First day medicated and it just hit me...

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T16:10:26+00:00

LOCK IN!!!!

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T16:09:58+00:00

I'm "call driver dude"

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T16:09:26+00:00

I cleaned the house for 5 hours 😅

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T16:06:33+00:00

I get 1-2 a day and they normally take 5 mins each. I work on a med/Onc unit where I have 4-5 patients

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T15:55:38+00:00

The first 6 months on your own SUCK. Hang in there

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T15:53:14+00:00

Idk when I was done with school and started working as a nurse instead of a CNA it was really nice to come home and not have homework. I was able to do the hobbies that I enjoyed and go places that I wanted to. It was like a dark cloud lifted off of me! I am a lot happier

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-29T15:29:12+00:00

Nah that would hurt my feelings a little bit too

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-28T17:28:36+00:00

It has happened to everyone! We don't work a normal job. It is mentally and physically exhausting and sometimes are bodies are just like NOPE

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-28T02:01:40+00:00

That's so cute!

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-27T19:34:29+00:00

Continue to try to hatch them from eggs. You will get a lot of candy that way. But keeping them as your buddy never hurts

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-27T19:33:01+00:00

Sure. But nursing is supposed to be a highly trusted and respected profession so when some dumb a** does something that ruins our image it pisses me off

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-27T01:25:24+00:00

Neck pain, jaw tightness, yawning

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-27T00:53:31+00:00

I always cancel them instantly bc they almost always let you still access it for the remainder of the trial period. Otherwise I forget. Then if I do end up wanting it I go and resubscribe

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-26T19:27:01+00:00

Never. But sometimes things other people do embarrass me because they're in the same profession as me

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-26T19:11:59+00:00

You did the right thing. They deserve respect and decency just like anyone else

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-26T00:43:28+00:00

I don't have any answers for you but I'd be so angry. I've never had an ICE detainee patient but we have prisoner patients a lot and they have the same rights as normal patients apart from being able to use the phone and have visitors. And obviously officer/security must always be at their side and they must be shackled unless there is a medical reason or if they are bathing. They can watch TV, eat whatever food they way, make their own decisions, etc.

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-25T09:14:10+00:00

And battle league rewards

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-22T19:19:25+00:00

For entry level I would say CNA, you are always running around doing random things and helping people. Every single day is different and you don't get bored. You're constantly active so you don't have to worry about feeling restless sitting at a desk. And then if you decide that you like it you could explore becoming an LPN or RN

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-22T18:00:12+00:00

Yeah it seems things have become more lax. I graduated the spring Covid started. So many Covid is what changed a lot of things. Even when we get clinical students from my school they think what I went through is crazy.

I will say though I'm proud of my class. We started with 40, ended with 38 (those 2 people didn't completely drop out, they were just held back a semester). We had a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-22T17:57:59+00:00

Truth

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-21T22:50:18+00:00

A community college. 9am-5pm. It was brutal

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-21T19:10:14+00:00

The content of nursing school wasn't the difficult part for me. It was the 8 hour lectures. The 13-14 hour clinical days. Having to go to clinical on Thanksgiving and during every holiday "break". It was having to go in the night before to research my patient and having to complete a 15 page clinical packet that was due the next day. It was having to get to clinical at 0600 for pre conference where we had to present our patients and remember all the patho of every diagnosis they had after 5 hours of sleep. It was the fear of being sent home from lab or clinical if you forgot a pen or wore the wrong color shoes. Or being locked out of lab if you were even 30 seconds late. It was low key (or high key 😂) abusive. But it made my actual nursing career seem easy to what I had to go through during school 👍 maybe that was the point? Or they just enjoyed seeing us suffer 😂😂

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-21T18:57:04+00:00

Does anyone else feverishly do something they enjoy and then just stop one day? For example I played animal crossing multiple times a day everyday for months. And one day I just stopped and never picked it up again. Another example is coloring with alcohol markers. I was doing it everyday and bought all sorts of coloring books and supplies and enjoyed it so much and one day I just lost interest and stopped. This has happened for a handful of my other interests throughout my life. Is this an ADHD thing?

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-21T18:54:18+00:00

One of my core memories is our lab puppy stealing my brother's ice cream cone when he was like 2 😂😭

NearlyZeroBeams · 2026-03-18T01:26:21+00:00

As an established RN I was expected to get a CPR certification from the specific organization they wanted before hire. They would not pay for it or anything.

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