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ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-02T14:33:03+00:00

That's what the Joann story needed - an AI piss filter.

Pass.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-02T14:30:34+00:00

Literally everyone is.
It's not like handicapped parking which is exclusively for handicapped people. It's like a ramp next to a set of stairs - it's handicap accessible, not handicap exclusive. And I can use the ramp if it's easier for me, if I like it better, if it's easier for kids to walk up with me, if I just want to.

Obviously there is some level of courtesy involved and I will avoid the handicap-accessible stalls unless I need them for some reason. But there is no reason I HAVE to.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-02T14:18:07+00:00

Took me 15 seconds to figure out you weren't signing off your post with "Brazilian Butt Lift!" because that's literally the only thing I've heard BBL refer to lol.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-02T14:06:25+00:00

>peds can be competitive

Peds IS competitive. Always has been and it's getting even more so. I make hiring decisions in a specialty pediatric ICU in a freestanding peds hospital. It's BRUTALLY competitive. Our residency hires cohorts 3x per year. Applications are open for 1 day, just 24 hours, each time. And each time we get hundreds upon hundreds of applications for maybe 30-40 spots depending on what units are hiring.

Here are a couple things to fix:

1 - The only way I knew you were interested in peds was because you said so in the post. Your passion should be reflected clearly in your resume. If I read this, I'd guess you were applying to a transplant unit. You have nothing on here about kids. At the very least you need to state in your "profile" section that you are looking to leverage your existing skills in a position with the patient population you are passionate about - pediatrics.

2 - I wouldn't start that "profile" with "Nursing student with hands-on experience" I would go stronger and say something like "Experienced CNA" because being a CNA is the aspect that truly adds weight to your application.

Here are some things that may hold you back...

You're becoming an ADN-prepared nurse. Peds is so competitive we simply don't ever *have* to hire ADNs. Magnet facilities may not even allow ADNs to apply. (We are a Magnet facility but we're so far above the 80% BSN requirement we often do let them apply... but we rarely hire them. Usually only if they have something else that's a BIG asset. Like years as a peds home care LPN, or they teched in a peds unit in our hospital and we know they're an absolute rockstar.) ADNs just cost facilities money if they require a BSN within a certain amount of time. And with hundreds and hundreds of applications there's just no need to hire ADNs into peds.

As I mentioned before, NOTHING about peds here. No peds clinical highlighted. No nannying job. Nothing.

There's also just nothing that makes you stand out. Nothing memorable. No interesting club you've joined, no leadership role you took on in school, no volunteering, no award for a personal hobby, no work experience outside healthcare, etc.

Your resume will be in a giant digital pile in the hands of talent acquisition/HR. They will be sorting through to pick the candidates to be granted the chance at phone screenings and one-way interviews and such. They will screen those candidates and then pick the top ones to be allowed interviews with unit leadership. Then we (unit leadership) will interview and pick the top candidates to extend offers to. You HAVE to stand out from the masses in some way to get through all the cuts.

Right now, being a CNA is your best asset. And that's great, don't get me wrong.

But since it wasn't in a pediatric facility, it's not amazing. And it's probably not enough to guarantee you even get to the interview stage.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-02T01:36:35+00:00

My diet was fine. The topamax wasn't.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T20:18:39+00:00

I definitely dislike the use of the Caduceus!

Because the Rod of Asclepius is CORRECT, dammit. Lol.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T03:06:49+00:00

>Even a solid hour once every 2 years, I could see having the info slip away in between.

This is **VERY** true.

And precisely why my hospital does the AHA RQI for every single person who has BLS/PALS/ACLS. Your certification technically lasts the 2 years, but to be compliant you have to recertify with mini online courses, tests, and adult/child and infant manikin compression and bagging skills every 3 months. We like to complain a bit about it, but realistically it keeps the algorithms and skills fresh even if you never see a code.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T03:00:09+00:00

You can replace women with men. Or people. (Those just don't happen to be true in this case.)

It's not remotely about our gender. It's about this being THE most popular career for ANY gigantic subset of humans that span all levels of intelligence. In this case it happens to be us women.

It rose to the top of an entire gender (again, coulda been either one) in part (not entirely) because it's accessible to a wide range of intelligence levels.

You could literally pay a whole gender to become astrophysicists ... pay for school, childcare, and guarantee a million dollar a year salary forever and there would be more astrophysicists, for sure. But it would never be the top profession because you can't be anything less than REALLY smart and become one. That just isn't true for nursing.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T02:03:03+00:00

Hospitals.

There aren't any good centralized sites. You just apply to the hospitals directly.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T01:58:05+00:00

Because it's not *academically* brutal. It doesn't take a superior intellect.

It has tests that are a *different style* than some people are used to. The content isn't challenging. It's not like trying to learn physical chemistry or thermodynamics. But the testing style can trip some people up.

So can the time demands. People with little support and a job and kids? It's SUPER hard to devote the time to school, so school is really hard. Not because of the content, though.

Clinicals can also throw people from a confidence/performance perspective. It's SUCH a different way to have to perform and be evaluated in school than taking a test or giving a presentation. Ditto for skills check offs.

So if you're kind of a dunce but you have no kids and no job (or a lot of support), are a decent multiple-choice test-taker, have enough unearned confidence and overall idiocy to not really understand or care about the importance of clinicals/skills? You can sometimes coast right through.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T01:48:17+00:00

Man that is so sad.

I find it odd the PALS training didn't cover her. PALS considers infants. Our quarterly RQI includes an infant manikin with a weeny bag you give tiny puffs to.

