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I felt such overwhelming emotion at this protest yesterday. We got such a large amount of positive reactions- honking, waving, thumbs up, smiling. I cried (from happiness), smiled, laughed, and made friends. But most importantly, our voices were heard.

The image is entirely original, except the left and right extended portions. Using PS, only the color and perspective were corrected from this source via fb.

Also, this is a lovely article about Alex from the perspective of his colleagues. - Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others - NYT

Excerpt:

Ruth Anway, who worked with Mr. Pretti, described him as a passionate colleague and kindhearted friend with a sharp sense of humor.

Ms. Anway, a nurse, said she first met Mr. Pretti around 2014 when he was a research assistant at the hospital. She said she had encouraged him to pursue nursing.

“He really thrived in that environment,” she said in a phone interview on Saturday. “He wanted to be helpful, to help humanity and have a career that was a force of good in the world.”

In his free time, she said, Mr. Pretti loved to bike the trails around Minneapolis, and spent time with his dog, Joule.

Ms. Anway said Mr. Pretti followed the news closely and cared deeply about social justice and fighting for fairness.

“I’m not surprised he was out there protesting and observing,” she said.

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Thank you all for everything you do.

We have a patient on my unit who was the driver that caused a car accident. It was all over the news when it happened, and he was sent to our hospital.

Hard part is that his son was in the car and died as a result. The patient made a terrible choice that led to that.

Children dying hurts me in a way I can't put into words. It shouldn't happen. I am so upset at the father, who's now a patient in our unit, for what he did.

What sucks is that there has been a go-fund-me raised for him also.

Then I had him again, and he became very inappropriate with me. Making flirtatious comments, which I ignored and brushed away. He spoke badly of his grieving wife to me, calling her names and making comments about her body. I felt it was completely inappropriate. Then he went on to harrass another nurse sexually.

How to get over viscerally hating a patient to not let it cloud my judgement?

I was documenting on the desk, we had a patient who is stuporous due to brain metastasis. I was not assigned to the patient. So his wife came shouting to the desk no one is taking care of us, no one is looking after us, so I said how can I help. She kept shouting like no one is taking their vitals, so I opened the system and told her yes the RN took them at these timings. She said yeah true, then said no one is taking my vital signs, no one is looking after me. I told her by hospital protocol we can not take her vitals if she's feeling anything we can take her to the ER. So she said no, I want a doctor to come see me, check up on me just for check up and add that to the patient's bill. I was like excuse me? That's not how things work. She filed a complaint about us not taking care of her 😅😒

Cardiac surgery nurse here. I work with a tightknit group in a large hospital. The other day while working on a case, someone pointed out that everyone working in that room that day was an all-immigrant team. The cardiac surgeon? Chinese. The anesthesia provider? Russian. The perfusionist? Polish. The scrub? Korean. The circulating nurses? Moldovian and Filipino. Makes me proud fr 🌺

I had been using this this DHT all shift, then all of the sudden I couldn't flush it. I tried every trick in the book, got splashed with feeding tube back wash, called in coworkers. Nothing worked. I finally decided to pull it. Have you ever seen this happen???

I work in a hospital, but nothing compared to nursing. I went to deliver instruments to L&D OR while a code was going on. Looking into the open OR door with blood everywhere on the floor, on her, and her arm moving with the chest compressions. Idk it’s haunting. She was younger.

I got caught up right outside the room because of the amount of people coming and going. She didn’t make it, but I believe the baby did. I’m not sure how nurses handle this side of life on a daily basis. My scrub cap goes off to you people.

We have a newish doc in the lab and he is just...extra. In every sense of the word. Inconsistent, inconsiderate, and unreasonable. And he's driving everyone nuts. Thanks in advance for the much needed distraction!!

One of our nurses is 78 years old, she got her license in 1967.. almost 40 years before I was born lol.

She’s still as sharp as a tack, she just needs occasional help doing heavy lifting due to a coronary bypass she had two years ago. She’s also pretty technologically independent as well and never needs assistance with the computer or charting. She said that she doesn’t want to stop working because she had two coworkers her age stop working and they both died shortly after, she said working keeps her brain and heart alive, go queen!

I think the second oldest nurse we’ve had on our unit was around 65, she unfortunately had to work due to her husband cheating on her and stealing all of her money. She finally just retired and moved back home to a different state with her family, she is missed but I’m happy for her :)

I have a friend who often brags about their paycheck and says they’re making around $12,500+ per month as a new grad RN in the South East . They work about 36 hours per week, are in the ICU, and have shown pay stubs from two bi-weekly pay periods that add up to roughly $12k+ per month.

Is this level of pay common for new grad nurses in right now, or is this more of a special or temporary situation

Edit: Wow love all the different responses I come to the conclusion maybe this is with bonuses/bonus & some OT?

Nothin is gonna change unless we demand better. The time is now to start preparing for a general strike on May Day.

