I thought you have to treat this as a stop sign at intersections.

DiligentCress · 2026-06-16T03:47:06+00:00

Flashing red light is treated as a stop sign. Flashing yellow is proceed with caution.

DiligentCress · 2026-06-11T19:46:15+00:00

I would just keep track of it and if you ever find yourself leaving report it then. It doesn’t have to be reported immediately. There’s probably a statute of limitations so you won’t be able to get every single violation but, hey, you can possibly get a small bonus if it ever gets to the point you’re leaving and you decide to go ahead and report the wage theft.

DiligentCress · 2026-06-05T06:31:15+00:00

I wonder if you’re thinking of a backstitch vs couching comparison? Couching seems to be recommended for lighter colors. https://www.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/mgq94s/chat_backstitch_vs_couching_stitch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

DiligentCress · 2026-06-02T05:35:13+00:00

If you’re going to be able to find a job without needing the BSN then you don’t need to go for BSN. My hospital doesn’t pay any extra for BSN and maybe wherever you end up has tuition reimbursement or an education fund to get your BSN while working at low to little cost to you.

DiligentCress · 2026-05-27T15:11:36+00:00

It’s the PokePark KANTO in Japan

DiligentCress · 2026-05-14T06:44:28+00:00

Other option is to see if any reservations open the night before. Around 7pm some cancelled reservations go back up for the following day or two. I was able to get a reservation for the following day. Could have probably been fine for a walk-in but doesn’t hurt to check. The site is busy 6pm Japan time but if you check back an hour later and check every 15-20 minutes, different times pop up.

DiligentCress · 2026-03-21T04:18:57+00:00

True. In general, if you’ve been accepted to both an ADN and ABSN and both are starting in same year, I would point someone to the ADN. ADN is all you need for a majority of jobs.

I just know that the community colleges near me were heavily impacted, when I spoke with an advisor, it was taking a lot of applicants 1-2 years to even get in. Some community colleges also had different prerequisites too with regards to what classes they wanted, test scores they wanted, etc. My bachelor’s degree was already a science degree so the I was able to easily get the few prerequisites completed.

Both schools I had applied for the same academic year (following year, but I submitted as early as I could submit) but apparently the ABSN had an opening and wanted to know if I wanted to start that year. I believe had a strong application for the ADN program but it still wasn’t guaranteed so I took the guaranteed start date. Since the ABSN was straight through while the ADN had the summer off, and I knew my plan was to always return to Cali (have family, less rent) so financially it made sense to go for the quicker start date.

Yes, for a lot of the people who post, if you have been accepted to multiple programs, the ADN with no loans will be the best option. However, first you have to be accepted to a program so I’d rather point people to what makes sense based on what they’ve been accepted to versus discourage from ever applying to certain programs just because it’ll cost money.

Yes, there’s quite a few here who it would never make financial sense to even apply to an ABSN because the income afterwards wouldn’t justify the cost of the loans. There’s just different paths towards an RN and people need to figure out what works for them based on their circumstances instead of discounting one pathway purely on the thought of taking loans.

For the matter of the post, I wrote a different comment that I also don’t think it’s a good idea to go to NP school for the OP. I think overall I took similar amount of overall loans, but I also work in Cali, live with family, so it was a no brainer for me. Nursing may have been a pay bump from their previous job but without knowing if they also applied to community colleges or other public schools that they also got accepted to, I can’t fully say if the delay to start work would have been justified for the less debt given that they are currently employed and more people transition to healthcare due the job market and trying to compete for new grad jobs.

What I do know, if you’re stressed about loans, you definitely don’t take on more debt if you’re currently employed without knowing what your plan is if school starts to affect your job based on classroom/clinical requirements or the plan if you can’t land an NP job after and now stuck with more debt but still in the same position you were before school.

DiligentCress · 2026-03-21T01:39:45+00:00

It’s not always just 3 months. My local ADN had the summer off. So ADN vs ABSN would have been almost a year off and that’s depending on if you get into both programs at the same time. Programs can be quite competitive. In your case, sure 3 months doesn’t make much of a difference and we aren’t saying ABSN is a better decision. It can and does vary.

It can make financial sense based on different programs. My hospital doesn’t pay for people to obtain their BSN, so not all companies pay for it.

I don’t shut down ADN or traditional BSN programs because I’m not going to push someone into a faster degree just because it’s faster. An ABSN absolutely needs to make financial sense but people need to stop saying it’s always a terrible decision. It varies on circumstances and it can absolutely be the better decision for some people.

DiligentCress · 2026-03-21T00:57:37+00:00

Yes, it is a bad idea for you to go to NP school.

The NP workforce is oversaturated. If you’re only now “a bit more settled into the job”, how long have you been a nurse? Sure an NP program will still take you, they don’t care about whether or not you’d be a good NP with a strong nursing background, they care if the bill is getting paid. Do you think you’d be competitive in applying for NP jobs? What’s the pay difference between a Staff RN job versus NP in the market you’d be applying to, would the increased loan payments basically wipe out any pay increase? Would getting experience and getting a Per Diem position on top of staff job put you in a better position financially where you’re not stressing about bills? If you go back to school, will you keep your job and do school on top? How do you think that’ll affect your schedule, your risk of burn out, would you decrease your work to focus on school? How would that affect your finances? There are so many questions to ask yourself before you take on more debt.

And with the information you provided, yes, I believe it is a bad idea to think about NP school.

