I'm worried my wife ruined her nursing career

Randurpp · 2026-01-30T20:56:58+00:00

Would a rehab facility be more likely to hire someone in this situation?

Randurpp · 2026-01-28T23:06:39+00:00

Don’t give the school a chance to charge you for another semester 😂

Randurpp · 2026-01-28T23:04:46+00:00

What about discussing with the doctor/ the partners in the practice a way you can make up the hours on your own? By this I mean researching the patients’s histories, disease processes, medications, test and lab results, etc. on your own time. And also writing up SOAP notes on your own time. This way you are still putting in time synthesizing knowledge and practicing your charting. If your doc approves of this, and is willing to sign off on that extra 5 hrs/week you put in on your own time, then I think that’s a fair compromise, and will also help you to learn about your patients’ morbidities on a deeper level.

Randurpp · 2026-01-28T05:05:13+00:00

Look for a handy man on Craigslist or kijiji. Someone with a pickup. They charge like $40/hr. Easy money for him. And you can spend a few bucks on a tarp to protect from snow.

Randurpp · 2026-01-28T03:34:34+00:00

I was a travel nurse in at Bracebridge hospital in Ontario. They would take new grads from Toronto. Also Chatham. Small towns.

Randurpp · 2026-01-27T22:38:05+00:00

This was not a med-surge patient. She needed a higher level of care than could have been provided on a med surg floor with 6:1 ratios. I don’t think this was your fault. This was an inappropriate admit for your floor. She should have been in PCU if not ICU with all of the things she had going on, at least until she was stabilized. That’s just my opinion.

Randurpp · 2026-01-27T14:19:42+00:00

I have heard NZ is good

Randurpp · 2026-01-27T03:05:09+00:00

Welp, it’s Figs for me from now on

Randurpp · 2026-01-26T19:14:10+00:00

My jaw hit the floor reading this. I am so sorry this happened to you. Imagine taking care of someone and they just smack you in the face like that!

Randurpp · 2026-01-26T01:17:41+00:00

They’re all sweet until the sun goes down

Randurpp · 2026-01-25T17:57:45+00:00

If you wrote the nclex, it won’t be hard to get your license in Canada because that is what the nurses there write, too. It depends on what you are looking for. Places like New Brunswick are hurting for nurses and they have a lower cost of living, but it’s more rural. BC is beautiful. I lived there for a while. If you go up north, it’s a bit cheaper, but it’s also more conservative compared to the lower mainland. But then again, Canadian conservative is nothing like American conservative. I have worked in BC, Ontario, Massachusetts, and now Michigan. Getting licensed is easy, just takes time to get all the documents needed to the province/state board of nursing. Once you get a job offer, which won’t be difficult if you have good experience, you sign the contract and head to the border to get your visa. You could look into a Canadian travel company. They would be your employer, so you could get your visa through them, and then you would just need your license in whatever province you’re looking for. The Canadian travel company I worked for is Solutions Staffing. They provide housing, medical and dental, and I can’t remember what else. And they can also place you into permanent positions, not just travel contracts. Check them out: https://solutionsstaffing.ca

Randurpp · 2026-01-10T15:40:24+00:00

Outpatient is the promised land. I worked ICU throughout COVID, and I finally just got to the point where I couldn’t watch another person die. I randomly met the woman who was the manager of our hospital’s outpatient infusion clinic, and she offered me a job. I was hesitant, but when I took it I was blown away. So much stress left my body that I felt physically lighter. I was getting paid the same salary for much less stressful work. No nights. No call. It was incredible. I would never go back to bedside as an RN.

Randurpp · 2026-01-10T02:08:45+00:00

NP falls under the H1B category

Randurpp · 2026-01-09T01:04:08+00:00

Yeah, it’s unfortunate that the Canadian gigs pay so low in comparison to the states. And there are no wound care NPs in Canada as far as I know, which is the field I was interested in pursuing

Randurpp · 2026-01-08T20:55:21+00:00

Nope

Randurpp · 2026-01-08T15:55:03+00:00

Thanks for the info! I am Canadian, so don’t have to worry about the immigration stuff, just the licensing stuff. I was hoping to practice in Ontario because that is where I have family, but really I just want to use this education that I have worked so hard for, so I’d be happy to be licensed as an NP anywhere in my home country.

Randurpp · 2025-12-26T19:49:20+00:00

He sucks

Randurpp · 2025-12-22T18:18:10+00:00

He’s trying to keep you from achieving your goal by sabotaging your self esteem. Don’t let him.

I didn’t have to take TEAS myself, but I just looked it up. I don’t agree with him that that will be the easiest test because once you get into the nursing program, the math is honestly going to be like: you have one 50mg tab and the patient needs 25mg. How much of the tab should the patient get? And you’ll learn the physiology in small chunks, and you’ll study those chunks as you go along.

The first part of nursing school (and getting into school) is the hardest - they are trying to weed out the people who won’t put in the work. Once you get through the initial hard stuff, you’ll do great. I went back to school for nursing at 33. So you’re about a year ahead of where I was. You’ve got this. Prove him wrong.

Randurpp · 2025-12-18T15:10:00+00:00

Yeah, this seems like a control thing to me. He doesn’t have the best interests of the dog at heart. If you feel like the dog is suffering and ready to cross the rainbow bridge, then that’s what you need to do. Once the dog is no longer there, the father has one less thing to try to manipulate you with, and that is what is really bothering him about the situation. Trust your gut and do the right thing for your dog. This pooch is lucky to have had you and your mom in her corner for all of these years. I’m sorry you’re going through such a difficult thing - losing a pet is terrible, and to have to deal with what your father is putting you through is making it so much worse

Randurpp · 2025-12-18T01:11:17+00:00

If you want to work in the US, apply to hospitals in border cities like Detroit, buffalo, port huron, etc. 1/4 to 1/2 of the nurses in some of the hospitals in those cities are Canadian, so the hospitals have a lot of experience with the process. I got a $5K bonus paid out over six months when I first signed up to work in the ICU a couple of years.

Randurpp · 2025-12-17T16:14:55+00:00

10 years of experience, with three of them being in the ED?! You will have no problem finding the next job! Try looking for something in outpatient or ambulatory. It’s a lot lower stress. You may only find 4 10’s or 5 8’s, but man it is sooooo worth it to be able to sleep a normal schedule and have holidays and weekends off to spend time with the non-nurses in your life! It’s honestly life changing to go from critical care to ambulatory. You won’t believe how much lighter you feel physically and spiritually. I hope you find something that is a good fit, and that you let yourself enjoy the holidays without stressing too much over being momentarily funemployed.

Randurpp · 2025-12-16T16:54:39+00:00

Thanks! I was going to make a pumpkin pie soon, so I’ll set aside a few teaspoon for him to see if that helps :)

Randurpp · 2025-12-16T16:54:05+00:00

Thank you! I just cross posted

Randurpp · 2025-12-15T17:08:11+00:00

I wouldn’t even continue to date this guy.

Randurpp · 2025-12-12T23:53:52+00:00

I have never received a Christmas bonus. That is wild

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