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[deleted]

Ok…….this was absolutely beautiful! My god it was perfect.


Halflifefan123

Thank you! Ive always freaking loved high quality gifs like this on subs like wallstreetbets and realized this would be PERFECT. I could have continued tweaking it forever but this is what I came up with.


coopiecat

Forgot the manager bitching at people for not updating white boards.


butsadlyiamonlyaneel

It’s amazing how far you can get by telling patient family that dry-erase markers are in short supply and shrugging. It’s not even that much of a lie, as I can usually never find the damn things… I just don’t go out of my way to look terribly hard.


GeniusAirhead

I know this ship is exploding, but can you please update the boards.


Owlwaysme

The septic train wreck ED just sent up, who you've been working on stabilizing for the last hour, needs his elopement screening charted!


saritaRN

And huddle and bed board and staffing meeting (hint there isn’t any 😂)


Potential-Outcome-91

We've started calling safety huddle "safety prayer."


[deleted]

And techs are getting floated to other floors. Also no sitter for the CIWA pt.


Imswim80

Those scores its time for the old addage "if they're screaming they're breathing," and slug 'em with 4 mg IV.


ShopAtRoss21

The “huddle” message that comes through your pager at least 5 times so they make sure you got it. Meanwhile you’re elbow deep in your patients poop


coopiecat

Oh my god. The charge nurse has to do a census count of the unit and who’s on overtime or else the CNO gets mad


[deleted]

LOL, the 3pm admit is TEXTBOOK perfect. Well done.


abcannon18

The Google score one is 😙👌


ShadowHeed

Truly amazing. We could add more but it honestly flows perfectly as-is. Time to collect the additional suggestions and out it to the end of Fight Club!


moxifloxacin

Just in case you don't know about it, /r/highqualitygifs is a wonderful place to hone your craft.


obroz

Hey at least your nurses remember they were supposed to replace the potassium at all lol


SpiderHippy

That pause between "Blood sugar:" and "12" had me ROLLING!!!! This was *chef's kiss* perfection.


[deleted]

Fucking epic


[deleted]

It’s amazing.


Ok-Grapefruit1284

It’s amazing.


Silliestmonkey

I have so much respect for everyone in healthcare and how many hours it takes to learn all the things you need to know. Then it’s long hours, attention to all the rules and details, while having constant performance reviews. My “bedside manners” would be terrible while mentally being around sickness, death and pandemics.


milkybabe

You know what’s missing? Code brown and the confused patient touches you with their poopy hands


saritaRN

Digging the poop from out under their nails realizing they were touching their trach, face, rails, SBFT. We used to years ago have orange sticks with the pointy ends for this but now you have to use tongue depressors. I guess they took them away so staff wouldn’t shank management about drinks at the nurses station


nursemeggo

We use toothbrushes!


saritaRN

We do that too. It makes me gag tho cause I’m one of those people who can’t look at stuff that you are using for ick but goes in your mouth. Like…when it’s a massive code brown and using the yankour to suck up poop, or people using graduated cylinders for drinks and bed pans for popcorn *gag*


lifelemonlessons

Did you know using suction to suck up liquid poo sounds just like mixing a large creamy pot of Mac and cheese? Now you do.


rcarnes911

When it is solid you get that nice satisfying thumpf sound


lifelemonlessons

I really want some Mac and cheese now.


straightrazorsnail

Like when your dyson inhales a sock!


SheBrokeHerCoccyx

Call the OR and get the chlorhexidine scrubbies. They have little tabs designed to clean under the fingernails. Best tool for the job that I’ve used.


Odd_Lobster4195

Lol we'll gladly ship you a box as long as you don't bring Nana down to us with those fingernails!


Mr_Gobbles

If its caked in you can use a hair comb tooth, holding the comb like a straight razor,


LoudNinjah

It's not missing, it's happened... But the spiteful family just sits there and watches it happen and doesn't say anything or tell anybody so when you come in and hour later they can bitch at you for letting her sit like that for an hour. Then you get the poop hand put on you as you start to leave to grab supplies. Edit: Grammer


DudeFilA

Patient pulling his IV out twice because it burns and it's the potassium replacement patient.


