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I’m only a month into my new ICU position and I’m struggling so much with my mental health. Ive been diagnosed GAD since I was 16 but have never dealt with depression. Since graduating college, nothing has brought me joy, my friends have all moved away, I’m doing long distance with my bf, and I’m living with my parents again. I have no social life but no energy to go out and do things on my days off. I’m doing everything “right” at work. I haven’t made any errors (I stare at the MAR for 5 minutes before giving a med bc I’m so scared to mess up). I ask a bunch of questions. My coworkers and management are so supportive and I have a long orientation. My assessment skills and medication knowledge are good and everyone says I’m right where I need to be. I feel like on the outside I’m a competent new grad and I’m starting to take on more responsibility and overall doing well. I stay calm during emergencies and handle the grief of the job better than I thought I would. But why do I feel so a
So, last week one of out science teachers gave notice because her husband got offered a great paying position on the other side of the country. Today, an ELA teacher gave her resignation because she says that she can't handle teaching anymore. I offered to help the ELA teacher anyway I can, but she says that she just can't take it anymore after 3 years teaching. She thought she could handle another year, but realized that teaching is damaging her mental state. She wants to go back to school to become a pharmacist. So, I wished them both luck in their future endeavors. I will be helping interview replacements this week. submitted by /u/Disgruntled_Veteran [link] [comments]
I love my job and I love teaching. Today isn't even an especially good day, I feel like this most days. That's it, that's the post. I love teaching in a blue state and I love my union. 💙 submitted by /u/LevyMevy [link] [comments]
I applied for this cycle mid july and haven't heard anything from a lot of programs, just confirmation emails. Is anyone else in the same position as me? submitted by /u/Gulabidandiya [link] [comments]
I got accepted to Pa school and I’m thrilled to go and learn all that cool stuff, but I’m concerned about salary right now. I realize that as a new grad Pa I’ll probably make around $130k which is good money but I’m hoping to earn more in my career. Obviously one solution is to go to med school and come out of there making 300-500k, but I really don’t want to go to 4 years med school, 4 years residency, and how ever many more years depending on the specialty. I want to work in healthcare and do all the cool things that a PA gets to do, but I want to earn money than PAs do. Does anyone else feel this way? Does anyone have plans in place post PA school to be able to maximize their earnings and get close to $200k? submitted by /u/qwarkled [link] [comments]
Has anybody decided on backup plans if they don't get in? This is my 3rd year applying and I'm not sure I have another year in me. I've never thought of a backup plan because I've always wanted to be a PA for the past 7 years now. I guess I'm just a bit lost, and wondering if anyone else has their own backup plan to PA school, for inspiration. submitted by /u/Key-Back-6200 [link] [comments]
I just found out that my kids "school nurse has a revoked license and it looks like it's been revoked for quite some time. This person administers medications to the children. This doesn't seem right to me so I'm asking everyone else what the best course of action is? submitted by /u/SakinaPup [link] [comments]
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How to survive kindergarten with 30 kids? I’ve been begging admin to split and telling them I can’t do it. They don’t even all fit in my room and they’ve sent a different aid in every HOUR. I can barely get through beginning of year testing I don’t know how i’m supposed to actually teach. I feel like a glorified sitter, i’m already sick, and I cannot get these kids to listen to me all at the same time. I’ve cried through every lunch this past week and I want to walk out so bad. What do I do? submitted by /u/Beneficial_Ad6126 [link] [comments]
Whether explicitly or not, a bunch of my students this year know that admin values that thicc, juicy data. They have figured out if they intentionally bomb the beginning of the year test, they can look like they're crushing it and growing by giving half a shit on the MOY. The well is poisoned. This i-ready lawsuit can't go fast enough. EDIT: Yeah yeah, I got it. When a measure becomes a metric it ceases to be a good measure. Goodhart's law. submitted by /u/smugfruitplate [link] [comments]
