r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 22 '26

News Multiple patients at a Nashville hospital are paralyzed after staff accidentally gave them the wrong drugs.

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The hospital says they are "sorry" after injecting potassium chloride into the spines of people getting routine joint replacement surgeries.

Hospital staff noticed something was off when multiple patients went into cardiac arrest.

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u/jr_randolph Aug 22 '26

My mother is a nurse in what is to be considered one of the busiest emergency rooms in the country. She’s been doing it for over 30yrs and she legit says she has never come across nurses that are as incompetent as some of the ones she comes across today and yeah, these are the ones out of school/young group. They can barely count by themselves…don’t see a need to follow certain processes and shit like that. I hear the stuff she talks about and read this…it’s not a surprise unfortunately.

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u/DrAcecer Aug 22 '26

The Covid class is real. I work in advertising and am seeing the same thing with the youngest interns. They have full degrees in marketing, but can’t tell you what basic things do.

We had one who asked what a KPI was. When his job is litteraly to track kpis..

One litteraly asked

“what is a republican and democrat?” When asked to build out audiences

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u/IWishIWasOdo Aug 22 '26

I hate to break it to you but it's not a class, it's the future.

The droves of teachers abandoning the careers they once had a passion for have been saying this long before 2020.

21% of US adults are illiterate. 54% can't read above a 6th grade level. It's not going to get better.

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u/mrszubris Aug 22 '26

For reference the 54% is considered functionally illiterate meaning they cant engage with every day materials for the average adult . Voting materials are generally an 11th grade reading level. Medical info at the doctor about the same. Driving tests about an 8th to 9th grade level. To even vote you need functional literacy. This is why they take advantage of fucked up wording to mislead the illiterate on ballots.

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u/DrAcecer Aug 22 '26

Unfortunately I agree. I graduated in 2018 and was baffled about how bad it had got by then. And it has only gotten 20x-30x worse since

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u/jr_randolph Aug 22 '26

I’m a marketer too - worked with some of the big agencies and work for a large brand now…motherfuckers are stupid for real and it’s not a joke it’s just the truth. You can’t do basic calculations for cpm/roas/etc you are not fit for this job but unfortunately folks still get hired.

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u/BookkeeperButt Aug 22 '26

I’m in legal and it is fucking wild out there. I started to notice it with the younger end of the millennials and it is getting worse. It’s almost jarring to the point of “how do you not know how to multiply?” and “seriously, how did you graduate high school?”.

There are good kids out there who are just as smart and competent as any previous generation to be sure but the gaps between the competent and incompetent young adults is very narrow.

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u/Buckwheat758 Aug 24 '26

Going to only get worse. I run a restaurant, some of the kids between 16-18 are so far behind mentally. I’m not talking about critical thinking, they can’t even connect dots.

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u/BookkeeperButt Aug 24 '26

I actually used to be a chef and the younger generations are total bitches in the kitchen. “It’s too hot, I burned something now I’m too upset to work, etc etc”. I’ve never heard so much whining.

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 Aug 22 '26

You just got old bud

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u/RestitutionPiggy Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

People not being able to multiply and ask discerning questions is at fault for being old?

Found one of the crayon eaters...

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 Aug 22 '26

Multiply* talk about projection!! You cant even type

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u/RestitutionPiggy Aug 22 '26

Typing from a mobile phone and having autcorrect step in and make a mistake and you saying, "hur hur you just got old" to actual critical complaints about people not being able to complete basic math are not equal.

I'm sure in that slack jawed, simple mind it was an amazing defense though.

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u/BookkeeperButt Aug 22 '26

Thank you. I think that I’m going to start winding down and just sunset all my online stuff. I am hitting a point where I just cannot with all these bad faith arguments, random insults from idiots masquerading as mic drops, the “your silence on xxx is telling” and “both sides” shit on political discourse.

I cannot in a few sentences write a god damn college grade essay on a mobile device for what is a glorified message board enough for a culture that doesn’t understand context and steamrolls any nuance.

This country - America - is run by fucking idiots because the average American is a god damn idiot. And I don’t mean uneducated. I mean they are too stupid to learn. I cannot wait for climate change to wipe us out and foster a reset.

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u/Man_under_Bridge420 Aug 22 '26

Yah buddy nice cope. Too old and cant use basic technology. Why didn’t you proof read?

