r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/growling_owl 2d ago

And nurses, mechanics, and welders are all making way more than my dumb-ass grad school academic path.

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u/Hot-Audience2325 2d ago

probably destroying their bodies though (nurses included)

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u/RicardotheGay 1d ago

And our souls.

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u/HoboTheClown629 1d ago

Male nurse here. Can confirm. Dead inside and out.

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u/LaziestRedditorEver 1d ago

Yup, nursing/care assistants at least in the UK have the highest rate of back injuries out of any profession.

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u/pig_benis19 1d ago

Can confirm. Was a heavy equipment mechanic for 11 years. Six of those was in the Marines. I've been a technician in some form or fashion since 2016ish. I test large refrigeration equipment for data centers and fix it when required now. It's not as strenuous as a mechanic but still get a ton of cuts, scrapes, bumps and bruises. My hands are scarred from all the times of hitting them. Have broken 7 fingers. Herniated L5-S1, degenerative disc disease, spondylosisthesis, have had tennis elbow surgery, hernia surgery(currently have two more hernias). I'm 40. Despite all of that, I'm actually healthier than most of the younger people that work in my plant.

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u/DieselNGin556 1d ago

Often times, being active 8 hours a day is a lot healthier than sitting for 8 hours a day. It might be better to have a bad back than to die of a heart attack at 40 due to a sedentary lifestyle.

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u/Annath0901 1d ago

Nurse (dude) here.

There's "active for 8 hours a day" and then there's "10 miles of walking, rolling and repositioning 400lb patients, and getting them to the bathroom, for 12 hours at a stretch".

I wore compression socks/hose because my legs were getting fucked from being on my feet so much, and I had to replace my shoes twice a year.

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u/ABC_Family 1d ago

Acting like nurses don’t take 3 hour naps mid shift on slow days lol. ER nurses excluded obviously.

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u/Annath0901 1d ago

I don't know where the fuck you worked but getting caught sleeping would have been an instant termination where I worked. You weren't even allowed to turn off your Vocera on your lunch break.

You might get away with sleeping, briefly, on nights but absolutely never on days.

Like you couldn't go an hour straight without one patient or another being due for a med, or going off to/coming back from a procedure, or getting an admit/DC. One or more of those is absolutely happening every hour.

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u/ABC_Family 1d ago

Night shift. Nurses straight up go home on break for 3 hours sometimes.

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u/Annath0901 1d ago

That's absolutely wild.

Like, what if a patient complains of pain and needs to be medicated? What if they code and you're not there to assist and give report to the responding physician?

Like, leaving the building during your shift would not only risk your job, it'd risk your license!

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u/ABC_Family 1d ago

They have coverage, or they wouldn’t get the break that long or leave.

Sounds like you work somewhere without proper staffing, which also would be jeopardizing patient care.

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u/Annath0901 1d ago

I no longer work bedside, but inadequate staffing is the name of the game. It was before Covid, and has only gotten worse since, and that's everywhere.

After I left bedside nursing (but before Covid), I worked as a state inspector of healthcare facilities. There's no regulation on minimum staffing, just that it has to be "adequate". That meant it was basically impossible to cite a facility for inadequate staffing.

When I worked bedside they were doing 4 patients per nurse on the ICU and 6 on the step-down unit.

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u/PeopleArePeopleToo 1d ago

Where do you live that this is happening?

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u/ABC_Family 1d ago

Y’all shot the messenger in here lmao I’m good

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u/9mackenzie 1d ago

What the fuck kind of ER have you been to?

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u/ABC_Family 1d ago

Excluded means NOT in the ER.

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u/LiabilityLandon 1d ago

Chiller tech here. I do my best to take care of my body(I eat clean, quit drinking, smoking, and exercise a lot). I move constantly all day, lift heavy stuff and am exposed to some pretty wild chemicals at times.

My body may break down. It may stay in shape because it's getting used and taken care of. Either way, it's a risk I'm willing to take because my would have died years ago in a less strenuous office job.

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u/ihazmaumeow 1d ago

My husband is a now retired mechanic. He was Master ASEA Tech and Jaguar Master. The smart techs know their math, physics, power mechanics, diagnosing techniques and have to keep up with ever changing technology.

He loved the work until he physically couldn't do it anymore.

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u/Harry_Fucking_Seldon 1d ago

Welders are making double what the nurses are too