Healthcare Runs of Caffeine: Healthcare Team Reacts

Coffee before report. An energy drink halfway through the shift. Another coffee in the afternoon. And somewhere in the hospital, there's a healthcare worker insisting that coffee is technically water-based.

In this episode we are reacting to social media posts about healthcare workers and our seemingly universal relationship with caffeine. And unfortunately...some of them are a little too accurate.


We talk about:
- The very real caffeine culture within healthcare
- Coffee versus energy drinks
- Whether caffeine actually helps when you're exhausted
- Night-shift caffeine habits
- Healthcare workers who seemingly survive on coffee instead of water
- The line between enjoying caffeine and consuming *way too much*
- Caffeine use disorder and how normalized caffeine dependence has become
- Trying to care for ourselves while spending an entire shift caring for everyone else
- Why coffee runs and "tea time" become sacred parts of the workday
- The unexpected role caffeine plays in team building
- Why asking a coworker, "Can I grab you something?" can mean more than we realize

It's Not Really Just About the Coffee