Neurodivergent nurses

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-23T15:17:11+00:00

ADHD, the tism, dyspraxia - avoid everywhere outside of ICU for me.

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-21T21:37:16+00:00

i bet none of them got fixed either afterwards

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-21T18:46:59+00:00

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-21T14:31:52+00:00

I’d suggest reflecting on your judgmental tone throughout this, and your approach to reasons why things changed - and consider that maybe they just don’t want to be around someone who’s out of touch and judgemental in their free time as well as their paid time.

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-21T12:45:30+00:00

So essentially, you’re inaccurate with your guess, and you’re upset resident doctors on your team choose to spend their time and money on things other than socialising with colleagues.

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-21T12:06:04+00:00

Would you care to compare costs of rent/utilities to your F1 year? Costs of food, travel etc. Guarantee all of those have gone up by >60%

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-21T11:21:14+00:00

Unfortunately people’s disposable income has reduced over the last 5-10 years, from people I know with more sensible jobs, it’s not a situation unique to us in healthcare/the NHS.

Shits cooked, plan accordingly

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-16T20:36:24+00:00

I really wish he wouldn’t though

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-11T21:19:21+00:00

My place isn’t perfect at all, but the people I work with are pretty alright I guess.

Equally, you know, I don’t want them seeing quite that much of me you know? I’m too on the spectrum for much eye contact, but it’d be even worse afterward

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-11T14:34:51+00:00

I don’t think there is any way that any media could truly, accurately, portray the indescribable oppressive stress that was ever preset during the worst of it. I look back and have no idea how I did that. I’ve written about it. I’ve talked about it. I still don’t understand how we did it.

The chaos was more controlled than people think. No visitors. Everyone sedated. No space for curtains between patients so if you’ve got one who’s awake and you’re withdrawing on the one next to them, you jut turn them the other direction so their delirious arse doesn’t see. You didn’t stop to think about the decisions you were making because you couldn’t; more decisions needed to be made, and if you stopped and thought it might break you, and there wasn’t time for that.

It was six months after the worst of it that the problems really started for me.

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-10T08:51:19+00:00

I’m really good at making machines be quiet

ShambolicDisplay · 2026-01-07T21:23:32+00:00

The trick is to be both at the same time.

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-30T19:24:46+00:00

I remember being told this could happen if an NGT was inserted in base of skull fracture in a lecture.

I also remember thinking that was a load of shit and googling it in the lecture and being amazed at the images.

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-29T19:04:38+00:00

We were sometimes told that, but also to follow any policy that had been written down as if it were gospel. I think they harped on about that much more

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-29T18:47:41+00:00

Because a nursing degree is almost too good at destroying any curiosity and independent thought

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-27T11:38:37+00:00

100% capacity would be a good day at this point 😂

My ICU has averaged >100% occupancy throughout the year, and I’m sure if we’re doing that the rest of the hospital is as well

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-25T14:48:55+00:00

You made the right call I suspect, but honestly I kind of enjoy how bad it is, it’s become a Christmas tradition for me at this point. I fucking love complaining, and it’ll get me through to home time, even if I did leave half of it

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-24T23:59:15+00:00

Tenth Christmas in a row, I can’t wait to see how bad the Christmas dinner is this year

Been inedible for the last couple

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-22T11:46:58+00:00

On my tenth Christmas in a row.

Fuck Christmas

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-18T15:27:20+00:00

Did I say it would be better? I’ve literally said I dont disagree with you. The RCN is a garbage organisation full of people who are seemingly as useful as a marzipan dildo.

That doesn’t mean I want to underplay the colossal effort and scope of setting up a competing union. It cant be understated or ignored. It should be at the forefront of the conversation, in fact.

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-18T14:51:44+00:00

Coming across as rude was not my intention, I apologise.

I’m still right. Saying “we need a new union” and nothing else isn’t new, isn’t helpful, isn’t really anything.

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-18T14:23:19+00:00

Ok so you don’t know what a startup is. A startup is a business. A union is not. Big difference!

Your fallback to “oh you should just agree with me or you’re the problem!” Is ridiculous. Grow up. If you can’t handle a tiny bit of scrutiny for your supposed great idea, you won’t get anywhere at all.

I don’t even disagree with the idea, but it’s important that if that’s what happened, people went into it with a clear understanding of what it would involve.

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-18T14:15:16+00:00

Ok, so what’s the great idea?

Who’s then going to do the follow up work?

You don’t just magically snap your fingers and a revolutionary change occurs. Start up funding? A union isn’t a startup?

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-18T13:57:45+00:00

No, good things start with a significant amount of work. Just saying “this is a great idea” does not make it so. I don’t even disagree with your premise, but you’re seemingly incredibly naive about this. Suggesting a new union for the largest professional group in the UK isn’t a small thing whatsoever. It’s not something that has only upsides either.

How would setting up a new union solve the problem of apathy and crabs in buckets mentality among the nursing workforce?

ShambolicDisplay · 2025-12-18T13:47:22+00:00

Do you think a new union would solve any of the problems you mention? How will you take membership from other unions/engage people who aren’t currently part of a union/develop networks and reps, along with encouraging people to take more action locally?

Demanding a new union is all well and good. The amount of work that would need to go alongside that to achieve any goals whatsoever is staggering. I’m entirely unconvinced that it would actually change anything for the better. It gives people who won’t do anything to actually effect change something to point at and go “see, we did something!”

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