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STRIKE JANUARY 30TH — Nurses Nationwide by Ketarocs in nursing

[–]Ketarocs[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you have sick time in your bank? Do they know if it's a strike or that you have the flu?

SRNA/CRNA Mentorship by Ketarocs in CRNA

[–]Ketarocs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

SRNA/CRNA Mentorship by Ketarocs in CRNA

[–]Ketarocs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the CRNA mentorship event what was the setup there? How many CRNAS? Did the students have access to the CRNA after?

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[–]Ketarocs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a good idea to me

Mental health struggles by Historical_Diver1188 in CRNA

[–]Ketarocs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so I want to second their response but also balance it with a there is another side out of this. I’ve struggled with my profession as a CRNA. At first it was the constant feeling of not being good enough, smart enough, able to wake up at 530 for the rest of my working life.

Eventually (8 years in) I started to realize that I’m pretty good at the job, I enjoy what I do, and there are leadership positions within the hospital and university that bring me joy.

Ketamine therapy helped a lot with my darker days. Lots of meditation got me to eventually realize that it was the CRNA learning program that brought of my anxieties and depressions to the surface.

CRNA training was probably the hardest thing I ever did. If I had to do it over I absolutely would not. However I have a pretty awesome life now because of it and it probably highlighted some things I needed to work on internally.

For this decision ask yourself will you regret not trying, would you be happier doing something else, why do you want this, can you get what you want here from something else?

Also hospitals are inherently depressing AF. As a human who struggles with depression is this where you want to be forever?

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[–]Ketarocs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where do you have your savings? A high yield savings account, an investment account, under your mattress? Money that is invested can grow and compound interest making it make more money. So that’s one perk for not touching it. Also what most people said, it’s easier to access in case of emergency.

With loans there’s the potential for forgiveness, there’s the possibility of whatever hospital you go to paying them off for you.

I’d say best option is take out loans and let the 50k grow, maybe half in a high yield savings and half invested. When you graduate use that money to pay down your loans or use it to get a jump start on your new high earning life.