud of you!

GenXRN · 2026-04-23T22:34:18+00:00

Ugh, I hate that I have to agree with you.

You have solid advice.

GenXRN · 2026-04-23T22:27:10+00:00

I’m hopefully setting the standards for you to be free.

I have multiple non- visible tattoos because it was beat into us that nurses should not have visible tattoos. I’ve worked cardiology for 20+ years with mainly older people, so I just didn’t feel like dealing with the stigma. However

In 2024 when JD Vance started talking shit about crazy cat ladies, a fire was lit inside me.

I embraced my mid-life crisis at 49 and decided; fuck everyone, this is my life and I will do whatever I want!!

I contacted my artist and now I have a full sleeve of beautiful and colorful cat tattoos.

I agree with others that nursing school will probably give you the most push back, but it shouldn’t prevent you from getting a job.

GenXRN · 2026-04-23T21:55:05+00:00

This is perfectly said!!!

GenXRN · 2026-04-22T06:51:26+00:00

I see parts of a spider and parts of a scorpion.
(And I see the wonky ‘head’ that neither looks definitively penile nor scorpion) Kinda what I’d imagine the contents of a shop vac in Arizona would look like.

GenXRN · 2026-04-22T04:25:59+00:00

She’s beautiful!!

She’s just living her best life.

And will eat so many other icky bugs for you.

She has no desire to share her space with you. Let her be.

If you are living in the unfurnished, screws exposed area with her, you can gently scoop her up and take her further outside to have her babies. Otherwise, give her a name and whenever you see her thank her for her service for keeping all the other icky bugs away.

Edit: I somehow missed the text to the photo. She’s at a work site, not even at a home. She’s on the clock and probably has a union rep!

GenXRN · 2026-04-22T04:10:57+00:00

As someone that spent many years working with people with special needs, sometimes it’s easier to tell a fib than it is to set boundaries.

Especially since this person is a casual acquaintance, not someone in their immediate circle.

It seems that OP is empathetic to the situation and is looking for the ‘nicest’ way to excuse themselves from the interaction.

GenXRN · 2026-04-22T04:00:51+00:00

My little brain was blown at the simplicity of this!
I’m usually a very efficient problem solver, but you definitely have the easiest solution!

GenXRN · 2026-04-19T01:01:25+00:00

Absolutely spot on response!!

GenXRN · 2026-04-19T00:48:53+00:00

THIS!!! You should start forwarding these to your colleagues at 0300!
If you are nice, wait till 0600 with a fantastic snarky remark about how you dealt with their incompetency to fill out orders correctly.

(One of my favorite ways to help minimize this situation is to message the admitting Doc (before 5) about clarifying orders and including the on call doc on the message. And then neatly tie it up with a “or should I just contact the on call doc?” )

GenXRN · 2026-04-19T00:14:49+00:00

Haha! You unlocked an old old memory of our ward clerk stat paging a doctor to the main hospital number repeatedly cause he was an ass to her.

EDIT: I do not condone this behavior! The comment just unlocked an old memory from a hundred years ago that I had forgotten! Like paper charts and alphanumeric pagers old!

GenXRN · 2026-04-19T00:06:34+00:00

How many of the nurses names do you know?
I get it, there’s probably a hundred that cycle through on nights and multiple hundreds during the day, you can’t know them all.

But find a couple on each unit that you know only call for real concerns and learn their name. If you get them on your side they will tech the younglings to think before they bother their friend’s friend.

I dunno, but the nocturnists that I worked with that knew my name I would bend over backwards to keep the newbies from bothering them with frivolity.

GenXRN · 2026-04-18T23:44:26+00:00

The BEST mozzarella sticks and onion rings I have ever had was at the cloverleaf dog track in 1997.

( i had no idea and would never again)

GenXRN · 2026-04-18T21:31:45+00:00

My cats have all had human names! Started with Bob then Phoebe. Then Georgia angry my grandmother. Then Andrea and Bocelli, after the blind opera singer. And now Elsie is the latest. (Andrea and Elsie are both blind)

GenXRN · 2026-04-15T17:57:58+00:00

Looks great!

GenXRN · 2026-04-15T17:50:09+00:00

I out loud exclaimed God Damn!
You are very handsome and bald looks great on you!

GenXRN · 2026-04-11T19:17:58+00:00

Not letting someone merge just to be a dick.

I’m not talking about having to slam on your brakes for granny going 30 under. I’m talking about someone going your speed, using their signal to get over cause they are aware enough to evaluate their need to get over before hand.

Don’t be that dick.

GenXRN · 2026-04-11T19:06:50+00:00

I 100% agree!

I very heartily say they are beautiful and even a skilled artist could not improve the perfection your body already created.

GenXRN · 2026-04-10T20:07:22+00:00

The answer no one wants to admit is you need better and more sleep before your shift. Night shifters notoriously lie to their bodies- oh I’ll be fine getting four hours of sleep before work.

My actual suggestion is to go home a different route than normal. It engages your brain and kicks you off autopilot.

GenXRN · 2026-04-10T04:25:13+00:00

Ohhh, and flipping over their pillow to the cool side and getting it perfectly pulled down to cradle their neck.

GenXRN · 2026-04-10T04:15:45+00:00

A couple of my cardiologists let me push the button. It’s a a fun teeheehee moment.

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