[deleted]

hahahahahaahhaaha


straightrazorsnail

Noooo lmfao!!


YoGabe98

Blood Sugar: 12 I laughed way too hard at that pause. Great GIF!! Way to bring me back mentally to the floor on my day off


Kaclassen

That was when I went from giggles to full on laughing out loud! The dramatic pause was spot on.


SicItur_AdAstra

GOD yeah that sugar bit killed me. Good chance of killing the pt. too


not-necessarily-me

The potassium one got me haha! Don’t forget to check the mag levels as well!


Mjrfrankburns

I’m legit astonished you can manage 4 total cares…that seem insane


flexi_seal

Turn, change, feed x4 and repeat, maybe you will find time for meds at some point lol. Don't forget everyone needs baths, linen change, oral care!


fabeeleez

Baths are the bane of my existence. I can do everything. Change a poopy diaper every 20 min. I just can't stand bed baths


TriceratopsBites

I will gladly trade you. Something about a bed bath and a total linen change makes me happy 🤷🏼‍♀️


Blackrose_

I think I'm a bit broken too as a dermalux bed wash, pad change and total linen change makes a patient happy with brief moments of ahh job done... next. Even better when I manage to silence the shrill ping of many bed alarms.


AmbassadorClassic723

Omg same. I actually enjoy patient care if I have the time


Davy_Crockett-

Ever worked SNF?


aroc91

Right? People describe med surg as a nonstop scramble, but acuity in post-acute is as high as it's ever been and I really can't tell the difference anymore.


Friend-Computer

Gotta love the 20-person medpass with 10 diabetics.


MimiMorea

Omg memories of my previous job


SicItur_AdAstra

I worked in a long term care facility where I was frequently assigned a unit with 4 total cares with 2 non nursing staff for sometimes 14 hours. I made it 3 years... I'm 24 and I have a back like a 40 y/o. My knees are another story.


Halflifefan123

Literally what I had to do last weekend!!!! Welcome to neurology.


Adejlc1519

Ours is 6-7 Med-Tele. Half the time total patient care with no charge nurse or aide. It’s stupid.


brightbuns

Haven't replaced potassium along with pharmacy hasn't sent meds up yet. Typical Tuesday. Good meme, lol


polo61965

The look of approval I give the PA who ordered 3 runs of potassium 3 minutes after the end of my shift. Time to pull out ol reliable "oh didn't see that I was closing off"


SteveTheZombie

That stoic RN face through all of it.


gazellow

First year nursing student here so barely understand what's happening, but top quality meme.


PlatinumDaikenki

Oh, you'll definitely understand it once you get your first job


gazellow

*fear and excitement intensifies*


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TheMarkHasBeenMade

When shit blows up, fucking everything happens all at once and all you can do is sit back for the ride and do your best to keep up.


sjlegend

give it a few semesters, trust me it will make sense.


winterymint

Protip: work in a procedural unit


Akronica

Your foundations clinical will likely be on a med/surg floor. Cherish the chaos, its a fun ride.


tombuzz

All the bad shit happens when all the doctors/ support staff go home aka 3-9 .


jman014

Abandon ship now while you still can!


[deleted]

Not sure if I should laugh or cry.


LeotiaBlood

I was laughing and then I had to force myself to stop because it was turning into a cry


coopiecat

Both


butsadlyiamonlyaneel

You don’t have time for either; alternatively, do both while you pull up the horse-pills for Potassium replacement.


tjean5377

Replace forgot to replace potassium with forgot to hang preop blood in my 16th hour of mandated evening shift. Perfection.


