12 Holiday Travel Nurse Adventures Posts That Will Make The Grumpiest Grinch Smile
Look, we get it. Working during the “most wonderful time of the year” can really suck. You’re stuck at a hospital while everyone else is getting to cozy up by the fire. Not to mention you’re tired, cranky, hangry, and all of this holiday cheer is bringing you to the brink of strangling the next patient who hits their call light. via GIPHY Unfortunately, we’re not here to change that. What we can do is momentarily distract you from the existential dread of working a holiday shift by reminding you of why you got into travel healthcare in the first place—for the awesome #TravelNurseAdventures that you could have never had as a permanent staffer. So without further ado, check out these 12 wonderful social media posts that will hopefully inspire you to make your own travel nurse adventures during the holiday season. Or at the very least will keep you from going insane. via GIPHY 1. BRB, going to buy a camper and renovate it to look exactly like this because it’s gorgeous. View this post on Instagram Have yourself a merry little camper… I mean Christmas 😊 I’ll be home for 5 whole days including Christmas Eve and Christmas. Anyone who works in healthcare knows how big of a deal that is! I am so excited to spend time with family and friends. The past four years I’ve had to work at the hospital and this year, my husband and I are both off! Excited is an understatement. I’m ready to celebrate! A post shared by EMILY (@ems_traveldiary) on Dec 16, 2018 at 4:27pm PST 2. In Hawaii? During Christmas? Now that’s living the dream. View this post on Instagram Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains, can you paint with all the colors of the wind 🍃🎨 I hope you sang that and it’s stuck in your head now 🎵 A post shared by Anna Nguyen (@annannna__) on Dec 16, 2018 at 12:13pm PST 3. Remember to equip your doggo with the latest winter fashions when bringing them along for fun in the snow. View this post on Instagram Glad my baby had fun today 💛💚 #mustard X #lettuce A post shared by Wendy Diane Mendoza Lozano 👑 (@weymendoza) on Dec 17, 2018 at 5:34pm PST 4. Taking a good look at The Monkey Face in Smith Rock State Park in Oregon. View this post on Instagram None of that monkey business Prince. 🙈 A post shared by Andrea Hahn (@drehahn) on Dec 17, 2018 at 2:22pm PST 5. Snow plus barn equals perfect Christmas cards for the family. View this post on Instagram It looks like a winter wonderland at my papaw’s old barn. . ❄️🎄❄️ . #asheville #winterwonderland #snowday #redbarn #winter #somanymemories A post shared by Courtney (@courtney.dowell) on Dec 10, 2018 at 1:48pm PST 6. Remember to drag your SO along to Christmas light displays because they have the perfect lighting for great selfies. View this post on Instagram The holidays are in full swing 🎄🎁 ⭐ I personally love this time of year and am lucky enough to travel with this guy ⬆️⬆️ who will gladly come along to all the light displays and Christmas events. ⭐ I know that a LOT of travelers aren’t as fortunate so this week I’m sharing some tips to keep your spirits up as a traveler over on the blog today ▫️ Link in profile ❤ A post shared by Alex McCoy- Peds Travel Nurse (@fit.travel.life) on Dec 17, 2018 at 5:22am PST 7. Wait a second, is that Boba Fett decorated with HOLIDAY LIGHTS? Move over Santa, everyone’s favorite intergalactic bounty hunter is here. View this post on Instagram Who needs a visit from Santa when you can get a visit from a Storm Trooper, Darth Vader, a Rebel Fighter Pilot and Boba Fett?!? JK, Santa arrives next week 🎬 . . #starwars #darthvader #jedi #pedsnurseshavemorefun #picunurse #movietime🎬 #sundayfunday #travelnurselife #travelnurseadventures A post shared by the wandeRiNg RN (@the_wandering_rn) on Dec 16, 2018 at 9:21pm PST 8. Time for a winter wonderland weekend road trip? View this post on Instagram Man oh man… what an adventure the last couple days have been. We made it though! Me, most of my belongings, and two (very annoying) cats, all packed tightly in a little Hyundai Elantra. Can’t beat that view though 😍 I would make that drive again in a heartbeat. Excited for the next 3 months ☀️ #welcometomontana #cowboycountry #travelnurseadventures A post shared by Samantha (@raygammas_) on Dec 16, 2018 at 7:15pm PST 9. A family is great, but friends are also fantastic to spend time with during the holidays. Also, we are digging that hairy dude sweater. View this post on Instagram I may be 3,000 miles from home but having great friends close by makes these holiday times easier 🌲🎁 A post shared by j1marie (@j1marie) on Dec 16, 2018 