It's horrifying to think that doctors are treating patients on a few hours of sleep and an empty stomach. People don't function well that way. They just don't.
I did this type of thing while in the Army. I did 14-19 hour days every day for over 6 months. I got so burned out I had no idea what I was doing and made many mistakes in the process. Leadership didn't recognize this and relied on me even more to continue the pace. I finally blew up and they finally woke up. Don't get to the burnout phase, it will change who you are
I work Fire/Rescue and in the Emergency Room. I am DEFINITELY in the 'burnout' phase. You're absolutely right.... It DOES change you (and not for the better). I am completely desensitized now. Its like I'm a fuckin psychopath.
@@chrism6904 that is exactly what happened to me. I compartmentalize everything and show almost no emotions ever. Although that can be useful it's also a curse because you need to use your emotions in a relationship. That is why my wife and I grew apart. I did not come back from the war the same person I was when I deployed. I was just a shell of myself. Although I lost my wife to MS 8 years ago I find it nearly impossible to get into another relationship because I'm so reclusive and want to be alone a lot. I basically shut down and barely say or do anything
@@chrism6904 my husband is a Respiratory Therapist. Since the beginning of the pandemic, he's changed completely. He's been a passionate bodybuilder for almost 40 years who switched to Tai Chi, Yoga, and Qigong as he got older and has no memory of the last time he attempted to work out. We've been together 31 years and I've never seen him miss workouts for more than a couple days- ever. He just sleeps when he's not at work. His department was down 14 people due to people travel contracts (and who wouldn't if they could? Make 4-5x as much and do the same thing, plus an apartment and living stipend someplace like Hawaii?) Then the vaccine mandate took another 2 people. They're working 16 positions short and have threatened to walk out if travel RTs are brought in since their raise this year consists of a free turkey (though there's a bonus for working unscheduled hours). In the beginning of the pandemic, he worked all the time because he felt he owed it to the team. 2 years later, nearly everyone in the department has PTSD. To help, the health system distributed information about a talking penguin who will talk to them if they have problems. These are educated people- they know how to locate a mental therapist if they need one without a talking penguin! I mentioned that in the department and no one could even manage to care about any of it. Honestly, if a therapist came to the department I'm not sure if they have the emotional energy to engage. People need to think about what happens when they get sick and go to seek help at a hospital where people have been fighting in a war for two years that the public got tired of long ago. I used to hear laughter and joking when I walked through the hospital, now it's much quieter. They're giving everything they have to give, but after one intubates or helps intubate a hundred young mothers, college students, people who are terrified of dying, people who look just like one's own parent or grandparents... And I'm told that Covid can be a bad way to die. 12 to 16 hour shifts, 7 days a week. Massive waves of Covid followed by times when it's nearly gone and they believe they can start to relax- then a holiday and another wave. We're destroying the people we expect to be 100% when our loved ones need them. Perhaps folks should consider that when they're planning their holiday gatherings of the unvaccinated (most of the vaccinated seem to be staying home- we haven't gotten together with family for two YEARS). FaceTime, folks- people once went a lifetime without ever hearing from or seeing their families. Now we can live anywhere and communicate easily. And two years? Our grandparents went through WW1 followed by the Great Depression followed immediately by WW2. Thank God they never got so tired of everything they just decided to surrender to the enemy...
I feel this so much as an EMT. Not only the work-life balance/integration, but the "scene safety" preached in EMT/Medic school. If I'm tired because I've been rolling 19hours without a break, running on too much caffeine, a convenience store hot dog, and bag of chips... I'm probably going to mess up something, and pray it's not something important. I actually quit a private ambulance company because they routinely ran us that hard, and would write people up for refusing calls. ("If you can't handle a 24hr shift, then don't sign on for them." Bitch, please. A 24hr shift doesn't mean 24hrs of NON-STOP calls with no breaks!) And if I get called out for a stabbing/shooting/etc, I really want to get in there and help the guy who's possibly bleeding out. But I won't do him any good if I, or my partner, get stabbed/shot as well.
