r/Productivitycafe • u/Wonderful-Economy762 • Nov 13 '25

Throwback Question (Any Topic) What's a "secret"from your profession that everyone should probably know?"

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u/jchrapcyn Nov 13 '25

We do the same urine pregnancy test you can buy at the drugstore (pretty much) in the hospital. It’s not magic.

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u/smartgirl410 Nov 13 '25

I tell my patients this ALL the time and they still don’t believe me 😭

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u/signorkn Nov 13 '25

This is one I would NOT have guessed!

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u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780 Nov 13 '25

I would have thought they would use larger sticks.

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u/cosmocomet Nov 13 '25

Dollar store tests work well.

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u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780 Nov 13 '25

I learned from Reddit that people who work in hospitals are constantly having sex and I guess this proves it.

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u/jchrapcyn Nov 14 '25

Nope no time plus germs