@nurse_ekm: [Edit] for the ED nurses who are so easily offended and triggered. IM SAYING I HAVE ONE PT AND IM HAVING AN EASY DAY. No one is trying to out work you, out do you, out anything. Have all your flowers. 💐#nurselife #criticalcare #emergencymedicine #icunurselife #ernurselife
If you had color coded binders, different color highlighters for your notes, and always had everything submitted days before a deadline go to ICU. If you cram things in your backpack, wait until 1159 to submit something, and have no idea where your debit card is because you have Apple Pay, the ED is for you 😂😂
2026-08-07 02:54:32
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Littleteres :
I don’t know why the ED nurses are saying they could never do ICU…cause we do that already! We do tele, med surg, ICU, Peds, mental health…before they go upstairs they’re with us…ED does it alllll
2026-08-06 23:27:41
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kris_ashley :
I always say what dominates your personality, adhd or ocd. ADHD goes to the ER, ocd goes to ICU.
2026-08-06 20:02:14
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ktnidu :
The ED is one giant side quest and there’s no check marks anywhere 😅
2026-08-08 14:52:35
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Nurse Tea ☕️ :
Got me there 😅
2026-08-11 12:43:43
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Crissie :
All joking aside, most of us ED nurses would drown trying to keep up with ICU meticulous charting and tasks, and ICU would drown with our crazy non sedated patients and constant unknowns. We make a good team for the best care though!
2026-08-08 17:20:31
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cicispizz4 :
I think icu is for the crazy type A’s and ED is for us crazy type B’s
2026-08-06 18:59:19
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Megan :
Could never sit down? Yeah you’re right
2026-08-06 20:51:52
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Ricky Spanish :
Has one patient but will still say she needs 15 minutes to take report
2026-08-06 19:35:23
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KEILA 🫶🏽 :
me as an ER nurse with 2 ICU patients my entire shift, but i wouldn’t have it any other way 🥰
2026-08-09 13:42:28
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Nikkyy🩺🖤 :
We could if we only had 2-3 patients haha
2026-08-10 03:03:32
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caitlin :
U right LOL we couldn’t
2026-08-10 02:52:32
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🦖 :
ED RN here hoping for that ICU life. I’d love time to sit down and film TikTok’s
2026-08-10 13:26:16
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guera_linda0 :
Chuckles in ER nurse.
2026-08-06 19:19:30
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makenna summers :
I figured out I was built for the icu when I started picking up after everyone in the ED while shadowing. I had a doctor come up to me and say your an icu nurse not an ED nurse if you’re doing that 😅
2026-08-06 21:53:30
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jwoww :
Idk I long for the ED but I’m in the ICU and I feel like I would fight someone down there lol
2026-08-09 16:29:15
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Toni | Emergency RN :
As an ICU nurse, this is so satisfying. But then on my first day as an ER nurse I said “wait where’s the brain” and never drank an appropriate temperature coffee again.
2026-08-07 02:32:07
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Kirsti Reed :
As someone who has been and ED nurse and now an ICU nurse… why is everyone so pressed lmao like clearly we all know how busy and chaotic the ED, take a fucking chill pill my god pick me ass bitches
2026-08-07 05:36:22
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Cholovibez :
I was the ER nurse with capped lines and clean patients/rooms. I love both. Now in a NICU!
2026-08-07 14:29:27
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amalie :
personally that looks so boring to me😭
2026-08-06 17:54:19
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Hana :
I think it comes down to personality. Both are equally heavy and insane at times but there is no high in the world to me like having my patients fully scrubbed, lined, labeled and organized. When all the i’s are dotted and all the t’s are crossed. And that’s the icu. And I’ve seen how the ER personality hates the ICU. It’s all about finding your fit
2026-08-06 17:02:02
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Audra :
I’m ED and couldn’t do ICU. I literally just want to stabilize and then YEET the pt to the floor lmao.
2026-08-08 14:25:47
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Tormentoria :
Former ED and it’s true! I love the ICU it’s so much easier task/time management wise. My critical thinking is challenged more but I have the time to actually learn about my patients now.
2026-08-06 23:19:04
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Monica Danielle✨Magnolia Fizz :
I’ve done both, ER any day 😂
2026-08-06 18:57:14
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marshall :
idk my adhd could not handle this… i need the chaos of the ed to function lol
2026-08-06 19:06:22
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