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A nurse’s version of a no good, very bad day

This is your first patient:

And this is your second patient. She would like you to know that she’s a very big deal.

You’re hoping the new guy can handle it…

He can’t.

But it’s cool. It’s not like you’ve been waiting to use the restroom for six hours or anything…

THEN, somebody mentions that there’s cake in the break room.

Things are finally looking up, only…

You’ve missed it, although you’re just in time to watch your coworker eat the burger her boyfriend hand-delivered.

You check your work bag for food and a boyfriend. You have corn nuts.

And that’s when you remember you have charting left to do.

By the time you’re ready to clock out, you’re a shell of a person. But passing by your patients, you get this:

And this:

And this:

So by the time you reach the door, you’re feeling more and more like this:

And things are pretty okay.

 

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