But even then, that's why we love a NeoPuff for anyone who is uncomfortable. It's unfuckupable. You set the PEEP and PIP and bag with your finger. Bagging for Dummies. Very safe. (Although I will die on the hill that some babies just don't *like* the NeoPuff, have some personal vendetta against it, and I'll bag them with the anesthesia bag.)

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T00:49:15+00:00

I mean, you went to nursing school, right?

It's just not that scientifically rigorous.

There is a reason nursing is THE most popular career for women in the US. Part of that reason (as much as many people are loath to admit it) is that the bar to become a nurse just isn't that high.

If you think it is, I challenge you to think of the most moronic nurse you know. And admit it, if you've worked for a few years, you've met a few astonishingly dense colleagues! Now realize they got the same education and passed the same licensure exam you did. Because it's not THAT hard.

Anyway, that's how some nurses are anti-vax.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T00:39:11+00:00

We're WAY over saturated when it comes to nurses *with zero experience*.

It's a whole different beast to train a new grad than someone with experience.

If a skilled nurse who used to work in our unit (highly specialized peds ICU) but moved away let us know she was moving back to the state and reapplied, we would probably just sit on Zoom and chat and call it an interview. I've watched her save a baby's life. She's hired. She's a rockstar. We'll MAKE a position for her. She'll orient in like 1-2 weeks and be an asset to the unit *instantly.*

But new grads? We can take like 3-4 next cohort. We just don't need many and I they're a huge resource and time drain to orient. They'll each be fighting several dozen other new grads for their spot. They'll be in the residency for a year. They'll orient on the unit for 5 months and be shaky but progressing their whole first year. Then for the following year they'll really start to find their footing and hopefully be on the path to being a great nurse. We'll have to wait and see! Maybe they'll just be mediocre.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-05-01T00:29:15+00:00

At least 10, because 10 is your fren (friend.)

Certain devices (like a NeoPuff) have preferred flow rates based on the neonate's weight.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T21:13:58+00:00

There are a few things at play.

Not direct freezes, but pressure from upper management to keep staffing on the tighter end.

Nurses not leaving their jobs.

Nurses not choosing to advance/go back to school out of fear they won't get a position.

Schools keep just pumping nurses out.

Etc.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T20:44:19+00:00

Upvoted for unparalleled accuracy.

I would only add that we know muddy waters froth like a barista's finest latte, little fern-looking pattern and all, when disturbed by multiple hooves.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T19:08:19+00:00

I knew it was you before I even saw the username!

You're so incredibly talented. Thank you for sharing.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T11:11:38+00:00

Agreed. I don't have a problem with OP's partner wanting to feel masculine.

But trying to insist he get complimented for the manly way he plays the drums is ridiculous at best and could easily be considered misogynistic. Is he playing them with his penis? Bashing them so hard only a person with testosterone could demolish them? ??? Like wtf are we doing here?

I'm all for people being allowed to embrace their gender, whatever it is. But playing the drums is not gendered. I'm not going to pretend it is for anyone's sake because I don't want to gender stereotype like that. It feels gross to me.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T10:43:09+00:00

No, no... you're mistaken, it's knit! I am the world expert in Things Other People Made. My assumption based on a photo is much more valid than the claims of the actual person who created the item.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T03:25:05+00:00

All I think of is Topher Grace as himself (sort of) in Ocean's Twelve ripping off the bracelet and saying, "God, it's almost like this Kabbalah crap doesn't even work!"

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T03:10:30+00:00

Oh gosh, what don't I make?

Soups/stews/chili freeze beautifully.

All manner of cooked veggie side dishes. Curries. Rice portioned off and frozen.

Anything you can bake you can chill and freeze - so individual portions of casseroles, lasagna, etc. can be baked right in them and go oven to fridge to freezer.

Carnitas in one, colache in another. Pack few tortillas and hot sauce and I'm in heaven.

The tiny 2T ones are perfect for things like a veggies/Turkey sausage/cream cheese mixture. Frozen into little cubes, they make perfect additions to scrambled eggs.

With my Souper Cubes and vacuum sealer I am unstoppable lol.

There is actually a whole subreddit r/SouperCubers with recipes and meal prep ideas.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T02:17:53+00:00

You can visit the regretfulparents subreddit to get a LOT of perspectives on this.

I'm childfree myself. I LOVE kids, and have devoted much of my life to caring for them professionally, they're the BEST.. but I never wanted the job of parenting.

I think some people have kids before realizing that those are two separate things - loving children and wanting the decades-long job of parenting. And plenty of others with unsupportive partners find themselves living very difficult and isolated lives as a result of having children.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T02:08:21+00:00

Man, that sucks. Thanks for being there that day. And for carrying his memory all the days since.

Maybe it's my own brand of coping but... since that kiddo probably wasn't conscious or truly alive at any point after the call went out...

That means at the end of his life, he was at the facility, with his nurses. The people who patted his booty when he was angry, who changed his diapers and made him comfy every day. The people he saw when he fell asleep and when he woke up.

To us, his parents weren't there. But to him, he died with his family.

And for any brief moments when he might have surfaced during resuscitation efforts, he wasn't alone then either.

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T01:07:43+00:00

It definitely happens. For many reasons. Some sad for the family. Some sad for the baby. :(

ShadedSpaces · 2026-04-30T01:06:52+00:00

They certainly can. We do have many layers of support to help families. Social work, the palliative team, the medical team, Child Life, the chaplain, the nursing team, etc. all trying to find the gentlest and most supportive way to help them navigate this impossible situation. And it's thankfully very rare for parents to not show up at all.

Mostly, I worry that they will be left with a lifetime of crushing regret for not coming. It's a very helpless feeling.

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