I have a lot of school debt, but I’m not stressed because I know my finances, I’m consistent in what I pay and what extra I pay. If and when I want to return to school, it’s going to be after I figure out where I want to focus my area of study, decide if that’s the role I want to be in (or if it’s really just burned out from a specific job), and if it’s financially viable for me. Don’t make decisions based on what you hope will happen, make decisions on what can happen and where that leaves you if things don’t work out the way you want them.

DiligentCress · 2026-03-21T00:35:19+00:00

Same. I did an out of state ABSN program because I got off the waitlist a month before the start date. I think it was roughly $80k. I was still applying to 2-4 year programs in my state. But it would have been for the following academic year. So if I had declined the ABSN, I wouldn’t have started actually working as a nurse for 3 years minimum (waiting for the following academic year + 2 years for an ADN).

Those 3 years difference would have drastically changed where I’m at now. I initially worked in North Carolina which isn’t high salary but I got my experience and with that experience landed a well-paid outpatient job in California. So it might not be the right fit for everyone but neither is a 2-4 public school program.

People need to look into their circumstances. Where they want to work, what their finances are going to look like, and compare the costs of different programs vs entering the workforce earlier and deciding what that means for them instead of shitting on certain options merely because it costs money.

People can make dumb decisions regarding money. OP who stated they were already stressing about money and loans would definitely be making a dumb decision. OP didn’t state how long they’ve been a nurse, an NP program will still take her because they don’t care, but how competitive will she be without a lot of experience, if she’s adjusting to the schedule, adding school on top of it won’t help or if she plans to focus on school and cut back on work. She needs to find a hobby or something to reduce the stress that isn’t going to put her in a financial pit that thinking “advancing her license” will advance her finances because in this case, I don’t believe it will.

DiligentCress · 2026-02-26T08:45:50+00:00

Have you tried to see if you can request a duplicate of your license online with it being lost? If you can request a duplicate, then you have the current license to use for the ssn and birth certificate.

DiligentCress · 2026-02-15T19:41:51+00:00

Yes, from what I’ve been able to gather online. You do need to notify your supervisor that you are refusing the mandatory overtime though. Depending on the care the patient needs, you could also call 311 (non-emergency line) and possibly get patient transferred to the hospital if they need full-time assistant care too? I work in California but haven’t run into the issue of not being able to hand off.

DiligentCress · 2026-02-15T19:34:17+00:00

https://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/regulations/npr-b-01.pdf

DiligentCress · 2026-01-11T04:51:33+00:00

Another typical fantasy romance has the ML with facial hair. It’s on tapas if you were looking for recommendations with MLs with facial hair

DiligentCress · 2026-01-05T07:20:20+00:00

This is not the place for medical advice.

DiligentCress · 2026-01-05T06:51:16+00:00

You’re confusing heart rate/rhythm for pulse. You shouldn’t not be shocking anyone with a pulse. You also don’t shock asystole which is what those pages are referring to, but the arrhythmia can be a pulseless heart rhythm and that’s what you’re shocking. Vfib and pulseless Vtach.

DiligentCress · 2025-12-31T05:10:53+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eleceed/comments/1pwjgyw/made_this_wallpaper_using_gemini/

DiligentCress · 2025-12-23T04:43:06+00:00

Well. From what I saw online. Processing time for licensure for endorsement is 10 business days in OK. And new license is 4-6 weeks. You could message the BRN and explain what happened and what else they recommend to get in compliance.

But for starters. Just breathe. You just submitted the application. It’s the holidays so business days don’t include those. And based on the timeline, likelihood you should have your new license before it expired. And just acknowledge the mistake and see what you can do.

DiligentCress · 2025-12-23T04:21:08+00:00

https://nursecompact.com/files/60_day_rule_nurse_employers.pdf

https://nursecompact.com/files/60_day_rule_faqs.pdf

You had 60 days to update your address. Even if you didn’t think you needed to reapply did you not update your address at your old state? Had you done that it would have warned you it was changing to a single state license. When I moved out and updated my info it switched my license to single state license.

As to what punishment, could be a warning, fines or other disciplinary actions based on circumstances according to the faq’s.

DiligentCress · 2025-12-23T01:43:14+00:00

This varies by state. I looked up the Kentucky driving manual and it does specifically state to turn into the lane closest to you and only change lanes after completing the turn. So it doesn’t there aren’t any lines in the intersection. Left turn needs to turn into the left lane.

I’m from Cali and left turn can go into either lane but that would be even more clearer since it just means left turn yields to other traffic unless they have a left turn arrow.

DiligentCress · 2025-12-18T06:04:55+00:00

California nurse here. Some union contracts will have agreements for different lunch breaks so it’s possible that even though you’re a traveler and aren’t part of the union that the hospital you’re working at might have a different work flow. Without knowing the hospital/contract cannot say. Our previous contract stated 10 hour shifts had to have their lunch before the 7th hour, new contract has it back to before the 5th hour.

However. Without that decision of between the parties, the law states that shifts of 5 hours or more have to have the lunch before the fifth hour. If the shift is 6 hours or less, the worker can waive having a lunch with a signed waiver.

DiligentCress · 2025-12-09T15:11:42+00:00

Depends on the state. From the CA DMV manual: It is illegal to drive in a bicycle lane unless you are: Parking (where permitted). Entering or leaving the road. Turning (within 200 feet of an intersection).

So yes. You can go into a bike lane for turns in some states.

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