This emphasis on 'working till you drop' is incredibly toxic, especially when society or your own bosses are telling you that's the only 'real' way to work, or prove your dedication, or whatever. The horror stories I've heard, especially over the past couple years of employee exploitation is wild, but if the employee complains, they're labeled as entitled and lazy. No, employees are humans, and humans need to eat and sleep to function. It's very simple, really, no need to politicize it, or act like treating workers fairly would lead to the entire collapse of the economy. Now that's being dramatic.
I was once given this metaphor: If you are on a plane and the oxygen masks drop down, the reason they tell you to put yours on *before* trying to help another person get their on is because when you pass out from the lack of oxygen, you’re not going to be *able* to help anyone else with their mask. That’s always stuck with me. We sacrifice self care because we’re so focused on helping others, but when we do this, we’re not going to be able to help anyone.
Imagine my poor mom, the sole provider in the ER when 30 patients are in the waiting room and they're bringing in 4 patients by ambulance. So glad she's leaving that hectic job soon for a much less stressful one! Sometimes it's not just the choices the providers make; sometimes it really is situations thrust upon them by terrible, long-term decisions made by administration. And then the administration refuses to listen to the concerns of their staff, or better yet, hounds them when they get a bad review for wait times or what have you. Between a rock and a hard place. So many medical professionals have shed light on these problems that I don't understand why so many administrations aren't actually making any changes.
We know the problem! Now we need the solution! (And we need more than a few institutions to realize that just because we've "always done it this way" doesn't mean we should continue doing so!)
People like you saved my life! Just recently had an apendectomy and the gastroenterologist was quick to act/operate and caught my appendix just before it burst! Thank you for all that you guys do! You are so appreciated! Love all that you guys do!
This is certainly important, feel good messaging, but at the same time, it feels a bit patronizing. It's hard to take care of myself when I'm forced to work 26 hours straight every four days on average and there being a constant feeling of the healthcare team being short-staffed. Sure, some of the onus lies on me to eat, sleep, and take care of myself, but there needs to be systemic change.
Self care is great-but all the self care in the world can’t replace an employer’s responsibility to make sure they have enough staff/resources so employees can take care of their patients AND themselves. People that provide direct care (doctors, nurses, cna’s, social workers, janitorial staff, etc) can’t self care their way out of the problems that not having adequate pay, reasonable hours/caseloads, and enough time off create.
Absolutely, thank you for this comment!! We can try to mitigate the damage but no amount of cutesy self care activities can fix the fundamental resource issues we are dealing with. I'm only 23 and I haven't even finished my social work degree yet but I'm already feeling exhausted just thinking about the caseloads social workers generally have. It's not sustainable for anyone - the clients, the workers or society as a whole 😔😔
WOW!!!! You've got a lot on your plate including determination and ambition:) PLEASE make sure to take care of yourself, sleep, food, etc as that will help you with studying and exams. Hopefully your partner will help with housework also. Kids can be taught to be responsible and help out, chores, separate laundry, help with meals? Clean up, sweeping depending on their ages. Make homework for all of you a positive experience, what will change for the better once you get your degree? Good luck and don't forget to take a break once in awhile- hire a babysitter to study before exam, movie, walk, time to yourself. Also another option is hiring someone to clean your house ( if you can afford it) frees up your time for other things. Also grocery pick-up is great!
This is perfect! Thanks, Doc! I'm sending it to my husband who did not come home until 2:40am, from a full day and being on-call, and then was called into the E.R. at 5:10am. This is the perfect video to send to him and to show my sons so that they understand that the house needs to be dead quiet so my husband can sleep.
What a timely message for me. Whether you call it Work-Life balance or work-life integration, the truth is all the stress you have about a job is rooted in fear. What I need to do is stop being so damn afraid of failure.
Aww, I love this 🥰 And as a doctors wife I wish this was practiced more. It may be different since my husband is an Army doc but so often the higher ups give lip service to ‘work life balance’ but don’t make it possible.
Doc Schmidt, can you please collab with Dr Glaucomflecken, and then with one (or more!) of his characters? Like the neurologist or the ER doctor? That would be so funny!
If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of others! I grew up in a family restaurant. Your self worth was tied up in your ability to work long hours etc. I would work all day long as a school counselor then work evenings in our restaurant. When my mother and brother died within a year of each other, it changed me. I had also just gotten married and I changed my priorities. My career was important but work was not the priority. Having a career is wonderful but having someone to love and share your life is even better!
