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Everyone is all upset at Leo for laughing at Lady Gaga’s GG win, but I’m more obsessed with his awkward fist bump/high five.

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It’s funny because tomcat.

I thought it’d be nice to take a relaxing bath, but then I came across a peeping Tom.

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Nurse for the win

Do you know who doesn’t get enough love from the Harry Potter fandom?

Madam Poppy BAMF Poppy

Escorted a teenage werewolf to a deadly tree each month.

Took care of that teenage werewolf after every full moon and you know that she probably fussed over him and mothered him and gave him a bunch of chocolate.

Literally didn’t question things.

This boy has a bite that’s turning green and he says is from a dog? Okay.

This girl is half-cat? Alright

Had to put up with Harry’s excessive injuries each year.

Took care of and cured a bunch of petrified students.

Didn’t put up with Malfoy’s crap.

LITERALLY YELLED AT DUMBLEDORE!

YELLED AT THE MINISTER OF MAGIC!

KICKED DUMBLEDORE AND THE MINISTER OF MAGIC OUT!!!

Was the one who took care of Cedric Diggory’s corpse.

Refused to resign under Umbridge’s regime because she was afraid of what would happen to the students.

Took care of everyone during the battle in HBP.

Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and tended to the wounded/dead.

Probably had to deal with hundreds of students who misused the Engorgio Charm.

Madam Pomfrey deserves your love and respect.

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How much sputum can my patient produce in a shift?!

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I work in the Technology-Dependent ICU. THIS IS MY LIFE.

When you turn the patient and they try to die

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Also... SHORT GUT KIDS!

PATIENTS WITH GASTROENTERITIS

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Brewing coffee kinda sounds like suctioning a trach.

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Coffee is forever ruined now..

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@nurseeyeroll you can NEVER ruin coffee.

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These are necessary.

Los Angeles–based designer Emily McDowell was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 24, enduring nine months of chemo and radiation before going into remission.

“The most difficult part of my illness wasn’t losing my hair, or being erroneously called ‘sir’ by Starbucks baristas, or sickness from chemo,” McDowell writes on her website. “It was the loneliness and isolation I felt when many of my close friends and family members disappeared because they didn’t know what to say, or said the absolute wrong thing without realizing it.”

The 38-year-old designer has been cancer-free ever since. But the emotional impact of the experience lingered, inspiring her to design a newly launched series of Empathy Cards—emotionally direct greeting cards that say the things she wanted to hear when she was ill.

The blurbs about each card are great to read (click on the photos), as is the Slate article describing the inspiration for the card line

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@nurseanonymous

http://iglovequotes.net/

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When TJC arrives on campus

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Oh no! He needs chest repressions!

My 17-year-old brother-in-law (via nurseanonymous) the-nerd-chronicles it makes me so happy that she reblogged this.

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Epic is everything.

Hello! I have a question for you and all other nurblrs. Do you have any experience with using Epic? My hospital currently uses McKesson Clinicals for charting, but we're switching to Epic in January. I just wanted the opinion on Epic from Internet nursing friends! I'm excited for it because McKesson is obsolete, like so obsolete that IT support is being discontinued. But change can be intimidating! Thanks!

I love Epic. Epic is actually the only EMR type that I’ve used throughout nursing school and now at my current facility. Epic is pretty commonly used in my area (the Midwest) mainly because we’re near enough to HQ in Madison, though Cerner is another commonly used one (they’re based out of KCMO) (can’t say anything good/bad/otherwise on them since I haven’t used their software).I like Epic because even though there are different things that you can have based upon your facility’s preference, it is pretty much all layed out the same and is quite easy to manage. I went through 3 different healthcare systems in our area with clinical and work, all with epic, but all with slightly different things to them. The slight differences were only noticeable because someone pointed them out. You can see all of your orders on your main page (the patient care summary) and see things like what tests, labs, consults, etc are still required/need to be done. You can also add little comments in certain areas. On my unit and I think really throughout the facility we like to add what kinds of access we have and what we have going through it (ex. RFA 20G PIV – Amio @ 0.5 – or what have you). The lab section is pretty useful and you can look at how your patient’s labs are trending. Our Epic links up pretty well to our radiology system, so you can also pull up imaging right there (even I as a nurse can do it, which I find is nice for the docs if I can pull stuff up on my COW or in room computer while they are rounding on the patient). We also have a special section for our EKGs too, so you can pull up the EKGs on the computer and see what was read and what Cardiology thinks. Our titratables section is nice so you can organize all of your drips in one spot (particularly helpful when your patient is sedated, on pressors, amio, insulin, paralytics, etc.Notes are simple to write, easy to organize. It’s easy to see other people’s notes and get an idea of what the plan is for the patient. The encounters section is fairly helpful when your patient is in the OR, so you can see fairly easily if the patient is in the OR, did they start the procedure, did they end the procedure, etc. We’re currently in the process of putting our blood tranfusion forms into Epic and I think we just put our trauma forms in there too (though I might be wrong and we may just be scanning the sheet that we had prior to that). I really don’t have too many complaints about Epic. It’s pretty fool proof and it has a lot of really useful things that I don’t even use. Anyone else use Epic (I’m sure there are lots of you)? Comments? Complaints? 

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nurseanonymous we need this. This is fantastic. 💩☕️

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When I try to get a handle on all of my responsibilities

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2-2-1-b-gallifrey:

I made an art. Or something.

It’s been way to long since I last drew something

I love this. Seriously, if you sold this as a print, I'd buy it, frame it, and hang it in my house. Yes, my house. That I own.

I'm an adult I swear.

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infinite-abysses it's okay. They couldn't hear you. 😳

How to feel like an ass in less than 30 seconds

Partner: can I take a blood pressure in your left arm?

Patient: I don’t have a left arm

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I do not wear shoes because they make me fall down.

My first time walking in Danskos