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This cosmetic store worker couldn't believe their ears when they heard the salary this nurse requested. All respect in the world to nurses: they do a difficult job while keeping calm and helping patients who aren't always in the best state of mind. While doctors get a lot of the credit, nurses take on extra tasks and do a great job at keeping their patients cared for. They deserve to make a million dollars per hour, and while they aren't paid quite that much, a lot of nurses have a lucrative ca…

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There's no surer sign that you might need to reassess your leadership "style" than having multiple people opt out, in quick succession, of being under that leadership. After all, as the old adage famously goes, “People don't quit jobs; they quit bosses.” There's no telling the level of miserable or monotonous job conditions some people will put up with just as long as they enjoy working with the people in their immediate team—especially their managers. Good managers are hard to come by, so when…

At one nursing home, management decisions created a domino effect. Nurses do very valuable work every day to keep their patients healthy and cared for. Doctors get a lot of the credit, but nurses help patients just as much. Shifts are usually at least 12 hours, but if you're working with great people who also care about their patients and the staff members, time will fly by. This nurse, u/Tinawebmom, writes that she really enjoyed working at one facility . She writes that the staffers were so c…

There's a special satisfaction that comes with finding a successful loophole to get around a silly workplace policy. Especially when it comes to getting paid fairly for all the work you do. Now, you know that nurses have to put up with a ton of nonsense on the job that makes saving lives more challenging than it already must be. However, this bureaucratic silliness sounds like way too much. This Redditor shared their story via this thread on Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit, which detai…

Moms have to go through so much physically, mentally, and emotionally while giving birth. Dads need to practice how to say the right things at the right moments during labor…

From new doctors thinking they know better than the veteran nurses to Karen patients who demand the impossible, the poor nurses get the brunt of it all.