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Im a clinic nurse in a position that moves around the clinic a lot and handles phone calls and patients. My coworker made some absolutely adorable magnets for my door so staff know if im available. submitted by /u/Temporary-Employ-611 [link] [comments]
My daughter recently told me of a friend, an ER nurse, fired by her (non-union) hospital for trying to protect a patient from ICE. This led to me doing a search for news articles R/T this, & I am finding a distressing number of articles about ICE goons throwing nurses to the ground or similar. I do not know whether the hospital I mentioned above cited the incident in the nurse's firing, or conveniently found some other "reason" to fire her (you know how that goes). Does anyone know, are there groups (NNA, legal, immigrants rights) that have nurses' backs in any way at all, in these incidents? submitted by /u/Oothoon63 [link] [comments]
is this a universal nursing experience? next time i have to refuse to give gatorade to a patient, im going to show them this flyer as the reasoning why. policies? don't know her. ahh, the little petty things to be pissed about. submitted by /u/storminconverse [link] [comments]
I have seen too many Nurses struggling with their mental health and financial ruin because of the changes made by the Department of Education. I will never forgive them for breaking my contracted loan agreement and finding every way to delay or take PSLF away from us. Especially when they handed PPP loans out like crazy with zero oversight. They know they are intentionally hurting healthcare workers, Nurses and teachers by removing ways to help us reach PSLF. People like me who are Millenials, have a mortgage, kids, and aging parents to care for. Not mention our own health and medical issues are close to losing everything or at risk for being financially destroyed. My fiancé is in IT and has been laid off for a year. The market is dead right now. We’re facing the reality that I might have to get a second Nursing job which exacerbate my medical condition or he has to file for bankruptcy. One thing that I counted on was that if I held on a few more years I could get my loans forgiven. No
I need to vent because I am ready to scream. I’ve been a med-surg nurse for a while now, so I know how hand-off is supposed to go. I transitioned to a new hospital recently, and I have zero issues giving report to anyone else on the floor. Smooth, concise, SBAR, get out on the floor. Except for one specific charge nurse. This woman has some kind of sick power fetish. She demands to know every single last microscopic lab value, every historical background detail, and every single scan and imaging result down to the pixel. And I am not exaggerating—I literally spent two hours meticulously writing and organizing my report sheet overnight trying to bulletproof it against her, and it was still not f***** good enough. Even with a comprehensive written report, she still dragged our 5-patient hand-off out to nearly 50 agonizing minutes of line-by-line chart interrogation. Why am I wasting time verbally reciting routine labs that are sitting right there in the chart? Meanwhile, actual patient c
I’ve noticed over time that it doesn't matter what’s wrong with many of these patients they are motivated to get up, get dressed and will get to the smoking area come hell or high water. I know smoking is obviously terrible for you but I’ve often wondered if this part of it, where its keeping people mobile is actually providing some benefit on some level. submitted by /u/Vanillacaramelalmond [link] [comments]
I just spilled my coffee all over my patsient and while doing that ( I tripped) I also accidentally farted. NEVER felt this embarassed before. But hey, what can you do. Guess I will move on. for symphaty share your experiences please.. submitted by /u/Dependent-Many890 [link] [comments]
I’m looking for some advice from people who have been through this. Before nursing school, I had a 4.0 GPA in high school and was very involved in extracurriculars and leadership. Since starting nursing school, it’s been a completely different experience. I’ve been working hard just to stay around a 3.0 GPA, and most of my time goes toward trying to keep up with coursework. I’m in the Texas Medical Center area, so residency programs are very competitive. I keep hearing that becoming a Professional Student Nurse (PSN) is highly encouraged, but many of those programs require a 3.2–3.5 GPA, and it seems like there are hundreds (if not thousands) of applicants who also have extensive leadership, volunteer work, and healthcare experience. At this point, I’m struggling to balance everything. I feel like if I spend more time building my résumé, my grades may suffer, but if I focus primarily on grades, I worry I won’t be competitive enough for residency applications. Has anyone else been in a
