There are two types of nurses in this world: the ones who’ll save your ass before your pager hits the floor—and the ones who’ll sip… Read More »5 Times Nurses Saved My Ass – Funny Nurse Humor at Its Finest
Let’s set the scene: It’s 7:01 PM. You’ve microwaved your sad little meal. Your scrubs are still soaked from the code blue you just barely… Read More »Crash Intubation and Other Hobbies That Ruin Your Evening
You never forget your first test subject.Your first intubation.Your first code.Your first propofol bolus that turned a fully conscious human into a snoring angel with… Read More »My First Test Subject: The Nurse Who Almost Peed Her Pants During Induction
Let’s talk about hospital birth announcements—those cheerful, over-the-speaker shoutouts that turn a sacred moment into a public radio game show. Somewhere between “Code Blue in… Read More »Paging “No Pulse” to the Front Desk: Hospital Birth Announcements
Let’s be honest — nothing tests your professionalism like a defibrillator battery with an attitude. I’ve had standoffs with patients, surgeons, and once, a cafeteria… Read More »Defibrillator Battery: The Top Five Times I Almost Got Into a Fistfight with It
What Is Anesthesiology? Ask a surgeon and they’ll say it’s “just pushing propofol and scrolling through memes while reclining like Cleopatra in Crocs.” Cute.Meanwhile, reality?… Read More »What Is Anesthesiology? When You Start Talking to the Equipment and It Actually Talks Back!
Medical horror stories usually involve blood, lawsuits, or instruments mysteriously missing from the surgical tray. Mine? It started with urination. A heroic, high-stakes, life-threatening bathroom… Read More »Medical Horror Stories: I Went to Pee and Got Locked Out of the OR
It is quiet outside today.But my mind is burning in flames.The ICU was set on fire.And I can’t help but think—How do I escape that… Read More »The ICU Was Set on Fire
It started before the orders.Before the checklist.Before anyone realized the weight behind the namespoken too casuallyin the middle of handover. No pause.No second thought.Just a… Read More »I Read You Like a Book
Another emergency waits for us at the end of the shift. We are not done. We are never done.There’s always another beeping monitor. Another body… Read More »To the Ones Who Always Wait for Us: A Letter from the Other Side of the Shift
