/r/nursing/

r/nursing

1.1M members
r/nursing is a subreddit with 1.1M members. The community frequently discusses nurse, nursing, new grad, frustrating, and looking for a job, and they frequently recommend/review nursing shoes, hand cream, and stethoscope, and the most common flair used is seeking advice, discussion, question, rant, and serious.

Popular Topics in r/nursing

#1

Nurse

40 posts
#2

Nursing

21 posts
#3

New Grad

11 posts
#4

Frustrating

11 posts
#5

Looking For A Job

8 posts
#6

Job

8 posts
#7

Looking For A New Job

6 posts
#8

Career Change

4 posts
#9

Nursing Job

4 posts
#10

Rn

4 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
: "Pushing Tips"
31 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Unprofessional Doctor"
22 posts
#3
Question
: "Renewing Maryland RN license with OLD misdemeanor"
11 posts
#4
Rant
: "I, as an RN, make a terrible patient."
7 posts
#5
Serious
: "Which hearing aid does Eko core 500 stream flawlessly with ? ( Phonak vs Widex vs Starkey vs Oticon )"
6 posts
#6
Meme
: "“You’re a bleeder Harry!”"
3 posts
#7
Image
: "Alex Pretti on the Ofrenda"
3 posts
#8
Burnout
: "I hate feeling like this"
2 posts
#9
Nursing Win
: "I’m going to PACU!!"
2 posts
#10
Gratitude
: "Picture of my nursing class (2014) on a pub crawl."
1 post

Member Growth in r/nursing

Yearly
+70k members(6.5%)

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Last updated: October 25, 2026