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Healthcare Runs on Caffeine: Healthcare Team Reacts

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Healthcare runs on caffeine....or at least, sometimes it feels that way.

In this episode of Banter at the Bedside, we're back with another Reel vs. Real, reacting to social media's take on healthcare workers and our complicated relationship with coffee, energy drinks, Diet Coke, and anything else promising to get us through a 12-hour shift.

But beneath the jokes is a bigger question: Why is caffeine so deeply ingrained in healthcare culture?

We talk about caffeine use disorder, night-shift survival, coworkers who seem to run exclusively on coffee, the questionable amount of…

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