Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
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It's crazy. Want to be a CRNA? You could, but then people will just think you have an ego and are just in it for the money Want to be a NP? You could, but everyone will think you're trying to replace the job of physicians. Why can't people not be tilted towards hating a certain career because ONE nurse you worked with was a pain? It's mind boggling. submitted by /u/Elegant_Bee849 [link] [comments]
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by forgetting an interval of restraint charting and been called back to fix it 🙋🏼♀️ I got home after a 12 hour 15K step shift and was so so so excited to shower …. And I get a call saying I forgot my 18:00 restraint charting 🤦🏼♀️ Sigh. submitted by /u/MurkyDevelopment6348 [link] [comments]
I started my shift at 2300. I do internal travel float pool. I was at an outlier hospital that I haven’t been to in over a year. I was on a “surgical care suite” floor. I got shitty report and was told that this pt (we will call him Mr. AAA) was on a heparin drip and had a AAA repair 7 days prior. I go in after report, do a quick assessment and pt reports his last BM was 9 days ago. WTF. Not mentioned during report but whatever. He was getting oxy PRN q4 around the clock so it checks out. His abd was rounded, no pain, had faint hypoactive sounds and was passing gas so that’s reassuring. I need to address this but it’s not emergent at this time and I have 3 other patients to get report on so I made a mental note to circle back on this. I move on to verify Mr. AAA’s heparin drip settings and then I see a full bag of K 20meq hanging from IV pole. It was spiked and tubing was in a pump channel but the pump channel was off and tubing was not connected to the pt’s IV. Great, during report th
I landed the nursing job at Cedars Sinai!! Officially moving to LA!! submitted by /u/JJKandJournaling [link] [comments]
Had an established appointment for my work physical at 0800. Get there 5-7 min early, park, and walk to the front entrance to enjoy the morning sun. There are two other vehicles in the parking lot (this is relevant). A moment later a man and woman get out of one of the vehicles and as the man approaches he asks if the door is open yet? I look up and he’s got a fish hook in his left pointer finger. I introduce myself and ask if I can take a closer look. The nail bed is cracked, the barb is buried, the finger is numb and pale. The front doors open up and as I turn to walk in there is another gentleman walking past me to enter. This is the other vehicle in the parking lot. The 3 of us walk inside, there are 3 receptionists. One asks for the first person, I wave my hand to the fish hook and tell him you have an emergency you can take my appointment. Apparently, this pissed off the other patron. “Hey man, I was here before both of you and I have an appointment, who the fuck are you to cut m
i was at an annual check up with this PCP w/ a complaint. the MA rooming me asks her questions and then asks the "when was your last period" question. i said 3 years ago and she wanted an exact date. i remember it being in the month of march and i was thinking out loud. i say something along the lines of, "well i know it ended in march.. not sure when the start date would be but if i had to guess... let me..." she then cuts me off and says, "i don't care about the date it ended, whenever people in healthcare ask this question we want the start date. i could care less about the end date. why don't you have that app that tracks your period like the rest of the girls your age?" (hard to tell in writing, but her tone was pretty nasty) i just got off a shift that morning and slept 2 hours to be able to get this appointment, so i was a lil more emotional than usual. i was so pissed off i just kinda froze. so many thoughts... 1) you didn't even let me finish my answer. 2) when i was getting p
My cousin is currently in her final year of nursing school (general nursing track) in Vietnam. During her clinical rotations across various hospital departments, she has collected some of the weirdest, funniest, and most absurd patient stories. I wanted to share 10 of them with you all: A high school girl came to the hospital with her parents, who insisted she was suffering from severe appendicitis. After a quick clinical examination, the doctor bluntly told them, "Appendicitis? She’s literally in active labor and about to give birth!" Outraged, the parents accused the doctor of lying and attacked him. Half an hour later, the two parents were holding their newborn grandson, completely stunned and speechless. An 85-year-old man was brought in by his son and son-in-law for a hemorrhoid checkup. The doctor diagnosed him with grade 3 external hemorrhoids that required surgery, but also casually noted lesions consistent with genital warts (HPV). Furious and embarrassed, the son and son-in-l
