Clock in with Nurse Millie and Nurse Tara for a hilarious, raw, and unfiltered shift report! Today’s Chief Complaint is all about the disconnect between what society thinks nursing is, and what the job actually requires mentally, emotionally, and physically.

We are sharing our biggest "wake-up calls" as new nurses—from the shock of our first paychecks, to the intense emotional weight of holding a patient's hand during their final moments. We also pull back the curtain on hospital politics, discussing dangerous patient ratios, understaffing, and why so many nurses are fleeing the bedside to go back to school for advanced degrees.

Plus, we finally tackle the greatest hospital rivalry of all time: Day Shift vs. Night Shift. Who actually does more work, and who has the weirdest personalities?

Medical Term of the Week: AMA (Against Medical Advice)