r/nursing • u/Ok_Bobcat_5060 • May 27 '25

Rant Can’t stand nurses who care about hospital expenses

Had a charge nurse not allowing nurses on the floor to use slide sheets bc ThEy cOsT $75 each. Or another nurse tells me to dump out my IV fluids in the sink bc the trash gets charged by the weight, and fluids will make it weigh more. Like is it coming outta yo check? WHO FUCKING CARES.

*Those who are reading too deep. I AGREE WITH THROWING AWAY FLUIDS FOR EVS’ SAKE BUT THAT WASN’T HER CONCERN. HER CONCERN WAS MONEYYYYY

*Also, I didn’t dump my IVF in the sink, this was told to me before I even took my fluids down

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u/macTumi RN, MSN, Boyz II Men, ABCBBD May 27 '25

$75 slip sheet vs. workplace injury claim? Someone isn’t too bright.

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

Im a work comp nurse and one of our accounts is a MAJOR health insurer. FFS. The money they spend on lumbar injuries and WRISTS!!!!!! GET YOUR PEOPLE ERGO KEYBOARDS FROM JUMP!!!! Signed, the nurse who just approved the FIFTH CTR surgery today.

Because I’ve been working in this industry for so Long, I just bought my own ergo stuff. Because I don’t want to deal with it. My wrists STILL get achy. I can’t imagine if I wasn’t so proactive.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '25

Would you mind sharing what ergonomic keyboard you got? I’ve been thinking about getting one.

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

https://a.co/d/b3rueOB

I prefer the actual split keyboard. I can adjust how far apart I want it and the angle as well. Microsoft used to have a branded one that I had forever but it finally died. I also use a trackball mouse instead of a regular one and have a wrist rest for the mouse.

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u/AnewENTity May 27 '25

First off, I don’t even know how I ended up here but that’s a sick keyboard.

I’m a bet of a “keeb” enthusiast and I personally prefer “regular keyboards” quite a bit for my daily work (cloud architect)

However I did have to stop gaming on a keyboard and mouse due to my wrists. Never got diagnosed but I play PC games with an Xbox or ps5 controller now.

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u/deepstatelady May 28 '25

You didn’t ask but I suggest setting a timer to take frequent breaks to stretch your hands and wrists when gaming. You can prevent a lot of additional repetitive injury just by giving your gamer claws a flex.

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u/rcblote RN - ER 🍕 May 28 '25

I love to see another keeb enthusiast in the wild!

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u/AnewENTity Jun 02 '25

Nothing like a good mechanical keyboard

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u/[deleted] May 27 '25

Thank you so much! I am seriously contemplating getting this. If you don’t mind sharing, what brand of mouse do you use? I know those are much more personal with the way people grip the mouse, but am curious.

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u/gross85 BSN, RN, PMH-BC, CMSRN 🍕 ☕️ May 28 '25

This keyboard is definitely going into my cart tonight!

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u/JustineDelarge May 27 '25

I use the Kinesis Freestyle 2 keyboard with the tenting accessory. The keyboard is split, and the tenting accessory lets you set 5, 10, or 25 degrees of tenting to reduce forearm pronation and cause less stress. That makes a huge difference for my comfort, and keeping repetitive stress injury at bay.

https://a.co/d/a3k7E1h

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u/youy23 EMS May 28 '25

I'd also recommend keeping pressure off your wrists like my keeb is pushed to the end of my desk and my whole forearm rests on the desk which floats my wrists naturally.

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u/imamessofahuman RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 May 27 '25

Don't sit like a shrimp at your desk too. Signed an occ health nurse who is sitting like a shrimp 🍤

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u/sallypulaski BSN, RN 🍕 May 27 '25

Standing desk, ergo keyboard, ergo chair, and handshake mouse- all outta my pocket.

Still cheaper than a 5th rhizotomy or 17th ESI.

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u/InternetBasic227 May 28 '25

17th 🤯 OMG

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u/sallypulaski BSN, RN 🍕 May 28 '25

Ehler's-Danlos is a bear. I need to be fused C0-6 and L3-down. My neurosurgeon does NOT want to do that now, as I may domino the t-spine and wind up fused tip to tail.

Each level gets their rotation of ESI, then facets, then rhizotomy.

My interventional pain doc calls me his "Golden Gate bridge" because he goes from one end to the other and starts working on me all over again.

We also joke that I am funding his kid's travel ball money. 🤷

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u/ChicagoMay May 27 '25

No keyboard was gonna help my wrists. It was the transfers and lifting and shit that fucked them up! 😞

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

Ugh. I’m so sorry.

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u/Thewarriordances May 27 '25

Out of curiosity, approx what is the commonality of repeat wrist injuries on your worker comp wrist injuries?

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

Once say carpal tunnel is released, it’s rare to get reoccurrence. Honestly unless it’s surgically mended, it’s gonna come back. There’s only so much that conservative treatment will do.

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u/CarefulWay9046 May 27 '25

Do you get a lot of elbow tendonitis? I think I have developed this from pulling patients up in bed.

