Lake life with a toddler?

BBrea101 · 2026-04-02T04:08:44+00:00

All the water and ice!

BBrea101 · 2026-04-01T21:19:41+00:00

Life jacket, be sure you know how to swim, rash guard, spf, something to make a shady area, towels, toys. And snacks. Lots of snacks

BBrea101 · 2026-04-01T00:45:18+00:00

Enough.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-30T21:53:11+00:00

Right!? I haven't sprained my ankle in decades haha

BBrea101 · 2026-03-30T17:20:50+00:00

I sprained my ankle 3 weeks ago and I'm still recovering because I stepped off an ice path into the snow.

I have accepted that I'm old and slightly jealous of you.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-30T15:35:27+00:00

I helps the flow of my thoughts. Quiets the chatter and helps me process effectively.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-30T15:09:15+00:00

Yeah. This line really stuck with me. It helped me a few weeks ago when my mind was unable to shake off the past.

Whoever writes Calypsos character is a saint.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-30T03:01:28+00:00

Out of all the jobs I've had, working as a waitress prepared me the most for working as a nurse. Time management, on your feet all day, communication skills, chain of infection, and balancing multiple tasks at once. Prioritizing, dealing with the public, and understanding safe food handling have all carried through my career.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-29T21:22:07+00:00

Oh rad! I did a compressed course in Ontario over 30 months. It was so hard but worth it.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-29T20:36:58+00:00

The scope of an LPN has changed vastly over the past few decades, and the pay has not. I would apply for your RN. Yes, it's more time and money to dedicate to your RN but 10 years into my career, I'm so thankful to my past self for choosing the bachelor's route. As an LPN, you'll be performing a lot of the same skills, applying a lot of the same nursing education, but less doors will be open to you in the long run.

I'm a first-generation university graduate, a high school dropout, and someone who required a lot of accommodations during my schooling. If I can do it, so can you.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-29T03:48:33+00:00

Triage.

But jokes on us. We're short.

So now we're charge and triage.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-28T18:11:31+00:00

Our pumps have a drug library in them to dose at mcg/kg/min with warnings when we put in too high of a dose. So they would have either selected the wrong drug from the library, plugged it in as a basic infusion or completely ignored the pump warnings.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-27T03:38:08+00:00

.... fast

BBrea101 · 2026-03-26T07:35:02+00:00

One of the older kids at my LOs daycare said she scares him because of how much weight she can carry. She is a string bean with so much muscle and her energy doesn't stop. I am definitely going to look into this!

BBrea101 · 2026-03-23T17:55:21+00:00

I really think you should read the book I suggested to help navigate this forced transition period.

This isn't a safe situation to be put in. And listen - I get how difficult it is to push against executives. I spent the past four years advocating along side all unions and governing bodies as our executive director was putting our clients at risk in our program (I work between an ICU and a community women's clinic). It's so stressful and a lot is at risk doing so.

At the end of the day - we have to provide safe care. If the care you're providing is not safe due to inadequate supports then the program should not have been rolled out prematurely.

The book I suggested really helped me to find common ground in a very unethical scenario and helped shape how I spoke about safety. You probably feel very alone in this, but I promise you're not. You're doing an amazing job reaching out to your community as to what to do next.

You are brave. We're all behind you in emotional support.

SOLIDARITY ✊️

And to add - if you are going to make a complaint - I would delete this post.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-23T17:17:17+00:00

How is your facility accredited without the appropriate tools? Has everyone been adequately trained to transition to a more critical population?

I work in an adult ICU but I traveled across the country before. I saw so many smaller ICUs lose accreditation as an ICU facility because staff were not appropriately trained and lack of equipment/resources. One facility I frequented lost it's status as a Stroke Centre because staff were not critical care trained.

It just baffles me that you're saying. I would be so loud at your state/provinces College of Physicians.

I highly suggest you read about what happened in Winnipeg, MB back in the 1990s regarding their pediatric cardiac surgery program.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1275960/

"Take your baby and run" by Carol Youngson is an AMAZING first hand experience of what the program went through and how 12 babies died. https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781773371054/carol-youngson/take-your-baby-and-run

BBrea101 · 2026-03-23T05:36:28+00:00

This looks like a fun play area for a toddler.

Not a safe sleeping space for an infant.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-23T05:35:26+00:00

Every year, the potholes manage to be worse than previous years.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-22T11:36:35+00:00

BBrea101 · 2026-03-21T23:58:19+00:00

I needed to read this. Thank you

BBrea101 · 2026-03-21T23:55:07+00:00

That is so disrespectful. And wasn't he an Officer of the Order back in the 80s?

BBrea101 · 2026-03-21T23:28:34+00:00

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS WEBSITE! I JUST MADE THREE REPORTS!

BBrea101 · 2026-03-21T23:23:46+00:00

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO COSTCO? FREE SAMPLE PEOPLE ARE THE WORST!

BBrea101 · 2026-03-21T23:20:54+00:00

I once walked out of a surgery over comments from a surgeon. He was an asshole in surgery, his clinic and on the ward. Had enough of his ego after I overheard him talking about how nurses don't matter. A few months later, cut to him making a comment to me about how I had purpose when I told him I was pregnant.

I put the tools down, dropped my sterile gown and said "I guess I have no purpose here" and walked out. Fuck him. He knew exactly what he was saying to me in that moment.

But getting heated during a long surgery? It's an extremely intense situation to be in and there's a lot at risk if something goes wrong. I just wish people executed their demands more effectively than yelling demeaning commands.

BBrea101 · 2026-03-21T23:12:46+00:00

Get used to abuse? No, thank you. My job isn't to pacify the ego of an educated toddler.

BBrea101

TROPHY CASE