Post #2449397

2023-05-13 08:35 UTC

It&#39;s still May 12 somewhere, so for International Nurses Day, here&#39;s my angel story. Various people have been saying for a long time that the &quot;nurses are angels&quot; line is pretty unhelpful - nurses are hard-working professionals who deserve to be paid well. But I don&#39;t know this person&#39;s name, I don&#39;t know where they came from or where they went, I have never seen them again and they were frankly a bit terrifying - so definitely angel-like behaviour. #internationalnursesday #nurse #nurses

Replies (1)

@zanchey@aus.social 2023-05-13 08:35

I was a surgical intern, and as so often happens had managed to get to 7 pm without lunch, dinner or a wee. I was feeling a bit sorry for myself knowing I was about to go to theatre without a chance to do any of those things and someone in agency scrubs who I hadn't met before overheard me. "What are you sighing about?" "Oh, I've been here since 7, I've got all these jobs, I have to go to theatre and I haven't had lunch or dinner yet." (Classic PGY1 malaise) "Where's your hospital meal?" "My what?" "The meal that you get for being here in the evening?" "I don't think that's a thing." "That's ridiculous. You've been here 12 hours, they need to feed you. I'm ringing the kitchen." "I—" and she was gone. Ten minutes later she walked in with a steaming hospital trolley tray and I scarfed down some roast lamb before scrubbing. She was gone by the time I got back and I never saw her again.

Open ##2714394