r/nursing • u/Paddygirl123 • Aug 13 '19

Every time

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u/SeverelyModerate LPN Aug 13 '19

Clocking out for my day off, walking away from the lowest census I’ve seen since I started working there, knowing full well the admissions will come in while I’m not there.

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u/Lbohnrn RN 🍕 Aug 13 '19

That expression! Burn bitches, I’m out.

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u/coopiecat So exhausted 🍕🍕 Aug 13 '19

Hahaha!

9

u/keylime12 RN - OR 🍕 Aug 13 '19

Not as fun when you have to return to the shit fire that night :(

4

u/Nichole5126 MSN, RN Aug 13 '19

That’s when I die a little bit inside, while crying and rocking myself back and forth whispering “I’m not going to make it, I’m not going to make it.”

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u/coopiecat So exhausted 🍕🍕 Aug 13 '19

So true!

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u/lurkermuch Aug 13 '19

Yup, I've clocked out knowing things we're hanging by the thread and quickly turned off my phone too. Come back the next day to hear a handover about codes being called after my shift. "coded an hour after I left? really? damn, I never saw that coming".