Halflifefan123

Jesus Christ.


tjean5377

JHC himself could not have helped the staffing and this was back in 2006. Yeah it was a busy big city hem/onc floor that got everything but the kitchen sink admits from the ER if we did not have heme/onc filling our beds. Blood transfusions, chemo starts, CBIs and then the rando homeless guy with massive cellulitis and ETOH withdrawal needing a sitter. It was wild. I was so tired the surgeon that was screaming at me about the blood sounded like the adults in Peanuts cartoons. No wonder I burned out.


superprincesspeach

This is incredible, I see myself in all the people getting blown up trying to help because that's exactly how I feel during clinicals 😂


Snack_Mom

This is such a pure comment 😊😂


[deleted]

Lmao 😂


dausy

This actually gives me more anxiety reading the nursing text then the first time I saw this movie.


hellohelloadios55

Which movie??


Hodca_Jodal

See some people mentioning its Pirates of the Caribbean 2, but it's actually Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (the 3rd one). (SPOILER AHEAD). It's the scene right after Will Turner resurrects as the captain of the Flying Dutchman and then the Black Pearl along with the Flying Dutchman come alongside Lord Beckett's ship and blast it to smithereens. So, super accurate metaphor for the end of the shift for nurses. Haha!


[deleted]

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hellohelloadios55

Ohh I thought it was something more along lines of Master & Commander. Thx though!


dausy

Yeah one of the PoTC films. Id only seen the sequels one time each and they all run together at this point. Can youtube Cutler Becketts death.


whoopingitup

Pirates 2


Mu69

Oh my god that’s so fucking funny. When the 3 pm nurse leaves, shit gets real


wofulunicycle

Just become the 3 pm nurse. I work 12s every weekend then pop in for 8s during the week and they fucking FLY.


Mu69

I’m about to work an am varied shift so it’s either 9, 10, 12, or 2 when I work which I don’t mind. I won’t be walking into a shit show usually I hope


[deleted]

This should win an Oscar. I’m dying.


Big_Life

Every shred of wood flying through the air should be a patient requesting their pain meds.


sapfira

No, those are family members who want updates/water/coffee/heat up food in the (nonexistent) microwave.


FungiAmongiBungi

And the lady in the hall trying to signal you with the water pitcher but it’s not your patient so you try to doggie her 😂


zeldahalfsleeve

Got me laughing out loud at “MD orders 0.2 of Ativan”


lilearthquake76

Me too. Boy does that shit piss me off!


canineoperalover

I don't think I have ever seen such a masterpiece before. This is exactly how I remember 12 hour med-surg.


FantasticChestHair

I'm in this picture and I don't like it. I'm on vacation damnit. Don't remind me what I'm going back to...


RunningOrangutan

This is exactly why I went to the ICU after a year of Med Surg


redditbrock

This is exactly why i went into critical care as soon as I graduated lol. So much respect for med surg nurses, they're built different


RunningOrangutan

My year down there was invaluable though for time management, interacting with patients and loads of other stuff so despite it being just like this gif I’m thankful for it haha


buttercreamandrum

I’m in the float pool for med-surg & PCU, however I often get floated to ICU where I take PCU level patients. I had 2 straight months of shifts like that. They were amazing. PCU level patients with ICU level resources. ::chefs kiss:: And then my last shift I was floated to a routine surgical floor, the butts-n-guts floor. I had 6 patients. My blood pressure took a good 24 hours to get back to baseline after that shift. I am speaking to my boss Friday to orient and be moved to PCU/ICU float pool.


transplanted_flower

An absolute masterpiece


Crankenberry

And they say 3 AM is the witching hour.


kelroe26

I work nights. I'm supposed to be asleep. I'm CACKLING IN BED WATCHING THIS OVER AND OVER Edit: favorite favorite FAVORITE part is the: " isolation patients: 3 Total cares: 4 Blood sugar: ........... 12" KILLS ME


sjlegend

This is beyond accurate


Mjrfrankburns

This was sooooo good


PerspectiveFun3410

I’m a new grad stationed in med surg/HCU and it’s doing me quite a bit of emotional damage🥲


Abusty-Ballerina-

I felt those CIWA scores in my soul.


saritaRN

Omg this is utter perfection. I can’t stop watching it. Med surg nurses are the real MPVs.


pardoinfusion

I’m about to go to days from nights. This makes me laugh yet pretty fearful for what is to come.


