EdTech Discovery
Argus

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.

Updated Sep 07, 2026 · 40 ideas · 18851 signals
Admin mode. Curation controls visible. Keep this URL (with token) private.

Signals

The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.

need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Just out of curiosity, how big are everyone's classes?

So far, I have a few classes with 35 students. Teaching 9th and 10th. I can physically fit 3 more students in my class as I have a total of 38 desks, but I hope it doesn't come down to that šŸ˜… EDIT: For those of you with 35+ students, how did you survive the first few years of teaching? submitted by /u/alienhuman8201 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Fall safety ā€œagreementā€

Does anyone’s hospital try and get patients or their families to sign a document saying they understand all the things they are responsible for doing to keep safe and not fall? I cannot wrap my head around the logic someone used to create this. My fall risk patients are confused and not appropriate to sign things and what family member would sign it? submitted by /u/GiveMeWildWaves [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

it’s official. I’m all out. No more patience.

Insane assignment and busy as fuck. Walked into a pts room last night and cheerfully said hi there my name is _ and I’d like to get you set up for an XR and mee maw with the quadrupole digit trop sat there and said ā€˜someone said they were going bring me a warm blanket it’s freezing in this hospital and no one brought me my warm blanket when am i going to get a warm blanket’ i missed no beat said ā€˜its so nice to meet you. I normally only get blankets for people who say please’ Goddamn if she didn’t say her pleases AND her thank yous after that. Edit: We got on well after that. She said apologized and said please and i got her a warm blanket and we laughed about how we wished we could plug it in to stay warm. I’m just tired of how I get treated at work on a daily basis. There’s no reason not to expect a small amount respect from others. If we don’t owe each other that, then i dunno what we have. And for some reason our profession has gone from being one that people truly respected, to on

Source ↗
behavior Aug 16, 2026
r/education

Teenage advocacy for educational reform

Hi, I just started my junior year of high school, and quite frankly I am disgusted by my state’s education system. It’s abysmal, requiring massive policy upheavals. Nobody is given the opportunity to live up to their full potential. So, if possible, I’d like to do something to change it. The problem is, I’m a bit stumped because I feel absolutely powerless. For more direct context, I live in New Mexico. It is one of (if not the ) lowest ranked states education-wise in the country, and from what I’ve seen is only getting worse. I know that this is also largely due to poverty, but one can’t help but feel like schools are designed to nip attempts of escaping impoverishment in the bud. I, myself, work with a tutoring group to help serve elementary school students who are behind, but my impact is small and it’s hard to make progress when (and I can’t emphasize this enough) they’re missing YEARS of content. I’m very worried for what the future might hold if things continue to trend downwards

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

When people tell stories about proving doctors wrong….is anyone else ever like ā€œthere’s no way the doctors told you thatā€?

Random rant, but I feel like people are constantly telling their stories about overcoming illness and ā€œproving doctors wrongā€ after being told there was no hope. I constantly see people saying things like ā€œDoctors told us we should give up,ā€ ā€œMy doctor told me I had 3 months to live,ā€ ā€œThey told me my son would never talk or have any quality of life,ā€ ā€œMy doctor said there was no absolutely chance I’d ever walk again,ā€ Or things like ā€œMy doctor said she couldn’t believe I wasn’t dead yet after seeing my test results!ā€ I mean…maybe I just haven’t met enough doctors, but I have literally never heard a doctor say anything even remotely along these lines lol, and if I did, everyone would be flabbergasted. Like what? They might say things like ā€œthe chance of ____ is very low,ā€ and I guarantee they throw in a ā€œbut, we can never be certain.ā€ Or they might say ā€œtypical life expectancy at this point is ___ months.ā€ Or they might say ā€œour recommendation is to focus on comfort at this point in th

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

It's been a year since I quit nursing for good (after 12 years). I don't miss any of it not one bit.

submitted by /u/BaraLover7 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

The first year is about keeping your head above water - but how do you actually do this?

