Another coworker found dead in her apartment. She had a daughter under 2. She was such a bright spot—like sunshine, goddamnit! I was just sitting next to her last week. She was trying to figure out how to use a childcare voucher. Fuck I hate the world sometimes.

Why Do Some People Get Sicker Than Others from COVID? | The Brink | Boston University bu.edu/articles/2022/…

Forget portfolios. I need to diversify my macrophages.

If you could share one medical fact with the entire world that you believe would save lives, what would it be?

Me, after I change the Brita filter.

Mine does 🤭

What’s the last thing you forgot to pack for a trip? Feed me your travel wisdom.

The Circle of Life™️ is brutal but didn’t use to bother me as much as it does approaching 40. I can’t even watch nature documentaries anymore because the hunt makes me uncomfortable and yet I consume true crime like I’m numb and trying to feel something.

American Hospital Association AONL HealthLeaders An organization that’s in bed with aha and healthcare insurers opposes mandated ratios and favors lean staffing isn’t shocking, it’s obvious. She obviously hasn’t been at the bedside in 40 years, come work a triple in the icu, take 9 pts in med surge acute.

American Hospital Association AONL HealthLeaders “Mandated ratios don’t address systemic issues…” what?!? Lack of mandated ratios IS a systemic issue. Will it fix everything? No, of course not! But it will create an environment where we can start to work on other things.

American Hospital Association AONL HealthLeaders Staffing is never in the hands of nurses. I can’t count the number of times I’ve told a nursing supervisor that we are understaffed and was told to suck it up.

i’m tired of hearing politicians thank healthcare workers for “resilience”

This is far superior to “Aggressive behavior will not be tolerated”

Is she on all fours scrubbing the grout with a toothbrush or is she dead? Questions my therapist has asked herself while I am on all fours scrubbing the grout with a toothbrush.

Is your patient a consumer of American healthcare? 😉

TLDR; it’s pizza. | PBS NewsHour pbs.org/newshour/healt…

Thinking about the time I spilled methylene blue on the tile floor 6 years ago and the stain is still there

Laziness is a form of protection because if I wasn’t lazy I would [redacted]. Just being real.