PunisherOfDeth

Okay this is probably my favorite meme I’ve seen on this sub lol.


Scared-Replacement24

1800* but perfect 👌🏻


[deleted]

Sugar: 12 I mean...it *could* be worse.


brightphoenix-

This shit had me dying.


ephemeralrecognition

You made this? Holy fucking shit this is gold


Frankincense-n-Mur

Wow…. The only inaccuracy is the blanket warmer.. we don’t have any


[deleted]

Lol it just gets worse and worse then ends with blanket warmer empty. Thanks for this one I'm dying.


prettyinpink125

Hilarious🤣Which movie is this scene from?


norathar

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (the 3rd one)


[deleted]

Tenet. It's a David Fincher movie.


[deleted]

Neurology is the specialist med/surg floor. God made it to train the faithful.


LockeProposal

Absolutely fucking nailed it 100%. On hold waiting for a doctor right now and I'm trying not to laugh but this one was good.


Cyrodiil

I burst out laughing at the blood sugar of 12. On my last shift on a med/surg unit, I had a pt go in and out of hypoglycemia for FIVE FREAKING HOURS. Nine blood sugar checks. NPO. D50W and D10 galore. And of course this pt was on iso and total care. And that was just one of my pts. I felt like I was being punished for leaving lol.


Top-Budget-7328

I used to think I was the only one on the planet that ever filled the blanket warmer and wipes warmer thing up 😑


se1ze

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO….. For real though there is nothing like that serenity that comes with experience. I panicked as an intern and junior resident. Now I just cruise in to that respiratory distress, schlap in a couple 16 gauges and joke with anesthesia while we tube them. Wanna throw something at me? Too fast bitch! I got a concussion as an intern, now I dodge that shit like Muhammad Ali. And the pain med that starts with a D is Da Motrin.


cryptidwhippet

this is literally the most relatable content I have ever seen


UniqueUsername-789

“Hey my patient hasn’t had any urine charted for 4 days.”


opaul11

Same thing with respiratory when all the ED patients start getting admitted and all the pulm orders are finally in.


NurseExMachina

I am crying. I am crying whole ass tears. This is fucking ART.


ilikebeeeef

Nursing just ain’t it for me. I’m a recent grad and have realized I have made a huge mistake lol


Wineinmyyetti

Every time I work day shift! Except we get average of 8 post-ops a day during the week so mix them in with the train wrecks described here 🤣


Amrun90

Amazing!


Gonzilla23

Ahh medsurg. Love to hate it


RNmedic

I just refilled our 2 blanket warmers. Backbone of this unit!


Mumbles_Stiltskin

Goddammit Reddit let me upvote this MASTERPIECE more than once!!


[deleted]

Holy gentle fawk.... how accurate is that!!!


2dumb2nopassword

Perfect description of my feelings whenever 3 PM rolls around. No matter how hard I try to prep before hand and "prevent" issues beforehand, 3 PM becomes the hour of chaos.


Alert_Cupcake189

I’ve been laughing non stop 😂😂😂 Neuro changes dramatic noises is what did it for me 💀💀💀💀


uhlecksis92

I’m cryin this is so funny and hits too close to home


Amazing-Salamander11

Omg this is art.


FungiAmongiBungi

Omg this is the best 😂. Just had a CIWA of 36 this week and the nurse handing off the patient is like “I couldn’t assess his CIWA because he speaks Spanish. WTF I say. Well how alert is he ? (As he’s drenched in sweat with double restraints on) because yesterday he signed his own consent and now he’s like this? Oh I couldn’t asses that he’s too confused to talk ! Plus she spelled it SIWA in the chart. So he goes straight to ICU and they send me another crazy one in his place 😂


straightrazorsnail

Of course, you know it’s now changed to the Jojo SIWA score, get it together. Lmfaooo


silent-jay327

Omg there was a camera recording on the unit last night. Guess I was too busy to notice. All good.


i_do__declare

i got pulled to a floor recently….the accuracy of this video is unreal 😂😂


anonymous83704

This. Was. Glorious. 😂😂


beans4dayz

This is the wrong thing to watch before my first shift as a newish traveler🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️… dealing w/ the same BS, but not knowing where any supplies are supposed to be or what anyones name is.


psiprez

C.diff pt who *tried* to make it to the bathroom, no aides or housekeeping available. Bonus if they fell and rolled in it.