6th ELA first year teacher. looking for tangible ways to make the first year run as smoothly as possible. 😊 thanks in advance!! submitted by /u/crabsbycalypso [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Lab

So last night I had to get a stool sample. Three different labels printed, i collected my sample and butterfly the labels and walked it down to lab. The tech told me it was unacceptable that way the labels was on, i said I did it before with no issues. He said it needed to be redone at bedside i said fine, give me the sample and I will go redo it. He then said nope and took the sample. I told my charge nurse who then went down and got my sample back, he had some words with the lab tech. My charge nurse said this guy is always on a power trip. Now I feel bad because I dont want my charge nurse to get in trouble for defending me. No matter what happens it always the nurse fault. He told me not to worry about it but I still dont want him getting in trouble for helping me. submitted by /u/ScarOk7288 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

AI photos on healthstream

We got AI photos in our health streams submitted by /u/emeritus_lion [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Doctor DRAMA

Five (yes FIVE) weeks ago I was the on-call OR nurse. I was called in once around 11pm and sent home, and then called back in around 2:30am for a c-section. So going on about 1 hour of sleep at this point. The c-section was urgent, not a crash. While we were waiting for the on-call Anesthesiologist to come in, the surgical tech and I went to open the OR and count instruments. When I got to the patient’s room, there seemed to be little urgency (the patient was talking on the phone to their baby’s father about locating her birth plan and him getting to the hospital). When she finally ended the call we headed to the OR. The OB who was doing the c-section came with us to the room while her spinal was placed. I then quickly did a vag prep and inserted a foley and was putting on sterile gloves to start prepping her abdomen. At this point the patient is lying awake on the table, the L&D and neonatal nurses and Neonatoligist are in the room. The doctor looks at me and claps his hands and says

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Drug testing

On the first workday this school year I was called by the principal to a conference room where the two top district HR people were sitting. They told me they have a "credible report" that I have been using illegal substances. I was obviously caught completely off guard. They would not show me the information they had, and told me that I needed to go take a urine drug test at a local clinic, of which they had already made an appointment for me. They asked if I had been using illegal substances, to which I said no. I told them I have been to local legal tobacco or vape shops and used their products, which are completely legal here. They told me that that doesn't matter because those products are "unregulated." I left really upset and went to go do the urine test. I assume I will fail it. By the way, I had no option as to whether or not to take it, as they said dismissal could be a result for my refusal. I legitimately have no clue what their "information" could be. I have never brought o

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

AITA for delaying a case in the OR for a fly in the room?

OR nurses I need your opinion. Everyone else is welcome to chime in as well. So we had a nasty shit fly in the OR flying around in the actual room not in the halls not in the department IN THE OR. We were trying to kill that thing and in the process became increasingly aware of the fact that our ORs are beyond disgusting. We slapped at the fly on the room lights and I kid you not, pounds of dust fell to the floor. We slapped at it on the boom dust bunnies were hopping around. We literally could not believe how much dust was not kept up with in our OR. Anyway long story short the charge nurse calls in and asks what’s the hold. We tell her there’s a fly in the room and we’re trying to kill before either the patient comes back or before it lands on the setup. She tells ā€œOh we don’t delay cases for flies or insects in the room.ā€ I was flabbergasted. We talk about surgical conscience and how if it was our sweet sweet mamas or family members we would change our gloves or break down an entire

Source ↗
behavior Aug 16, 2026
r/edtech

What should an AI tutor refuse to do?

If a student asks for the answer to a homework question, should the AI give it? No one can guarantee understanding, but the task gets complete. Doesn't this defy the whole point of education and building fundamentals? Curious how people actually building AI/edtech products are thinking about this. submitted by /u/art3mis_8 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

What’s your mantra this year?

