Do you ever have a day where you just can’t catch a break? We know you do. Sometimes, sharing the bad days can be lighten your load and make everything feel worthwhile. We collected some of the good and bad things that those in healthcare experience on a daily basis, summarized as a #OneSentenceShift.
My trached patient didn't want to wake anyone by ringing the call bell.....so they waited till I walked by and threw a piece of paper at me. And they giggled when I came into the room with the did you just...face.
— thegreatchuckbambino (@ChuckMastan) August 5, 2018
I have a new favorite patient. #OneSentenceShift #medtwitter
Why did my pt just ask me “what are the hours of the morgue?”
— cait (@cbrooksie1) August 1, 2018
......#onesentenceshift __
I don’t need a motivational quote. I need coffee. #onesentenceshift #nightnurseproblems
— Kori Renee Davis (@korireneedavis) August 8, 2018
Patient chewed through vein in wrist. #onesentenceshift
— scrubsNsquats (@scrubsNsquats) August 7, 2018
Tonight the runs of pharmacy are taking a toll which is evident in the paper-rock-scissors we play in order to decide whose turn it is to go! #OneSentenceShift
— NurseNoodles (@NurseNoodles1) August 6, 2018
Going to check on your patient who’s oxygen level is at 63% b/c a visitor took it upon themselves to take off their high flow nasal cannula “ so that he could eat some pudding”...... #onlyintheicu #OneSentenceShift
— ThatRevolutionaryNurse______ (@BougieLa) August 7, 2018
When the patient says they’re a hard stick and it usually takes multiple tries to get a line in and you sink a 20g on the first attempt #OneSentenceShift pic.twitter.com/3VVxx28teN
— Megan Marie (@megasaurasss) August 1, 2018
When you yell “I NEED SOME HELP!” in the lobby at the hospital, which is right next to the ER, and cause a small handful of adrenaline-filled ER nurses to come running...
— Brennen Bassett (@theb2_agua) May 17, 2018
It better be because someone is freaking dying...
Not cause you need a bus pass. #onesentenceshift
Intubated pt wrote on a piece of paper “Can you scratch my balls please” __ #OneSentenceShift
— DirtyThirtyRN (@DirtyThirtyRN) May 1, 2018
“Ma’am you can’t walk around the ER naked” #onesentenceshift pic.twitter.com/UeqcqKni1K
— HM RN (@hollymarieau) July 29, 2018
My thumb is numb from popping the tops off of vecuronium every hour last night #OneSentenceShift
— rach (@rachel_szy) July 28, 2018
not sure there is any amount of alcohol that would make me jump out of a moving car..... apparently my pt did not feel the same way _______ #ERnurse #traumanursing #butwhy #OneSentenceShift
— Resting Nurse Face__ (@nurse_face) July 28, 2018
While putting in a foley, pt says “boy, my pecker’s dried up like a sardine.” ________ #onesentenceshift @onlyintheicu
— Nurse Crankypants __ (@NurseCrankyICU) August 15, 2018
A cardiac arrest was interrupted by a man streaking down the hall. #OneSentenceShift
— Fresh Face, RN (@That_ER_RN) August 10, 2018
Pt rings call light
— Audrey Friesen (@audrey_friesen) July 24, 2018
Me assists pt with needs. “Is there anything else I can help you with?”
Pt: “no”
5min later, pt call light again
Me: assists pt. “What else can I get for you?”
Pt: “oh nothing, I’m good”
repeat call light process _________#OneSentenceShift
#OneSentenceShift
— The [Saucy] RN (@leiranettah) July 20, 2018
Patient: sees me walk in frowns
Me: “Hi, I’m going to be your nurse tonight, can I bring you anything after report?”
Patient: Looks disappointed “Like...the whole night?”
Me: “Yes....”
Patient: “Oh...” sighs
Me: pic.twitter.com/cL4NITLqqQ
I swear, getting one patient that is genuinely thankful for the care you provide undoes the negativity from like four unthankful ones. #medtwitter #Nursing #onesentenceshift
— ED Mermaid, RN, BSN (@ED_NewGradRN) May 31, 2018
My success of the day was turning a pair of hospital undies into a headband
— Lindsay B (@lindz_oso) July 20, 2018
Laughter distracted her from the pain for a moment#OneSentenceShift #nurselife #RNlife #Nursing #caring #medtwitter