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Via an email today. She told me that she was removing my "cancel lunch deduction" from Saturday as she saw me picking up a Jersey Mike's order at that time. That time? 7:30pm. My shift? 8am-7pm. I was off the clock and grabbing dinner on my way home for my fiancée and myself. 1) That's embarrassing as fuck for her. 2) To so boldly accuse me of time theft and issue me a warning about clocking out when you're so blatantly wrong? She better be apologizing to me and giving me my lunch deduction back. I've been working under her for 5 years. I've never falsified a time card. ETA: She replied and actually doubled down. Then back tracked to "double check her timeline". Said that she thought I was there at 6, not 7pm. Then said "disregard". No apology. I'm about done with this place. submitted by /u/sharsacctnormalthing [link] [comments]
Why do pay and working conditions change so dramatically when nurses cross a state line? Its kinda crazy how crossing and invisible line makes a difference considered how hard we all work. Latest BLS median RN wages: California: $67.44/hr | $140,270/yr Oregon: $62.00/hr | $129,010/yr Washington: $59.71/hr | $124,200/yr U.S. median: $46.90/hr | $97,550/yr (if these wages are wrong please post your correct figure) Alaska : $44.00/hr | $91,520/yr Mississippi: ~$40/hr | ~$83K/yr Alabama: ~$40/hr | ~$83K/yr South Dakota: ~$39/hr | ~$81K/yr -- actually 73k reported by RN. it’s not just pay. California mandates ratios including 1:5 med-surg, 1:4 telemetry and 1:2 ICU. Oregon now has 1:4 med-surg/tele and 1:2 ICU. Meanwhile, nurses elsewhere are still carrying 6, 7 or 8 patients. Why the difference? Part of it is leverage...which we all have at our fingertips! Some nurses have organized, struck and won major improvements. Others have accepted multi-year contracts where the annual raises barely
I am currently student teaching in second grade. I quickly found out that we are not allowed to send students to the nurse unless they are basically dying. Obviously that was dramatic but why in the world did the nurse tell us that we can only send our students that feel nauseous to them after the SECOND time the student throws up. I get not sending a student to the nurse if their head/stomach hurts, or if they got a little scrape on the playground but literally today we had a student throwing up in the trash can in front of all her classmates. Im interested to see how other teachers/nurses feel about this? submitted by /u/landussy05 [link] [comments]
God I hate what I’ve become over the last 3 years!! Every cell in my body has evolved into anxiety and misery, I’m so depressed and short fused all the the time that I started to believe I had turned into an evil bitch with no humanity But NO! It’s the goddam hospital politics every which direction, the fatigue which takes away the energy to actually go outside and do something, it’s the constant fast food meals because I’m either working or recovering, it’s me not even wanting to leave the house on my days off And it’s the fact that I’m so goddam sensitive and overly observant of every detail at work, the constant overthinking of every interaction that happens in the four walls of this hospital, and then dissecting them on my drive home, or in the shower before bed, oh and how can I forget in my freaking bed too I feel so freaking small, I’ve become so mean to myself ever since I’ve become a nurse which is a huge contrast to how things were prior And the irony is that I’m known as the
A few months ago I helped an older patient sort out some follow up stuff after discharge and gave his daughter a number to reach me because there was some confusion about who they were supposed to contact. I used my Cloaked number instead of my actual cell thankfully because somehow that turned into her texting me every time they had a question. Appointment times, medications, whether a symptom was normal, even stuff completely unrelated to his original admission. I finally told her she needs to contact the clinic directly and stopped responding, but I still feel kind of guilty about it. Anyone else ever blurred that line trying to be helpful and immediately regretted it? submitted by /u/Alternative_Apple_7 [link] [comments]
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Hey everyone! I have an interview this thursday and as I was doing research of potential quesitions or scenarios, one I came across was the staff asking you to teach them something, just for fun, which is really interesting and exciting. However, I genuienly can't think of what to teach them. It's over zoom so I only have so much to do and dont want to have anything but my computer with me to avoid any distractions. Just wanted to post on here to see if anyone had any ideas! TIA!! submitted by /u/Gold_Needleworker519 [link] [comments]
Nurses filing for union elections include those at: Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill. and Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill. Union Prime RNs delivered 10-day strike notices at: West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, Calif. Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, N.V. Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Ill Shasta Regional Medical Center submitted by /u/FairPerspective [link] [comments]