I need a go-to saying to help me let things roll of my shoulders this year. What one-liner keeps you sane? submitted by /u/BabiesAndPaperbacks [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

I feel like I may have been bait and switched for my new job

I recently moved out of state and was only offered one job that I had to take at a charter credit recovery high school. I’ve taught 6th grade for 4 years so already a big adjustment. I was told I teach for 20-30 minutes and then the kids work on credit recovery on their computers. Hours are 7-4 with one planning period a week because of the minimal work. Students enter the building tomorrow, but here’s what’s come up this past week. Tuesday I met the teacher I was taking over for. I asked her if we could sit down and discuss how things go, tips, methods, content etc. her response was ā€œmaybe if I have timeā€. She got back to me Friday at 3pm, so I just emailed all my questions but haven’t heard back yet. We were promised a new teacher binder with schedule, handbook etc by Friday, we never go it. I planned my first few days just to find out that they’re doing literacy testing, so my plans are none useless. Friday we have a few students come in to visit and one goes ā€œoh I asked my teachers

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

First Year Teacher - How Far in Advance should my lessons and content be ready?

I am going into the second week of school. My plan is to have a weekly outline of what I will be teaching during different time blocks and the general unit/lesson number. It’s taking time trying to learn the curriculum, the tech, and everything else being a new teacher at a new school entails. I don’t think even if I wanted to I could plan every lesson down to the detail more than a few days in advance of teaching it. Is it acceptable to have my lesson and content ready about 1-2 days before I actually teach that lesson or should I be aiming to be further ahead? Everything is going smooth so far, I kicked off some of the academic units last week, went over classroom expectations and routines, and to be honest it was an extremely smooth and successful week. I am just stressed trying to get my head on straight and knowing how far ahead I need to have content developed to be successful. If it helps, I am a 6th grade teacher in a k-6 so I have multiple subjects I need to prep for each day.

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Do students have the right to fail?

This came up in a PD the other day. The presenter said ā€œEvery student in your class has a right to learn.ā€ And a high school teacher asked, ā€œDo they have the right NOT to learn?ā€ I teach in a very small district, in a very rural town. A lot of the students in High School stop showing up and actively want to leave school for various reasons. I am curious to hear others thoughts on this. Do you think students should have the right to opt out, to fail, to NOT learn? Particularly, students 16-18 years old. submitted by /u/schnitzel247 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Ai everything

Everything we have is Ai planned. Every questions, slide, and test. Half of it isn’t even coherent, the other half isn’t even on the objective. Love being a teacher, but this year we’re really just buggy robots… Also being observed every 2 weeks due to grants that our school had to take. So going ā€œrogueā€ isn’t an option due to the amount of prep it requires to make sure all standards are being met with these various groups. The ai does do that, ā€œfollow the processā€. Yet there is no actual learning taking place in the lessons. 5th grade, ELA submitted by /u/Fancy-Hornet5229 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

PD bingo ideas

Hey there! A friend and I are making funny bingo cards to pass the time during our back to school PD meetings. I’m looking for funny additions to put on them. I’m thinking things like ā€œthe presenter says data drivenā€ or ā€œwrite a response on a sticky note activityā€ submitted by /u/Difficult_Two_2201 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

What foods/beverages keep you going thru the teaching day?

I’m running on energy drinks and go-gurt type snacks just to maintain throughout my schedule but I’m assuming you guys are healthier and have your life together so how do you do it? What snacks or anything do you all bring to work to keep your energy up to do everything teachers are tasked with doing while at campus? (It’s like we have no down time from the minute we get to school to the minute we leave…and still it follows us home too.) I love the teaching life I just need better eating habits but how do you actually blend the two? submitted by /u/AdvancedStrawberry7 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Students can’t pronounce words with ā€œrā€?

I teach in Arkansas, and I’ve been seeing an alarming amount of kids that cannot properly pronounce words with ā€œrā€. For example, ā€œsisterā€ is pronounced ā€œsistaā€. ā€œProblemā€ is usually ā€œpwoblemā€. Is this happening in your schools, too? What do you think is the cause of this?? How do we fix it? Edit: I teach 8th and 9th grade. submitted by /u/Confident-Change-799 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

OFFERED POOR PAY?!