at 10:21am PST 10. Christmas pub crawl? Christmas pub crawl. View this post on Instagram #12pubsofchristmas #shenanigans #imgonnamissthisplace #sixmonthswentsofast #travelnurseadventures #cctctravel @crosscountrytravcorps A post shared by Andrea Rea (@andie1026) on Dec 16, 2018 at 6:25am PST 11. This time of year is the perfect excuse to hang out with your fellow travelers! View this post on Instagram Getting close to finishing our #travelnurse contract at SJMC #stockton so our travel nurse group got together for #dinner tonight at #seoulsoondubu #korean #koreanbarbecue #travelnurselife #travelnurseadventures #thewrights #jeffandheatherwright #notwv @klanerh @jswright75 A post shared by Jeff Wright (@jswright75) on Dec 15, 2018 at 10:21pm PST 12. Do pajamas count as scrubs? View this post on Instagram Good morning world! #california #nevada #laketahoe #tahoe #northlaketahoe #travel #travelgram #vacation #winter #travelnurses #travelnurselife #travelnurseadventures #gypsynurse #nursesofinstagram #snow #pjs #instagood #me #happy #victoriassecret A post shared by Samantha Garcia (@samanthagarciasg) on Dec 14, 2018 at 8:39am PST
10 Best Nursing Memes To Help You Survive Your Shift
If you are stuck inside working inside and can’t enjoy the beautiful summer weather in your neck of the woods, we’ve got the perfect solution to cure your day shift blues (Hint: It’s nursing memes). 1. If you could not pause for that long, that’d be great. – via Reddit user meg090 2. Who knew nursing was going to be this hard? – via Reddit user Drake_Pancake 3. “When I ask a 70-year-old patient if they have any pain and they tell me about their high school football career.” – via Reddit user starstuff89 4. Sure, safe ratios are nice, but have you heard of money? 5. On a scale of Vermeer to Dali, we’re feeling a bit Rembrandt. 6. “When my patient has 20 allergies listed.” -via Reddit user 711smoresicecream 7. “When my patient wants to leave AMA.” via Reddit user D5HalfNormal 8. We’re going to guess the manual on the right is used much more than the left. 9. “We’re going to be short staffed tomorrow. I can feel it.” 10. Excuse me while I go throw up outside.
Top 10 #NurseProblems Posts That Made Us Say #Truth
1. Ah yes, because the doctor can easily do it better, right? #nurseproblems Nurses be like… 😝⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #nurses #nursing #nurselife #nurseproblems #nursesofinstagram #medlife #nursememe #registerednurse #nurse #murse A post shared by BoardVitals (@boardvitals) on Jun 25, 2018 at 6:12am PDT 2. Off the clock = No one bother me for at least 24 hours. I just need to be alone right now 😂😭 ❤ @nurseabnormalities * * * * * * @nurseabnormalities #nurseabnormalities #nurselife #nurseadvocate #nursesrock #medicallife #medical #dr #rn #md #lpn #medicalhumor #nursehumor #nurselove #nurseproblems #hospitalproblems #nursingstudent #nurseblogger #nurseblog #medschool #doctor #nursepractitioner #dnp A post shared by Danielle LeVeck © (@nurseabnormalities) on Jun 25, 2018 at 5:23am PDT 3. Those times when you just have to say #byefelicia Welp. You supposedly understand the implications and have decision making capacity… so do as you wish. 🤨 #love #rn #nursinglife #nursing #nightnurse #nurseproblems #nurses #hospital #nursehumor #medicine #nurselife #nurse #murse #medstudent #nursepractitioner #nurseofinstagram #LPN #nursingproblems #HealthCare #CNA #Murse #NursingSchoolLife #NurseRock #ClinicalLife #girldoctor #clinical #nursingschool #nursememe #NursingProblems A post shared by NURSE INSPIRATION (@nurse_inspiration) on Jun 28, 2018 at 11:18am PDT 4. No, really. Go ahead and Google “c diff” for us. We’ll wait. Along with every other bodily fluid 🤮🤣 #stripinthegarageforareason A post shared by Gina L Krueger (@rnnursefit) on Jun 28, 2018 at 10:37am PDT 5. The next time you press that call button I’m coming in here with a hazmat suit. 😂😂😂 #nurseproblems #nurselife #nursesweek #nurseonduty #nurseryart #nursepractitioner #nurseryinspo #nurse #nurseryinspiration #nurse💉 #nurseswag #nurseydecor #nurse💉💊 #nurseprobs #nurselove #nurseday #nurseflow A post shared by Nurse Talks (@nurse.talks) on Jun 28, 2018 at 10:09am PDT 6. …What do you mean, “another test?” 😒😒😒😒😒 Good luck to all the new grads taking their exams in the upcoming weeks! 