Night shift ED tracker was lit this weekend submitted by /u/cherrybombthreat [link] [comments]
Quotes around nurse in title added by myself. This is a story that is local to me. I am sick of these news publications misrepresenting this person as a nurse. The company that this CAREGIVER was hired through does not have nursing services. Yet because of articles repeatedly misidentifying her as a nurse, there’s dozens of comments on the Facebook posts about this situation “this is why you can’t trust nurses,” etc. So tiresome. submitted by /u/angelt0309 [link] [comments]
I have an interview this thursday and wanted to go over some etiquitte to present myself as professional as possible. For the most part, I feel like I have a good understanding of what to do and not to do, however would saying "Yes ma'am/sir" be okay? That's just something I'm use to and have always responded to people to. Also, my interview is over zoom and i've seen that it's better to look at the camera when speaking. Is the the case? I recorded myself doing that and i feel like i look unnatural or end up looking back at the screen. submitted by /u/Gold_Needleworker519 [link] [comments]
A kid’s stainless steel water bottle clanging on the tile floor The sound of the copier running as you step into the workroom in a rush to make copies submitted by /u/Active_Condition8586 [link] [comments]
My poor lady tonight. She needs to go comfort care and pass, but family has made her Do Not Resuscitate - NO ESCALATION. So I am maxed out on her levophed (15 was the max per the order and family request). She is intubated and on a fentanyl drip. Towards the end of my shift, she spikes a 39.4 fever and becomes even more hypotensive (MAPs in the 30s). The only way to even sustain her BP is to cut her fent drip and turn it off. Despite her HR being 120, breathing over the vent at 40 BPM, I’m forced to completely take her fentanyl drip away to raise her BP on sheer pain. Pain is the only thing keeping her alive. Family refuses to go comfort care and let her pass because “Jesus will take her when he’s ready”, but she’s actively trying to die and now we are just making it painful for her. I don’t understand how the family can watch her die in pain and refuse to let her pass peacefully. For those who don’t know, CCA-no escalation means that we try to keep them alive but without invasive inte
Today I had 25 minutes of planning time. I spent the first 10 minutes answering emails. Then I had to deal with a parent question. Then I had to fix something in the gradebook. Then someone came in asking about a student who wasn't even in my class. Then I remembered I had two forms that were due. By the time I finally sat down to plan tomorrow's lesson, I had about 7 minutes left. So naturally, I spent those 7 minutes trying to remember what I was supposed to teach tomorrow. At this point I honestly think my planning period is just a little break where I get to do unpaid office work. And the weirdest part is that nobody seems surprised by this. We're just expected to somehow get the teaching part done too. I looked up the OECD's latest TALIS report out of curiosity, and apparently I'm not imagining this. About 52% of teachers across OECD education systems say general administrative work is a source of stress. So now I'm wondering... If teachers are already overwhelmed with administrat
Look man it feels like the two things aren't compatible. You want them to have rigor(which I don't think anyone actually knows what that means) and work from bell to bell but at the same time you want all these fun bright shiny lessons(which mind you don't do shit for test scores which you'll also get mad about) This job feels like war games half the time. The only right move is not to play submitted by /u/Public-Profit-8184 [link] [comments]
We all just recently got the ability to check our time cards. Our manager has been taking a 30 min lunch out of our pay automatically and clocking us in and out. She’s been clocking us out for education hours we take at home as well. I saw where I have 5 education hours recorded and she clocked me out for 30 minutes. What can we do? In our state this is illegal. submitted by /u/Ok-Independence-3193 [link] [comments]
i’m a nurse and work in healthcare. anytime a code is called or something that spikes my anxiety happens i immediately get pvcs that feel like every other beat. they feel super dangerous and maybe even get me lightheaded. just wondering if anyone else gets this and what they did. it’s not like i can not be anxious in those situations. everyone is. just don’t get why i get runs if pvcs submitted by /u/mbreezy_ [link] [comments]
