Are you having any pain?

What it feels like to be a nurse at an inner city hospital.

When your patient asks you to wake them up at 3am so they don’t miss Cash Cab

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Redundant in-services at the worst possible time

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Trying to grab a sip of water on a busy day

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I would totally keep flushes in a monkey backpack. 

Becoming besties with one of the new nurses

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Stuck at work when the world has a snow day and your husband is telecommuting

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Taking a break on night shift

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Those days when “I don’t want to know” seems to go on repeat in your head

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When good people keep coming in with horrible things having happened to them

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Reorientation

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When a patient starts to complain about every little thing about the hospital despite your attempts to make the situation better repeatedly

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