Working in healthcare can be extremely stressful. The demands of the job, limited resources, long hours, big expectations, lack of support, and gruesome experiences leave their mark.
Content creator ‘Tribe Nursing,’ an emergency room nurse, recently went viral online. He asked doctors, nurses, EMTs, and other healthcare workers to share all the things that they’re refusing to do or buy because of the traumatic things they’ve seen while on the job. You’ll find their insights and stories below.
#1
Orbeez, small magnets and pill batteries
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#2
CHIROPRACTORS! People need to know that the person who started it was a con man😭
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#3
Anything Styrofoam
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According to one study, depression, burnout, and stress are extremely prevalent among emergency department (ED) physicians. Between 15.5% to 19.3% of ED workers were found to have depression, 18% to 71.4% dealt with burnout, and 19.5% to 22.7% experienced stress.
These factors led to lower job satisfaction, less compassion satisfaction, less life satisfaction, and higher intentions to quit emergency medicine. In other words, the stress of the job has profoundly negative impacts on these workers’ private and professional lives.
#4
Shop vac. Had a patient that had her leg nearly amputated because her shop vac exploded
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#5
Why is nobody talking about mandolines🫢
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#6
Monthly contact lenses
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Meanwhile, another study found that the key sources of stress and distress for general practitioners (GPs) are related to emotion work, practice culture, and work role and demands.
Namely, GPs are required to manage and respond to violent or confrontational patients. They also have to deal with collegial conflict, bullying, isolation, and a lack of support in the workplace. And they have to worry about making potential mistakes, complaints, appraisals, inspections, and their finances.
#7
i’m a vet assistant in tech school and a retractable leash for a dog
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#8
Flip flops 😳 damage done by flip flops on escalators 🫣
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#9
NO CLAW CLIPS WHILE DRIVING
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Do we have any Pandas working in healthcare in the audience with us today? What are some of the biggest challenges and daily sources of stress for you at work?
What have been the most traumatic things that you’ve personally witnessed, and how has that affected your habits and purchases? If you feel like sharing, feel free to do so in the comments at the bottom of this post.
#10
I’ll never look at alcohol the same after seeing end stage alcoholic liver cirrhosis. I’ve cut it completely out of my life.
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#11
cosleeping. i don’t bash moms who do it but me? seen too much.
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#12
Former EMT, I refuse to not have my dog secured in the car, for her safety and mine. She rides in a crash-tested crate.
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#13
Crocs, as I tripped once running to a crash call. Never again.
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#14
Balloons and orbeez are not allowed in my house
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#15
Pork scratching 🤮
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#16
Pediatric nurse here: batteries
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#17
car journeys with a full bladder
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#18
those damn electric scooters
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#19
I’ll never push someone in a pool.
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#20
glass straws
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#21
high heels 😭
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#22
Home births…as a nicu nurse
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#23
Not workout every day or even take a walk. If you know you know.
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#24
NEVER DRIVING DRUNK the amount of sad situations and bad traumas I’ve seen…
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#25
E-anything. E-scoot. E-bike. Nope nope nope.
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#26
Feet on dash, not wearing my seatbelt, tanning beds
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#27
Noo trampoline!!!!! My toddler is not allowed idc what anyone says!!!
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#28
E-Scooter, motorbike, skateboard, fireworks, glass/metal straws, trampoline, dogs, four wheelers…
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#29
Horse riding and motorcycles are completely banned in our household
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#30
I never Carry any aerosols in my car . I never leave phone chargers plugged in but not in use. Tragus piercings are also a no.
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#31
Button batteries. I will NOT buy anything with button batteries.
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#32
popcorn, i avoid nail guns, energy drinks, .22 pistols, seatbelt is low and snug, and i still drive an automatic with two feet.
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#33
3rd year psych resident…..I will never use chat gpt due to the amount of psychosis episodes I’ve seen it induce in many patients 😭 very random but it’s scary!!
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#34
Hair down near machinery or fast moving parts. Seen a lady get her scalp removed from her long hair getting caught in machinery at work.
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#35
At this point, pretty much everything
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#36
Steak off a grill cleaned with a wire brush… not a trauma but seeing how close that wire got to his carotid through his throat 😳
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#37
As a nurse the most simple thing I refuse is over medicating my kids. I do not have a cupboard full of assorted meds. We run out to get Tylenol if we can’t naturally cool a fever first and Benadryl on hand just incase. That’s it
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#38
I honestly would say a car but as humans we use them daily as a girl who has had a lot of car accident patients my anxiety has become really bad when I drive . Got so bad I have dreams of dying in car accidents.
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#39
Texting while driving
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#40
Anything flammable, burns scare me soo bad I’ll never light a grill or anything like that
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#41
Eating canned foods without cleaning the can before
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#42
A real Christmas tree
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#43
heated jackets!
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#44
Watching kids on quad bikes without helmets 🥺
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#45
I will NEVER walk multiple dogs on the same hand.
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#46
Fireworks
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#47
ceramic wax burners, I never listened to the warning then I fell asleep on the sofa after lightning one in the kitchen. fire alarm woke me. it had exploded and the fire was already pretty big.
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#48
Bouncy Castles and Trampolines. Literal guarantee of broken bones and head trauma..
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#49
Hard lollipops, like Chuba Chups for kids (or adults too really!)
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#50
make caramel at home
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#51
A pool. Those drowning patients never make it 🫠
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#52
Snowblower, Trampoline, ATV, Horses, Ortho surgical nurse
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#53
Single engine aerobatic planes (Doctor Killers). Seen two crashes in my lifetime.
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#54
Eat large marshmallows. Irreversible airway obstruction
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#55
Never forget your safety glasses when doing DIY and pruning ,etc. It’s not just for work.
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#56
Not wearing a helmet
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#57
Eat fast food
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#58
Working in E.R. has made me push back my car seat as safe as possible. The alleged damage from frontal airbags is unbelievable.
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#59
Refuse to use a tall ladder
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#60
Skiing 😭
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#61
Pressure cooker
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#62
baby walkers
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#63
Convertibles
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#64
Meat grinder. Had a 3 year old end up with an above elbow amputation because they were left unattended with one
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