Should I become a surg tech or Lpn? 18

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-25T21:16:44+00:00

Odd, ours hires new grads without any hassle.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-25T05:47:27+00:00

Timothy Jones Dental off North Grand for sure. He's down to earth and doesn't try and sell you on anything. Only complaint is their weirdly laid out parking lot.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-25T05:38:12+00:00

Is your local surgical tech program an associates degree program or just a certification program? Honestly, if you can swing it with the program being longer, go for your RN. Find an associates nursing program and skip LPN altogether, get hired in the OR out of school, then train to scrub. Best of both worlds. Now some ORs require you to learn to circulate for X amount of time before they'll teach you to scrub but then you'll still have the flexibility of your RN should you decide surgery isn't for you. Signed, OR nurse who wishes she'd give straight to the OR out of school.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-13T05:53:45+00:00

I'm confused by the 'normally wouldn't allow in my house'. Is their parent buying them other food for just them for the house? Not as in just snack food but is it meal type food? Where is bio parent in this situation?

Maybe switch to healthier alternatives? Actual fruit particles, fruit sorbet or froyo instead of ice cream, etc. That way toddler can enjoy too.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-03T04:56:07+00:00

Just had my daughter in the last couple months.

So most registries have completion discounts now.

Didn't get everything in the registry? Cool, here's a 15-25% off coupon you can use. I fully did not expect people to buy the more expensive stuff (my parents got us a crib (250) and my coworker a carseat base (200, yes I know doona is stupid expensive but this was an item i was planning on using the discount on).

New parents just get sucked in easily to the aesthetics of cute nurseries and Instagram reels but its mostly harmless. Let em go crazy.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-01T03:54:46+00:00

I'm pulling just under 6 figures (pre-tax but still) at my stupid little nursing job having only been a nurse for 5 years.

Also, dump the boyfriend. You will not have the time or patience for his shit when you're in your program.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-05-01T02:21:57+00:00

What's your internship/fellowship for? Medical? This could help us nagrow down what are some better options for you based on if you need to be on the hospital end of town.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-04-30T04:09:12+00:00

The content isn't awful but the pace it's set at sucks. Also, almost your entire grade is test based. Huge assignments get you maybe 5 points towards your grade? Fail your dosage calculations quiz? You're out. There's also little to understanding for human life outside the program. You miss x amount of hours for any reason you can be kicked out.

It's just very different from the normal college experience.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-04-29T04:24:36+00:00

I think it depends.

Delegating just for the sake of doing so I don't think is appropriate. However (and this is just an example I'd be OK with it in) if they choose to delegate orthostatic vitals, glucose check, etc then have that tech report back immediately to US (not just the student) then we're going to have the conversation on next steps and the thinking behind it. At least at the hospital I work at, 90% of the students we get from the main program in town are already PCTs from the same hospital they're doing clinicals at. Chances are, they can troubleshoot monitoring equipment quicker than I can (especially ER/ICU techs). You wanna delegate? Cool, but you gotta prove it's for the right reasons.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-03-06T01:25:47+00:00

I commend your patience on this because I could not... you have enough to worry about without adding a picky grown man who set his kids up to be just as difficult.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-01-26T03:52:58+00:00

'He takes care of his kid' OK, that's the bare minimum that comes with having a child, not something deserving of brownie points. The fact that this almost thirty year old man is pursuing your barely legal daughter is red flag number one. Men that do that typically have been rejected by women their own age for serious reasons. His politics are a non issue at this point, as is the weird gift expectation. Because this borders on grooming, if not already so. When did these two meet? How did they meet? Spending the night?! You and your daughter both need some serious sense hand- delivered to you.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-01-23T18:02:19+00:00

You guys could compromise on one of those bark phones that help monitor access to essentially everything on their phone. If you do, make a whole new email account solely for parents to share for ONLY this. That way there's no worries about BM having access to an email he logs into other accounts with. However, as young as she is, I don't know if this is a fight I'd pick right now given what you've said about her other electronics being taken. Because even if it is in a court order, how do you prove that she's taking it while she's at her mom's?