Yeah, shifts and schedules can be devastating… Thanks for shedding a light on this. Had and still have days were a single physician is expected to manage 15+ inpatients per day. It’s chaotic, and mistakes do happen. We try to manage with breaks whenever possible, but self care can only go so far when the actual issue is much larger. Hospital staffing shortages are the worst. And admins who ask staff to ‘just do it’ can just &@)&$@$9)&$£>¥€*>
This hits too close to home. Here in my country, we've this one period of "tagging" whenever we enter a new department. Basically we're expected to work from 7 am until 10 pm for one to two weeks, officially. Unfortunately, rounds in surgical based departments start at 6.30 am. So we have to come at 5 am to read cases and review patients. Because of our massive workload, sometimes we return home at 12 am. It was a hellish time for me, as I consecutively had 3-4 hours of sleep for 10 days. I would've gone the whole day without eating too if not for my mom who forced me to sit and eat breakfast each morning.
So relatable. These 2 years of my master’s degree were a nightmare, especially coming from 3 previous years of being a no lifer in order to get top grades in University. I feel so burned out, stressed and over the top emotional that I needed to stop and take care of myself. I realised grades meant almost nothing in the real world, apart from personal satisfaction. I realised that working for 5€/h in a toxic environment was driving me nuts. Family working ICU COVID unit here in Italy really didn’t help calming things down…so i realised that what i wanted were memories to remember, nights out with friends i could enjoy, or even the feeling of a simple hug. Lost many chances with my social life that i’ll never get back, unfortunately. Luckily, i’m still young!
I dunno how it’s like in other countries but where I live it is mandated by law that lorry drivers can only drive for a certain continuous time frame (I think it was like 9 hours) before having to take a rest to sleep so as to not endanger other vehicles and people on the road. In stark comparison to that, physicians may be on call for days on end, subsisting on pure determination and caffeine, maybe even solely responsible for a ward of patients
They schedule my surgeries about as soon as shift change happens. I’m usually in a bed and praying they find a decent IV spot. That’s fine. It’s scheduled. They don’t start the serious stuff till 7:30. ER? That’s another animal. It’s like eating skittles in the dark; never know what you’re gonna get. (Although there are a few that know me, now. 🥺🙃)
ER DOCTOR HERE ! WE HAVE A GREAT WORK-LIFE BALANCE. WHEN AT WORK YES FULL AT WORK NON-STOP CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS AND LITTLE FOOD. STAY SAFE EVERYONE ! MAX 12 HRS SHIFT PERFECTLY FINE AND DOABLE.
Just so you know...all-caps is hell for some text-reading programs, since they assume any word in all-caps is an acronym that needs to be spelled out instead of read as a proper word. Blind internet browsers can be really frustrated when a comment or forum post or whatever is in all-caps and takes 15 minutes to spell out.
When I was in nursing school and had a part time Job to pay for expenses there was no balance!! But I kept telling people during clinicals the importance of being healthy.
I’m watching this after finishing my pharmacy homework at 5 am. I have class at 10:30, and I only had 2 pieces of toast to eat yesterday. I am the living embodiment of a lack of work (school)-life balance
I've been a night shift nurse for 5 years and have yet to master the "work/life balance" or "self-care." I'm always telling patients to make their health a priority but, I'll work 14 hours without eating, no peeing and 99% standing and running around to complete tasks. It's catching up to me......Love your videos tho!!
Pharmacy here, we have your back. I'll change your ceftriaxone to daily and even bump it to 2g, and you'll never even know I was there. Like an abx ninja.
This is certainly true but unfortunately ‘presenteeism’ and the general culture in hospitals means that nothing is going to change. There would have to be a shake up of the entire system for anything to improve. And it’s not just medicine. I don’t think there is one single career or employer out there where a work life balance is genuinely honoured and respected, outside of the blurb on their website.
Good Lord, this was me, to a T. I ran on 4 hours sleep for 28 years. The longest stretch with no sleep was 54 hours. Things became very bizarre after that.
Ben, it's been 2AM bed time ALL week. I'm taking a quick time out from charting today's pts and this is my way to find some humor and unwind. But it's too real. For me it has layers like some real life Inception.
