Leaving the tide pools. Possibly even forming proteins to begin with. I much more enjoyed being stardust.

Ok I’ll bite…?

I just wanted you to know that not only did your joke amuse me, but I have also forwarded it to several friends who I am almost certain will also enjoy it. Your joy is spreading throughout the world.

Situational awareness. I’ve had people look me up and down and ask how I handle the patient population I do considering I’m kinda skinny-fat and like

a) I’m a lot stronger than I look, especially with adrenaline in me one time I picked up one of the weighted dayroom chairs because I needed to get to a patient and it was in my way

b) 99% of it isn’t even fighting people anyway it’s mostly just having an ear for bullshit. One time we had a patient set off one of the safety alarms in their room and waited in the dark behind the door for someone to come answer it. I got there, saw the darkened room with the weird alarm going off and just noped the fuck out and called security.

If you have the common sense of every guy in the horror film that says,“Absofuckinglutely not” (and you don’t mind being paid pennies) psychiatric nursing calls to you.

I mean I’ve done this like 5 times over the past decade all with the same results, so it’s been working for me!

Brains that run faster than average are very cool and impressive to people who don’t have to live in them.

I looked him up on YouTube because I wanted to see what you meant and all the comments say he’s been replaced with AI.

Damn. That show got weird.

What red flags? He’s a solid, hardworking, and nonjudgmental family man! Unless in the later seasons I haven’t seen he becomes a shithead?

Zuko from AtLA, but part of that was also a deep experiential empathy for his character growth arc. Also sometimes having undefined gender issues at the same time makes it really hard to tell whether a feeling like that is attraction or envy.

One of my favorites in highschool and made EDM my favorite genre (well, that and playing speed over Beethoven in DDR). My faves now are apashe and avicii. If anyone knows any EDM that incorporates classical elements (especially strings and/or piano) I am ALL ears.

This was like two years ago and I’ve never had an issue. Have some faith in humans.

I just taught my coworkers how to pirate shit. Fuck Disney.

The logic behind it is that it’s a bribe “tip”-based system. The “tips” often provide more than a living wage, so it really works out better this way!

Nursing/Psychiatry: here’s what to pack for your friend in the psych hospital!

• T-shirts, logos fine, avoid anything explicit/vulgar
• stretchy pants, no drawstring or that can have the drawstring removed and don’t need a belt
• a sweater without a hood or zipper
• socks
• slide on shoes (no laces)
• a puzzle book with more than one type of puzzle
• a book in a genre they like
• a coloring book
• a notebook to write in
• crayons
• a stress ball
• one of those silicone bubble popper toys
• snacks/food that are still sealed or that have one of those doordasher stickers fast food places use sometimes.

DON’T bring:

• anything with long strings or cords
• anything sharp or pointy or made of glass or ceramic
• plastic bags
• bedding/pillows
• anything valuable or sentimental other than maybe a smartphone, and ID

I often wish more of my adult psych patients’ parents had done some reading about psychosocial development and how to support the child at each stage but more importantly I pretty much always wish they’d cared half as much as you did to even ask that question.

Black women especially. Up until recently it was actually taught in nursing and medical education that black people feel less pain for the same amount of emotion expressed (aka they’re exaggerating). It turns out when you assume a woman is exagerrating postpartum abdominal pain, that’s how she dies of a hemorrhage.

You all may also be interested to know that the “traditional” lithotomy position (laying back w legs up in the stirrups) is actually one of if not the worst position to give birth in. I put it in quotes because it’s not even actually traditional. As a preferred birthing position it only dates back to the 17th century (before that it was used for kidney stone removal, where the name lithotomy comes from). Before that women typically squatted, kneeled, or were on all fours. Lithotomy became popular because it was more accessible to the male physician, and because the French king at the time wanted to watch his wife give birth, and that was the position in which he could best watch. So… do with that information what you will.

Not surprising to me in any way, I did exactly that while in school (among other unlicensed healthcare roles).

This is actually pretty solid. I’m firmly in the “passion” category, and while I’ve gotten better at it over the years, I often struggle to remember other people just have careers and jobs, and find true fulfillment elsewhere. Now that said, my passion pays somewhat poorly (but steadily!) and isn’t even slightly competitive (I’m even considering leaving the field at this point) but it’s something I care a lot about being done well.

Excellent example of a “small” job people don’t realize could accidentally kill someone!