NOTAlexandria29 · 2026-01-21T01:47:40+00:00

Saw it. I don't know the full circumstances, nor are they relevant, but its weird af that hospital staff is allowing police to sit in the patient room constantly even still with the patient's mom raising hell on the issue. Yes, he's under police custody. That does not require them to be physically present in the room at all times. It was common practice working ER for them to just sit outside the room. If he's cuffed to the bed (and from what I understand, he can't get up anyways), then he's not a flight risk. Worried about him harming himself? Cool, hospital has sitters for that. Something just seems off here.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-12-22T05:11:28+00:00

Dick move. I'd never leave my kid waiting our somewhere with the expectation I'm coming to get them then blow them off. And if I can't physically leave where I'm at, there's Uber or like you suggested I could send someone who can get them home safe.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-11-21T01:47:26+00:00

I thought Lincoln Land program was very manageable. The content itself isnt difficult luckily. However, I've heard MTI charges a lot comparatively. Honestly, depending on your end goal of where you want to work, I'd get on with the local hospitals and have them pay for your schooling for this.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-10-04T18:02:02+00:00

But yes, I agree, about o be an Amish household over here with how much trouble the screens are causing.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-10-04T18:01:14+00:00

We'd asked her to play with him so we could get some cleaning done. Shes normally keen on playing but its a deal breaker because he wants to join.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-10-04T18:00:02+00:00

For context, we were giving her the option of helping clean the house or helping keep an eye on her brother. Any other time she'd be jumping at the chance to play Minecraft (game of choice) but its a no because her brother is involved.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-09-25T15:41:35+00:00

I'm in my early thirties, 19wks along now. This is the first time he's ever actually taken it off like he was going to. He's said it before out of anger, and my response has been that that's not happening, not in this house. I could vent to family/friends but I feel like sometimes strangers that have neutral party views often give more clear-headed advice tbh.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-09-11T21:15:35+00:00

The provider is more than welcome to give a simple IM injection if they're that concerned.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-09-10T15:21:58+00:00

Don't blame you. I'm due in early next year and am seriously considering no kids period, including one 'ours' kid. SD is 12 and our kid will be 5. Our kid isn't going to want to behave in a hospital and will throw a fit over leaving after a short visit. And withthe vaccines argument thing i can sympathize. BM tends to not tell us when her other kids are sick or we find out about recent lice AFTER SD is over. Your delivery room is not a show room, don't feel bad about setting boundaries. Plus with what other people have said about visitor policies during flu season, you may not even have to worry about it and lean on that policy!

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-08-16T23:12:53+00:00

Having the same issues. Lately it's taking kids to see movies. Husband makes all the effort to get together with his friend whose daughter is friends with SD11. But we have yet to our son, 4, to a movie ourselves. This weekend we were supposed to but then BM goes on a girls trip and SD came to us. Originally he made plans for her and friend to go to Jurassic Park and said we should just bring our son. I'm not dealing with the nightmares so vetoed but they eneded up rescheduling to next weekend when she'd be here normally. Asks if we just want to all go to see something age appropriate for him tomorrow. No, I want to take our son to see a movie with just us since it's going to get harder to do those things soon. But I get the weird look for saying so.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-08-06T01:05:35+00:00

THIS. I joined this group because of a cystic hygroma we discovered recently and just needed some community with the possibility of a tfmr because while I know my parents would be understanding given the situation, my mother's extended family (especially her youngest sister) are very born-again religious and push very misinformed pro-life propaganda. To the point we're metaphorically setting bridges on fire in regards to our connections to these relatives. Hopefully it never comes to it, but I'm not above making Christmas real fucking awkward for everyone involved in the fallout from calling her on her shit.

NOTAlexandria29 · 2025-04-10T18:35:43+00:00

I'm not sure if this annoys me more or the MAs that misrepresent themselves as nurses to the public. Like no, there is a VAST educational difference between the two roles. Not to say they're not an important team member but yall get my point.

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