😒 Scrubs and Side Eyes

Tag: healthcare

  • 🌙 Three Doubles Down (and Somehow Still Standing)

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    I’ve officially completed my third double…and somehow— this one was surprisingly calm. Everything just… flowed. Nothing out of the ordinary,No major chaosNo alarms going off nonstopNo beds or chairs screaming for attentionNo running room to room trying to put out fires It was just… steady. The healthcare gods were definitely on my side this weekend—because…

  • ✨ Second Double: Smooth Sailing (…Almost)

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    Double number two—done ✔️ And surprisingly… smooth sailing. Nothing major,nothing crazy— just one of those shifts where you almost don’t trust how calm it feels. 👀 There was a moment though… where a family member somehow let out two residents and I’m like— ummm… excuse me, sir??what are you doing?? 😭 He said he didn’t…

  • 🙏🏼 Three Doubles and a Prayer

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    Three back-to-back double shifts this weekend, followed by an 8-hour on Monday… yeah, it’s giving no rest for the emotionally unstable. But somehow, I lucked out—I’m covering the paradise unit today. My favorite. The vibes are just… different here. Less chaos, more control (well… controlled chaos). I’ll take my blessings where I can get them…

  • 🌙 A Q-Word Double… (Did I Just Jinx It?)

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    You know you’re not supposed to say it…but somehow, this turned into a Q-word kind of double. But honestly?Four days off after this, so I can’t even complain too much. This morning started off good. No complaints.No emergencies.No wound changes (a miracle, truly). Just a little anxiety from one resident—but that’s expected with her. Other…

  • 🌤️ Sunshine Shift: A Reset We Didn’t Know We Needed

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    Yesterday felt…off.Maybe it was the thunderstorm coming, the gray skies, the heavy air–but my mood was definitely not it. Nothing major even happened.No emergencies.No chaos.No “drop everything, we need a nurse” moments. It was a stable Saturday…with an unstable mood. But today? Completely different story. The sun is out, there’s a nice breeze,and I’m sitting…

  • Paradise Shift🌞: Don’t Get Too Comfortable

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    Back at it again. Different shift.Different unit.Different residents.Different vibe.and whew…. what a change of pace. Covering some vacation shifts and I’m not even going to lie — this feels like paradise. No major behaviors. Residents are mostly independent.And right now? We’ve got gospel reggae playing in the background and it’s a whole mood. Like….smooth sailing…

  • The Final Shift: (Don’t Say the Q Word) 🤐

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    The double has officially started. And surprisingly… this morning has been calm. Too calm. And if you work in healthcare, you already know — we don’t say the Q word. I’m not about to jinx the rest of this shift by getting too comfortable. So for now, I’m just going to take it for what it…

  • A Stable Father’s Day Weekend (Suspiciously Stable)

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    This weekend was…..stable. And in long-term care, stable is basically the gold standard — like, we don’t ask questions, we just say thank you and keep it moving. It was Father’s Day weekend, which was noticeably quieter than Mother’s Day. We only have five men on our unit, so it wasn’t exactly a full production.…

  • Back in the Groove…Kind of

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    Julie Kay
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    Senior Week is officially behind us, and my daughter has wrapped up her primary school era. Between end‑of‑May chaos and early‑June celebrations, life has been a whirlwind. Beautiful, emotional, exhausting — all of it. But now that graduation is over, I can finally feel some of that weight sliding off my shoulders. It’s been about…

  • And It’s Only 1030….😒

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    This weekend has been one of those “is it the full moon or just healthcare?” kind of weekends. One of the residents had an unwitnessed fall – totally fine all day and night – then wakes up confused, incoherent and seeing bugs on the dining room table. Of course. He’s a frequent fall, stubborn, independent…