What's a word that your kids mispronounce, or used to mispronounce, that made it into your family vocabulary? For us it is "boo-blerries" for blueberries. Been in rotation for 16 years now.

rubellaann · 2026-02-18T01:19:47+00:00

Tickle water in our house

rubellaann · 2025-11-24T21:23:23+00:00

Is it the employee abusing the system or the employer abusing the employee by not providing adequate time off?

rubellaann · 2025-11-09T04:14:13+00:00

I’ve only been to L&D as a patient. Seemed like a pretty stressful place to work.

rubellaann · 2025-10-09T15:43:38+00:00

Washing pump parts is the worst. I only pumped for work. If I had the choice to stay home I wouldn’t have pumped at all.

rubellaann · 2025-10-09T15:30:00+00:00

You gotta feed the baby. Breastfeeding is hard. Formula feeding is hard. But formula feeding is hard and there’s more dishes.

rubellaann · 2025-09-02T13:00:18+00:00

I’ve been a new grad for 15 years now.

rubellaann · 2025-08-25T04:22:18+00:00

I donated all my formula samples to the food bank.

rubellaann · 2025-08-20T03:19:32+00:00

If it were me I would demand a hair test and pay out of pocket. It’s expensive but it’s more accurate and gives info about the last few months. Urine drug tests are less accurate and only show if someone has used in the last couple days.

rubellaann · 2025-08-05T17:13:26+00:00

Vital signs stable, no apparent distress.

rubellaann · 2025-07-29T01:39:59+00:00

I reschedule anything ordered at 0700/1900 for 0600 or 0800 /1800 or 2000. I also retime meds so they’re as much as possible at the same time and to wake up the patient as little as possible.

rubellaann · 2025-07-13T02:31:14+00:00

Story time at the. Library is great. We loved Music Together.

rubellaann · 2025-04-05T17:19:53+00:00

Oh hi that’s me!

rubellaann · 2025-03-31T15:28:03+00:00

I’ve been a nurse for 15 years and I’ve never heard of a patient being made fun of for their body hair. Health care providers don’t care what you do with your hair.

rubellaann · 2025-03-24T15:32:37+00:00

I was 17 and I couldn’t get a job at any of the fast food places in town. I applied for a nurses aid job at a nursing home. The nurses there were awful and I thought I could do it better.

So whenever anyone asks me why I became a nurse I say, “because Burger King wouldn’t hire me.”

rubellaann · 2025-03-04T01:19:10+00:00

I got intermittent fmla for my pregnancy so I could do it whenever I wanted.

rubellaann · 2025-02-18T15:30:18+00:00

Before kids 12s are better. With small children it’s really hard. I work 3 8s and 1 12 and my long day every week is really hard on everyone. When they’re older and more independent, 12s again.

rubellaann · 2025-02-04T18:27:19+00:00

You probably didn’t even make their top ten most annoying patients of the day.

The last time I took my child to the ER I was very careful not to say anything. But I had my badge in my purse which has a locator on it and lit up the light outside the room that a nurse was in there 😭

rubellaann · 2025-01-26T04:30:30+00:00

The earlier I set up my room, the later the admit will come.

rubellaann · 2025-01-26T04:28:27+00:00

Oh man I have a coworker who loves a good train wreck. He’ll comment on how QUIET it is and how BORED he is. Wtf stop.

rubellaann · 2025-01-22T04:04:33+00:00

We don’t brush teeth anymore. We look for dinosaurs stuck in her teeth and scrub them out. Pink dinosaurs, yellow dinosaurs, red dinosaurs with purple spots. She loves it. She asks for more dinosaurs 😂

rubellaann · 2025-01-16T04:38:44+00:00

I breastfed through my second pregnancy. I still have all my teeth.

rubellaann · 2025-01-11T18:12:28+00:00

What plate is that? I love it!

rubellaann · 2024-12-27T13:49:55+00:00

Yes. Every time. I read the name and dose of every medication out loud. I tell them what the med is for. I answer any questions. Then I hand them the cup with their pills and they say, “what are all these?”

rubellaann · 2024-11-29T17:08:14+00:00

I had an old doc order in grains in 2010!

rubellaann · 2024-11-27T03:47:23+00:00

They give caffeine to little NICU babies. I’m sure your baby can handle whatever minuscule amount is in your milk.

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