🧡💛 #nurseproblems #friends #doctor #hospital #lifenurse #medical #instanurse #nursingstudent #NursesWeek #inspirational #nurse #futurenurse #healing #nursepractitioner #joking #NursesRule #nursingteam #nursing #registerednurse #nursinghumor #NursingProblems #rn #clinicallife #nursehumorprn #medschool #nursingschoolproblems #nursegif A post shared by NURSE INSPIRATION (@nurse_inspiration) on Jun 28, 2018 at 8:46am PDT 7. “What’s the ratio of USD to Shift Bucks?” Follow 👉 @nursegram_new For More Post ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Shift Life ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 📷 All rights and credits reserved to the respective owner(s) #rnlife #nurseonduty #womeninmedicine #icu #medstudent #clinicals #physician #nursesrock #lpn #usmle #stethoscope #medicalstudent #futurenurse #med #hospital #nurses #nurseproblems #nurselife #rn #paramedic #premed #scrublife #health A post shared by NurseGram (@nursegram_new) on Jun 28, 2018 at 2:15am PDT 8. Oh thank goodness, I don’t have to do more stuff. *Lets out a very long and tense breath* SHEEEEEESH!! #nurse #rn #cna #lpn #np #nurselife #nurseproblems #nursehumor A post shared by Medical Scrubs Collection (@medicalscrubscollection) on Jun 27, 2018 at 9:30pm PDT 9. Nurse Team, ASSEMBLE!! “Awesome! 💖 Follow me @ilove_Nurse for more 💗 ❤ Update new pictures everyday! ➖ 📌 Tag someone to make their day better. ❤ Double Tap & Tag your Friends Below⤵ #nursingschool #nurse #nursing #nurselife #instanurse #nurseproblems #nursingschoolproblems #nursesrock #nightshift #nurseup #rn #registerednurse #nursingtees #nursinghome #pediatricnurse #nursingstudent #nursingstudents A post shared by Nurse community (@ilove_nurse) on Jun 27, 2018 at 9:14pm PDT 10. Look, we never said we were perfect. #nurse #nursing #nurselife #nursepractitioner #instanursing #nurseproblems #nursingschoolproblems #scrublife #nursesrock #nurselife #nurses #rnlife #rninspiration #lpn #nurseonduty #nursehumor #nursehumorprn #registerednurse #cna #nurses #rpn A post shared by Maira_nurse (@maira_nurse) on Jun 27, 2018 at 9:00pm PDT
National Nurses Week 2018: Top 10 Worst Nurses Week Gifts
For healthcare facilities, National Nurses Week is the time to go above and beyond in honoring their nursing staff; the workers on the front lines of providing quality patient care. Some hospitals will provide catered lunches, wonderful gifts or fun activities for their staff to celebrate the hard work they do. And then there are these people. We asked nurses on Reddit about the worst gifts they’ve received for National Nurses Week, and the results range from bad to atrocious. Here are 10 of the worst answers we received. Disclaimer: Some comments displayed have been edited for strong language. 1. A half-eaten cookie cake (that was partially eaten by the day shift) What’s worse than coming in to work to find a half-eaten pastry waiting for you as thanks for your efforts? Finding out your coworkers on an earlier shift were the ones responsible, as user Pm_me_your_baby_pig_pics shared. Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 2. Partially melted, then re-frozen Hershey’s chocolates User BrooklynRN got to enjoy some nice ruined chocolates. Luckily they still had a “Happy Nurses Week” wrapper. Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 3. A fortune cookie Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 4. An arts and crafts project with no supplies “We have to make a poster for ourselves. I don’t think any supplies were provided.” –Reddit user bopeep82 5. A last-minute gift swap to something even worse Reddit user BruteeRex told a sad tale of when their hospital decided to switch the nice gift of free scrubs and a jacket with a motivational self-help book–which was written by the hospital. Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 6. A sad meal, followed by leftover ice cream Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 7. A confiscated treat Sometimes you have to put in some work to get the gift you deserve, as evidenced by Reddit user ghouliejulie’s story. “We got tiramisu from Maggianos. then it was taken away by the charge, because it “might have alcohol in it.” I went looking for it, and ate it anyway. … I’m also getting pretty tired of bagels.” 8. A tube of expired chapstick Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 9. A gift bag filled with top-notch items. Candy-based puns are always the best way to say thank you, as seen by Reddit user auraseer. Comment from discussion People, it’s time to vent. What’s your WORST Nurses Week gift ever?. 10. Last, and certainly the least–a memo posted in an elevator. “Working in LTC, a memo saying Happy Nurses week in the elevator. If we want they will display our pictures for everyone to see. Other than that the year-long gift of [expletive] staffing.”–Reddit user mamabear_j Got any other terrible National Nurses Week gifts you’d like to share? Tell us in the comments below!
Nurse Humor: The Best Procedure
