Marked Safe from Explosive Diarrhea; RN’s Weird Baby Names; Meant for Medicine?

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Health professionals from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Unbiased Science Podcast shared public service announcements as the cyclosporiasis outbreak rages on without an identified source.

Meanwhile, pediatrician @drkatielockwood was marked safe from explosive diarrhea thanks to Diet Coke.

And pediatrician @drdanpediatrician explained that while cleaning blueberries with a power washer is “overkill,” it might be wise to opt for bananas right now.

“Born to say ‘that ear is hella infected,’ forced to document ‘acute suppurative otitis media,'” joked pediatrician Lauren Hughes, MD.

Kingslayer, Milk: pediatric nurse Alex Kim, RN, listed the weirdest baby names he’s come across at work.

A viral Instagram reel depicted Mass General Brigham nurses being locked out of work as their strike ended. They have since been permitted to return.

How realistic is the Pittsburgh-ese of “The Pitt”? Pittsburgh emergency physician @emergencydremily weighed in on the show’s local authenticity.

“I walked away feeling dismissed, unheard, and broken.” After being kicked out of urgent care while seeking postpartum treatment for urinary tract infection symptoms, family medicine physician Chinyere “ChiChi” Okpaleke, MD, documented her experience in an Instagram reel.

The doctors at the hospital where CRNA @bax.katie works all passed her “vibe check” when she addressed them by their first names.

Pediatric nurse Madi Beckstead, RN, “alarmed” her fiance by sharing the sounds of the job.

When did you know you were meant for medicine? For OR nurse @orgerls, it was when watching a bloody surgery made her crave a jelly donut.

It’s Thursday … isn’t it? Emergency physician Fayez Ajib, DO, needed to double check after assessing his patient’s neuro status with the “what day is it” test.

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