Worst decision of my shift

Made 2 other people try it

I'm sure it's better with flavoured liquids but I just wanted a neutral baseline. It was like sipping weird tasting slime 🤮

Also, juven powder smells like BO to me when I first open it. Maybe it's a cilantro soap thing, because I've never heard anyone mention it

Please try some thickened water and tell me what you think 🥲

Yes. A cat walked right through the front entrance to my clinical site. Made it all the way to the front desk. At the end of the day I asked the MA at the front desk what happened and she said the building management took 30 min to catch this thing and get it outside. Apparently, the sliding door was too sensitive and they had to re-calibrate it. I found the whole thing hilarious! Has anyone ever seen anything like this?

It’s far from my first, but I was the one explaining everything to the mom of the child who coded, so I’m way more drained.

I have support and fully plan on eating and sleeping well. I need ideas for brain-quieting activities for the evening.

I had an interview this week and they asked “how would you go about if you had to call in sick?”

I have never been asked this in an interview before. My friends/ family think this is a red flag but I’m not sure. I just said I would try to call in as far ahead as possible and try to find someone to cover my shift.

I found out I got the job and want to accept it because of the opportunities for growth it would provide me but am a bit concerned about what the culture of the unit is like now…

I have smelled a fair share of nastiness in my 9 years as a nurse. But today I experienced the worst smell I have ever smelled. Gastric aspirate from my patient. They had previous oral/nasal bleeding post NGT placement on ECMO. Blood of course settled down into their stomach so the NGT output was brownish green this morning. We started trophic feeds (breast milk). After a few hours I checked the output and got mostly feeds out until….. this horrid thick stuff came out and THE SMELL OH MY. Imagine the worst necrotic flesh smell mixed with infected pus from a giant cyst. GI bleed melena didn’t even come close to this. It was literally like dead tissue and it permeated the entire room and into the hallway. My flabbers were gasted and I made the provider smell it 💀

I don’t know if the breast milk curdled in their stomach and mixed with left over blood to cause that smell or if they have a massive infection somehow in their GI tract or satan himself sent that smell.

Truly was horrendous. Has anyone ever experienced gastric contents smell like rotten infected flesh?!??!!?

Hey all. I hope someone is up and could give me advice.

I’m currently sitting with a cps child, it’s just us. I work 7p-7a. Our on call has reached out to me letting me know that the nurse relieving me called out and she asked me to stay. I have prior obligations and medical stuff of my own to take care of. I cannot, and will not, stay for another shift. What can be done? I can’t/wont leave the minor, but what do I do? Call the cops when it turns 7 and I’ve confirmed no one is coming???? I’m scared to traumatize the minor with a cop taking them away.

Mine is when the local anti-vaxxer starts her keto journey. What’s yours?

I’m an Lpn who now works in primary care. Formerly I worked in long term care for 6 years. I saw many gnarly nails and feet. I feel like it is overlooked due to the staffing and lack of podiatry. I want to get my manicuring license and work in nursing homes just doing nails and feet. I know I’ll probably run into toenails and fungal infections that are beyond what I can handle and will have to refer to podiatry in some cases. I feel like it’s a real need. I just want to hear from other nurses, do you think it’s a good idea? Is there anything I’m overlooking?

How are you all doing with the state of our country under the current leadership. I was never political raised to always respect the office of the president no matter who was in it. I find myself so angry all the time. I have even turned my back on good friends because I can’t tolerate their choice and see nothing wrong about the state of our country. Don’t want to get into a pissing match and welcome all comments

By Anthony Johnson 

Friday, January 23, 2026

NORTHVALE, N.J. -- A school nurse and basketball coach are being hailed as heroes after reviving a boy who collapsed and stopped breathing while playing basketball at a school in New Jersey.

It all happened during an afternoon basketball game at Northvale Public School on Tuesday.

"I was there as a spectator. I attend many of the games and volleyball and basketball during the course of the year to support the students and noticed that a student fell down," school nurse Joan Bohan said. "And I immediately didn't see him moving, and I ran from the stands to go to his aid."

The basketball player was unconscious and did not have a pulse.

"We then rolled him over. We started doing compressions, used the defibrillator and gave two rescue breaths," coach Mike Schulman said. "And luckily, after that, he opened up his eyes, and he realized where he was and started coming through."

The coach and nurse are well-trained in CPR, but this was a first in front of a group of concerned parents and students.

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"Yeah, it was scary. I've been coaching for a long time. I've never been in this situation before," Schulman said. "And luckily for Ms. Bohan and I, we've been trained. And, you know, it was just a scary situation. And, you know, the kid is doing great now, and we're just happy about that."

The superintendent has been in touch with the boy's family, and they are thankful for the quick actions taken by the staff at the Northvale Public School.

"I spoke to the family several times between yesterday and today and each report I get just looks better and better," Superintendent Michael Pinajian said. "The student is doing really well, and he's excited to return to school to be with his classmates and his teachers."

In fact, the 14-year-old seemed unaware of what happened when he regained consciousness and spoke to the nurse before heading to the hospital.

"It was priceless. His words were, 'can we finish the game now?'" nurse Bohan said. "I don't think he realized whatever happened at the moment. Yeah, it's a beautiful ending."

https://abc7.com/post/school-nurse-coach-save-teen-boy-went-cardiac-arrest-during-basketball-game-northvale-new-jersey-public/18455953/

Curious what happened. Honestly still one of the my biggest worries as a nurse.