Sick Sister RN 🍂

emergency • level 1 ((emotional)) trauma

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

I’m just a girl, at the Pyxis, trying to remember what my patient’s name is

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

So so so tired of the “know your place” rhetoric that nurses are told when ~literally~ practicing within our scope

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

@pandycakez Booooooooo. It is what it is. No rush, take care of yourself first always

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

@pandycakez sounds normal to me, then!!! 😃😃😃

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

Here’s the dirty secret of emergency medicine:

We don’t have to do prior auth. Like ever. We just order what the patient needs, and the patient gets it done in the ED.

But here’s why we care about prior auth anyways:

B/c not a shift goes by where a patient doesn’t land in the ER as a last resort when #priorauth denied or delayed them the outpatient care they needed.

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

There is something REALLY wrong with a hospital system expecting its doctors and nurses to care for children with bullet holes in them but not allowing those same people to advocate for gun violence prevention.

Your politics are showing.

Do better.

[Howdoyousaythat, BBQ @TriageNurseMD]

Went out with my ER colleague for wings and he pulled out hospital nitrile gloves to wear while eating wings

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

@pandycakez Enjoy yourself. See new things. Try new things. Remember that life goes on and there are so many beautiful things to discover. Each day is a new chance to find something. (Also if you’ll be in Philly I hope to come across ya one day! 💖)

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

Please let my patients have their medications! You are so annoying!

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

Insurance companies keep practicing medicine without a degree and also keep pissing me off every time I have to call them to argue with them

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

BREAKING: In an emergency alert, #Philadelphia residents (~1.5M people) have been warned to not drink the city water due to a new chemical spill upstream into the Delaware River.
All over the city people are rushing to stock up & stores are limiting purchases.

[Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis @RevJacquiLewis]

If Black kids are old enough to experience racism, white kids are old enough to read about it.

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

@pandycakez Do what’s best for you. It’s worth it.

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

@circus_nurse And I’ll get even more tired as the hours go on! Watch me!

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

Coworker 1: “What a day.”
Coworker 2: “It is 9:13am.”

[Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen]

flatly insane that your doctor can say “you need an mri” and then a little while later your insurance company can be like “lol no you didn’t”

[Sick Sister RN 🍂 @philamergency]

@TraumaSoapBoxes Cardiac arrest on the ramp outside our department 👍🏼

[Barstool Philly @BarstoolPhilly]

Mummer ER doctor went from the parade to the Eagles game where he saved someone’s life.

Philly has the best fans in the world.

[Kathryn Ivey @kathryniveyy]

Every time I do CPR on someone elderly with a CVS receipt of comorbidities, poor quality of life, and prolonged critical illness I feel like I am committing a war crime

[Kat BSN, RN, CCRN🩺✨ @SaltyLikeSaline]

In nursing, I feel like you never forget your firsts.

Your first admission.
Your first code.
Your first comfort cares.
Your first CPR.
Your first time zipping a body bag.
Your first time calling a family whose loved one isn’t going to make it.

I remember each one.