Healthcare

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...

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...

I just watched a clinician give a patient's family a brutal dose of reality, and half the unit thinks it went too far. The family was completely clinging to unrealistic expectations for a terminal pat...

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...

I hate when I answer the phone at work, and the caller immediately asks who they are speaking to and proceeds to use my name throughout their request. It's very patronizing, you don't know me and it d...

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...

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 ...

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...

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??

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...

I just found out a patient lied about their symptoms for three days just to get a warm bed and a turkey sandwich, and I don't even know who to be mad at. They completely fabricated a clinical issue th...

A patient just left me a glowing, multi-paragraph review on Google, but they specifically mentioned my appearance and it feels weird. They called me beautiful and sweet before mentioning that I was gr...

I recently found out the new starter in my team is on a higher salary than me, we do the same job. I've had a raise maybe 2 years ago, and that felt like pulling teeth to get. Has anyone had the exper...

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...

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...

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...

I was just filling out an application. One of the questions was my sexual orientation. Is that not illegal? It's definitely weird

Is anyone else in float pool having the worst time? We’re treated like second-class citizens by the permanent units, and it is making the job incredibly lonely. We come in to save their staffing ratio...

I’m in a high-volume imaging center making $34/hour, and I’m being asked to train a new hire who is starting at $41/hour. When I asked HR about a market adjustment for my own rate to match the new hir...

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...