NotFakingit

There are many civilians who don't appreciate their tax dollars being used to subsidize indiscriminate mass murder. But do you disagree with my advice to the OP? Have you ever worked in a military hospital? Is it not the ideal environment for a politically conservative healthcare worker with zero brain-to-mouth filter?

Since others have answered the explicit question posed, I would like to take a moment to offer a solution to your implicit concerns. The implicit question being, "Can I work as a nurse while continuing to shove my unsolicited opinions down everyone's throats?" The following will probably offend you, but I promise, my advice is meant to help you to find a professional environment in which you will fit in and feel comfortable. You should seek a position at a military hospital. In this environment, nurses openly discuss their far-right views in earshot of patients and management. I'm talkin' let's form a militia in the middle of the woods and hunker in the bunker to prepare for the forthcoming apocalypse perpetrated (of course) by identity politics, liberal snowflakes, and Black Lives Matter. When these so-called professionals rail about the evils of the government, there is no sense of irony regarding the fact that their lives are 100% subsidized by the American taxpayer. Also, there is absolutely no accountability for anything that occurs within the hospital because it's the military. And yes, they do hire civilian nurses. Good luck, friend!

This question has already been answered, but - plug your nose - let's try again. The OP rants about what a burden it is to be the smartest person in the room, and having to deal with those who she deems intellectually inferior. This is narcissistic. So I'll ask - for the fourth time - where is this so-called humor I keep reading about? There is no attempt at comedy in this rant. Don't misunderstand - I am not suggesting that the humor is mean-spirited and therefore not funny. There is no humor, no attempt at humor, and nothing that could be considered humor by anyone, anywhere, ever. Yet you seem to think that erroneously applying the phrase "gallows humor" makes the OP's statements defensible. Anyone want to answer the question this time? How about an example?

Now that's actually funny, because it is an example of actual humor, which is not present in any degree, nor in any universe, in the OP's narcissistic rant. See the difference?

AN is a public forum, so I would argue that your first point is dubious due to the fact that one of these patients can read about themselves and feel (needlessly) embarrassed about not knowing that an IV catheter is not a needle. But what I would really like to know, and have already asked, and has yet to be answered, is: where is this so-called gallows humor? The author of this article just moans and complains about how it's such a burden to be the smartest person in the room and to have to deal with the intellectually inferior. You can't just defend that kind of narcissism by calling it gallows humor. In order to qualify, humor needs to be present is some form. So once again, where's all the jokes?

Where's the funny part? Is it when the OP chastises patients for not knowing specific medical info (IV is not a needle) from her high high horse? Or is it the "weird" things people say, like "Did I wake you?" or mistaking the nurse for a doctor? Wow, so weird! So funny!

Yeah, people who lack very specific knowledge are the worst, right? Congrats, you win the enlightenment competition in which no one else is a participant. Want a cookie?