Basically the title. This is in an international school in Sweden, 10th grade / high school. I have been substituting for a high school civics course, and the regular teacher recommended for me to show a documentary, specifically on former skinheads who were helping to now de-radicalize the youth. Basically it followed these men getting their old r*cist tattoos covered by an artist, and how they were able to re-build their life after prison, how they let go of hate, and now were in particular helping young men to not go down the same path. Anyway, the school had a problem with this. I got a really stern talking to after a few days about how the documentary was completely inappropriate, and how there's no redemption for some people, etc., and that I should've known better than to show something that implies that people who have formerly held radical beliefs can ever be forgiven and re-integrated into society. I didn't honestly really know what to say. This is my first time substituting
Sorry if this is a stupid question, I am looking at the caspa pdf for one of my apps. Is the science gpa based off the BCP totals gpa score or the overall science gpa score? submitted by /u/DaniyalRICE77 [link] [comments]
Hi, I’m a new grad in med surg tele for about 3 months now. I have been feeling overwhelmed and stressed about this job. On my days off all I think about it work. And I cry almost every shift on my way home. I’ve been clocking out late almost every shift as well trying to catch up on charting because dayshift is super busy and my time management is not the best. It’s gotten to the point where I’m super burned out… (And yes, I’ve asked my boss to move to nights, and she told me that there’s no spots on nights). I’m not sure if my job sucks because I’m a new grad? Should I give it a few more months to gain confidence and get more comfortable? But it’s also got me thinking about if I should just quit and that I don’t even like bedside anyway. My friend who’s already reaching her 1 year experience of med surg told me that it gets tolerable with time, but she told the reason she kept going is because she found a reason/passion for her patients. She told me she feels fulfilled when she saves
I’m interviewing for a PCU position soon and would love some advice I have previous PCU experience, but it’s been about 2 years since I’ve worked in that setting. I’ve worked in dialysis since then, so I’m comfortable with things like patient assessment, fluid balance, renal issues, and recognizing changes in condition, but I definitely want to brush up on my PCU-specific knowledge before the interview. For those of you who currently work in PCU, what would you recommend reviewing before an interview? Any advice or resources would be greatly appreciated! submitted by /u/Artistic-Speaker4363 [link] [comments]
Hi all! After so many moments of doubting myself and as a first time applicant, I am so excited to share that I got accepted! I received my acceptance last month, so I have been taking it in and am so grateful for this next chapter to come. I prefer to not share the school name at this time, but I was accepted in Texas. I only applied to Texas programs and have also received two more interviews recently. Here are my stats: cGPA: 3.55 (4 C’s with a strong upward trend) sGPA: 3.44 PCE: 2120 hrs as an internal medicine MA (1 gap year after undergrad) Shadowing: 71 hrs Volunteer: 224 hrs GRE: 314 AW: 4.0 Best of luck to everyone applying. I believe in you!!🍀 submitted by /u/PreviousPolicy8025 [link] [comments]
i notice this is the case mostly with male cna’s/hca’s. I routinely see them refuse help with 2pa/total care patients. Like, they’ll do the peri care and repositioning by themselves even if the patient is very heavy, and often even get them up onto a chair by themselves by just straight up lifting them from the shoulders in a hugging motion Usually, other cna’s offer them help and so do nurses, but they just absolutely refuse it. Why? Do they just not give af about their back? or is it something else submitted by /u/Longjumping-Life-607 [link] [comments]
My first 10 years I always made seating charts, especially for my plan heavy classes. I haven’t the past 6, because I don’t know If their name in the system is going to cause an issue. I also can’t imagine having 25 or more 15 year olds standing in my room while I ask their names either and trying to get them in a spot. Running around with a 3 minute passing period placing note cards down… didn’t work as I always screwed it up. So I went free range on the first day, which has its own benefits of seeing who should not sit together. But I have so many “near the point of instruction” plans this year… and I really need them in the same spot until the end of September to learn names. What do you all do to balance the plans and the personal things you might not know about. submitted by /u/meggyAnnP [link] [comments]
At the risk of sounding like a nagging and unexperienced RN, I would like to open up this thread to discuss the abuse of “seniority” rank. I’ve been an RN for 3 years but I’ve been in my current position for 1 year. In general I like to think I’ve been taking taking positive/negative feedback well and been asking all the dumb questions for clarity and reached out to other RN on the floor for advice and what-not to compare notes and validate my thought process. I am not afraid to make mistakes as long as I am learning. At this one year mark I’ve felt personal growth and created trusting relations with my colleagues. With this growth, I can confirm what I assumed to be an abuse of power is in fact true. I watch new nurses come in and fail to ask for help because they are trying to prove themselves capable of doing the job or simply not knowing what they don’t know. I’ve also seen the same nurses be punished for not reaching out for help. Punishment looks like getting the most complicated
