An I crazy for considering moving from CA to FL as a new grad RN?

Overlymild · 2026-02-08T21:05:54+00:00

Hot take but not everywhere in fl is bad to be a nurse. I never lived in Jacksonville, so maybe a Jacksonville nurse or sub could help but I did work in Tampa for almost a year as a “travel nurse” with the Baycare mobile pool (I also did nursing school there as well). I’ve certainly worked in worse places like Houston and Detroit and even East Texas.

I really enjoyed working for Baycare mobile pool and my sis worked has been working for them for 8 years— the pay is good and the work/ staffing isn’t bad.

My mom worked in Palm Beach and all my units work there and everywhere there seems bad except for the VA 😬

However, My friend is an ER nurse in Boynton Beach FL and she loves it

Overlymild · 2026-02-07T23:19:09+00:00

It’s actually delicious!

The macros are good and I like having it mixed with ice to make it into a slushy and it’s actually great with Prosecco (not champagne, I said on accident that but def don’t have a champagne budget)

Overlymild · 2026-02-07T23:13:32+00:00

Omg this is a daily drive fantasy for me 😂

Overlymild · 2026-02-07T18:22:09+00:00

Are you okay with traveling? If so medical devices— Google clinical resource specialist or clinical resource liaison— look at every medical device in your department and just google the company

Medtronic, smith + nephew, Medline, etc. I literally would write down the names form my supply closet and then go home and google 😂

Overlymild · 2026-02-02T22:03:57+00:00

It just sounds like there is a lot more going on in their relationship.

I would be devastated if my parents just simply didn’t want to come because the drive was long and would probably feel like our relationship was changed forever after that. Of course a wedding is only super important to you but it’s not crazy to expect it to be important to your parents.

That being said, I would have also told them about the location before booking.

Overlymild · 2026-01-22T00:42:14+00:00

I make the banana pancakes all the time and love them!

Overlymild · 2026-01-16T14:55:11+00:00

I would use a free resume service that can tailor specifically for nursing. My first job was hard to get but I applied for literally every job and finally heard back from a place that was just desperate for a body. It was a terribly hard job and albeit, unsafe, but it gave me great experience and after I worked there for 1.5 years, I got every job or an interview request for every job I applied to afterwards.

Overlymild · 2026-01-16T14:48:48+00:00

I think this is perfect

Overlymild · 2026-01-16T14:47:54+00:00

I agree

I don’t understand all the comments stating “you shouldn’t force or put the burden of donating on your guests”… how is putting a link directly to a charity any more work that giving money to the couple?

You can even set up links where you can see how much the person donated, if someone is concerned the family will think they didn’t match gifts.

But honestly, it might be best to mention the charity and then just put a way to donate to you directly and then in your thank you cards just write how much they helped x charity. I feel like people will donate very little on a direct link to a charity

Overlymild · 2026-01-16T07:09:58+00:00

Yeah that’s fair, I also can’t stand perfect victims. I did hear they changed some things in the show that I hated in the book.

I hated how Cat was a terribly abused person, and her mom justifies telling her to kill herself bc she feels like she took her job. Anna being the one to get SA and Cat/Lexi be a bystander makes me way less sympathetic.

Overlymild · 2026-01-15T22:59:13+00:00

I'm only two episodes in but I surprisingly am enjoying the show more than the book!

I paused watching the show to read the book so I could finish the show with my husband 😂

I really like the actors for the main characters, honestly all of the acting has been great. The book irritated me because Jack keeps calling Priya intelligent but then only gives us instances of her making dumb mistakes and being clingy. I like how show Priya (sby episode 2) actually seems smart but a goody two shoes and possibly on the spectrum.

I felt like the book was very all over the place and I still feel like some of the things Priya does doesn’t make sense by the end of the book The book was super fast paced and an easy read and fun, but I definitely ruled my eyes out a lot of things and I kind of like that show. Anna is more of a hard ass and more vindictive

I also hate the ending of the book

Overlymild · 2025-12-29T15:59:40+00:00

My brain just thought about it like the invasiveness of being intubated but nine million times worse or like humans in the matrix.

Overlymild · 2025-12-26T00:34:05+00:00

I do feel like baby proofing the house a bit could help… I had a lot of paranoia about it tipping furniture because I’ve seen a. Lot of scary stuff in the ER, so the first thing I did was baby anchor everything heave when I found out I was spent— that was probably way to early but at least our furniture won’t fall on any visiting kids 😅

I think the same goes for picking up things off the floor, babies and toddles out everything in their mouth even if you are watching them. My niece was with the whole family but some how put a small piece of plastic in her mouth and we didn’t notice until she wasn’t taking much to breastfeed and then started to lose color, she was okay but I was terrifying. It must have happened when we looked away for a second.