To sum it all up. I was offered a job position of $31 from a hospital that I previously left (2 mo ago). Prior to my resignation, I had a base of $31, shift diff of $6, plus the hospital monopolized and $4 more were added prior to me leaving. I made $41/hr! HR at this other job position said to me and I quote… ā€œbecause you’re a rehire with 3 years of experience we’ll have to drop your rate back down to $31/hr. Are there any questions?ā€. I immediately said ā€œyes, I’d like to negotiate my offer. I am currently salaried but if I were to take that into an hourly it’s $36. Could we aim for this?ā€ … they said to me ā€œI will reach out to the director and see what they thinkā€. Well needless to say it’s been about a week now and no response from them and honestly I’m okay with that. The least they could’ve done is matched my current pay. I even excluded the shift diff! That’s ridiculous. Especially since I’m not new grad. The sad thing is I’ve had 2 years prior of vascular surgery, general surger

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Modern Medicine doesn’t value quality of life in America

What the title says. The amount of patients I see that are continued to be hospitalized when their outcome isn’t necessarily going to improve is a lot on my surgical floor. We are a level 1 trauma with no nearby level 1’s so I get to work with many TBIs, some hospice and a surprising amount of demented patients (high fall population). I get that there may not be a better place for them to go, but sometimes, many times, it seems like there has to be. And if there isn’t, then we need to be better ourselves at accommodating these complex conditions. I sit often, as I’m still a tech. I get to spend 12 hours locked in rooms with these types of patients often. It hurts my soul watching these people remain bed ridden, possibly restrained, in an unfamiliar place with sparse visitors. To be so alone, confused, and with no light at the end of the tunnel, is incredibly depressing. That’s not to say I hate my job though, because these issues are the reasons I love it. I get to be the person who is

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Kids not bringing supplies

So I teach middle school science. Love it! One of the things I detest though is kids not bringing paper. Like a month after school starts, they just don’t care. I’ll email their mom and the mom will go buy paper, but the kid doesn’t bring it to class. So this year they get a piece of paper that I exacto knifed out of composition notebooks. They’re going to complain that there’s no hole punched or that the edge is wonky. To which I will reply, ā€œIf you don’t like my paper, you’re welcome to bring your own. It’s like the golf pencil guy on here, but for paper. submitted by /u/Hungry-Following5561 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

The most toxic relationship ever…. Teaching

I used to love teaching—and I still do—but my love for it is different now. My ā€œteacher job descriptionā€ gets longer and longer, yet the bonuses and pay seem to become less and less. With our bonuses being cut significantly in May and no other bonuses in sight, I’m realizing just how much I’m barely surviving. And with performance-based pay… that makes it even harder. I’m sitting here making a grocery list with $10.77 to my name . That’s not even enough for a decent meal, let alone the ā€œMeet the Teacherā€ one-pager that goes out tomorrow—which they prefer to be printed in color. I love my students. I love teaching. But loving what you do doesn’t make the financial reality of doing it any easier. I’m just tired… and the school year just started. submitted by /u/Exotic_Mammoth1573 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

My school is a jeans on Fridays school šŸ’”

My last school did NOT care what we wore. I wore jeans and a t shirt probably 80% of the time. I wore pink crocs most days. My new school only allows jeans on Fridays and I’m pretty sad about it. I am an awkward size (short and very muscular) and professional pants rarely fit me. They’re either falling off and dragging on the floor or so tight they look like leggings. Now I have to buy a whole new wardrobe and have to be uncomfortable all day. I can’t even wear dresses because they expect us to still wear school t shirts even when we can’t wear jeans edit: Can’t reply to all comments but just wanted to clarify, school shirts aren’t required but strongly encouraged. I bought a couple skirts edit 2: The skirts look like I’m wearing some kind of sexy teacher costume oh god. It’s going to be a long year submitted by /u/TallCryptographer106 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Patients who want their tonenails cut šŸ˜‚

"Hey nurse, do you have time to cut my dad's toenails today?" "Sure! I've got a 25 cent hunk-of-garbage clipper in par stock. Should be no problem!" submitted by /u/TruthWarrior27 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Maternity leave question

