r/nursing is a subreddit with 1.1M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses nursing, frustrating, job, hate, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review nursing shoes, hand cream, and stethoscope.
Popular Themes in r/nursing
#1
Advice Requests
: "Wichita Kansas CNA wage negotiation’s with corporate. Any and all help would be appreciated!!"
14 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Am I wrong for being upset?"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "New Grad have the chance to do CVICU in a bad rep hospital(HCA)or Neuro PCU (Advent health)"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Building an AI Agent to Recommend the Next Patient Care Pathway — Looking for Healthcare Workflow Feedback"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Side business"
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "Is this job sketchy? Or a hidden opportunity"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/nursing
#1
Nursing
23 posts
#2
Frustrating
14 posts
#3
Job
13 posts
#4
Hate
11 posts
#5
Struggling
9 posts
#6
Looking For A Job
8 posts
#7
Nurse
7 posts
#8
New Grad
6 posts
#9
Looking For A New Job
6 posts
#10
Tired
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/nursing
Nursing Shoes
144 reviews
#1
Hoka
4.6★ from 18 reviews
#2
Brooks
4.8★ from 11 reviews
#3
Dansko
4.1★ from 7 reviews
Hand Cream
134 reviews
#1
O'Keeffe's
4.9★ from 14 reviews
#2
CeraVe
4.6★ from 9 reviews
#3
Aquaphor
4.7★ from 9 reviews
Stethoscope
109 reviews
#1
Littmann
4.6★ from 28 reviews
#2
3M Littmann
4.5★ from 28 reviews
#3
MDF
4.3★ from 18 reviews
Flair Used in r/nursing
#1
Seeking Advice
: "Nursing with OCD. Harm OCD I’m in hell."
67 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Would you stay through another pandemic?"
47 posts
#3
Question
: "Lunch breaks"
22 posts
#4
Rant
: "I put my foot down during shift-change report"
21 posts
#5
Serious
: "Just found out that working night shifts is linked to faster biological aging, and night shift workers lose almost a year of life expectancy by age 40…"
9 posts
#6
Meme
: "Saw this on FB Marketplace"
6 posts
#7
Nursing Win
: "Greys Anatomy type stuff"
3 posts
#8
Covid Rant
: "COVID Trauma"
3 posts
#9
News
: "Nurse reports cops to APS"
2 posts
#10
Image
: "I have a confession to make ._."
2 posts
Member Growth in r/nursing
Yearly
+66k members(6.1%)
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Last updated: August 13, 2026