Ha! The ceftriaxone is typically daily. Sleep 2-4 hours a night during my stretches and survived my last night's shift off crackers and PB. I see nothing wrong here....
It's horrifying to think that doctors are treating patients on a few hours of sleep and an empty stomach. People don't function well that way. They just don't.
That’s how it is worldwide. And people actually think the salary could compensate for it.
And this is why medical error is a major cause of death
LOL the female pharmacist was spunky!! Love it
In the UK, that means a whole different thing. 💀
Beard and all!
@@vghhhj1657 I was just about to tell him that 💀
Hahaha I loved that!
@@vghhhj1657 I was thinking the exact same
I did this type of thing while in the Army. I did 14-19 hour days every day for over 6 months. I got so burned out I had no idea what I was doing and made many mistakes in the process. Leadership didn't recognize this and relied on me even more to continue the pace. I finally blew up and they finally woke up. Don't get to the burnout phase, it will change who you are
I work Fire/Rescue and in the Emergency Room. I am DEFINITELY in the 'burnout' phase. You're absolutely right.... It DOES change you (and not for the better). I am completely desensitized now. Its like I'm a fuckin psychopath.
nicely said. burnout changes who you are. sometimes irreversibly
@@chrism6904 that is exactly what happened to me. I compartmentalize everything and show almost no emotions ever. Although that can be useful it's also a curse because you need to use your emotions in a relationship. That is why my wife and I grew apart. I did not come back from the war the same person I was when I deployed. I was just a shell of myself. Although I lost my wife to MS 8 years ago I find it nearly impossible to get into another relationship because I'm so reclusive and want to be alone a lot. I basically shut down and barely say or do anything
@@chrism6904 my husband is a Respiratory Therapist. Since the beginning of the pandemic, he's changed completely. He's been a passionate bodybuilder for almost 40 years who switched to Tai Chi, Yoga, and Qigong as he got older and has no memory of the last time he attempted to work out. We've been together 31 years and I've never seen him miss workouts for more than a couple days- ever. He just sleeps when he's not at work.
His department was down 14 people due to people travel contracts (and who wouldn't if they could? Make 4-5x as much and do the same thing, plus an apartment and living stipend someplace like Hawaii?) Then the vaccine mandate took another 2 people. They're working 16 positions short and have threatened to walk out if travel RTs are brought in since their raise this year consists of a free turkey (though there's a bonus for working unscheduled hours). In the beginning of the pandemic, he worked all the time because he felt he owed it to the team. 2 years later, nearly everyone in the department has PTSD. To help, the health system distributed information about a talking penguin who will talk to them if they have problems. These are educated people- they know how to locate a mental therapist if they need one without a talking penguin! I mentioned that in the department and no one could even manage to care about any of it. Honestly, if a therapist came to the department I'm not sure if they have the emotional energy to engage.
People need to think about what happens when they get sick and go to seek help at a hospital where people have been fighting in a war for two years that the public got tired of long ago. I used to hear laughter and joking when I walked through the hospital, now it's much quieter. They're giving everything they have to give, but after one intubates or helps intubate a hundred young mothers, college students, people who are terrified of dying, people who look just like one's own parent or grandparents... And I'm told that Covid can be a bad way to die. 12 to 16 hour shifts, 7 days a week. Massive waves of Covid followed by times when it's nearly gone and they believe they can start to relax- then a holiday and another wave.
We're destroying the people we expect to be 100% when our loved ones need them. Perhaps folks should consider that when they're planning their holiday gatherings of the unvaccinated (most of the vaccinated seem to be staying home- we haven't gotten together with family for two YEARS). FaceTime, folks- people once went a lifetime without ever hearing from or seeing their families. Now we can live anywhere and communicate easily. And two years? Our grandparents went through WW1 followed by the Great Depression followed immediately by WW2. Thank God they never got so tired of everything they just decided to surrender to the enemy...
My husband is an Army doc. His higher ups are always preaching ‘work-life balance’ but it’s just lip service. It stinks.
The pharmacist also being the counsellor is so wholesome
Awww the Pharmacist is right
I feel this so much as an EMT. Not only the work-life balance/integration, but the "scene safety" preached in EMT/Medic school.