I am 25 weeks pregnant. My HR director has me scheduled for leave starting November 20th since my due date is the 30th. This year, I have 7 students. I’m a moderate to severe disabilities teacher so they are with me all day. I have one aide and she is amazing. Our case manager is not. She leaves early and gets there late every single day. The principal does nothing. They expect me to arrive before my contract time and leave 15 minutes after our ended contract time for nothing. So I have been leaving them with the SRO when the bus is late. Our case manager leaves 15 minutes early, so I’m not standing around past my time for free too. I have enough sick days that I can take off after fall break (Oct. 16th) and be out until I come back from maternity leave right before the end of the school year. My doctor said he would write a note putting me out. My principal and coworkers all think November is when I’m going to be out. Should I just come back in October saying I was written out and let

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Measles

How many measles pts are you guys seeing? I work in Pennsylvania, and we are seeing multiple a day in the ED. It is absolutely wild. It is mostly in the Amish community, because they don’t get vaccinated. The frustrating thing is we never used to get measles pts with the Amish. It is because they interact with the general public, got it from the unvaccinated general public, and now it is spreading like wildfire throughout the Amish community. submitted by /u/HubbaBubbaBubbaWubba [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Is nursing really worth it?

submitted by /u/Emergency_End_7290 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Leaving the ER. Feeling judged.

Tried out the ER for 8 months. Pretty soon into it I knew this wasn’t for me but I told myself to give it a year. I cannot do this anymore. I’m putting my mental and physical health on the line to care for people who berate me every day for things outside my control. The fact that wait times are 6 hours is not my fault. I have 3 other patients, one who is critically ill, and me not seeing you for an hour doesn’t mean I’m lazy. I’m sorry your mom got put in a hallway bed and needs to be changed in front of everyone. Being verbally and physically assaulted by drunk/high people who get a pass and come back every day to cause trouble and waste our resources isn’t my idea of fun. Stupid people are making more stupid people. I have such a pessimistic outlook on life. I pride myself in trying to provide the best care possible for my patients and that’s not possible here. We have no support from things like social work or pharmacy at night. I tried this out to expand my skillset but I’m just n

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

I love my cuddly parents…

Kid is a hot mess, but parents can’t be bothered cause they’re too busy cuddling with each other on the sofa lol. šŸ˜‚šŸ¤¦šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļø submitted by /u/umrlopez79 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

How long did it take to get tenured?

I am currently going onto my 6th year teaching in my 4th district. I get a annoyed (and somewhat jealous) when newbie teachers get tenured their second year of teaching. First year(first district): probationary year 1 and was non-reelect. 2nd & 3rd year(second district): temporary contract and was laid off due to mass layoffs within the district. 4th & 5th year(third district): probationary year 1 and probationary year 2. Was disappointed and shocked to be a non-reelect. 6th year: currently looking for a teaching position in a new district. I have heard some teachers spend years bouncing from district to district until they get tenured. I am thinking this might be the case for me. I am also contemplative leaving teaching as I do not want to continue on this path and I am beginning to worry that Principals will see a pattern that I don’t last long in a district. My teacher friend is in the same boat and during an interview the Principal asked why they should hire her if she had a patter

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

No Dual sign off for blood?

Does your facility still require dual sign off with 2 nurses for blood products at the bedside? I’m hearing some hospitals just scan the blood and nurses just double check with the computer nowadays. Is this a common thing??? I don’t know but it seems wild to me to see this practice… and a little unsafe IMO. submitted by /u/sweetdivin3 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

In my nursing era

My little niece turned 7 and had a Taylor Swift themed party today. We made cute bracelets. submitted by /u/thatChickfromtheChos [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

​What are some appropriate 20-minute shows or episodes for elementary kids (for fun friday)?

I like to put on 20 minute episodes for fun Fridays (keeps their behaviors in check all week + takes the workload off me + it's relatively quiet in the room during fun Friday). Are there any other suggestions, please? I would be very grateful for any ideas. submitted by /u/Fit-Shoulder-2164 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