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I graduated with my BSN in 2019. After failing the NCLEX 2x and declining mental health.. I stopped trying. I finally feel like I’m in the right spot to take it. I got a “high passing rate “ on uworld. Being that I didn’t get right into the work field right after graduating.. I was wondering if anyone had advice on getting back into it. Should I try for a new grad position? I’m scared that I may know the content.. but forgot my bedside knowledge. submitted by /u/NervousRhubarb5772 [link] [comments]
Fifth largest district just sent a message out that we are not allowed to leave the building for lunch. I am kind of bummed. Our faculty lounge is a viper pit of nastiness, and kids are always banging on my door during lunch. “We know you’re in there!” Is this no leaving the building thing pretty common? I worked in corporate America for many years and I was always able to leave the building. submitted by /u/One-Context7569 [link] [comments]
Back again for more advice as a new teacher! I’ll be setting up my classroom next week, and I can’t help but feel like I’m missing some obvious essentials on my shopping list so i’m curious what people would recommend getting. My school gave me a 150$ Amazon budget and I asked for a variety of things I can’t get in physical stores, like fluorescent light covers, posters, a specific pencil sharpener I wanted - odds and ends mostly. I do have a 100$ gift card I was planning to spend before I found out they’d buy stuff for my classroom, and I’m also happy to spend some of my own money if I feel it’s worth it. I know a lot of veterans say not to do that, but I’ve saved throughout college for a reason (though I don’t want to spend more than a couple hundred). I already plan on getting a cute rug for rug time and a desk chair, if the one I’m given isn’t comfortable, and some bins for students work. But I’m not sure what else to get, if I should get anything else. So what basic or niche thing
As the title says, I've been at this school for a while. For the past several years, we have been using a co-teaching model, with great success, that pairs ELA with History. I teach three classes of ELA with the intensive support of my co-teacher and I give intensive support for the three History classes my partner teaches. We have aligned our units of study to compliment each other and I am able to do deep-dives into informational reading/writing with my small groups during History class while connecting it all back to ELA. Since we started this model, our students' scores have far outshined the rest of our state. It's been amazing. This past June, my (newish) principal floated the idea of me leaving the History class for one period a day to teach our ELL/ELD students. I, and the rest of my team, shot down the idea and gave arguments against it. The previous ELD teacher did very well the 25-26 school year and ELA scores were also fantastic. We were doing great and none of us wanted to
I was having a good shift today lol. Right at shift change 7PM my patient needed to use the restroom. Patient was post op a hip surgery. I had already gotten her up before to the chair. Her vitals were perfect 120/80. I came in to give her evening Tylenol and IV steroid that I had already given her 6 hours earlier. She was in the recliner, asking to go use the restroom to pee and then to bed. I put the gait belt on her, asked her how she felt, all good and we walked to the toilet sat her down to pee. She has a good pee, was happy to hear she voided because had problems not peeing after surgery last time. She wanted to go to the sink to wash her hands, so I get her there, and then she tells me she starts feeling dizzy, I see the smile in her face begin to fade, and she becomes unresponsive. I try to reach for my vocera to call for a wheelchair or some assistance but I realize we had all turned them in already (we turn in our vocera at end of shift). She begins to pass out. So I grab the
About a month ago I switched from a busy level iii ER and did an internal transfer to a part time home health gig. I mostly left because a provider was harassing me, it was a tight nit provider group, and I didn’t see a way out other than to quit. I switched because I felt trapped and I can’t quit my organization until September because of a new grad bonus I took and some tuition reimbursement. So I’m trying to stick it out with this home health gig but the more I do it the more I hate it. I want to be clear. I love working with patients. I hate how I feel taken advantage of. First of all, $.76/mile IS NOT WORTH the wear and tear I’m putting on my car. 1000 miles = $760 and that’s barely enough to change ONE brake pad and rotor at the mechanic. They told me because I’m new I will always be getting the clients no one wants (the ones that live an hour away). And my entire trunk space and corner of my apartment is unusable because they ordered me so much stand by medical supplies and medi
