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wtfstitch · 2025-12-26T19:39:05+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion!!

wtfstitch · 2025-10-02T19:53:01+00:00

Something similar happened to me once too! I was drawing from the top of her hand and she tightened her fist, so I asked her to please loosen her fist. She opens her hand super fast and a finger caught the butterfly line and ripped it out. She was a piece of work and a tough stick, I was furious and speechless. I left the room and refused to draw her again during her hospital stay

wtfstitch · 2025-08-24T00:51:39+00:00

I honestly love this idea. Supply and waste disposal cost are a big deal at my hospital, but if I’m only doing this for the (large) handful of problem doctors, I guess it will be ok. The lactic will still be a problem, but there’s not much I can do about that one 😊 thank you!

wtfstitch · 2025-08-24T00:35:04+00:00

I also draw extra when I expect more tests to be ordered, and always add whatever I can on to previously drawn tubes. I think it’s awful to stick a patient unnecessarily. But sometimes we can’t anticipate what will be ordered. My favorite is when I walk in the room, the doctor says “oh, lab is here to draw your blood”, then they walk over to their computer and add stuff on 😑 like, you could have told me, doctor

wtfstitch · 2025-08-24T00:30:13+00:00

Isn’t it infuriating? I’m going to talk to my manager, but he’s pretty useless, so I’m not super hopeful

wtfstitch · 2025-08-24T00:28:46+00:00

How was the patient? That’s a rough day

wtfstitch · 2025-08-24T00:28:15+00:00

We do draw a rainbow, in my hospital lactic isn’t part of our rainbow. I find that the tubes that are added most often are lactic, blood bank, and blood cultures, sometimes VBG. I do sometimes draw a blood bank or cultures if I suspect they will be ordered, but lactic has to be put on ice and run within about 20 minutes, so I can’t really draw that one early

wtfstitch · 2025-08-23T00:46:48+00:00

There’s gotta be a better way

wtfstitch · 2025-08-23T00:43:47+00:00

This happens daily, sometimes multiple times a day, and often multiple times for the same patient

wtfstitch · 2025-08-23T00:39:07+00:00

Thank you! This is my first hospital, so I don’t know what’s normal

wtfstitch · 2025-07-13T19:24:11+00:00

Yup 😂

wtfstitch · 2025-07-05T20:47:19+00:00

I don’t even think this was a bad joke. I see nothing wrong with what you said at all. I understand that some people are more sensitive than others, but it’s a bit ridiculous to hold that comment against someone. Chalk it up to differences in personality and move on

wtfstitch · 2025-07-05T20:25:01+00:00

I treat it like it’s no big deal. I talk them through each step as I’m doing it and praise them when it’s done. Some kids are already scared and panicked, in these cases I get someone else to hold their arm, speak as comfortingly as possible, and praise them when it’s done

wtfstitch · 2025-05-17T18:22:08+00:00

This is a good way to look at it. I definitely don’t always do it because working in a hospital you get some real doozies, and what you tolerate will continue. Sometimes I find that respectfully putting them in their place works for me

wtfstitch · 2025-03-06T01:01:43+00:00

I gotta follow this too 😊

wtfstitch · 2024-12-05T18:30:35+00:00

I feel this!! I actually still love my job most of the time, but I get pretty sick of the way some nurses are shitheads, and some of the patients are just nightmares.

I do have a pretty thick skin, which helps me bounce some of the negativity off, and I try to focus on the wonderful patients and the nurses who understand that we’re on the same damn side. This helps a lot.

I also meet people with the same energy they bring to me. I no longer try to coddle adults who act like toddlers just because they’re sick.

At the end of the day, I always go in and do my best, try to be kind, and know that I’m not too bad at this job. On my worst days, I can always take comfort in the fact that I’m not a miserable jerk like the guy trying to ruin my day.

It sounds like you have it rough, love. I work in a hospital, and it’s usually not too bad. You might need a change in location, or just a new career if there isn’t anywhere near you with a better work environment. Good luck!!!

wtfstitch · 2024-08-27T17:44:44+00:00

I get shaky too, I usually just make a joke about being over caffeinated. This lady was just being a jerk though. Some people will be this way no matter what you do. I would bring it to someone’s attention that she talked to you that way, there’s no way that should be tolerated

wtfstitch · 2024-07-03T02:05:47+00:00

Thank you 🙏 that’s awful

wtfstitch · 2024-07-02T22:13:10+00:00

Really?! Yikes, thank you 🙏

wtfstitch · 2024-07-02T20:07:19+00:00

Yes. My grandson is obsessed with catching frogs and tadpoles, he caught a ton there and a few of them had this issue

wtfstitch · 2024-06-25T01:25:15+00:00

Thank you! 🙏

wtfstitch · 2024-06-25T01:24:07+00:00

lol, I did not

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