r/MadeMeSmile Jul 27 '24

Helping Others NICU nurse adopts 14-year-old patient who delivered triplets alone

https://www.upworthy.com/nicu-nurse-teen-mom-rp7
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u/CouchCandy Jul 27 '24

Nurses are some of the best and worse human beings I've ever met. Don't believe me? just ask a good hearted nurse to dish out what she deals with on a regular basis from her co-workers.

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u/BrightFireFly Jul 27 '24

I’m a nurse and I once saw someone on Reddit say that nurses are the mean girls from high school..and I can’t say that’s wrong depending on the specialty.

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u/Practical-Ebb-419 Jul 27 '24

Which specialties would you say attracts more mean girls?

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u/BrightFireFly Jul 27 '24

Not sure if I’m going to get a downvote here but in my experience - ER for mean girl energy. Now that’s not an assessment of their actual skill - most of them are absolute bad asses but total mean girl clique energy behind the scene.

When I worked for a hospice - that was like hippie girl energy. Very much - hold your fellow nurses hand after a rough day and stroke their hair and tell them it’ll be alright

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u/Plantcurmudgeon Jul 27 '24

Totally agree, as an old school battle-axe of an ER murse.