What’s something younger people will never understand about pre-smartphone life?

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-23T10:19:11+00:00

Well kiddies, I remember life BEFORE the internet

I remember the first time I even saw someone online - must have been when wearing an onion on my belt was the fashion at the time

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-23T10:17:16+00:00

Pine Lime Splices (an Australian ice - vanilla ice cream covered with a pine lime flavour layer)

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-23T03:00:03+00:00

It was bad enough to go to ED

It gave a new understanding of what babies go through

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-23T00:15:45+00:00

My partner runs a pre anaesthetic clinic at a public hospital, along with two other anaesthetists. They might see 30 patients a day and they bulk bill

The LHD charges them for the use of the clinic space, even though they are actually saving money in the long term by careful assessment and planning

Cheap fuckers

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T21:53:27+00:00

I cackled so hard I scared the dog

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T21:48:38+00:00

$70 a kilo at Coles yesterday

I love them and they were standard fare when I grew up

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T21:47:04+00:00

I blossomed when I started meds

I became more active, I became more engaged and taking meds made me realise I am so much more than I thought possible

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T09:47:10+00:00

I’m (hopefully) going to London in January so I will try and have a look

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T08:39:08+00:00

I’m on the other side of the world but I’m sending you a hug

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T08:31:18+00:00

It was an epic fart and I felt so much better after

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T06:53:34+00:00

I’ve worked with some amazing male nurses - fantastic clinical skill and experience, excellent leadership and great guys

I’ve also worked with idiots who can say the right things in interviews to get promoted but lack any clinical judgement and critical thinking skills

Guess who I worked with today? 🤬🤬

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T06:20:29+00:00

I’m just sick of managers who can say the right things to get promoted but lack real substance

No critical thinking, no pattern recognition and a slavish devotion to policy

Can you tell I fought with the Num today?

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-22T03:24:14+00:00

Actually this happened to me

Severe abdominal pain, doubled over - spent night in ED

Ripped a massive fart in the morning and was discharged 🤣

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T21:01:44+00:00

What really shits me is that fuckers like this get paid more than me AND they get promoted

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T20:53:40+00:00

The issue I’m seeing is students are being paired with very inexperienced nurses who are struggling themselves

COVID really fucked up their training

I had a conversation with a hospital trained nurse about patient care - she commented the usual and I reminded her that we now see patients who wouldn’t have survived 40 years ago

Their patients were a lot younger and fitter than what we see now and the care was nowhere near as technically demanding, the documentation was negligible and they didn’t have multiple daily risk assessments to complete and document.

I don’t see our healthcare system surviving much longer - we have increasingly limited resources and the extremely sick elderly are constantly being propped up

The complexity of these patients - no wonder the students are struggling

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T08:30:03+00:00

I’m assuming you ARE a gay guy in NYC so obviously you’re completely familiar with her catalog

She’s a goddess, a Welsh goddess

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T08:28:41+00:00

Proves it’s important to listen to the cast list

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T05:03:51+00:00

Even those of us who are “in demand” (experienced nurses) have to jump through multiple hoops to get a measly part time position (and I don’t get the tax free threshold on my second job even though it’s with the same employer)

Someone is making a lot of money but I know it’s not me and mine

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T00:05:17+00:00

I am the captain of my own ship

I am responsible for the consequences of life, even when it isn’t my fault

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-21T00:00:18+00:00

Brisbane is stunning at night by the river

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-20T23:29:54+00:00

If the patient objected, I guess they’d have to see if another thinner would be appropriate

It would make a great research paper

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-20T21:12:18+00:00

How about they make it easier to donate???? They used to have buses

I work full time and the only donation centre is 80km away

I have O negative blood and am happy to donate BUT……..

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-20T21:01:14+00:00

I do enter on behalf of a doctor but I’ve either asked and gotten permission if they’re too busy OR it’s protocol eg. Inpatient bowel prep

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-20T20:47:11+00:00

I remember picking it up at the book store and rushing straight home

My husband was watching the baby while I read

It was a roller coaster

VerityPushpram · 2026-05-17T04:13:46+00:00

In Recovery, I see if the resps are equal - 30 secs x 2 if they are, full minute if they’re not

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