Funny Medical Stories By Healthcare Workers

What A Surgical Tech Writes Down

A surgical tech's notebook is not a journal. It is an operational document, a preference log, and sometimes the only place to put the things that don't fit anywhere else...

What A Surgical Tech Writes Down

A surgical tech's notebook is not a journal. It is an operational document, a preference log, and sometimes the only place to put the things that don't fit anywhere else...

What's In A Labor and Delivery Nurse's Bag

An L&D nurse's tote bag is not a general healthcare worker bag. It is a highly specific, experience-optimized personal supply system built over years of learning exactly what a twelve-hour...

What's In A Labor and Delivery Nurse's Bag

An L&D nurse's tote bag is not a general healthcare worker bag. It is a highly specific, experience-optimized personal supply system built over years of learning exactly what a twelve-hour...

Long Shift That Proved My Tumbler Is Well Needed

The board said five cases. A trauma got added at 7:03 AM and the shift did not end until nearly 10 PM. Here is what that day proved about what...

Long Shift That Proved My Tumbler Is Well Needed

The board said five cases. A trauma got added at 7:03 AM and the shift did not end until nearly 10 PM. Here is what that day proved about what...

Surgical Tech Shirt That Stopped A Doctor

A funny medical shirt made the quietest doctor in the surgery unit laugh out loud on a Monday morning. He had spoken fewer than seven words a week for six...

Surgical Tech Shirt That Stopped A Doctor

A funny medical shirt made the quietest doctor in the surgery unit laugh out loud on a Monday morning. He had spoken fewer than seven words a week for six...

Insulated Medical Tumbler Ritual

A surgical tech tumbler never gets forgotten, not even on the mornings when everything else does. Here is the pre-shift ritual that keeps it cold, waiting on the left side...

Insulated Medical Tumbler Ritual

A surgical tech tumbler never gets forgotten, not even on the mornings when everything else does. Here is the pre-shift ritual that keeps it cold, waiting on the left side...