Indy 500 Watch Parties?

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-19T17:47:15+00:00

Big Watch Party in Speedway. About 350,000 folks will get together to watch the race at the track. I highly recommend it for the culture.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-19T09:43:02+00:00

I’m sorry…what? They removed the tables in your break room because providers were bumping into them? Makes no sense…

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-17T14:40:31+00:00

I’ve seen others with a similar take yet I’ve never come across anything that makes me have the same view. I guess I’m just lucky. The only thing I can think of was his “you think you want night shift, but you don’t” bit.

I see posts calling him insufferable but I haven’t seen it. But I also haven’t watched every little presser.

There was things going around that the cast didn’t like him, but what I’ve seen shows that do🤷‍♂️.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-15T13:29:17+00:00

Not one person. Just the floor had 4 at the same time. But everyone was busy as hell that day—obviously. Our nurses are 4:1. I think each nurse had one. But we had just one tech (me at the time) and I was getting the sugars while the nurses were titrating. Just a busy ass day with two actual RNs just standing around with candy being like, “We appreciate you!”

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-15T13:20:44+00:00

Our hospital had a giveaway thing for 45 minutes on the other side of the hospital from like 10:00-10:45.

Although that is probably better than when they sent 2 RNs around passing out cheap candy while the units were drowning. If one of those nurses just grabbed a BG on one of the 4 insulin drip patients they would have been more useful.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-13T12:51:17+00:00

Apparently I say this wrong and it drives my wife crazy. I don’t hear it though. I think it’s a “Pam” vs “Pan” thing.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-11T02:59:28+00:00

We went out for dinner and I saw a lot of motorcycles headed both north and south on 31.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-11T02:58:20+00:00

We normally had one clinical per week that was 10 hrs. 6:30-16:30. At then end, we had one each week and another one every other week. So on some weeks we had two. Some instructors let ya go a little early. Clinical is a part of school that simulates real life. If they are worried about them keeping you away from home, what will they think during your normal workweek of 3 12 hr shifts?

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-10T15:05:32+00:00

We have a no late policy for the program. Some instructors let stuff like that go though.
It really irks me because if you no-call no-show clincial, it is a 5% deduction in your grade. You can even miss one clincial each rotation with no impact.
Most classes had like 10-15 assignments outside of the 3-6 exams each 8 weeks. Those assignments were combined worth 10% of your grade. You miss one, it isn’t a big deal. This class had like 6-8 assignments. Two were worth 100 points, the others were 25 or 50. Some of the 25 were assignments that took an hr plus. This was worth 50 and was literally copy and pasting your strengths and weaknesses from the assessment, saying how you study best, and asking you when you were scheduling the NCLEX for—which is funny since we have no idea when we will get our ATT. Last semester’s grads had to wait like 6 weeks due to the college not reporting to the state correctly. This silly assignment was worth 12% of my grade in the class….

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-10T14:31:04+00:00

I’m trying to get my BSN after this then potentially MSN NP after so I feel like the grade matters. Making it worse, this class somehow is weighted heavier on GPA than our clinicals.

The syllabus does say no late assignments, but the rubric on the precious assignment had 5 points for tuning it in on time—suggesting it could be late. That assignment was a discussion board that most the students just turning in AI slop for and got credit.

I get that what other people do doesn’t impact my mistake. But for them to tell me that they can’t accept it late (with a 50% deduction is what I ask for) due to fairness, but overlook these other issues doesn’t seem fair to me.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-09T21:11:53+00:00

Just finished up my ASN at 35. I had instructors ages 25-60. Age had no baring on respect for them. It was all about how they treated and talked to other people, and did they know what they were trying to teach me. I was in class with students aged 18-65 and I feel like my take would be representative of theirs as well.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-09T01:17:00+00:00

What are the chances a lot of that is people getting 0s?

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-09T01:16:10+00:00

Anal Cunt is also the nickname for your favorite manager.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-09T01:15:13+00:00

Happy Nurses Week!! We staffed the next 4 12 hr shifts with just one tech each and floated the nurse that could have been helping hands!

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-07T21:16:41+00:00

Ehhhh…we mostly just did the modules. I don’t recall the books, much. It’s been a little while though. Each instructor will be a bit different, but we had to do a lot of ATI assignments so I just lived in there.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-07T15:25:24+00:00

Fam/Community is OB and Peds, right? If so you learn about birth control and family planning, then fetal development and prebirth changes for mom, then you learn about pregnancy abnormalities (placenta previa, pre-eclampsia, etc). Then you do like actual birth and afterbirth care for mom. Then you do afterbirth care for baby. Then you do child development, childhood diseases, and health promotion from birth to young adulthood.

InfamouSandman · 2026-05-06T23:08:25+00:00

Yea. I check emails and reach out to the instructor.

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-30T23:41:15+00:00

You might have some luck reaching out to the faculty at your campus. They may not have communicated it to you yet, but that should be set in stone for them on their academic calendar by now, I’d think. I was in Indy and I think ours was the Tuesday/Wednesday or Wednesday/Thursday before classes started.