If I'm tired because I've been rolling 19hours without a break, running on too much caffeine, a convenience store hot dog, and bag of chips... I'm probably going to mess up something, and pray it's not something important. I actually quit a private ambulance company because they routinely ran us that hard, and would write people up for refusing calls. ("If you can't handle a 24hr shift, then don't sign on for them." Bitch, please. A 24hr shift doesn't mean 24hrs of NON-STOP calls with no breaks!)
And if I get called out for a stabbing/shooting/etc, I really want to get in there and help the guy who's possibly bleeding out. But I won't do him any good if I, or my partner, get stabbed/shot as well.
This emphasis on 'working till you drop' is incredibly toxic, especially when society or your own bosses are telling you that's the only 'real' way to work, or prove your dedication, or whatever. The horror stories I've heard, especially over the past couple years of employee exploitation is wild, but if the employee complains, they're labeled as entitled and lazy. No, employees are humans, and humans need to eat and sleep to function. It's very simple, really, no need to politicize it, or act like treating workers fairly would lead to the entire collapse of the economy. Now that's being dramatic.
I was once given this metaphor: If you are on a plane and the oxygen masks drop down, the reason they tell you to put yours on *before* trying to help another person get their on is because when you pass out from the lack of oxygen, you’re not going to be *able* to help anyone else with their mask.
That’s always stuck with me. We sacrifice self care because we’re so focused on helping others, but when we do this, we’re not going to be able to help anyone.
Listen to the pharmacist, Doc Schmidt. Can't take care of anyone else if you don't take care of you. Get some sleep and cuddle that baby girl. 💜🙂
excellent!
Imagine my poor mom, the sole provider in the ER when 30 patients are in the waiting room and they're bringing in 4 patients by ambulance. So glad she's leaving that hectic job soon for a much less stressful one! Sometimes it's not just the choices the providers make; sometimes it really is situations thrust upon them by terrible, long-term decisions made by administration. And then the administration refuses to listen to the concerns of their staff, or better yet, hounds them when they get a bad review for wait times or what have you. Between a rock and a hard place. So many medical professionals have shed light on these problems that I don't understand why so many administrations aren't actually making any changes.
We know the problem! Now we need the solution!
(And we need more than a few institutions to realize that just because we've "always done it this way" doesn't mean we should continue doing so!)
People like you saved my life! Just recently had an apendectomy and the gastroenterologist was quick to act/operate and caught my appendix just before it burst!
Thank you for all that you guys do! You are so appreciated! Love all that you guys do!
This is certainly important, feel good messaging, but at the same time, it feels a bit patronizing. It's hard to take care of myself when I'm forced to work 26 hours straight every four days on average and there being a constant feeling of the healthcare team being short-staffed. Sure, some of the onus lies on me to eat, sleep, and take care of myself, but there needs to be systemic change.
A more important message is: you need to not fail yourself. If the system is failing patients, you can't fix that by bleeding out into it.
Self care is great-but all the self care in the world can’t replace an employer’s responsibility to make sure they have enough staff/resources so employees can take care of their patients AND themselves. People that provide direct care (doctors, nurses, cna’s, social workers, janitorial staff, etc) can’t self care their way out of the problems that not having adequate pay, reasonable hours/caseloads, and enough time off create.
Preach it, Sarah!
Absolutely, thank you for this comment!! We can try to mitigate the damage but no amount of cutesy self care activities can fix the fundamental resource issues we are dealing with.
I'm only 23 and I haven't even finished my social work degree yet but I'm already feeling exhausted just thinking about the caseloads social workers generally have. It's not sustainable for anyone - the clients, the workers or society as a whole 😔😔
Same for teachers!
I'm back in college & wkg fulltime in addition to being wife & mom. Thanks for reminding me I'm no good to anyone if I'm not taking care of me first.
WOW!!!! You've got a lot on your plate including determination and ambition:) PLEASE make sure to take care of yourself, sleep, food, etc as that will help you with studying and exams. Hopefully your partner will help with housework also. Kids can be taught to be responsible and help out, chores, separate laundry, help with meals? Clean up, sweeping depending on their ages. Make homework for all of you a positive experience, what will change for the better once you get your degree? Good luck and don't forget to take a break once in awhile- hire a babysitter to study before exam, movie, walk, time to yourself. Also another option is hiring someone to clean your house ( if you can afford it) frees up your time for other things. Also grocery pick-up is great!
