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  1. Office Assistant
    First time poster

    So I need clarification. I work in the clerical part of the medical field (front desk). I schedule appts, update basic information and verify insurance. The current office im in I feel has me doing th...

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  2. Associate

    Am I overreacting? I am taking Wednesday off to take my kid to an appointment that is going to take most of the day. I’ve had it scheduled for months now and it’s been on the calendar. My manager has ...

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  3. Registered Nurse

    An attending physician just made a highly inappropriate, racially charged comment in the breakroom, and the entire staff just laughed it off because that’s just how he is. I’m the newest person on the...

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  4. works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Why don't patients respect that doctors have schedules and can't build them around one individual? Someone told me today that they were just going to come at 4 pm instead of 2 pm tomorrow to see the d...

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  5. Medical Technologist

    The phrase The Patient is Always Right has absolutely zero place in a medical facility and needs to be banned from corporate training. A hospital is not a retail store, and treating patients like cust...

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  6. Associate

    I saw a TikTok about a nurse who started a new job and the person who was supposed to train her wasn’t there and the other nurses completely ignored her and were incredibly rude. She ended up leaving ...

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  7. Nurse Practitioner

    My supervisor is correcting my clinical notes to make the patient interactions look more severe so the hospital can bill at a higher tier. Upcoding. If I compliance-call it, I ruin my relationship wit...

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  8. Occupational Therapy Aide
    First time poster

    How are you guys finding work? I can’t find a job at all as a medical assistant? What am I doing wrong? Graduated in November 2025 and I can’t find anything. Do you guys have any tips or suggestions??

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  9. Program Manager
    First time poster

    AITAH? I am a program manager over several area group homes for people with disabilities. I have worked here for several years and have always taken a 2 week vacation every February with my family as ...

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  10. RN
    First time poster

    Hello, I was recently terminated and accused of impairment during work, without factual evidence, Also, I was asked what medications I take' in front of 3 other staff members, including two of which...

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  11. Registered Nurse

    I took a 6-month hiatus to travel and clear my head, and now recruiters are treating my gap like a criminal record. Every interview feels like an interrogation where I have to justify taking care of m...

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  12. Obstetrics & Gynecology RN

    I signed an offer letter today to get $47 an hour as a staff RN at an ambulatory multispecialty clinic. I’m still unsure since I’m so burnt out from nursing in general, also past horrible experiences ...

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  13. Registered Nurse
    First time poster

    I am new role and there are records missing due to no process in place (I have instituted a process). The corporate quality nurse wants me to tell corporate that I lost the records instead of explain...

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  14. Registered Nurse

    I’ve noticed a massive generational divide on our unit where the older clinicians refuse to learn the new equipment and the younger grads refuse to do anything without an app. Neither side respects th...

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  15. Dietitian

    A Karen at works acts like unofficial authority. who constantly needs to prove she’s the best in our field. She acts like the office police, reports people for minor issues, and management seems...

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  16. Care Giver
    First time poster

    Let me say I absolutely LOVE working in a home as a caregiver but over time and going through the stuff I’ve been through this year I’ve lost a bit of my passion to even care for myself so I feel like...

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  17. Associate

    Have you ever gotten feedback at work that you don’t agree with? How have you handled it? I want to stick up for myself but I also don’t want to sound defensive.

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  18. Patient Coordinator

    I have a coworker who is very judgmental of others and uptight, but when she is sloppy in her own work its just on "stuff that doesn't matter." How can I coexist with other people's hypocrisy like thi...

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  19. Registered Nurse

    I just negotiated a $5,000 retention bonus to stay another year. Not sure how I feel. I was 100% ready to leave for a travel gig, but management threw just enough money at me to make me second-guess m...

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  20. Nurse Practitioner

    How many of you saw yourselves going into healthcare when you were a kid? I feel like the only person in my office who didn't. So many stories of dreaming about being a doctor or a nurse and I always ...

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