Bella on the left Tipi on the right 🤭 well i’m definitely scared shitless of losing my license.. not bc i am doing things wrong, or am unsafe. but i do understand how nurses can start being eager to help people and then get hit with reality of how awful the world/system is. I wanted to give a pt a picture of a tool used to reach areas on the body that you can’t sometimes reach alone (middle of back, feet etc..) but was educated (thank god) that if something crazy were to happen, that edu isn’t authorize edu so it’s on me. BUT today was an amazing day and i intervened on something correctly by using knowledge of meds/situation, and i know it’s small BUT it feels like a first accomplishment to tell me that it will get better i made the right choice :) submitted by /u/dude-life-is-INSANE [link] [comments]
Without sharing too many details, coworker attempted suicide, is now vented on my unit and not expected to survive. I don’t want to share the hows/whys as I don’t want family or coworkers seeing this. But this is obviously a horrific situation for our staff. I know this is above Reddit’s pay grade. I’m just heartbroken and sad. I know EAP is a thing, I haven’t found it helpful in the past. I don’t know what I feel this post is going to accomplish, but holy shit this sucks. ETA: thanks everyone. I appreciate all of you. I’m so sorry for the people who have experienced similar things. Thank you all for being so kind. When things are less immediate, I will share the dontclockout.org link to coworkers. Tonight feels a little raw. submitted by /u/merlinthegreat89 [link] [comments]
After 8 interviews, I finally landed a position at my dream school. I had been substituting there as much as I could for the past two years when home from college. The staff were always so friendly and students began to recognize me in the hallway from being there so often. I felt like a celebrity😂 About a month ago, I interviewed there for a fifth grade ELA position. It wasn’t my favorite age or subject, but I just wanted to get my foot in the door. Even when I landed a second round interview, I didn’t get the position. Come to find out that the principal thought it was a really hard decision, but he thought I’d suit a younger grade. Since then, I’ve been on four more interviews. And even last Thursday I got a job offer for third grade (I haven’t signed anything or heard from HR yet). Anyways, I got an email today from the principal asking if I was interested in a second grade position. I immediately got on the phone with him. He explained that they had too many second graders enroll
Hi everyone, I wanted to ask if anybody could provide advice on MSN/ABSN programs. I'm a recent grad who graduated with a B.S in Organismal Biology and who now wants to be a RN so of course, I was looking at MSN programs. Although,I am unfortunately missing development pysch, physiology, sociology, and epidimelogy so I wouldn't be able to apply/qualify for UCLA,UCI and other public school programs. However, for private schools like western university I would be able to qualify and would only have to do one gap year as opposed to two (public schools want all courses completed before applying not in progress). I was wondering if anybody who's gone to any of these programs have any advice or thoughts on the situation. For context I graduated with a 3.53, am FGLI, have four years of research experience, 7 extracurriculars , some PT clinical experience, and am going to be working as a behavioural technician in this minimum one gap year period. I'm also interested in continuing research, wor
I am officially a social studies teacher of record! What is some advice you would give a first year teacher no matter what their subject or grade level they teach? Give me your most universal wisdom I can apply to my life as an educator submitted by /u/Signal_Top5167 [link] [comments]
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Ripped out 18g IV, adjacent to the bus stop. Make up a story, Go! submitted by /u/Bfreeskier [link] [comments]
Just need to laugh at this one. I applied for a high school science position a little farther from home. I a dual B.S. in Biology and Secondary Ed, just finished my M.S. in Biological Sciences. Broad field certified in my state. Have taught Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Biology, and interviewed twice for the position. I found out they hired someone who graduated this past May… with a bachelor’s in English. Before anyone asks, yes, it was for the same middle/high school science position. They posted it on their facebook. I know there’s more to hiring than just degrees, and interviews matter, but I can’t pretend that one didn’t sting a little. It definitely made me question why I spent years getting science degrees. Edit: job was Bio/Chem and 1 prep of 8th grade science submitted by /u/Apprehensive_Fig3623 [link] [comments]