😂 the head bobbing with the wig though 😆
Love love love that even the guests are getting in on the wig game 😂
This is perfect! Thanks, Doc! I'm sending it to my husband who did not come home until 2:40am, from a full day and being on-call, and then was called into the E.R. at 5:10am. This is the perfect video to send to him and to show my sons so that they understand that the house needs to be dead quiet so my husband can sleep.
As a family physician, this is me almost every day more now than ever because of covid.
What a timely message for me. Whether you call it Work-Life balance or work-life integration, the truth is all the stress you have about a job is rooted in fear. What I need to do is stop being so damn afraid of failure.
You're helping me through residency in a way I really didn't expect. Thanks you both 💓😊
Good luck!
Aww, I love this 🥰 And as a doctors wife I wish this was practiced more. It may be different since my husband is an Army doc but so often the higher ups give lip service to ‘work life balance’ but don’t make it possible.
Watching this while eating my third peanut butter cookie for the day. I had two for breakfast…. At 4:00 am. It’s now 4:00 pm
Doc Schmidt, can you please collab with Dr Glaucomflecken, and then with one (or more!) of his characters? Like the neurologist or the ER doctor? That would be so funny!
Hahaha its funny cause work life balance in medicine remains a pipe dream
If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of others! I grew up in a family restaurant. Your self worth was tied up in your ability to work long hours etc. I would work all day long as a school counselor then work evenings in our restaurant. When my mother and brother died within a year of each other, it changed me. I had also just gotten married and I changed my priorities. My career was important but work was not the priority. Having a career is wonderful but having someone to love and share your life is even better!
Yeah, shifts and schedules can be devastating… Thanks for shedding a light on this. Had and still have days were a single physician is expected to manage 15+ inpatients per day. It’s chaotic, and mistakes do happen. We try to manage with breaks whenever possible, but self care can only go so far when the actual issue is much larger. Hospital staffing shortages are the worst. And admins who ask staff to ‘just do it’ can just &@)&$@$9)&$£>¥€*>
This hits too close to home. Here in my country, we've this one period of "tagging" whenever we enter a new department. Basically we're expected to work from 7 am until 10 pm for one to two weeks, officially. Unfortunately, rounds in surgical based departments start at 6.30 am. So we have to come at 5 am to read cases and review patients. Because of our massive workload, sometimes we return home at 12 am. It was a hellish time for me, as I consecutively had 3-4 hours of sleep for 10 days. I would've gone the whole day without eating too if not for my mom who forced me to sit and eat breakfast each morning.
So relatable. These 2 years of my master’s degree were a nightmare, especially coming from 3 previous years of being a no lifer in order to get top grades in University. I feel so burned out, stressed and over the top emotional that I needed to stop and take care of myself. I realised grades meant almost nothing in the real world, apart from personal satisfaction. I realised that working for 5€/h in a toxic environment was driving me nuts. Family working ICU COVID unit here in Italy really didn’t help calming things down…so i realised that what i wanted were memories to remember, nights out with friends i could enjoy, or even the feeling of a simple hug.
Lost many chances with my social life that i’ll never get back, unfortunately. Luckily, i’m still young!
I dunno how it’s like in other countries but where I live it is mandated by law that lorry drivers can only drive for a certain continuous time frame (I think it was like 9 hours) before having to take a rest to sleep so as to not endanger other vehicles and people on the road.
In stark comparison to that, physicians may be on call for days on end, subsisting on pure determination and caffeine, maybe even solely responsible for a ward of patients
They schedule my surgeries about as soon as shift change happens. I’m usually in a bed and praying they find a decent IV spot. That’s fine. It’s scheduled. They don’t start the serious stuff till 7:30.
ER? That’s another animal. It’s like eating skittles in the dark; never know what you’re gonna get. (Although there are a few that know me, now. 🥺🙃)
ER DOCTOR HERE ! WE HAVE A GREAT WORK-LIFE BALANCE. WHEN AT WORK YES FULL AT WORK NON-STOP CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS AND LITTLE FOOD. STAY SAFE EVERYONE ! MAX 12 HRS SHIFT PERFECTLY FINE AND DOABLE.