Any pay incentive? Rules/requirements? Etc. Not on call, to be clear. Just push back for a scheduled shift. Like you’re scheduled for a 7 AM shift and you’ve been pushed back until 10 AM. You may be pushed back again or cancelled for the shift if you’re not needed at 10. submitted by /u/elizzzzer [link] [comments]
Is a quote one of my patients said today when I asked if they had gotten their COVID shot last season to update their records. This circus in charge is really the biggest disease out there submitted by /u/Educational_Sir3783 [link] [comments]
Oncology nurse, been one my entire career (4 years). Worked some bedside jobs and moved to outpatient clinic a year ago. Great pay, 2 remote days a week, the whole nine of soft nursing. My god I am starting to hate it, mainly because of my coworkers. When I first started everything seemed fine. It’s a small specialty clinic (4 providers, 5 nurses) that’s part of a large cancer center. Everything just feels like it’s starting to sour. We’re all under 40 in this clinic, and it was great at first. We all got along smoothly. Now I’m starting to just plain hate it. I feel like I’m constantly walking on eggshells. There’s new bullshit drama every week. Someone is always mad at someone else for some convoluted reason. It’s fucking stupid. Unfortunately I am stuck here because I make good money and the job market is shit. Tomorrow I have to sit in on a meeting with my supervisor because two nurses can’t get along. I’m not involved, but supervisor decided everyone should be on the meeting for w
I’ve been a nurse for 2.5 years. I’ve worked ED my entire career thus far. I started in adult and moved to pediatrics thinking it might help to boost my morale, but I’m more burnt out than ever. The trauma and suffering is also just too much for me I think. I try to have a positive mindset and work hard, yet I still cry from stress/anxiety/anticipation before nearly every shift. I work at a hospital with good nurse patient ratios, but the chronically ill patients, rude people, long hours, and night shifts are weighing on me so heavily I feel like I’m about to snap. I know a lot of others have felt like this. Was healthcare always like this?? submitted by /u/Evening-Passenger885 [link] [comments]
Today I babysat a delirious 97 year old and prevented her from falling out of her chair. What did you do? submitted by /u/Head-Lawyer3080 [link] [comments]
So, I’ve been a nurse since 2011. No kids of my own. Have spent most of that time in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health working with adolescents and adults before I got my current job in outpatient family practice just over two years ago. Today I took a call from a NICU NP who wanted to coordinate care with one of our pediatricians - her two week old patient was being discharged on home hospice. Baby has been in the NICU their entire life. It’s stuck with me all day, I keep thinking about how fragile life is. So I just wanted to say thank you to the NICU nurses out there. I couldn’t do what you do at the bedside every day - I only helped facilitate a phone call between two providers about this and it made me pause. Thank you for being there for these babies and their families. submitted by /u/Top-Lawfulness9338 [link] [comments]
I’ve only been a nurse for about 2.5 years. In that time I have worked on a GI floor (while still a student), did my preceptorship in cardiovascular surgery (hated it), worked on a pulmonary unit for a year ( hated it), worked in outpatient addictions (meh), and now I am working in psychiatric emergency. During all of these experiences I have simultaneously worked in oncology/palliative care research. I went into nursing to become a psych emerg nurse, so I thought that this would be it— I would finally find my place in the world of nursing!… But I still feel like I am missing something . All of my previous experiences have had pros and cons and I feel like I have acquired a wide breadth of knowledge in just a couple of years… but I am worried I might never be satisfied with where I work. For nurses who have been in the field for a decade or longer, did you eventually find your niche? If not, did you learn to accept that no place will ever be the right fit for you? (I also have ADHD so
I just accepted a job as a dispensing nurse at a MAT (methadone and suboxone) clinic. I was told that the dress code is “business casual” but when I went in for an “interview” (it was really more like a chat) the nurse that I would be working with was wearing a cartoon chart scrub top and jeans. That would have been the perfect time for me to ask about dress code again but of course I didn’t. Everyone else appeared to be in more business casual attire. I don’t start for a couple more weeks, so I have time to buy some clothes (my current wardrobe consists of scrubs and ratty leisure wear so I would definitely have to shop for anything business casual). My understanding of the job is that is it extremely patient-care-less. I’m dosing patients, maybe occasional assessments, the worst of it is probably testing urine maybe? I don’t know a whole lot about the gig yet, honestly. So I’m not sure if pockets are a high priority. WWYD? Business casual? Scrubs? Combo (like scrub pants with BC top)
