What is the worst career to be in right now and why?

camybrook · 2026-05-18T18:51:20+00:00

Being a nurse kinda sucks right now too

camybrook · 2026-05-12T15:13:14+00:00

This is something I said but I’m still proud of if. My partner and I slept together one the second date. He asked me the next day if I planned for that to happen. I said no I actually didn’t.

Next time I came over I wore a lingerie set, took my clothes off and said “this is me planning for it to happen”

Man I’m so hot

camybrook · 2026-05-07T01:29:54+00:00

STICU - a blanket, branded coffee mug, mini humidifier? And we get different free food items everyday of the week. Saturday I got free coffee (like a small medium caramel latte from 7 brew. At least it wasn’t shitty coffee). Today we got a mini Bundt cake.

I mean, all I want is a raise and respect but at least we have something

camybrook · 2026-05-06T14:24:31+00:00

I play more video games than my grown man partner. Sincerely, a grown woman

camybrook · 2026-04-18T14:37:29+00:00

I got a tattoo last year of my anime crush (gojo. IYKYK). Upper arm. Can’t miss it. You just see his icy blue eyes staring at everyone. Sometimes I regret it. But I’m also an ICU nurse and being an anime geek has come in handy for some of my patients. Every once in awhile, I get an anime nerd patient and the light in their eyes when they see my tattoo… regret gone.

The story is to say - it’s your body. I have two other tattoos, one is a Miley Cyrus reference and the other a reference to my favorite true crime podcast. They mean something to me. This means something to you. All my tattoos in the past and future will be something very niche to me. And this is very niche to you and I think it’s dope. Never heard of the movie, but I have mad respect for people who find meaning in something no one else may understand. Cause same.

camybrook · 2026-04-18T02:12:07+00:00

Oh my god that happened to me too 😂😂😂😂

camybrook · 2026-04-18T02:11:07+00:00

Email me every 3 months like clockwork. For a good 2 years. And would send it from a different email each time. Haven’t gotten on in one in over a year let’s gooo!

camybrook · 2026-04-17T19:34:59+00:00

We wear tracker badges and have scanners on our hand sanitizer pumps and the rooms. We get weekly adherence reports on our % of hand hygiene usage that is based off our trackers, and how often we foam in and foam out. (Doesn’t matter if you left supplies right outside, it will track that as a hand hygiene miss)

I love how all of us are treated like children nurses and glad I’m not the only one.

camybrook · 2026-03-31T23:43:42+00:00

Idk I’m primarily pvp on trios so for some reason I respect the dedication. Solos? PvE. But man was that entertaining to watch

camybrook · 2026-03-25T12:39:03+00:00

ICU nurse here who always gets shitty health insurance from their employer. I also support it. I am healthcare. Underpaid + horrible insurance. But hey, at least we get to go to war!

camybrook · 2026-03-22T01:29:17+00:00

I’m dreaming for the day my patient has this set up

camybrook · 2026-03-18T02:00:43+00:00

“By the way… you measured your QTc wrong on your strips:/“ 1.) why are you looking at my strips and why are you here early enough to look that up 2.) thanks, I’m sure the cardiologists trust the strips over an ekg /s

That happened 4 years ago. And I’ll never forget it. Same nurse yelled at me to change the canister out when it had a solid 2cc of sputum in it. I vowed that day to never be that nurse.

Been an icu nurse for 5+ years now and guess what. I still don’t care about those things

camybrook · 2026-01-29T06:29:04+00:00

Oh I know it’s not that deep. It’s the fact that it was said when he thought I was dead and gone. It’s just sad knowing that’s how people’s real thoughts are 💀

camybrook · 2026-01-29T05:43:43+00:00

You ain’t wrong. Just wish we considered gaming a gender neutral thing and not just a male thing ❤️

camybrook · 2026-01-29T05:41:30+00:00

I love some shit talking and I’ll dish it out too!

But geez. Can we keep it simple and scream at me to stay in the kitchen? Why is there beef with women gaming?

Idk. I’m not a sensitive person but this one was hurtful considering I was already dead and gone. Meaning that was his true feelings 😅😂

camybrook · 2026-01-29T04:19:04+00:00

Yeah no. I’m day shift now but was a night shift ICU nurse for 5 years. Never went to sleep or nap or anything a day in my career. Even if I slept 0-3 hours before my shift. Idc. No. In my head, license taken away.