How to transition from days to nights? Do I just force myself to stay up and day and night today and then go to sleep early in the morning tomorrow and try make myself sleep until it's time to get up for work in the evening? submitted by /u/Special-Nectarine853 [link] [comments]
I am a first-year high school English teacher. I am dating someone who has been teaching at the high school level for a few years now (age gap relationship). I was having him help me set up my classroom today when two students who were helping set up the new computer lab walked by. They were his students from the year before. We all stopped and made some small talk, talking about the new school year and stuff. The one girl made a comment about us being on vacation to OBX last week, which caught me off guard because how would they know that? long story short, apparently, my boyfriend follows a handful of students (mainly female) on social media. current students, under the age of 18. I told him that this was completely inappropriate and not okay, but he was pushing back, saying it wasn't creepy and that I was overthinking it. The district we both work for has nothing in its social media policy about this, but I was wondering how y'all felt about this? He has since unfollowed everyone wh
I’ve been on orientation for literally ONE MONTH!! I started and trained for only FIVE DAYS!! One week!! I’ve never had experience with hospice and by week 2, I had my full caseload, with 9 IDG notes to complete by that Friday, AND declining patient… NO HOSPICE EXPERIENCE BTW!! On week 3 I had to take the increase on my caseload because one nurse (the other full time) was on vacation and the other (part time) called in for the week. This week I was told “I’m placing you on August call schedule” I said WOAH and responded with “I haven’t had experience with deaths or admissions and what happens if they occur??” And I was told “well clearly you’ll be primary and have a backup call”. I left it alone. 2 weeks away of being on call. I constantly fall THROUGHOUT THE DAY with questions so imagine being alone at night. By week 4 I was STILL taking the PT nurses patients because she was gone that week as well. It’s week 5 now and I’m on call. Night one (yesterday) a patient was sent to the ER fo
There’s a job that’s hiring 50 mins away from me that I am interested in, but I’m not sure if I can come to terms with driving that far just yet lol. So I’m curious what you guys do? Maybe that’ll convince me! submitted by /u/No-Selection-1249 [link] [comments]
I knew a nurse who would take Zoloft from the Pyxis whenever she forgot to bring her medications to work. What consequences usually happens? Sometimes I see a lot of nurses get away with it. Share your stories ! submitted by /u/KnowledgeSimple2034 [link] [comments]
A couple years ago, a teacher at my school came to this sub and copy-pasted an email from his department chair into a post complaining about the department chair. A friend of mine in the department saw it, used a few other clues in the poster's history to figure out exactly which colleague it was, and reported it to admin. The teacher who posted the email no longer works in my building, and while I have no insight into what led to his non-renewal, people still talk about his Reddit post. All of which is to say that you should be mindful of how specific you get with details here, how public you keep your profile, and what, if anything, you decide to share with strangers on a highly public site where this sub is often pushed into the home feeds of people who don't subscribe to it but may have reason to know enough about your situation to realize that you are the person behind your "anonymous" username. ETA because some people are fixating on the reporting and not the posting--it doesn't
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I wish the general public would understand this when railing against teachers , making videos saying how teachers 'get paid during the summer' calling teaching "part time", or making the, at this point, required videos about school supplies, as well as pushing back against any raises for teachers on levies on ballots. Improving the lives and conditions of the adults working with your children only helps your child. submitted by /u/No-Basket-1052 [link] [comments]
I only started teaching after Covid and what I was told was lockers went away because of Covid (doesn’t make super sense to me, were lockers super spreaders?) and have never come back. Is that the real reason? I’m in Texas so maybe lockers are still used in other places, but basically every school I know has limited lockers. submitted by /u/No_Key8587 [link] [comments]