When I was a CNA in long term care, we had two separate instances of a child of the resident coming in to visit their elderly parent who was using a low flow O2 nasal cannula. The visitor shut off the concentrator and booked it out of the building. … An assassination attempt, apparently. This didn’t go well. Concentrator alarm went off nice and loud. We got it tuned back on, settings where they should be. Assessed patient. All was well. Visitor banned moving forward, obviously. I am curious how many others have witnessed a similar occurrence? submitted by /u/Sudden-World-2304 [link] [comments]
Hi all. Quick question to my healthcare workers, “ What do you think the best shift to work is between the following”: (5 x 8’s) 8am-4:30pm (4 x 10s) 8am-6pm (3 x 12s) 7am-7pm I’m in Nuclear Medicine so there can be days when there is a lot of down time, and the days can drag. But I love the idea of having 4-5 days off a week, but I realize those 3-4 days on im exhausted. I’m not really cooking dinner or going to the gym how I’d like. Is this something I’d adjust to? What’s your preference? M-F (5x8s) aren’t bad because you have your entire evening free, but two days off just isn’t enough. And most corporate businesses are always closed while im working 🙄 submitted by /u/HighlyFavored7777 [link] [comments]
Out of curiosity. My current place of employment has no pay bump, no time off incentives, and I have no interest in doing it because of the added responsibilities. In the past, I’ve worked in settings where the charge nurse role came with an hourly pay raise or an additional 12H of paid time off per scheduling period. For people who have successfully avoided the charge nurse role, what did you say to your management? submitted by /u/Forsaken-Egg-9896 [link] [comments]
As seen in Bristol, Connecticut; good to know some of us can keep a sense of humor whilst the world is on fire! submitted by /u/merryone2K [link] [comments]
I graduated nursing school in September of 2024. I landed a job in my dream unit Cardiac Surgery Stepdown in hopes to move to the ICU once I was comfortable. I was there for 1 year on nightshift which I actually didn't mind. I liked my job but I did feel like I wasn't learning as much as I could. The stepdown has 3:1 ratio and most were stable. After a year I decided to try out the Emergency Department at the same hospital which is Trauma 1. Talk about a change lol. Chaos and lots of personalities that didn't take the job as serious as I did and I left after 4 months. I am now working at an outpatient clinic. The work is so easy and I now feel like a glorified secretary. My ultimate goal is to go back to school for CRNA. That being said I need at least 2 more years of ICU experience. I am currently working on my bachelors online for 1 year. I am unsure if I should try to get back into the ICU or just wait until I've completed my BSN and apply then. The clinic is M-F and would allow me
I was working night shift last night, and around 6/6:30 a pt tells me she is nauseous. I know that the night residents are changing shifts and wouldnt answer so I told her I was gonna tell the day resident when they come on the floor. The resident comes at around 6:45 and I let them know immediately. She tells her attending, and when the attending goes in the room the pt tells her that shes been having chest pain and nausea all night and told the nurse around 8pm. This literally cannot be true because I was in and out of the room, and myself and the aids were changing her all night. She was sleeping soundly until 6! When the attending questioned me about it, I told her what happened and that she never told me any of this. She goes on to say in front of all the residents and the head nurse, “I believe the patient because night shift nurses never do anything. We need night nurses like our good day shift ones. The patients are always neglected at night.” I was literally gagged like I coul
I admittedly went into nursing during the pandemic after my science degree because it seemed like a safe option. I liked science, healthcare, and the idea of nursing. I liked learning about medications and how the body works. However, once I started working, I quickly realized it wasn’t what I was looking for. I’ve been looking for options since then and it just feels like no one has further ideas, which had made me feel boxed in. Nursing made me realize I’m very introverted and find the amount of patient interaction in nursing draining. I like diving into the nitty-gritty details, but nursing doesn’t always allow that with the constant tasks to accomplish. Nursing has made me a better worker, a better multi-tasked, and strengthened my critical thinking, but I’d ideally like something where I can really fixate on details and have less interaction with people. 😅 I’m also wanting more flexibility as I’d like the ability to travel more than once a year. I’ve spent the last year exploring
