I applied for the X-Men but they wouldn’t accept me because I have to hold someone in my arms for it to work.

A patient died while I was taking his vitals and doing his morning assessment. So it was like, “Good morning, Mr. Blah-Blah, I’m Nurse CatHerdingStudent and I’m just going to put this on your arm to measure your blood pressure and listen to your lungs and heart, okay?” He looks over at me while I put on the cuff,…

Amen. And some of our male docs hate the patients. Not when they have a bad day or only some patients. All the patients. WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS JOB IF YOU DON’T EVER WANT TO TALK TO OR TOUCH PATIENTS??

I have never bullied an intern or residents, but I have publicly called them out for violating patients’ autonomy and privacy (revealing HIV status in front of family, performing procedures without asking patients) and that left them in tears. Hopefully because they realized that they fucked up royally and not because…