My patient’s rhythm conversion with digoxin

No PHI in the photos. This was about a month ago. I had an Amish patient who came in with no history for ā€œnot feeling wellā€ due to ā€œmild chest pressureā€ and was constantly in A-fib/RVR. BP was initially fine until I gave Cardizem. The push alone decreased his SBP from 140 to 100 over about 10 minutes, and the doc asked me to still start the drip and just give fluids if needed. Systolic rose to like 110ish, so I started the drip at 5. Monitor said the MAP was suddenly 50-55 at my first q5m BP with a rate still >140/150 🄲. Patient was still as responsive as before (moaning and pale but oriented x4), but I stopped the drip and could barely auscultate a manual BP while my preceptee alerted the doc. I pressured-bagged fluids in my other line while I waited. When they returned, doc looked at the patient and just sighed. We got the BP to come back up a little then pushed digoxin. Waited. Nothing happened. Waited. Nada. So my preceptee and I return to our computer just outside the room. I see

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

RN moving to Philly

Hi all, I recently was offered a job on Jefferson Methodist Hospital’s PCU and was absolutely shocked at the rate they offered. The recruiter told me I’d start at $54.02. I’m moving from Columbus, OH, where I’m making $36.70 also on a PCU. I have three years of experience and am wondering if this offer is insanely high for my experience or am I just out of the loop? Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/jtodd94 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Help me understand the dying process

I had the privilege to be with my spouse as they passed. They were diagnosed with stage 4 terminal cancer, and honestly, the realization that "today" was THE day, took us both by surprise. Hope is blind. We both knew the writing on the wall. My spouse begged me to go home so I could be rested for the next day, and I did, but couldn't sleep so went back to the hospital. What I would like to know is how much my spouse suffered because I couldn't leave their side as they were "transitioning." My spouse was given morphine to ease their passing and I was told I should request more if they seemed like they needed it. They did. But I was so adamant about not leaving their side, I think I might have made their passing more difficult than it should have been. Watching them pass, and gasping for the last breaths is a traumatic vision I can't ignore. Please don't sugar coat anyting. I'm well aware I failed my spouse. I just wonder just how difficult it was for them. submitted by /u/Lover_of_Lucy

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

What kind of cargo are you hauling around in your cargo pockets?

I carry my cell, my drug phone, and trauma shears, sometimes a stethoscope, even rarer to have a pen. If I work in certain areas I'll have another phone and a pager. submitted by /u/deadecho25 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Is it really this bad?

First year teacher starting school in 2 weeks. I’m teaching 6th grade and I’ve heard I have a good group. But because all the teachers I know irl and online are super cynical about the start of the school year, I’m wondering if it’s really going to be that bad? Or do people just need to vent submitted by /u/awalruswalksintoabar [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

Escalated a patient going into sepsis during shift change, patient's daughter complained about me instead.

Caught a patient going into severe sepsis territory right before shift change and informed the docs, got a whole bunch of orders and people to come into the room right at shift change. Handed off the patient in stable condition to night shift only for patient's daughter to start yelling at me saying I was being rude and rough with her dad all day and that she was gonna report me to my manager. The reason? Because earlier in the shift one his IV started leaking so I removed it but I had to apply extra pressure because it was bleeding a lot. He screamed. He was also the type to jump and scream anytime you flushed any lines, i.e. I'm torturing him. When I was starting to sepsis bolus I couldn't find his IV for a minute so I was turning his wrists around and telling him to keep them straight. An absolute lunatic. Why I gotta do that? When I left, there was another angry family member in another room wanting to speak to the CEO because the patient's BKA touched the edge of the CT scanner an

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/nursing

First time coding my own patient

I’ve been an ICU nurse for 4 years and assisted with ~3 codes in which I was either the recorder, compressor, or the one pushing meds. But last night, it finally happened to my own patient. Internally, I kept saying, ā€œwhat the fuck… what the fuck… no way this is happening,ā€ while simultaneously seeing the monitor alarm asystole, seeing the A-line go flat, and feeling no pulse. I yelled for a crash cart, then remembered I’m in a negative-pressure room with the doors closed, so no one could hear me. I ran to press the Code Blue button and then started compressions. It felt like forever waiting for the team to come in with the crash cart and Zoll. My coworker took over compressions, and I helped put pads on the patient. After two minutes of CPR, the patient had ROSC. The patient is still very sick, but alive. And for the first time, I can say I’ve actually had to code my own patient. It was such a surreal experience. What was your first code experience like? submitted by /u/Beautiful-Viol

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

First year teacher

This is my first year of teaching and why am I crying EVERYDAY? Is it normal to feel lost? submitted by /u/queteimportacaca [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Just started my last school year. 1 PD week down 179 school days to go!