ER doctor writing comments in all caps.... yeah that fits the bill
@@jano1574 JAJA I CANT HIDE MY HYPERACTIVITY AND EXCITEMENT. GLAD THAT YOU DID NOT ASSUME I WAS YELLING/ANGRY LIKE OTHERS. STAY SAFE AMIGO !
Just so you know...all-caps is hell for some text-reading programs, since they assume any word in all-caps is an acronym that needs to be spelled out instead of read as a proper word. Blind internet browsers can be really frustrated when a comment or forum post or whatever is in all-caps and takes 15 minutes to spell out.
@@davidharshman7645 WOW ! I feel so bad now :( ! I had no idea....Well no more caps for me then. Gracias !
Nice to see an extended version. Especially since you can speak at a normal speed.
It’s heartwarming to see Doc share his wigs.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 was not expecting the ending
When I was in nursing school and had a part time Job to pay for expenses there was no balance!! But I kept telling people during clinicals the importance of being healthy.
The pharmacist just bobbing around in the wig got me 😂
I’m watching this after finishing my pharmacy homework at 5 am. I have class at 10:30, and I only had 2 pieces of toast to eat yesterday. I am the living embodiment of a lack of work (school)-life balance
I've been a night shift nurse for 5 years and have yet to master the "work/life balance" or "self-care." I'm always telling patients to make their health a priority but, I'll work 14 hours without eating, no peeing and 99% standing and running around to complete tasks. It's catching up to me......Love your videos tho!!
It’s the same for Special Ed teachers. There’s never an end to the list and I always feel like I’m never caught up!
"Im actually still day shift"
"IT'S 9PM!"
I've never gotten general life advice from a pharmacist but I would certainly take it. Yay pharm!
I have gotten lots of general life advice from pharmacists. That's why I have always used small pharmacies. :)
Lol 😂 I needed that!!
Great video!! Many people need this reminder
Words of wisdom. Thanks for the reminder 👍
So right and so difficult too...
Adam shaking around the wig is *life*
Pharmacy here, we have your back. I'll change your ceftriaxone to daily and even bump it to 2g, and you'll never even know I was there. Like an abx ninja.
This is certainly true but unfortunately ‘presenteeism’ and the general culture in hospitals means that nothing is going to change. There would have to be a shake up of the entire system for anything to improve. And it’s not just medicine. I don’t think there is one single career or employer out there where a work life balance is genuinely honoured and respected, outside of the blurb on their website.
Good Lord, this was me, to a T. I ran on 4 hours sleep for 28 years. The longest stretch with no sleep was 54 hours. Things became very bizarre after that.
So true. Take care 🤗
When it peaked over to the woman pharmacist, I lost it 🤣
Ben, it's been 2AM bed time ALL week. I'm taking a quick time out from charting today's pts and this is my way to find some humor and unwind. But it's too real. For me it has layers like some real life Inception.
My employers idea of work life balance is taking away our EDO and making us work a longer day for less pay.
Take a break, call a friend, get fired.
Please do more pharmacy related skit 😂
Very true. Good message.
Pharmacists are the wise ones of the medical profession. 😁
Send this to all the program directors.
Ooooh I googled work life integration immediately after this
The female pharmacist hahahaha amazing
Ultimately, we need more doctors. Or we need to revamp the system to operate adequately with fewer doctors. Money.
Ha! The ceftriaxone is typically daily.
Sleep 2-4 hours a night during my stretches and survived my last night's shift off crackers and PB. I see nothing wrong here....
FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
💯🙌💯🙌💯
This is the closest I've ever come to getting good life advice from a creepypasta
Lol was that an original iPhone at the end?
But are hospitals actually going to create policies doing this?
But you should still double-check the orders for room 811 before you leave, in case your dream was trying to tell you something.
Adam is cute 🥰
I’ve done that kind of grind too. Not fun!
Me as a COVID19 contact tracer atm.
First to say first
You can't pour from an empty cup!
Vinsacient
Hahahha
Would you ever be an embalmer
hahahahahahaha
Go home and love on your wife and baby.
....so it is a myth then? 🤣