#working in healthcare

[mashupofmylife]

I couldn't get the emr to work on my computer yesterday while I was actually at work, so I still have all my notes to do and I've spent all afternoon sitting on the couch actively avoiding doing notes

#emr #working in healthcare #i'm never productive at home #crappy government technology at its finest #can't wait to see if it works on Monday #and this is after I did two hard restarts on the computer too

[gallium-spoon]

A patient told me to quote "eat carrots and die" today when I asked her to do standing exercises with me

She then added that she hates carrots. In case her feelings weren't clear I guess

#my work #working in healthcare #tbh it was pretty funny #ive been told worse #for the record after talking to her for a while and working on some pain management strategies she did actually do a couple stands with me #so i call that a win

[lochtayboatsong]

I am overbooked by two patients on Monday, only one of which I approved.

The thing is, I probably would have approved the other one, if I had been asked. But I wasn’t asked. And you know, it’s nice to be asked, just for form’s sake, and so that I can continue to sustain the delusion that I am actually here to provide quality patient care and not just to generate revenue, which the folks in the corporate office can then use to purchase a pharmacy we don’t need. Or to pay the wages of the absolutely pointless committee which was the pet project of our former CEO while they play boardgames.

#working in healthcare #being a pa #real life

[purpleenby]

My coworkers: man that was a busy morning, but I think we did okay!

Me, who's previous job was the most stressful, busiest, and exhausting job I've ever had: ....this was a busy day???

#not to be like “oh ive had it worse” lol obvi different jobs are for different ppl #my previous job was Not for me esp as an autistic #but im just mind blown by my coworkers being stressed about being busy and stuff #bc like theres nothing we can do about it without hurting patient care #so why use the energy to be stressed when you can just aplogize to the patient for any issues and move on #working in healthcare #healthcare

[sticksandsharks]

Egret Nurse

design from The Wildercourt (a graphic novel I am working on and hope to have finished in 2025)

#art #wildercourt #egret #bird #person #monster #healthcare is a demanding profession and she's a hard-working woman #especially when you are working to ease and manage the symptoms of [redacted redacted redacted]

[strongermonster]

one of the funniest news things in canada that always tickles me is the ongoing war between magic mushroom shops and the police.

this is the absolute height of humour to me right now

#tw drugs #lovingly cracking open a news paper just for the articles about dispensaries trolling the police #making drugs illegal has literally never ONCE in history worked #decriminalize it so we can stop overpaying useless cops to go on raids #offer SAFE AND CLEAN GOVERNMENT INSPECTED drugs like how we do with weed #stop the street drug deaths. tax them towards healthcare and social services and fucking UBI already #have the harder drugs harder to access along with on site support. no one WANTS to be stuck on meth #but ruining their lives in prison has helped approximately no one #jj stuff

[lowcountry-gothic]

Tweet by Mohamad Safa.

​[Text ID: “What we learned from COVID? That oil is worthless in a society without consumption. That healthcare has to be public because health is public. That 50% of jobs can be done from home while the other 50% deserve more than they're being paid. That we live in a society not an economy“ /End ID]

#quotes #mohamad safa #tweet #pandemic #covid-19 #politics #socialism #healthcare #work #society

[fer3112]

How is a girl supposed to react at monumental phannie moments in a normal manner at work when all she wants to do is this

#I work in a healthcare setting they can’t do this to me at 11 am on a Tuesday #dan and phil #phan

[puppyeared]

Why are ppl scared to call it what it is and say we’re still going thru covid on top of seasonal illness. Like. That’s pretty important right. I was watching the news and they were like oh yeah we have an unprecedented number of flu cases “as well as other sicknesses” without actually saying Covid. No announcement abt vaccinations or masking or anything. Also if I hear someone joking abt “war flashbacks” for mentioning covid I fucking hate u

#source: most of my family members are nurses and it was so bad for one of them they had to be put on a ventilator. in the hospital they #worked at. looking back I think I had a reason to feel a little offput by the shows of support early pandemic #with people tying blue ribbons around trees and lighting signs blue to support healthcare workers #I get that it was supposed to be moral support when we couldn’t do anything but follow health advisories #and it did matter to make them feel uplifted and do something than nothing. im not gonna deny that #but. you can still help now. u know that right. you still have a responsibility here #u can still mask up. u can still get vaxxed and call in sick to avoid infecting others #don’t leave it on healthcare workers to pick up the pieces just because they were doing it before. do u think they had a choice? #nobody likes picking up the slack for someone else and now that we have more tools to do smth couldn’t we just. do it???? #im not a virologist but i also feel like continuing to let it get worse by letting more mutations develop #could continue to set us back since this virus is pretty good at fucking us up long term and finding new ways to do that #while there are ppl still researching covid which is STILL A RELATIVELY NEW VIRUS. and studying possible treatment and cures #yapping #vent

[gallium-spoon]

I checked in on a patient pretty early this morning and she was still waking up so I told her I'd give her some time to wake up and check back

So I make it back to her room and she still looks pretty tired and not super enthusiastic to see me

Patient: oh, it's you again

Me: yeah, I just keep turning up like a bad penny don't I?