https://archive.ph/t1ZMh This article was published in today's (7/30/2026) Seattle Times. Investigations and lawsuits to follow. This should be attributed to the police, although it will be interesting to see the timeline of when clinical staff noticed the patient was in distress and their response. submitted by /u/Arlington2018 [link] [comments]
So basically this is my 5th contract and I showed up to my first day and they told me the nurse I was supposed to be with for orientation called out so they stuck me with this lady that doesn’t normally orient. Within the first hour she got annoyed with me for acknowledging orders without her seeing them first so once she said that I assumed she wanted me to take kind of a back seat me first day and help out where I can but observe. At the end of the shift apparently she wrote a long email to the manager about how my judgement wasn’t good as a nurse and how I didn’t know the IV pumps and communication system they used.. I showed up to the second day of orientation and they fired me on the spot. I just feel like travel nursing is so unfair sometimes. submitted by /u/AcadiaSea8487 [link] [comments]
Hi everyone! I’m an ICU nurse and am working on a unit project to help bridge some knowledge gaps between ER & ICU, specifically when ER has to hold ICU-level patients until they get to our floor. I’m considering doing a “quick & dirty” one-page reference or badge buddy for our ER nurses to use when they’re in a pinch. Some of the feedback I’ve gotten from our ER nurses have been some quick-to-reference titration guidelines for drips, like sedation or pressors. Oftentimes, they start the drips but actually aren’t too familiar with our titration guidelines ever since we’ve been updating them (no shade at all, I get it’s a lot). Another suggestion is what to do when assisting a neurosurgeon placing an EVD emergently at bedside - any random procedure I can think of that they may not commonly do or would call us down for. I’ve asked a few of our nurses who came from ER & even texted some old coworkers for more ideas, but sadly they couldn’t come up with anything else 😭 Any other topics you
I have seen posts like this on here before but I really got my first full glimpse of it tonight. I work in the ED and often change assignments every 4-8hrs. Tonight I had a 12hr assignment and a 10hr hold MS hold. ~500lbs. Incontinent. Via EMS because they tried to get up today and couldn’t get up, insisted it was NEW TODAY!!! And that they ambulate at home w/o assistance. I take some time and grab 2 coworkers to help change and bed bath. Hella wounds everywhere. I explain to the patient that I need to photograph the wounds the EPIC phone for the chart. Pt consents. One of those classic you cannot please pts. They called me into the room at one point to tell me that they don’t like me… worst nurse they’ve ever had etc. then proceeds to question my intelligence by asking how dare I wipe her with wipes, and how dare I use an external cath (that she’s probably going into anaphylaxis from it) I am the one who caused these wounds etc. This person was so large we could not even turn them saf
I did rounds on my patient. Found him foaming at the mouth and panicked. I work at the hospital. I’ve never called a code before, so I got the nurse outside the room. I feel like should’ve called a code first. And called for help.! I was panicked I couldn’t think straight. I had a patient who was alert last time I checked on him and then next thing I know he’s foaming at the mouth. The patient coded, and went to ICU and later passed away. Do you think I did the right thing by getting help first? submitted by /u/Ok-Collar-8761 [link] [comments]
I’m used to the usual “daughter from California” nonsense. I’m used to the FTT dementia ridden granny whose family isn’t willing to accept that she doesn’t want this because “she’s a fighter”. We’ve all seen that. But lately like this summer I’m starting to really get sick of the families who are shocked and astounded that we can’t cure old age. Ma’am your 98 year old mother has been intubated on a vent for 3 weeks. We explained DAILY the exact difficulties we’re having weaning her and that she doesn’t pass any of the breathing trials. You had ✨3 weeks✨ to come to terms with this. We extubated, she did ok on high flow for a day before the secretions and work of breathing caught up for her and she went into extreme respiratory distress. Short of reintubating (no) which mom herself said no to, we have limited options. No she’s not “having a panic attack over being suctioned” she’s PANICKING BECAUSE SHE IS SUFFOCATING WHILE YOU WATCH. And then we have a palliative care meeting after I pus
