I once “named” a baby who was up for adoption Amelia. When the adoptive parents came for her I told them I’d been calling her Amelia and even though they named her something totally different they gave me a thank you card and signed it [baby’s real name]/Amelia

“Not weaning sedation”

So good right? I was in shambles.

I was commissioned to make this cake for a Halloween party

It’s hard! Every unit has their quirks and that combined with so many different patient populations is definitely not easy.

Mostly unsedated intubated patient who outweighs me by like 100lb? Horrible

I had traveled with a patient literally twice since working adults and I doubled that in the last 2 weeks

It’s my least favorite thing and I thought the point of working nights and pediatrics is that we don’t routinely do these in the middle of the night WTF

Yeah I’ve been there too. The parents getting mad about lifesaving care is also not new, but this was on another level

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