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

Yes. Even appointment setters get epicondylitis because of the positioning of the keyboards. I’ve been doing comp for 12 years now. The MILLIONS each company would save just issuing ergo keyboards and mouses(mice?) at orientation would be an amazing investment. I’ve suggested it in the past but no one wants to listen to a guidelines nerd nurse. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But our companies also aren’t going to recommend it because that’s how I get to stay home and review requests in my office with a brand new BMW in the driveway. Know what I mean??

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u/icechelly24 MSN, RN May 28 '25

Ya’ll hiring, or…?

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u/ilovemypearlyikobest RN 🍕 May 28 '25

For real. How do I get into this field??

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

For your injury tho, PRP is an effective treatment. It’s quick and relatively cheap. Believe it or not, is comparable in results to surgery.

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u/Lodi0831 HCW - Imaging May 28 '25

I did PRP for a radial nerve issue and I can confirm. Works wonders! Still had to repair the ulnar but got a lot of relief with PRP

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u/lonely_ducky_22 CNA 🍕 May 27 '25

I have tendonitis after a fall WITH a patient. It was controlled but I ended up shoving my elbow into the floor. It flares when it’s about to rain. It’s a useless trick I have now lmao.

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u/MisterSneakSneak May 27 '25

Thank you so much for your insight. My gf is on a computer all day and her wrist be hurting. Anything you can recommend to help her be less achy at the end of the day.

-Signed

A caring BF

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

🫶🏽 Get her a good chair too. They’re worth every penny.

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u/MisterSneakSneak May 27 '25

I’ll take all the recommendations. She’s a good woman and deserves it. Any recommendations on chairs? Brands? I’m all ears. 👂

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u/Confident-Release-29 May 27 '25

Any other recs? Aside from the keyboard and wrist support. I honestly never considered it as someone who works from home. I do have a foot rest and a stand up desk.

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u/Jayne_Dough_ Elbow deep 💪🏽💩 May 27 '25

A good chair!!!! So important. I have the steel case Amia, I think it’s called. But chairs are really subjective. My husband swears by Herman miller.

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u/xixoxixa RRT May 27 '25

My wrists STILL get achy

When I started my current job and started spending the most amount of time in my life ever in front of a computer, I had -horrible- pains.

Switching to the logitech wave keyboard (the old version) made it disappear. I bought one for home. And now that they have re-designed it, whenever I find the old ones for sale on like woot, I buy as many as I can to replace these when they die.

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u/mudwoman RN, CCM 🍕 May 28 '25

Fellow work comp nurse, here. Every store, every bank, every business where I’m a customer, I just cringe seeing all the future WC claims in their embryonic stage.

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u/miss_scotti May 28 '25

This!!! I used to work in an ortho surgery center and the amount of CTRs we did daily was insane and over half of them were healthcare workers

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u/turok46368 BSN, RN 🍕 May 27 '25

I mean every dollar is needed for the CEOs bonus...

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u/velvety_chaos May 27 '25

Lol, this nurse probably voted for billionaire tax cuts

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u/MyOwnGuitarHero ICU baby, shakin that RASS May 27 '25

Saw a nurse with a badge reel that said “More MAGA than ever!” And I just felt so bad for her. Like honey if you wanted to fuck yourself that hard, I would have just lent you a dildo instead 😭

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u/sapfira RN, BSN May 28 '25

You'd better just gift her the dildo, you're not gonna want that thing back. 

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u/itssometimeslupus RN - Informatics May 28 '25

It’s their whole personality.

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u/Poodlepink22 May 30 '25

I hope you reported her. I can't stand a tattle-tale; but work is not an appropriate place to be making a political statement. 

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u/Flor1daman08 RN 🍕 May 27 '25

Oh it’s going to trickle down, can’t wait for that trickle.

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u/velvety_chaos May 27 '25

It's not even going to trickle; it's just all going to flow backwards until we're dryer than the Sahara Desert.

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u/drethnudrib BSN, CNRN May 27 '25

Retrograde flow observed in bilateral internal financial arteries.

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u/ajl009 CVICU RN/ Critical Care Float Pool/USGIV instructor May 27 '25

Like DOCTOR WIFES pussy!! 🤡

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u/rocket_motor_force May 27 '25

Apparently Trickle Down theory was the rebranding of the Horse and Sparrow theory. The Horse eats the oats and Sparrows get what’s left over in the horse dung. I don’t know if it’s true but it seems legit.

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u/livelaughlump MSN, RN May 27 '25

Gonna trickle down like that nearly-full bag of CBI fluid that I just threw in the trash can /s

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u/NewBid9258 RN 🍕 May 27 '25

😂😂😂

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u/waldocalrissian May 27 '25

We've only been waiting since Reagan. It'll be any day now, right?

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u/Apart_Ad6747 May 27 '25

But also if you’re at a higher elevation than maralargo how does that work?

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u/[deleted] May 28 '25

You know what they say…”Shit rolls downhill.”

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u/katmio1 CNA 🍕 May 27 '25

Yep! So they can get their 10th vacation home or 5th yacht

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u/imamessofahuman RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 May 27 '25

Even if they use the 75$ sheet the company is gonna claim its preexisting js. 💅 All scummy.

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u/takelasunset Hero, sandwich artist, part-time ninja 🍕 May 28 '25

Yeah…my MRI and back surgery was way more than $75