Recently came across this video from an event that occurred two years ago, really close to where I live and work. Basically a patient had arrived to the clinic to get injections for their psych meds. They were cooperative and compliant with the nurse giving them their meds, but when they were brought back to their NP's office, the patient pulled a knife and stabbed the NP in the neck. The NP quickly ran out of the room and the patient slowly followed, knife in hand. The video showed the other nurses basically going crazy and running away, some got near the patient but he ignored them and pushed them out of the way because he wanted to finish off the NP. He tackled this admin nurse who was helping the NP get away, then she got away and he kept stabbing the NP. What shocked me the most was that there was a probation office in the building, with one employee telling the cops that they were 'federal' and that the stabbing shouldn't have happened. They didn't even have metal detectors, just
We’d love to let your kids use the bathroom and phone whenever as needed but since way to many aren’t responsible (leaves class for 20 min, plays on phone and doesn’t do work etc) everyone has the restrictions. submitted by /u/Cheap_Parsnip_461 [link] [comments]
I need a new lie, can't think of anything good. I need inspiration. I start at a new district on Monday, I wasn't to come prepared. My go to has been that I spent a summer in my 20s working at Disneyland as a ride operator, but I'm getting bored with that one. submitted by /u/mattybgcg [link] [comments]
Hello, Title! I work as a PCA and I love it but there is no free time during shift. Some people say they get homework done at work… what jobs would allow for this? EDIT: sadly, it seems night shifts are the usual go to 💔 i do night shifts sometimes as a PCA, but I think I will try to avoid them during nursing school, because I don’t wanna mess up my sleep schedule (because I fear that that would mess up my brain and thus my schoolwork) Thank you all for the replies I appreciate it 🙏🏻 submitted by /u/craniumblast [link] [comments]
I am normally pretty good at my placement it’s an elective surgical ward and everyone is relatively well and I’ve had no people deteriorate so pretty cruisey I have been here about 4/5 weeks. I am getting tireder, less sharp and need more work to sustain myself so I generally work 13 days on ( including placement ) and 1 off. With the 2 being 6 hours work. So 52 a week? We have acute overflow today and I had my first proper high acuity. Older, hospital acquired pressure injuries, FRAIL, woundvacs, unwell. Unhappy. I struggled being able to critically think and I am so tired I just can’t really manage. Eg she adamantly refused a skin check and I accepted it to the RN I paired with told me sternly that was negligent of me (I told her when she refused)… Which like yeah I have to agree actually with the vulnerability of that patient. Furthermore other things and she put me on the spot to explain woundvac in front of the patient but I have never seen woundvac before. As well as kind of beli
first year teacher who has never had experience with a class over 17 students before. my biggest class is 34. last period of the day and 7th graders. today was the first day of school and i already moved someone’s seat in that class. is it just because it’s the first day?? i was being talked over WHILE going over some of my expectations for the first time. i’m genuinely not even sure how to handle a class this big when there’s more than a couple students being disruptive. submitted by /u/127everywhere [link] [comments]
I am almost 29 and wanting to pivot from corporate to nursing. I have thought about nursing for a LONG time. I tried to take prerequisites while working full time and that was a challenge for me but I’m ready to finally commit and go back to school full time. I (kind of) have a plan to pay for school. but I’m at a spot with my partner of a future wedding and a family and that part is kind of holding me back. anyone go back to school while being engaged and planning a wedding? was it worth it? We won’t have 100% family financial assistance but a little bit. But if I go back to school, that would push the timeline back a bit. IDK feeling confused. Any help is appreciated. 🥺❤️ submitted by /u/EnvironmentalBack483 [link] [comments]
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Year 27 started on Monday. Go back through my previous posts here. Especially if you’re a new(ish) teacher. There might be a few things there that you might find useful. Or you might think I’m full of shit. Whatever. Anywho. I’ve decided that this year I’m going to be all business. I’m going to work, put on the show from 8:40-4:10, and go home. I’m not going to wake kids up that fall asleep or contact parents if a kid is failing. Only in the event of behavior being truly atrocious am I going to bother to reach out to a parent. To the new teachers, I offer this advice: You need to have separation between work and not work. Mr. Zilla is a character I play at work from 8:40am-4:10pm. Outside of that, I’m Jewzilla, or to my closest friends just plain Zilla. I have a mononym. Like Cher. Or Madonna. Or Bono. Do not put your work email on your phone or check your email when you’re not at work. I learned that lesson the hard way after damn near having a breakdown. Seriously. New teachers, go t