I made my first real fuck-up at work after about a year and a half of working acute care, and I need someone to tell me I’m not alone. I was messaging a doctor about my patient and getting orders throughout the night. Everything seemed completely normal. The doctor was even showing up on the patient assignment list, so I had no reason to think I was talking to the wrong person. Around 4 AM, my charge and I finally realized… this was NOT the patient’s doctor. 🤦🏻♀️ So basically, I spent the entire night communicating with the wrong physician and carrying out orders he gave me because I genuinely thought he was the correct provider. Obviously, I reported it to house supervisor and all that, and I’ve been replaying the entire night in my head like, HOW DID I NOT CATCH THIS?! 😂😭 Someone please someone tell me I can’t be the only one that has done something like this 😩 submitted by /u/Foreign_Snow_4460 [link] [comments]
i wasn’t made for this. i’d be better off in a lab or working somewhere different all together. some days are great when im in the er and it’s mostly traumas and i enter flow state and i love it, but all the neurocognitive disorders and caregiver abuse and sexual harassment/assault i’ve dealt with is too much for an 18 year old autistic girl getting state vocational rehab and occupational therapy. i was only 16 when i was hired. i started training at 17. i love my job so much and im good at it but im just too sensitive to do this for much longer. please i need advice, i don’t even think i want to eventually become a doctor anymore sorry for the rant i didn’t know where else to say this and i need advice but i probably sound stupid i’m sorry submitted by /u/WinAdditional7962 [link] [comments]
Hi, I finally decided to transition to a behavioral health job after thinking about it even before nursing school started. I’m super stoked to be a part of a unit that is brand new and opening in a short couple months. If you guys have any advice for someone transitioning to behavioral health nursing please let me know!!! for context i have a peds rehab background where i’ve had a handful of patients that have become escalated and so ive learned a lot of de-escalation skill during my time. anyway yay new opportunities:)) submitted by /u/Alternative_Mind3449 [link] [comments]
Just to start this off, I did not want to accept it but the family member got extremely defensive and started waving their hands in my face about they are “NOT taking it back”. It was gifted last night. I plan on going in tomorrow on my day off and giving it to my manager. I guess my question would be what are the chances I get fired for being honest and giving them back. Not sure what to do. I do not want to lose my job over some gift cards. submitted by /u/seriouslycwazy [link] [comments]
Some students don't want to build a relationship with you beyond the traditional student-teacher relationship and THAT IS OK. I get so tired of 'build a relationship' being the response to seemingly any behavioral or academic issues. Some students don't want to share intimate details of their lives. It feels like a lot of admin want teachers to force things. I was one of those students who, in no way, wanted to share my life with my teachers, and did very well in school (hence me being a teacher now). And, please, I'm not looking for 'whatabouts' here. I genuinely want to know what people thing about the issue as laid out for most students. submitted by /u/No-Basket-1052 [link] [comments]
This is my first year. I have 2 kids and a husband, so safe to say I have a lot going on outside of school. I’m incredibly overwhelmed. I’m incredibly stressed. I’m incredibly depressed. I KNEW teaching was a LOT. I knew I’d work outside contract hours. I know I’d be learning a lot of new things they didn’t teach in college. Still, I was not prepared for the toll it would take on my life. I have no idea what it’s like to work a normal 9-5. I’m irritable, short fused, panicky, numb or crying all at the same time. I feel guilty and like I’m setting myself up for failure if I’m not doing something school related. There’s so many things lined up that I need to learn that feels immediate (data, systems, targets, planning, assessments, grading). I have no energy, and every second I sit down I feel like I have to open my laptop and start all over again with something that I don’t even feel like is scratching the surface. I feel like I can’t juggle it all. I can’t keep up. Is this normal? subm
