Healthcare

I hate when I answer the phone at work, and the caller immediately asks who they are speaking to and proceeds to use my name throughout their request. It's very patronizing, you don't know me and it d...

I just watched a clinician give a patient's family a brutal dose of reality, and half the unit thinks it went too far. The family was completely clinging to unrealistic expectations for a terminal pat...

Why don't patients respect that doctors have schedules and can't build them around one individual? Someone told me today that they were just going to come at 4 pm instead of 2 pm tomorrow to see the d...

Sometimes I feel jealous of my friends who are teachers because they get summers off. I know they work all the time during the school year but at least they know there is a “reset” each year. Meanwhil...

I just found out a patient lied about their symptoms for three days just to get a warm bed and a turkey sandwich, and I don't even know who to be mad at. They completely fabricated a clinical issue th...

I recently found out the new starter in my team is on a higher salary than me, we do the same job. I've had a raise maybe 2 years ago, and that felt like pulling teeth to get. Has anyone had the exper...

Looking for advice! I became a certified phlebotomist in February but every job wants 1–2 years of experience. I’ve applied to LifeSouth, Quest, Red Cross, hospitals, and even jobs 1.5 hours away with...

A patient just left me a glowing, multi-paragraph review on Google, but they specifically mentioned my appearance and it feels weird. They called me beautiful and sweet before mentioning that I was gr...

I’m in a high-volume imaging center making $34/hour, and I’m being asked to train a new hire who is starting at $41/hour. When I asked HR about a market adjustment for my own rate to match the new hir...

Hot take: The Patient Portal was a massive mistake because it gives people access to raw data they don't understand, causing immediate panic. I spent hours answering frantic messages about a slightly ...

I’m currently facing a massive dilemma because my family member was just admitted to the unit where I work, and the care they are receiving is subpar. I’m seeing shortcuts being taken that I know are ...

I am new role and there are records missing due to no process in place (I have instituted a process). The corporate quality nurse wants me to tell corporate that I lost the records instead of explain...

I was just filling out an application. One of the questions was my sexual orientation. Is that not illegal? It's definitely weird

I've started a new job about 6 months ago, and I just saw a new job in a team I'm really interested in come up. I don't think I'll get the role, but i want to know what it's like to go through the hir...

Is anyone else in float pool having the worst time? We’re treated like second-class citizens by the permanent units, and it is making the job incredibly lonely. We come in to save their staffing ratio...

Is AI actually saving anyone time? Our facility started using AI to draft our clinical summaries and documentation notes, and it feels incredibly dystopian. The software listens to the patient interac...

A Karen at works acts like unofficial authority. who constantly needs to prove she’s the best in our field. She acts like the office police, reports people for minor issues, and management seems...

We used to have lunches provided at work a few times a month and now it’s nothing or the occasional leftovers from an executive meeting. How come the highest paid people get lunch provided and those o...

Since when did wearing a clown hat become part of my clinical competency? I received a formal warning for unprofessional conduct because I didn't participate in the hospital’s mandatory Spirit Week dr...

I am being asked to train a new staff member which is going to involve taking on a fair amount of extra work on top of my current responsibilities. I have been asking for a raise for a while and I kee...