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I’ll go first… The smell of pool floaties. The body bags my hospital use smell exactly like pool floaties. submitted by /u/emily_jcv [link] [comments]
hi all. im really struggling to find a job as a new grad. i had something lined up and it fell through extremely last minute. i live in a fairly rural state so there are very few options available to me in a hospital setting to begin with. but every hospital i apply to has filled their new grad residency spots, and when i apply for anything other than that i immediately get denied. im feeling so lost and worried that if i cant find a nurse residency spot i am never going to get hired. is this normal?? i genuinely had no clue it would be like this trying to get a job after graduation in nursing. for four years all ive heard is “you can get a job anywhere with nursing”. and now im really scrambling and feeling so defeated. submitted by /u/CanSimple6250 [link] [comments]
Inspired by another post. I've had the misfortune of sitting in on a lot of group interviews over the years. This was probably over a decade ago. Resume looks great. Long time PACU nurse at another hospital in town. Someone asks why she's leaving X and wants to come to our hospital and y'all -- This lady just launches into some rambling story about how all the anesthesia attendings at her old job were having sex with the (presumably much younger than her) nurses. She'd finally gotten fed up because everyone was busy having too much sex to get any work done so she went to HR, which put a target on her back because her nurse manager was sleeping with the department head and so she was fired. It was wild. She was naming names, getting kind of explicit in her descriptions, and all this was interspersed with angry rants about how younger nurses have no work ethic... probably half the interview panel was younger nurses... submitted by /u/Upstairs_Fuel6349 [link] [comments]
I love seeing threads like this. Share your most wicked vital signs and any context. For me, SpO2 of 1% (was <15% for 40 minutes), BP 18/?? (didnt realize a cuff can tell me question marks), art line 22/9- different pt., BG 14, HR 330 (SVT in neonate), rectal temp of 87.8f, lactate >20, K >10. one of these patients survived. submitted by /u/Open_Specific8415 [link] [comments]
I started working in home health a few months ago. I loved working with the elderly and listening to their stories. Today I was doing a visit with a patient who looked very sick when I first met her, she has been doing well over the last few weeks and today after my visit she is on her way out with her friend to have a girls day. I just adore older people that are still active and social. I wanna be like them when I grow up, I feel like that is beneficial to their health. I am just grateful to have met them and learn from them. submitted by /u/Kind_Crow5330 [link] [comments]
I just started my new job (ICU) and I’m SO OVERWHELMED. My most recent hospital experience is Telemetry (8 months) and I tried applying to this hospital, just shooting my shot. I didn’t expect them to actually hire me! I only know Meditech and EPIC is legitimately kicking my butt. We only get 2 weeks (6 shifts) of orientation and I’m drowning . I feel like I need a week just to learn epic alone, let alone all the equipment and procedures and everything else. I need encouragement please, I feel so discouraged. I feel so embarrassed going to work everyday feeling like I don’t belong, being the dumbest one in the room, feeling like they hired me out of pity or something. Everyone has been so nice and kind though, I just don’t think I belong here with the big leagues. Plus I’m terrified of accidentally harming a patient because I don’t have enough knowledge/skills yet. :( submitted by /u/vivrelavie [link] [comments]
I just feel like shit because I ended up having to trade this patient with someone else. I went into his room to give him his meds and he was just *so* mean to me. Like verbally abusive. Calling me an imbecile, a bitch, screaming so loud a male colleague came in and tried to calm him down. I lost my twin brother very suddenly around six months ago and I don’t know if I’m just more sensitive now or what but I started crying while he was screaming at me. In the room. I had leave him with the coworker for a minute. Came back in, eyes puffy, and then he berated me more for leaving. It was like he was happy that he made me cry. I came to my charge nurse still crying, who is also my manager and knows about my recent loss, and she switched him with another nurse’s patient. I feel so bad that I had to pass on that behavior to someone else and that I couldn’t just tough it out. But something in me just broke, I couldn’t take him just berating me and screaming at me without crying. I took the ot