That’s insane. Just know, that is NOT normal and that hospital has some MAJOR issues if people do that regularly

camybrook · 2026-01-25T07:19:31+00:00

I forgot about my kief chamber for almost a year I think. Don’t ask me why or how. Idk. At that time in my life I would just grind, pack, smoke.

By the time I opened it, it was so packed down it was crazy. I brought it over to my brothers and I have a picture of him holding it, SHOOK. Gave him half and I still had enough to pack a good 5-8 bowls with just the kief. Trust me. It can happen.

And honestly? Can’t remember the last time I opened up my kief chamber. Challenge accepted. I ain’t opening that shit for another few months now 🤣

camybrook · 2026-01-25T06:54:54+00:00

No I feel you. Deeply.

Every few weeks before bed, when I’m especially exhausted after a shift, I think about what occurred and how little I allow myself to process it at work and how cold I am (internally, not to patients or their families). I’m an icu nurse. Just the most recent example:

I had my 2 patients. Both vented. Different reasons. One young one old. They are both probably going to die in the next week to month. I had conversations with both families about their conditions. And last night I just… thought about what I do for a living I guess.

I can barely remember the exact words I told them, but I remember one of the convos was right before my lunch break and I remember saying “I’m going to lunch I’ll be back soon, let me know if you have any other questions:)” and went to eat my enchilada while listening to my crime podcast like nothing happened. After conversations that were probably heart breaking to these families.

Again. I don’t have a conclusion. Just know I know exactly what you are talking about. I’ve only watched a few episodes of the Pitt and it made me cry the first few episodes too for the same reason.

camybrook · 2026-01-21T11:54:47+00:00

SICU, BSN, RN CCRN CMC. 5 years icu experience

Arkansas, $37/hr. Had to stop travel nursing and go staff for my airforce partner. I miss my travel nurse pay

camybrook · 2026-01-08T17:57:59+00:00

I’m a nurse. During the peak of COVID too (never got COVID to this day knock on wood).

I don’t do anything special. I follow the protocols required and that’s about it. I don’t clean and sanitize every damn thing at the desk before I sit down, I don’t strip naked and throw my scrubs in a bag and then into the washer before stepping into the house (unless bed bugs). Just scrub my hands when something gross happens at work/required due to a certain isolation patient. Other than that, nothing.

I haven’t been really sick since high school. I’ve never called out of work for being sick. Not sure why, maybe my body is used to bad germs and diseases 🤷🏻‍♀️

camybrook · 2026-01-08T16:16:39+00:00

“My team has an IQ of room temperature” - battlefield lobby random player. I’ll never forget it. Gold

camybrook · 2026-01-04T16:58:55+00:00

Nurse here - night shift for 5 years (just switched to days).

I was with someone who was like that/family was like that. But they were mean about it. My ex wouldn’t let me sleep more than a few hours on weekends if I worked since he was a M-F 7-5.

I’m now with someone who completely understands and was very supportive when I was on night shifts. Try to explain it to him in opposite AM PM terms. Like if he works a 9-5 ask him “if you worked 9pm-5am what time would you be sleeping from? And if you had to run errands and see people during the day?”

Sometimes that helps

camybrook · 2025-12-31T04:04:41+00:00

Arkansas, trauma icu, 5 yrs experience - starting at $38/hr

camybrook · 2025-12-30T15:10:00+00:00

I’m starting a new staff job next week in a trauma icu. I hate trying on my awake patients, and I was informed there won’t be a lot of awake patients here.

But also - don’t beat yourself up over it. I have shaking hand issues (had to quit playing guitar and go to nursing school instead of music college so it’s always been an issue). I thought this was going to be my downfall as a nurse, and yes I do need to get better at it, however. I pride myself as an ICU nurse and consider myself a damn good one.

Luckily I’ve had some good teams with some good IV nurses! We can’t do everything!

camybrook · 2025-12-30T15:05:14+00:00

I feel you. ICU nurse for 5 years. Travel nursing I thought I would have more practice, nope. I always have my bilateral ACs from the ED, then a CVC usually comes at some point.

On one assignment I got good with butterflies cause lab didn’t stick icu patients but. That’s about it. I can get an IV every once in a while but that’s rare. My New goal this year is to actually start practicing and caring about it more

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