Hey reddit. I just started my last school year. I made a post earlier in the summer that was very supportive and people asked me to document when I encounter the last time I have to do something. I am 100% retiring at the end of this school year and just found out Star Wars Starfighter is coming out on my last day of school forever, nice! 179 student contact days left, 20 sick/personal days (yes I am using them all). I just had my last ever PD week and like the many before it, this week was full of lots of wasted time doing meetings when we could have been preparing many many other things. During one of these useless PD meetings Admin referred to parent communication as ā€œcustomer service….ā€ Since I am a sped teacher, in between meetings I organized and distributed hundreds of IEPs and 504s to gen ed teachers. I also had my last argument with sped admin about how distributing paper copies of multiple 20 page documents to every teacher is a poor method of sharing legally binding informat

Source ↗
need Aug 16, 2026
r/Teachers

Teacher parent stress

I turn off my notifications after contract hours, but I spend all night stewing over what I did throughout the day and what parent will be mad at me. I can’t turn it off. It doesn’t matter what I do. And whenever a parent is mad at me I just fall apart. I don’t know what to. I honestly think I could just stop teaching all together, but I know this stress would follow me anywhere. I think teaching would be the perfect job for me if this wasn’t happt. submitted by /u/Final-Elephant4945 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 15, 2026
r/nursing

Management reactionary to floor staff standing up for horrible and unsafe staffing conditions.

TLDR at the bottom. Context: least paid ER in my city, level 1 trauma, 80% floor staff is travel RNs, department is in the middle of a mass exit We have a union & I'm core staff, and we have safe harbor. They are using the excuse of "orientees are extra hands" Trauma has frequently had 15:3, and we're lucky if we have a 50:2 for our lobby. We're in the middle of the eye of the storm situation where this is our lower census time of month and we're going to hit a HEAVY upswing with past trends of 90+ in the lobby holding well into the 30s for admits. Our quick turn area has frequently been used to 'stablize' resus patients who have the potential for a room vs going back to resus. Keep in mind we have ONE cardiac monitor for this area. Of course we've been breaching our protocol for patient treatment vs what our management wants. Recently we had someone die in our lobby and just a couple days ago and orientee who was being used as a functional floor staff medicated the wrong patient with

Source ↗
need Aug 15, 2026
r/nursing

Pharmacy sent heparin drip instead of lidocaine drip.

Yes, they sent me the hush money (chocolates). And i encouraged them to lightly haze their coworker for that almost big whoopsie. Anyone else have a good whoopsy story. Please share! submitted by /u/OneSmallTrauma [link] [comments]

Source ↗
need Aug 15, 2026
r/Teachers

Building drama

This year is going to be interesting if the first two weeks are any indication. I just want a quiet year. I don't think I'm going to get my way. So what's the drama at your school? Make me feel like this isn't that bad. We have Incoming parents continuing an attack on another teacher because they "heard" about the "problems" from last year. The problems were that she's structured and doesn't let the kids push her around. But the attacks from parents are now reaching outside the private Facebook group. Parking spaces. Of course. We now have more teachers who need paved spots for disability access than we have paved spots. One sided drama between teachers. Teacher A is newish and hates teacher B and has not been quiet about it. Teacher A bitches about teacher B to anyone who will listen. Teacher B is an experienced teacher and is not taking the bait, using the "kill with kindness" tactic, which is causing teacher A to melt down even more. Teacher C is absolutely paranoid about something

Source ↗
need Aug 15, 2026
r/Teachers

What to do the last 10 minutes of class as a High school Math Teacher?

Hello everyone, I am at a high school that is very strict with phones. Some times I finish a lesson and we have 10 minutes of downtime before class ends. What can I do to keep kids entertained during those last few minutes in order to keep them off the phones? submitted by /u/Few-Worldliness-4692 [link] [comments]

Source ↗
Showing 14301–14350 of 18851 signals
← Prev Page 287 of 378 Next →