— Healthcare social media content gathered by MedPage Today staff
by Hannah Glaser, Social Media Assistant, MedPage Today
October 15, 2026 • 1 min read
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Is that a night shift nurse or a ghost? Intensive care unit nurse Blake Lynch, RN,opens in a new tab or window got in the spooky spirit.
"Boys can be doctors too?!" Pediatric emergency physician Meghan Martin, MD,opens in a new tab or window shared her daughter's female-forward experience with medicine.
The best time to fake a pageopens in a new tab or window, according to dermatologist Anna Catinis, MD, is right after realizing the restaurant menu is too pricey.
Internal medicine resident Kamran Tate, MD,opens in a new tab or window showed up to a medical student's presentation ready to ask the important questions: how did they get this massive table through the door?
Meanwhile, a burnt out pediatric resident at Loyola Medicine snapped back into action after receiving a "cute baby alertopens in a new tab or window" text.
Oncologist Eric Singhi, MD, questioned why the field of medicine has come so far, and yet, prior authorizations still need to be faxedopens in a new tab or window.
Anesthesiology resident Tricia Pendergrast, MD, opens in a new tab or windowdemonstrated her different reactions to varying patient blood pressures.
Pediatric nurse Alex Kim, RN,opens in a new tab or window described two things that happened at work that made him "want to quit nursing forever and just go bartend."
"I had heard enough. I took this silicone oral compliance device and I put it right in her mouth." Gal Barbut, MD, turned to the power of the pacifieropens in a new tab or window to get a cranky NICU patient to quiet down.
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