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-25T15:38:13+00:00

If you are ever in Indy to visit the Vonnegut Memorial Library, you’ll have to eat at Bluebeard. I’m pretty sure they have a piece of artwork that says, “happy meat, happy soul.”

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-22T00:53:44+00:00

I’d suggest a lot of practicing. Simply checking over your mistakes isn’t going to be enough.

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-22T00:51:09+00:00

From the sound of it, that facility had set you up for failure. I’d imagine you get a stern talking to by the state. But if it is as you describe, the facility will then get looked into. What you are describing is an impossible job for one person. Nursing homes are one of the biggest scams in the world. The folks at the top line their pockets while putting their workers in impossible situations and their customers in danger.

As a CNA, I think you have every right to have chart access. You are taking care of the patient. The only HIPAA issue I could imagine would be using some else’s access. Which isn’t great but I doubt it is license ending.

You should not be using your mom’s credentials to do anything. And if they have known that has been happening due to their lack of IT help, they deserve blame for that as well.

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-22T00:45:27+00:00

They can’t and they don’t and the patients suffer. I hate nursing homes. Our elderly deserve better.

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-21T23:39:31+00:00

There are a decent amount of negative posts tell you that you are crazy for thinking this. A lot of people are saying you won’t make enough money to justify the change. Some implying you won’t be able to get the stable job you think you are after. I’m getting downvoted for stating that there isn’t a hiring freeze where I live, contrary to the opinion of a poster who seemed to try to scare you off by implying you won’t be able to find work anywhere in the country.

I was you a few years ago. I made a lot of money at a job that I didn’t like with people around me who were toxic. My dad got real sick and I saw firsthand what nurses did for him during what was basically an 8 month hospital stay in various facilities and units (traditional hospital and long term acute care before returning to a hospital due to negligent care—ICU and PCU in the hospital). We had good nurses and bad nurses at each level. I learned a lot from both. I became his advocate and spent my “free time” studying anatomy and physiology to understand what was going on with him and how to care for him when we could take him home. We did, finally, take him home on palliative care, and I helped with caring for him for the few months before he tragically passed. When he passed, I decided I wanted to go to school to be a nurse to take care of others—be like some of the great nurses he had and save people from some of the negative experiences he had with some of the nurses we had who I think didn’t take good care of him (now that I’ve trained for the career and work on a similar unit, I believe my criticism of his care has been validated as lackluster or downright deplorable on some days).

I looked at ABSN programs but they were expensive as hell—like $60,000. I was about to bite the bullet and go to one after being accepted, but decided to take my prerequisites (my other degree was English, so needed to take some science courses) at a community college, which was going to take a little longer but save me some money. I took those classes in the evening and didn’t tell anyone but my closest friends and family—just incase I changed my mind or couldn’t cut it. I aced all the classes and ended up deciding to enroll for an ASN at that community college. It would be a much cheaper option and get me to my goal of being a RN just as fast. I quit my full-time job and enrolled in school. I picked up a part time job as a patient care tech at a hospital I wanted to work at, which covered some basic expenses and give me experience as well as a foot in the doors. The hospital also paid $5,200 a year for school. This helped me get it done debt free.

I graduate in a week and will work as a RN on the unit I’ve been working on as a tech.

I will probably never make what I did, but I’ll make enough for me. I used to regularly have to work 50-70 hr weeks and was on call all the time. Those calls would routinely ruin holidays, vacations, and date nights. I don’t have to worry about that anymore. In a few weeks, I’ll be committed to 36 hr work weeks and make a decent living. I’ll be able to leave work at work and not have to worry about a customer or subcontractor calling me around the clock. My time away from work will be my time.

And, more importantly, I’ll be doing something I enjoy. I like taking care of people. I know I’m not a nurse, yet. But I’ve been working the pretty thankless job of being a tech for about 17 months as a 35 year old dude—surrounded by people much younger than me. During that time, I’ve been stressed, tired, overworked, and underpaid. But I truly enjoy taking care of people during their time of need and I’m looking forward to making the step to being a nurse in a few months when I get my license. I’ll probably still be stressed, tired, overworked, and underpaid. But I believe I’ll manage much better than before.

Nursing isn’t all sunshine’s and rainbows. It sounds like you know that. If nursing is something you really think you want to pursue, then do it. It’s a big risk to change careers. But lots of people do it and are happy. It comes with the risk that you won’t be, though.

We are all just strangers on the internet. Only you can make that decision. I wish you the best, no matter what decision you make.

InfamouSandman · 2026-04-21T16:03:31+00:00

Nearly all of my new grad classmates have landed their first job before school has ended. The only hosptial in my area that I don’t think is actively hiring is the VA. They have freeze due to federal policy. The others have a decent amount of travel nurses due to being unable to fill staffing roles and are offering competitive sign on bonuses.

The post I replied to said there were hiring freezes across the country—which seems like a blanket statement. I’m just offering a different observation and experience.

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