Her: no, no, you're a good penny

Me: I'm a good penny??? 🥹

#my job #working in healthcare #i love my patients

[gringadano]

#work in progress #work bitch #woman #self healing #self respect #self help #self care #self love #healing #healthy #health #health and wellness #mental health #healthcare #love #i love myself

[she-is-ovarit]

I am on government insurance (Medicaid). Out of pocket, my psychologist's rate is $225 an hour. He went through a decade or more of school, obtained a PhD, and graduated with student loan debt. He didn't state how much, but I can imagine it's likely in the hundreds of thousands considering he still has this debt and graduated with his PhD in the early 2000s.

He shared with me that out of that $225 rate, he obtains about $25 from one Medicaid client's insurance company. The insurance company pockets the rest. My friend, another therapist, has a similar story. She makes $75 off of Medicaid clients usually when her rate out of pocket is $200.

Most therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists are no longer accepting Medicaid/Medicare insurances because of this reason, which people who are poor are on. Over half of mental health professionals are no longer accepting insurance, period. I think we all understand that low-income people and low-income communities struggle the most with mental health issues, and if you are a person of color in the US you are more likely to be low-income. If you are a domestic violence survivor turned homeless because you left your significant other, you are also more likely to be on Medicaid. If you are a first generation student, you are most likely on Medicaid. If you are formerly incarcerated, you are most likely on Medicaid. And so on.

Additionally, if you are a human being of the female sex, you are far more likely to seek out therapy than someone of the male sex. Overwhelmingly men don't seek out therapy unless their female significant partner pleads with them, pressures them, or gives them an ultimatum which influences them to make an appointment. What does this mean when the vast majority of mass shooters, rapists, pedophiles, and domestic violence abusers are male?

Figure 2. Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who had received any mental health treatment, taken medication for their mental health, or received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional in the past 12 months, by sex: United States, 2019

Pair all of these details with the fact that mental health professionals are in such high demand right now, that even with private insurance the wait list is anywhere from three to six months out. Insurance agencies are business, and the corruption inherent. Many focus on prioritizing coverage for acute crisis rather than treating long term underlying conditions (which in turn prevents acute crises), don't provide coverage for co-occurring conditions, are advertising that more providers are accepting their insurance than there actually are, and are solely driven by financial interest.

I wonder how much domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, poverty, hate crimes, generational trauma, and overall suffering within individuals and in their societies can be reduced by valuing mental health and holding insurance companies accountable for their financial exploitation.

We talk about the US healthcare crisis without talking about the US mental health crisis.

#mental health #therapy #psychology #behavioral health #social work #capitalism #late stage capitalism #poverty #inequality #healthcare #United States healthcare

[penwrythe]

What's stopping the possibility of a ceasefire is pretty simple. Hamas is holding 239 Israeli civilians hostage including children and the elderly. What's happening in Palestine is a travesty and horrendous. But Israel can't initiate a ceasefire from the position they're in, so we need to be agitating for Hamas to release the hostages and call for a ceasefire instead.

NO GENOCIDE IS JUSTIFIABLE

HOW DOES THE KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THIS EXTREME LEVEL FORCE HAMAS TO RETURN HOSTAGES??

ISRAEL'S BOMBARDMENT AND INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING IN GAZA THREATEN EVERYONE THERE INCLUDING DOCTORS JOURNALISTS CHILDREN ENTIRE FAMILIES AND THE HOSTAGES

EVERYONE IS TARGETED

YOU HAVE HOSPITALS BOMBED HOW ANY OF THIS IS JUSTIFIED

@sarroora @fairuzfan @palipunk @wearenotjustnumbers2

You know more about this than I do.

#do you really think this will work on me; like hell I'm gonna stay silent for you #I hoard bookmarks like a dragon so guess what I have been saving from the posts I had reblogged to this blog and my sideblog #firefox bookmarks manager are a blessing oh my gods #how does one block anons #sorry for going full Black here on this post but yeah I'm a little livid #the entirety of Western media heavily propagandized for Israel and the US #how the US media covered this look at how our politicians keep funding Israel with money that could have gone to #our schools healthcare housing etc; my tax payer money is being used to kill innocent people and silence protesters #tw death #tw racial profiling #palestine #update: changed a few tags because I mistakenly compared Al Jazeera's coverage to Western Coverage #Al Jazeera has the best coverage of what is happening in Gaza and unfortunately also lost journalists #They deserve respect for what they are doing #thank you for the corrections wearenotjustnumbers2 (see their response in the notes pls) #genocide

[morganaconda]

#pls I work so hard on these #and by work hard i mean ignore my real job #im in healthcare #-MARKETING #spn #supernatural #charlie bradbury #sam winchester #spnblr #spn incorrect quotes #spn crack

[animentality]

#twitter #covid #work #healthcare

[the-magnusinstitute]

how does the institute management (read. elias bouchard) feel about unions.

[excerpt from company-wide email sent by Elias Bouchard, 19th February 20–, pinned on the fridge in the staff kitchen]

‘For the last time, STOP asking me about starting a union, I’m going through a divorce and it’s incredibly distressing to hear that word.’

This email was sent over five years ago and nobody has followed up on it. Rumour has it that one of the Archival Assistants disappeared after asking about worker’s rights.

#magposting #answering asks #listen. the pay is good #and we have private healthcare #who CARES if the working conditions are probably (definitely) illegal #tmagpod #the magnus archives #tma #tmagp #the magnus institute #the…correspondence