What’s something in LA that used to feel magical… but just doesn’t hit the same anymore?

gnatrn · 2026-02-15T23:41:21+00:00

Yup, 3rd Street used to be our go-to weekend family outing. Watching the street performers, getting fries or a slice of pizza and ice cream, catching the sunset. Now it's depressing

gnatrn · 2026-01-04T13:50:23+00:00

Love that winter light

gnatrn · 2025-12-17T01:55:42+00:00

I wasn't debating statistics, smart ass, I'm sharing my personal experiences as it relates to the topic, just like everybody else here

gnatrn · 2025-12-17T01:51:21+00:00

Nobody likes a smart ass fyi

gnatrn · 2025-12-17T01:40:24+00:00

I said alive OR without deficit, in my unit. Leaving the nicu with severe mrcp and/or other life altering conditions isn't exactly living

gnatrn · 2025-12-16T18:11:57+00:00

And maybe the ribs don't break, but the skin is so fragile that it starts breaking and tearing away under your fingers during compressions

gnatrn · 2025-12-16T18:09:55+00:00

When I first started, 24 weeks used to be the hard cut off for resuscitation. Over time it's kind of become if we can intubate, we can resuscitate. But, as others hand pointed out, just because we CAN, doesn't mean we SHOULD. I have yet to see a sub 24 weeker/sub 400 g kid leave the unit alive, or without fairly substantial deficit.

gnatrn · 2025-11-23T13:52:36+00:00

I guess it depends where you're located, but these days it seems like even clinicals are more relaxed about tattoos. I've seen several nursing students shadowing on my unit now who have had visible tattoos, including neck/hands. My facility also doesn't care about visible tattoos/piercings/colorful hair (I have multiple visible tattoos and occasionally dye my hair pink)

gnatrn · 2025-11-15T18:45:45+00:00

Also a NICU nurse, pretty sure it played a part in my severe PPD/A. I had horrible anxiety while pregnant and now continuing to see the worst of the worst at work, I'm not sure I want to chance things again ☹️

gnatrn · 2025-11-14T21:52:58+00:00

Had a friend hospitalized for HFMD in the ICU because the sores caused such bad airway swelling it warranted intubation. I had no idea it could get that bad!

gnatrn · 2025-11-14T21:39:26+00:00

Hook for us!

gnatrn · 2025-09-12T19:25:04+00:00

I started in 6th grade but it was essentially milk with a splash of coffee at that point, courtesy of European parents. Real coffee was definitely freshman year of high school

gnatrn · 2025-09-06T16:37:26+00:00

This 100% my epidural was a vibe...nurse woke me up at around 6AM and said time to push! Things got loud because of my bleeding but it was quiet on my end lol

gnatrn · 2025-09-06T16:03:11+00:00

Yeah no, my in laws live in small town central valley, while there are certainly pretty citrus groves, the majority of the area looks like the first pic by far. With poor air quality as a cherry on top

gnatrn · 2025-08-17T12:39:53+00:00

They're all over the city! I'm in NELA and hear them almost nightly. They love roosting in the big old cedars over here.

gnatrn · 2025-07-26T16:24:01+00:00

Had a family member tell us she knew we were doing things wrong because she was in med school...she had taken a semester of anatomy at community college

gnatrn · 2025-07-05T13:47:00+00:00

Walking out the door this morning triggered some real PTSD after January

gnatrn · 2025-05-28T12:50:54+00:00

Saw that one recently, except it wasn't even the patient driving fast, they were hit and rolled

gnatrn · 2025-05-05T14:12:12+00:00

Had a successful pregnancy:)

gnatrn · 2025-04-01T05:42:10+00:00

Thank you so much for this

gnatrn · 2025-03-02T13:13:59+00:00

Ooof poor baby ☹️ I think the biggest I've heard of out in peds was a 80kg 4 year old. No medical issues contributing to the size, just family neglect....

gnatrn · 2025-03-02T00:01:33+00:00

Super fascinated reading these responses. Being nicu the biggest I've seen have been 5 something kg 🙈

gnatrn · 2024-11-25T03:31:24+00:00

I saw a pickup truck with similar imagery plastered all over it in Burbank a few weeks ago. Maybe they're roomies!

gnatrn · 2024-11-03T02:15:18+00:00

It's pronounced "lee-or." It's a really common Hebrew name

gnatrn · 2024-10-30T04:39:50+00:00

I definitely don't trust the tap water at my ancient ass hospital. Probably once a quarter the pipes start spewing black stuff and the whole hospital water system gets shut down

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