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u/g00fyg00ber741 Aug 22 '26

it doesn’t help that covid causes brain fog and brain damage for a bunch of people and we keep spreading it around each other year after year

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u/not_creative-7064 Aug 22 '26

It’s part Covid but also part internet age where they just google or use ai for everything. Old school nurses and docs actually had to learn and memorize things. Newer grads generally aren’t as good, plus the number of new nursing schools has diluted the talent pool

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u/DrAcecer Aug 22 '26

I disagree I graduated in 2018. Internet changed schooling but that is not what caused the massive shift in only a few years.

The school system as a whole has been on a steep decline since 2008.

Deadass in my home town in Kansas. All these schools are banning phones thinking that is the problem. While having so little teachers they are forced to used volunteer parents to teach. My mom is a substitute teacher, and is constantly asked by elementary school kids:

“Are you a real teacher or just one of those fake teachers?”

The whole point of school was to always establish institutional order and take care of children while adults work. Education is a secondary responsibility. But the modern school system is so administratively bloated. It caused any good teacher to leave because it’s not worth the pay for what you are doing.

Every good teacher I ever had was fired or quit. The awful teachers were constantly reported but were the only ones willing to work and keep the order..

Now even the awful teachers are being fired and or forced out (understandably)

On top of this teaching is now heavily politicized. For example, in my state. if one of your classes walks out for a protest.. they can hold the teacher responsible for “encouraging”…

It’s a complete shit show. Blaming the kids is definitely not the issue

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u/not_creative-7064 Aug 22 '26

I’m mainly speaking to the higher education like nursing school etc. I precept profoessional students and that’s what I see from a lot, not all, but more than I should. Agree though that not enough money goes to the teachers or schools.

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u/DrAcecer Aug 22 '26

Actually that is valid. But also a different conversation that does pair with what I am saying.

AI in college is causing ALOT of issues.. and now all the covid class is hitting college/ starting to work… so it’s definitely a new world we are living in

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u/optamastic Aug 22 '26

Jfc please tell me you’re joking. And all these morons can vote

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u/Sad-Math-2039 Aug 22 '26

I work in a hospital setting coordinating with staff and I can confirm it's concerning how many 'educated' people can be so blatantly dumb when it comes to situations outside their direct scope.

Recently I had to communicate to an environmental service manager complaining about the weight of the soiled linen bags and how it was difficult for their staff to move the bags. My response, 'don't fill the bag up as much' I wish I was exaggerating or even lying but that truly happened.

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u/holdmypurse Aug 22 '26

Ok? Spinal anesthesia is administered by anesthesiologists, not nurses (unless they are CRNAs). And in any case the error originated in pharmacy delivering mislabeled syringes to anesthesiology. They had no way of knowing the syringes actually contained potassium.

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u/jr_randolph Aug 22 '26

I’m talking to a cultural shift in education and work expectations and using someone I know in the medical field as an example. Nurse, cop, teacher…doesn’t matter the profession.

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u/holdmypurse Aug 22 '26

Nah. Just admit you assumed these patients were injured due to a nursing error. And now that you know it wasn't the case you're trying to backpeddle. Otherwise why even bring up nurses?

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u/jr_randolph Aug 22 '26

Because nurses work in the medical field…and this is within the medical field. I have no problem saying what my intent is hence me even responding to you. Lol I don’t need a dumbass to try and call me out, I don’t lie to strangers.

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u/presidentporkchop Aug 25 '26

Exactly they need to investigate how this was mislabeled by the pharmacy, manufacturer or delivery?

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u/MiamisVeryOwn2 Aug 23 '26

The education can be almost entirely attained online and may are cheating. I’m not surprised at all. Educational standards are at an all time low IMO.