I’ve only been a nurse for a year and some change and it’s hard for me to imagine the job being any different. When nurses say people are sicker now do they mean there’s more people with acute on chronic conditions? More people with chronic illness period? Is it because people are able to live longer with chronic conditions? What do you think has changed? submitted by /u/fataudreyhorne [link] [comments]
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Obviously a typo, but hilarious. They really need to proof read these if expecting serious applicants. submitted by /u/Dangerous-End9911 [link] [comments]
really puts it in perspective submitted by /u/negraarroyo308 [link] [comments]
I’m very excited to start my new job soon at an out-patient heme/onc office :) — I received an offer letter. Only question is I’m not sure what is the average base pay for new grad RN. Think this is a good start for a new grad fresh out of school? Thank you!! submitted by /u/McGraymane [link] [comments]
Hi everyone, I’m currently quite concerned about a situation with a patient… The patient has diabetes, and we visit her three times a day to check her blood sugar and administer insulin. She’s actually supposed to be on ATS, but she refuses to take it. Three times a week, she also has her dressing changed on her left foot. She often has small wounds on her toes or in her nail beds. When I visited her yesterday evening, I did notice that the nail bed of her big toe was a little sore, but it appeared dry, so I decided not to apply a protective dressing Instead, I put her socks on, which weren’t taken off again until noon. Today, the actual dressing change took place, during which the nurse was horrified to discover that the toe was covered in maggots. Now I’m really worried and I’m also blaming myself a little. My boss tried to calm me down, but I still feel a little sick to my stomach. submitted by /u/LetterPuzzled2080 [link] [comments]
I am just so fucking tired of this administration and their anti-science, anti-vaxx, anti-medication bullshit. Part of this is that I want to hear/read your thoughts and part of this is because I just want to vent/commiserate. submitted by /u/Butthole_Surfer_GI [link] [comments]
What did your initial contract process look like? I’m interested in being on negotiation team and would appreciate all insight! Tia submitted by /u/mama3Stoon [link] [comments]
I used to work in pulmonary outpatient, this is going to decimate seniors who already can’t afford $300+ inhalers. About to be a lot of shocked pikachus coming from a certain political arena submitted by /u/adamiconography [link] [comments]
Question: tell us about a mistake in clinicals you seen or experienced, how did you respond and what did you learn from it. New Grad Answer: I was walking in the hallways when I heard a monitor make that sound it makes when the heart stops. I ran into the room and I called a code blue and when I turned around, the patient wasn’t in the room. It was just a TV show making that noise. Me: and this was your first year. new grad answer: No, it was my final clinical year Me: and what did you learn New grad answer: I learned that I am able to take initiative. (This was one of the weird interviews I have been in. Interviewer gave wacky old man vibes) submitted by /u/BruteeRex [link] [comments]
Main water line break has caused our hospital and neighboring hospitals/facilities to be completely OUT of water while they try to fix it. EVS is handing out red biohazard bags for patient/staff bowel movements and porta-jons are being set up around the entrances. How’s y’all’s morning going? submitted by /u/juiceboxith [link] [comments]
I’m a nursing student and part time tech and I enjoy working out and running on days when I’m not working a 12 hour shift. However, some days I just feel really exhausted from a shift and don’t want to do anything the next day. I’m worried this might get worse when I’m working full time. What tips do any of you have for staying active while having a physical job and how often are you able to work out each week? Do you think it’s easier to stay fit working 3 12s or 5 8s M-F? submitted by /u/Commercial_Ad_735 [link] [comments]
Obviously Fox News intensely biased and propagandist (not choosing sides, just being observant and I don’t watch ANY mainstream news) but I had to actually comment out loud in front of the patient’s family that I’ve never heard this reference one time. Has anyone ever heard this ‘nickname’ for remdes? What are some other absurd things that you’ve heard “claimed by nurses”? Hearing this each day at work is so exhausting submitted by /u/ActiveExisting3016 [link] [comments]