Its my first year teaching. I student taught in 1 of like 10 low income schools on our side of the metropolitan area, last low income area before you hit the million dollar houses. I was “being disruptive” in my college classes because I was voicing concern that her methods she was teaching were out of touch because she was modeling teaching my acting like we were highschoolers when we were essentially a perfect, far over level, english speaking class. I asked questions many times to which professors would single me out and be snarky and act like im dumb stupid and don’t know anything. One quite literally told me she’s been teaching since the dinosaurs died and so I was just wrong. Fast forward, im about to enter my 3rd month teaching in the same district in a higher level school (historically higher math scores across the board but they only really look at the higher level students) . We can see students past grades through a district portal. Over half my students failed some combinat
6th grade but in an elementary setting. Tomorrow is our first PD day and then the kids come on Wednesday. Any words of wisdom are welcome! submitted by /u/awalruswalksintoabar [link] [comments]
Maybe I’m wrong since I’m not a parent. However, I’ve been a teacher for a long time, and it really seems like a lot of parents these days are scared to be the bad guy. For example, I had a parent-teacher conference this year where a student was talking back to his parents, and I told him to knock it off. The parents ended up like “rooting me on” to discipline their child. They seemed scared of him. At another conference, a parent told me how “strong of a relationship” she had with her son, to which I asked if she could leverage that relationship to get him to behave in class? She seemed hesitant but said she could try. Idk. Maybe I’m making a mountain out of a molehill. But it’s always so strange when parents throw their hands in the air, like “well, what do you expect *me* to do about my child?” submitted by /u/Silent-Image8388 [link] [comments]
Usually we hear from *someone* that changes are coming. But not this time. It went from 50 hours of PD over 5 years to 10 hours of Ethics training for those renewing in 2027, with more information to come. None of the PD anyone has done for the last 5 years counts towards renewal now. Including the state blood born pathogens and child abuse prevention. It's unclear if the child abuse prevention training is even required any more based on the wording. 🤦🏻♀️ This is just spreading by word of mouth right now. Districts haven't said anything. The teacher association at the state level is planning on offering some type of training once they find out what the guidelines are. We have no idea what the rest of the changes to licensure requirements are going to be beyond the ethics training. Given that our state is usually at the top or near the top for educator misconduct and inappropriate student relationships, this probably is a necessary thing. submitted by /u/frizziefrazzle [link] [comments
I’m a first year teacher and I’m teaching an AP course on a subject I am not familiar with and have no background in at all at an extremely academically rigorous school while also prepping other courses for the first time and learning how to be an independent teacher for the first time and learning the schools systems etc. I’m only a few weeks in (though I worked all summer too) and I don’t feel ok. I woke up this weekend with a stabbing pain in the middle of my chest. I am constantly in fight or flight. My to do list is infinite. I feel overwhelmingly depressed and anxious. I genuinely do not know why this school hired me for this position. I feel like I can’t have a day or even a moment to relax or the train will fall off the tracks. I used to be a person with hobbies, personal ambitions, the ability to relax and unwind and enjoy the world. No longer. I can’t even watch a show, I can only watch videos related to the subject I’m teaching bc I don’t know enough. I moved to a new city f
I have three years of experience as an LPN. I have recently got offered a position at Northwell Hospice it was great something I really wanted to do. The salary for the position was 32.00 hr in queens 9am-5pm. I was shocked how low they were offering. They only wanted to go up by a dollar. I felt like it was fair for me to ask for $35-37. Am I wrong to ask for more? submitted by /u/PeanutOptimal5798 [link] [comments]
I love my job and love working with tomorrow’s leaders. That being said…my husband and I are longtime educators and have burnt up many evenings and weekends ruminating over some of the outlandish people we inevitably come into contact with as teachers. In a moment of clarity, after commiserating over a new asinine issue that cropped up, I shared an idea that maybe we could start a bullshit jar and with each ridiculous situation. we add a $5 to the jar to pay ourselves. What we use it on is up to us. For the first time in…forever?!…I am excited for tomorrow’s bullshit! Bring. It. On. submitted by /u/ImportantYoung9881 [link] [comments]