Trauma Nurse Adventures: The Texas Years

One day I woke up and realized I'm not a baby nurse anymore. I'm not even a young nurse. I'm a real adult who has now been doing this for years, and I'm definitely expected to know what I'm doing at all times. And that's fucking terrifying.

Friday, September 6, 2024

September 6

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How has it been 10 months since I last blogged? I can't promise that I'll ever update regularly again, honestly. I hit the point a w...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

November 22

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Well, it's official. I'm off orientation and on my own at the new job. It's a little nervewracking, but overall I think I'm ...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

October 24

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I successfully ran a rapid infuser during a trauma the other day, and a coworker was surprised it was my first time ever running that partic...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

October 18

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It's been two months since I started my new job, and there hasn't been a single shift where I've regretted making the move. Sure...
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Sunday, September 3, 2023

September 2

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It's been quite a long time since I've been the noob at work, feeling lost every day and like I'm drinking from a fire hose any ...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023

July 27

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I had to go to the new hospital today for all of my pre-employment stuff screenings and fittings. It was strangely exciting to be back, alth...
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Thursday, July 6, 2023

July 6

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What's up, yall?! Hopefully everyone still has all their fingers after this July 4th holiday, yes? Actually, that's why I'm upda...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

June 21

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Road trip and race time! This was my second half marathon, done through the Vacation Races company. Their whole bit is to host races by Nati...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

June 20

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Hey guys! Remember that time that I was fed up with the unsafe staffing levels, unhappy with my job, and just generally over the whole thing...
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Thursday, January 12, 2023

January 12

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A half-naked lady is brought in by EMS after being picked up from outside a gas station. She's loud and twitchy and disheveled but also ...
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Saturday, December 10, 2022

December 9

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I can't believe it's been six months since the last post...although I keep saying that every time I go months without posting, so ma...
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Friday, July 1, 2022

July 1

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A staff bathroom in the ER - placed head-scratchingly close to the ambulance queue spot in the hall and also the charge desk - broke the oth...
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Thursday, April 7, 2022

April 7

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I promised y'all a followup post to the spicy email saga, so here we are. And yet the fall out was much, much different than I expected....
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

March 22

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One of the reasons I'll never be in administration is that I am completely incapable of keeping the spiciness at bay enough to be a Real...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022

March 10

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It's no secret that one of the worst parts of the ER is dealing with the awful, terrible people that come in. Not the "I'm havi...
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