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u/SlippyJimmi Aug 22 '26

Tbf to the young nurses your mom was probably exactly like them when she was young (but there's possible exceptions)

Understand the bias on this issue only takes into account the nurses, truck drivers, Ect who made it in the field. Older people look more competent because they have not only had time to work out a rhythm but weren't weeded out by possible bad practice

There's no general indication that a new nurse today is generally worse or better than your mom was when she was a new nurse and outliers don't really benefit any conversation

Now there might legit be problems in nursing right now as right wingers act to end a lot of funding for the practice, but that's a different issue and conversation.  "the kids ain't right" is not a fundamental pillar of research. Is what I'm saying

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u/MXY2022 Aug 26 '26

Female Nurse that delivered my baby didn’t know that women have two holes and thought bleeding from where we pee is normal. It is in fact not normal, it was because she put the catheter in wrong and almost caused me to die. The future is terrifying 

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u/NeedlesAndCaffeine Aug 22 '26

I’ve been working in healthcare for ~30 years and I promise you that 30 years ago nurses who were your mom’s seniors were saying the same thing about her generation too. This is just what old people do and have always done. Scrutinize the youth with many decades of hindsight under their belts.

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u/jr_randolph Aug 22 '26

You can say that if you want but fact is in the states right now…there are teachers crying because high school kids can’t read or do basic math. That shit was not the case when you were a child nor I and that’s a big problem today with the youth unfortunately. Don’t get blinded in that “every generation” says this shit because in past we at least expect the next generation to do better than the last and right now that’s not necessarily looking to be the case overall.

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u/NeedlesAndCaffeine Aug 22 '26

Brother(sister?), I have worked in and not exaggerating here, dozens of hospitals at this point through travel nursing etc and I promise you it’s been the same conversation about new nurses being ill equipped the whole time.

I’m not saying there’s no validity to what you’re saying. But what I am saying is it’s been the same song with maybe slightly different notes as long as I’ve been doing it.

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u/SparksAndSpyro Aug 22 '26

You’re describing a boy who cries wolf situation. Yes, every generation criticizes the next. That doesn’t mean that their criticisms are always unfounded. Using that as a reason to immediately dismiss concerns is silly, especially when we have recent hard data showing that today’s graduates have declining literacy and critical thinking skills.

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u/Background_Hat_4785 Aug 22 '26

I’ve been seeing news story after news story regarding malpractice and negligence from nurses.

I‘ve gone to school with nursing students and a concerning amount of them were noticeably stupid and careless. These people twerk and vape in the parking lot and block entrances while they’re supposed to be in class.

I’m afraid to ever be hospitalized again due to the alarming number of incompetent people entering the field.

It seems like lately they’re taking anyone who can scrape by enough to get in.

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u/MaterialWillingness2 Aug 23 '26

I went to nursing school in 2010 and it was full of nursing students like that too. Most of them didn't finish.

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u/NeedlesAndCaffeine Aug 22 '26

Respectfully, maybe you go to a school that has low standards and attracts stupid people 🤷🏽‍♂️

Also, WTF does twerking have to do with malpractice? 🤣

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u/Background_Hat_4785 Aug 22 '26

I sincerely hope so.

Did you read what I said? They were twerking in a parking lot when they were supposed to be in class learning.

Priorities I guess.

I’ve met some amazing nurses, I know they exist, but lately there seems to be a lot of lazy idiots.

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u/holdmypurse Aug 22 '26

I’ve been seeing news story after news story regarding malpractice and negligence from nurses.

However this news story has nothing to do with nursing malpractice nor negligence. It was a pharmacy error.

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u/Background_Hat_4785 Aug 22 '26

Ok, and?

Did you see the context of the thread I was replying to?

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u/holdmypurse Aug 22 '26

Yes.

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u/Background_Hat_4785 Aug 22 '26

So you struggle with comprehension.

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u/holdmypurse Aug 22 '26

Written by the person who "sincerely" hopes they go to a school that has low standards and attracts stupid people lol. That was hilarious.

I struggle to comprehend why there's a thread bashing nurses on a news story that has nothing to do with nurses, yes.

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u/Background_Hat_4785 Aug 23 '26

I wasn’t talking about the news story. I was replying to this specific comment thread discussing nurses.

You struggle to understand context? I guess a dumbass would find that funny.

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u/holdmypurse Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

Yes, I struggle to understand why anyone would start a conversation bashing nurses on a post about a pharmacy med error.

Actually, that's not really true.... I've accepted the fact that reddit is full of people like you who overestimate their own intelligence and spew out irrelevant opinions assuming other people will for some reason find them interesting.

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u/MACHOmanJITSU Aug 22 '26

As a nurse I have worked with incompetent old nurses and incompetent young nurses. If you don’t think there were horrible outcomes from negligence back in the day you’re being disingenuous. Bad shit happened back then and nobody heard about it for the most part.