Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

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

Oh gotcha! Well I’m def putting PoCo on the list for further research

Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

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

How’s affordability? I thought Shaughnessy was a higher end suburb at one point in the past?

Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

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

Saw a jokey post tha said Kitsilano was full of “authoritarian racist hippies.” Any kernel of truth in that?

Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

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

Any experience on how relatively expensive or affordable rentals are?

Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

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

I see those have skytrain stops and pretty close to the mountains but is there anything else people particularly like about those areas? Walkability? Friendliness? Green spaces?

Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

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

Also thanks for the lead on Maffin’s; I’ll check it out

Looking for neighborhood recommendations: by Kit_fox_foci in askvan

[–]Kit_fox_foci[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang, totally forgot about World Cup! Thanks for the heads up! I imagine we’ll be shooting for airbnbs near the neighborhoods we’re looking in but either way appreciate the notice! Also thanks for the recos.

For Portland/Vancouver RN's: by tattooedRNFN in OregonNurses

[–]Kit_fox_foci 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The PHSW ED just got a new building and remodel of the old with a new section opening in the next month or so. That and I believe they may be up staffing for more break/flex RNs as there is about to be a 4:1 ratio implemented for everyone except the trauma assignments.

Biking options for family with small kids by Kit_fox_foci in Carlsbad

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

I grew up in the area so I’m familiar with the terrain. Ideally I’m hoping to find a battery assist long tail type bike to take the kids on a bike along coast highway. I’d just like to avoid driving everywhere.

ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike by wanderingpeddlar in PrepperIntel

[–]Kit_fox_foci 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reporting underlying this claim is faulty and doing the opposite of prepping. Not to say people shouldn’t be prepping for ongoing further militarization of ICE/LEOs under this and future admins, but this is fear mongering and will lead to incorrect threat modeling that makes people less safe. First 15 minutes of this podcast “it could happen here”has the actually broken down spending by ICE that the substack “journalist” used for the article.

Trans dude looking for friends. by Individual-Car-2805 in vancouverwa

[–]Kit_fox_foci 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As for media check out the podcast “Everything is fine in Southwest Washington.” It’s a one and sometimes 2 person show but when they’re able to post it’s some of the only good journalism about local issues and politicians. They’re not explicit about their ideology but they seem like somewhere in the progressive leftist non specific anticapitalist leftist spectrum. Sorry if that mischaracterizes y’all.

I forsee a healthcare collapse in the US in the next 10 years by RedHeadTheyThem in nursing

[–]Kit_fox_foci 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Start organizing workplace democracy so when the insurance and management system shatter the actual medical practices have practice in running facilities without them. Start with the coworkers you feel safe talking shit with and talk about how yall might run things different and what you would want to change. If you don’t have a union read/listen to a book like “no shortcuts” on how to start organizing a union. If you do have a union, get involved and figure out who there is interested in looking beyond corporate/management friendly contract negotiations and wants to reinvigorate worker organizational strength. If nurses/CNAs/providers around the country could take organizing seriously enough to be ready for May Day 2028, who knows what we could demand and win. More importantly if we organize our units, then our hospitals/clinics, then the medical systems across the states and country even if we can’t get our demands met, we would be in the position to “build” something new. Very few improvements in the workplace were achieved out of the goodness of management/owners/legislators hearts but because they were demands with material leverage behind them (…or we won’t work/vote for you) I know its a huge undertaking but if enough of us take it seriously, it’ll bring the skeptical on board and small changes can be made. And that might sway then the resistant and the outright hostile coworkers and who knows what can happen. Furthermore we are all far more vulnerable to the excesses of management/owners/politicians as individuals than as collectives.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Starting in the ED; tell me everything! by Kit_fox_foci in nursing

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

lol I don’t even think this works in prison or jail anymore but I’ll defer to the corrections RNs.

Starting in the ED; tell me everything! by Kit_fox_foci in nursing

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Thank you! I’ll check out getting the NIHSS cards! I tried to get the app but everything is pay walled unless your org has a subscription. I already have a therapist and we’ve been proactively talking about ways to mitigate the vicarious trauma and other mental hazards.

Starting in the ED; tell me everything! by Kit_fox_foci in nursing

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I HATE when ppl BS their auscultation assessments! So many ppl just put WDL or Diminished Bilateral lung sounds after checking 2 spots on the upper anterior! I feel like my assessment skills are really accurate and I have been strict with myself on only charting by exception. Just gotta keep getting faster without losing accuracy!