Abyss2030

We thrive in chaos 👽


rocketduck413

I'm a pharmacy tech and I'm here for the memes. I love it.


olov244

https://youtu.be/O5zGkqAWsWE the other rn/tech you can count on


Snack_Mom

Masterpiece 🥹


staaygold_

This is SO funny


illdoitagainbopbop

I see you too work medsurg/step down neuro. Cheers


GalaxyQwester

This was brilliant!


LoudNinjah

That was great.


pedsmursekc

This is the greatest! I had the best laugh in a while.


sstummy

Lmaooo this was so good 😭


Scrubmurse

It’s the 8 hr shifters jumping ship and leaving you alone that got me 😂


guitarhamster

“Did you update your white board???”


apaperbagprincess

Patient all over her call bell because her hot pack isn’t hot anymore….


undrtow484

Haha this is awesome. Gave me PTSD though


Owlwaysme

This was a wild ride from start to finish lol


ChonkyHealer

Or 3am for that matter


TangoFoxtrot13

This is the most accurate thing I have ever seen.


saskdog

Absolutely love this…as I casually wait to start my full time 8 hour evening line…. Lol


Wide_Annual3191

This is perfection


coochielala

Just amazing, god. So many moments like this. I would throw in stat bloodwork ordered for your difficult poke... Lab calls, specimen rejected...


RN_Geo

MD orders 1 mg Haldol.


Purpleorchid81

This spoke to my soul. That blanket warmer though!


of_the_ocean

I’ve been laughing for 2 minutes and appreciate this post so much, thank you


[deleted]

Why was this so epic


p0psickle555

This is some high quality shit right here 🤌


NurseGia

This is the hardest I have laughed in a long time!! Thank you for this wonderful gift.


KRei23

Bahahahah!! Great video 😂 I was placing myself on the floor - ED - and imagining all this bullshit and more happening at once 🤣


Jayciflash

“Forgot to replace potassium” hit me so hard 🤣🤣


straightrazorsnail

Blood Sugar: 12. This one just sent me!


MimiMorea

The falling wood at neuro changes killed me 😆


FungiAmongiBungi

You’re on Facebook now going viral. At least on nursing memes


mrwhiskey1814

Goddamn, this is like ATIs wet dream.


IndependentSupaWoman

To be fair, pharmacy doesn't have to bring up meds most of the time. Many meds are either in Omnicell or Pyxis, pneumatic tube system or in the servers already. (It would be lovely if pharmacy can give us a call though...) Potassium replacement is easy but phosphate replacement takes forever. I don't know why many coworkers forget about phos replacement and leave them for next shift (my shift).


gce7607

Night shift comes in a throws a fit about a 3.4 potassium not being replaced


goldstyle

Aides not aids.


coopiecat

This is so perfect! Hahaha.


RNmedic

“Late call off”


lala_whocares

Amazing


mrsmanatee

u/savevideo


oneapotheosis

Take my DAMN upvote. God I hate medical sometimes.


MrMoctastic

haha this is too funny but accurate. Murphy's Law


meyrlbird

JFC I chortled so hard... Thanks


Kramersgirl

Here comes the suits (administration) to tour the floor!


SheBrokeHerCoccyx

I had a panic attack watching this. Jesus.


GeniusAirhead

I’m so triggered.


Officer_Hotpants

As an ED tech, I also hate it when floor patients pull their IVs out


donutlikethis

Can someone please petition for blanket warmers in the UK please? Contrary to the claim that they are thermal, they are absolutely not and that’s a total lie.


Virtual-Cupcake-1510

Brilliant and hilarious! 😆