30 Memes for Nurses at the End of Their Rope

Healthcare workers are heroes and deserve a little meme time now and then. Grey’s Anatomy might make it look fun, but art doesn’t always imitate life. From feisty patients to long, exhausting shifts, being a nurse requires a lot of the body and soul. A lot of my family members are nurses, and they come from a …
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24 Dentist Memes for Anxious Patients and Tooth Care Connoisseurs

Fearing the dentist is a strange, but reasonable fear. Most people don’t fear a check-up from a general care practitioner, so why is the dental check-up so fearsome? It really comes down to the fact that if you’ve let your teeth go, there’s a pretty good chance that the dentist will want to put a …
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‘The in-network option is a helicopter and I live 3 miles by the road from the hospital’: Person Stands Up to Unreasonable Insurance Company By Suggesting a Bill for an Emergency Helicopter Ride

It’s difficult to imagine something more insidious, unreasonable, and unhelpful than American health insurance services. If you’re an American, I don’t need to remind you. For those of you who live anywhere else, it is so much worse than what you’re assuming. In my experience, my first response to any illness or injury is to …
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30+ Doctor Memes for Health Care Aficionados Looking For Laughs in the Waiting Room

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t really mind going to the doctor for a regular check-up. Of course, if I’m experiencing a specific issue or ailment, it’s a little nerve-wracking. For the most part, I just sit in a waiting room, see a doctor, who checks me out, and tells me that …
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Patient Berates Nurse for ‘Unprofessional Wigs’, Gets Schooled on Why She Wears Them

Rule number one of dealing with other people in pretty much any kind of communication is that we never know what somebody else is going through. Everyone has their reasons for doing things, and they aren’t always fully apparent. More than that, sometimes they are none of our business as well. This is especially true …
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Nurse Memes For Exhausted Professionals

There are some jobs you need a sense of humor to be able to do; otherwise, there would be no way you could get through every day and still keep your sanity. Nursing is one of those professions. Nurses must deal with the public in ways many service workers never do. Nurses have to control …
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Infuriating Times Bosses Denied PTO Requests

Getting time off from work can be incredibly difficult here in the United States. Especially if you’re not working an office job. In restaurants, it was always hell trying to find someone to cover a shift even with a week’s notice, and if I was planning for a vacation, my boss would try to negotiate …
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People Discuss Scams That Society Accepts

Scams are everywhere, and some are more straightforward to spot than others. Even elderly people know that Nigerian princes are not to be trusted when they contact them over email. There are a lot of scams in touristy areas that can be avoided by not engaging with strangers on the street. However, there are some …
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If Healthcare Was Honest | Honest Ads

Anyone who lives in the United States is well aware that health insurance feels like a huge scam. But what if hospitals and health insurance companies like UnitedHealth Group, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and others were actually honest about how horrifically terrible they are? Roger Horton investigates.

Nurse Memes To Help You Gear Up For The Holidays

Why do so many people get sick during the holiday season? Nobody likes being sick during the holidays, especially in a hospital. Nobody likes working overtime during the holidays either, unable to see their families when they should be together most. Unfortunately, there ain’t no rest for the weary, so nurses and healthcare professionals everywhere …
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