Middle school teachers in particular who have switched from groups, pods, etc to old school rows or (vice versa), what do you find works best for you? submitted by /u/ajaxanon [link] [comments]
Hi all, I’m a highschool teacher planning a unit for my grade 9 courses next year where we read AITA style posts, look for key evidence for both sides, determine our judgement, and write about how/why we choose who was the “asshole” Obviously I’ll come up with another word for “asshole” but you get my point. So, denizens of r/teachers , what are some excellent AITA style posts from reddit history that will encourage consideration of both sides/ create debate? submitted by /u/m4ximas1311 [link] [comments]
I am taking Health Assessment this fall. I need all the recommended study methods, note taking, youtubers, etc. tips to be successful in this class. I am open to hear anything. Thank you so much!!! submitted by /u/OfficeNo8493 [link] [comments]
I got my classroom perfectly set up, and I was so excited for tomorrow. Today is student prep day, and I was going to get to meet my incoming 6th grade students. At 10 AM I got a call from my dad that my sister passed this morning at 34 years old. I am still in shock and obviously I have a lot of emotions and thoughts flowing through me right now. I am taking tomorrow and Friday off and will return Monday, but I truly hate that I have to miss the first two days. I don’t know how I’m going to get through this year tbh. submitted by /u/Halloqween [link] [comments]
This subreddit was recommended to me and I found this pretty entertaining 😂 submitted by /u/wontongomez [link] [comments]
Hello my fellow nurses, So i had a patient with scheduled Oxy q4h. It was scheduled 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900. I was running late on my meds and gave her 1100 dose at 12:00pm. Then the next dose I gave it at 1530. I tried not to give it too close but also didnt want to mess up the schedule even more. The next dose I was planning to give at around 1930 when we do 2nd RN bedside check. At 7:15ish i go into the med room to get the oxy. The night nurse goes around the unit looking for me. Eventually she finds me in the med room and says "Emma, can you make sure you give that 1900 oxy". I say yeah I am going to give it. She then goes like, do you still have to give report to others and I say yes. She huffs and puffs and says nevermind I will give her the oxy. I try to tell her that I am already here about to pull the oxy from the pyxis but she walks away and leaves me talking to myself. It was an awkward moment for me and 2 others that were in the med room. Then I look for her to give patient
Okay so there’s a private college in my state that guarantees a spot in their program if you pay their rate. It’s about 100k for the two year program for a BSN. I have a friend that graduated from that program and went into nursing with the mindset that she would make a ton of money and 100k in debt was no biggie. Reality set and she’s considering filling for bankruptcy due to the private 100k loan she took, plus the loans she had from her previous degree, and credit card debt that sustained her for the two years she was in the program. I believe the way social media paints nursing to be this glamorous career that pays a lot of money and has made people believe nursing is the way to go. I went to a regular 4 year university and graduated with 35k in debt (which to me, was a lot). I think about why would anyone agree to pay 100k for a nursing degree??? Really curious on what people think! Btw starting hourly pay for a new grad in my state is about $31-$33/hour submitted by /u/kirvy08 [l
It’s too expensive to live alone and my gf couldn’t commit to moving in so it’s over. So I’m stuck living at home with my family. I’m a young teacher, a 780 credit score, 13k saved and I can’t afford an apartment in my area. It’s like I’m stuck for this year. Clarification: we broke up She was overwhelmed after graduation and did not know what she wanted for future in her life. Career has been a huge struggle. I do understand, just sucks. We weren’t just moving in to save $, it was the next step submitted by /u/SpartanGaming95 [link] [comments]
I am starting nursing school this fall and we have an orientation day before the semester starts. I noticed that there was a math competency section on orientation day, I am not sure what it will entail given that we are going into it not having learned anything prior. I would like to have an idea of what to expect because I don’t want to look like a complete dumbass and I haven’t practiced or learned any dosage calculations or memorized conversions. Did anyone do anything similar on their orientation day? Do they typically expect that you know dosage calc and conversions prior to starting? Or is it just basic math? submitted by /u/Life-Scar5914 [link] [comments]