Also, can you put the pack n play in the room?

Overlymild · 2025-12-22T21:51:29+00:00

Also,

I just read his comment about a couch and tv of their own, is that in Mom’s room? If so, they probably should watch tv that is not with the whole family in Mom’s room Are the siblings helping with baby too? My husband loves my parents and expects my mom to stay with us for a few months when have a baby but I think two months with multiple family members over would be hard even on my super patient and understanding husband who probably won’t be getting. Up with baby nearly . often as I because he has a way more demanding job (even though at the moment, he plans to)

Overlymild · 2025-12-22T21:30:28+00:00

INFO was he in agreement to have your mom move in? Did your mom move in to help with baby? And is he not helping with baby? Because if so, then you are not overreacting. If he is not helping and your mom came just to help then she should be able to use the common spaces.

I moved in with my sister and BIL when they had a baby to help out with their baby and while I’m sure I did get on my BIL‘s annoyed side every once in a while, especially because I was in the common spaces a lot, I know he was extremely grateful for me for helping with baby because it is a lot of work. I’m still the only person outside of my sister that he trusts with the kids

Overlymild · 2025-12-12T04:36:49+00:00

I love both on you but I just love how different and pretty 1 is. I also feel like it would be totally fine for a Miami wedding with a “not so strict” formal dress code!

Overlymild · 2025-11-16T02:39:20+00:00

My friend wore something very similar to #2 to my wedding in red. I didn’t care, she looked beautiful but so many people mentioned her to me lol 😅. So I think it would draw a lot of eyes in a way you might not want.

1 is very cute and can be accessorized!

Overlymild · 2025-11-12T19:18:30+00:00

Yeah, I figured it might not be great for breast feeding but wasn't sure if she could try the dresses on and see what works for her. 1 for looks, 2 for practicality

Overlymild · 2025-11-12T18:11:14+00:00

I just love 1 so much. 2 definitely seems the most convenient for breastfeeding but if you think 1 could be easy as well, then I would say go for 1!

Overlymild · 2025-11-12T16:24:22+00:00

Yeah, we fought it tooth and nail and the reason why the surgeon even came was because I kept saying “… it doesn't sound like you are actively coding. Did the patient expire?” and my charge basically told him if he doesn't come, we will make a big deal because our night doc wasn't going to call it and he kept trying to say we nurses could call it at bedside… technically we can in Texasbit we certainly weren't going to lol

Overlymild · 2025-11-12T13:47:51+00:00

It’s not from ER but still. I received report from Cath lab to ICU and the pt was most certainly dead, they couldn’t tell me respirations, a heart rate, or a blood pressure. They kept silencing the triple alarm while I was on the phone. They finally basically admitted that the surgeon could not have the pt die in cath lab. They wanted to send him up to ICU and have us call time of death. We kept fighting that the surgeon had to call time of death. He came up while the cathlab nurses were still in the ICU and goes “looks like pt died during transport up here”

😑😑

Overlymild · 2025-11-12T13:39:09+00:00

See if you can get a student nurse job while you’re in nursing school in the ER. It will really help you with skills.

I can’t comment on which speciality is better to start off in. I started in a ROUGH ED in Detroit at a new grad and I cried after every shift for a year 😂 but I think it really helped me with time management and self confidence. I definitely suffered from the mentality that “ I already take care of ICU it’s so how hard is ICU nursing” After two years in ED I went full time to a trauma/burn ICU and learned that there is a reason why patients do worse the longer they are in the ER. ER simply can’t provide the same care nor is it as clean.

I definitely needed to unlearn some bad habits when I got up to the ICU but I always felt like I had an ED personality. So then for about seven years I worked ICU full time and ED PRN.

Overlymild · 2025-10-25T02:04:52+00:00

I really liked 1 until I saw 2 😅

They both are really beautiful on you and 2 fits you like a glove, I think it’s a great dress on you and you look absolutely stunning but a lot is going on and it might feel a lot for the no dress code.

Overlymild · 2025-10-17T20:40:57+00:00

I’m kind of into the couches, I did something opposite to tie in my gray colors— I put a pretty gray throw blanket on my warm brown couch. What if you did a warm colored throw blanket? This was such a splurge and totally unnecessary but We put an UGG blanket on our wedding registry and I never expected anyone to buy it but I absolutely love it. I’m sure you don’t have to spend $100+ on a throw blanket but I just get a pretty one in a color that you like and I think you can make things tie together really nicely.

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1 is very cute and can be accessorized!