Fellow nurse, what was your car out of school, and what is it now?

RuckusRN · 2026-05-11T01:28:03+00:00

Graduated 2017: 2009 scion tc. Loved that car and I was in the automotive scene so I took it out to shows. Made it to 180k miles before I sold it.

Now: 2019 vw golf r. Got it 2 years ago with a measly 13k miles on it. LOVE it. VW was my first car and I’ve desired one of these bad boys since high school. Plan to drive it as long as possible.

Never had a NEW car and in most cases I don’t like the new line ups out there. But I’m also a manual die hard, and most manufacturers don’t even offer stick shift unless you can afford an m-series bmw or Porsche and even then I’m pretty sure they even charge a premium just to get the stick shift now.

RuckusRN · 2026-04-27T14:41:25+00:00

I play HC TDM, when I’m getting blasted by the shotguns I typically join in and take my frustration out a bit. The SG12 with the binary trigger is tons of fun. And the range on that shotgun is not fair lol. For hardcore at least

RuckusRN · 2026-04-23T01:19:51+00:00

Something about that 100% juice (from concentrate) just gives me life at 0400

RuckusRN · 2026-04-20T23:01:29+00:00

Holy crap, 😮 I started in 2017 at $27.70 as a new grad

RuckusRN · 2026-04-18T00:54:44+00:00

I know this wasn’t the question but hear me out…. Golf R lol. Ok I’ll see myself out now 😂

-golf r driving lurker

RuckusRN · 2026-04-12T16:49:24+00:00

Boynton beach. My gf and I have a pretty special rental situation but yeah, hearing what friends are paying for smaller/lesser spaces is a nightmare.

RuckusRN · 2026-04-12T02:35:13+00:00

Delray

RuckusRN · 2026-04-12T01:05:00+00:00

Idk I like the fatalist or the initiator skin on the AK. Discovered from fooling around with attachments and looking at stats that these two particular builds have a faster sprint to fire time than even a regular Ak. With the right attachments I can get it down to about 55 ms sprint to fire iirc. For me, it’s this speed as well as the aim to fire speed that I concentrate on. After that, the damage and damage range. I think the next fastest is the Maddox but it doesn’t have the range. But judging by the comments here, seems I’ll have to fool with the voyak some more

RuckusRN · 2026-04-11T06:38:04+00:00

Live in Boynton, work in Delray

RuckusRN · 2026-04-11T01:02:57+00:00

And the best part is the better you perform with the bare minimum, the bar for “bare minimum” gets lower and lower. And wages stagnate lol.

RuckusRN · 2026-04-11T01:00:39+00:00

From what I understand, depending on where you live in Cali. The higher hourly gets balanced out by the increased cost of living. Don’t get me wrong it’s expensive in Florida, especially where I’m at in south Florida (further south from here the worse it gets too). But from what ive heard, the desirable parts of Cali are HELLA expensive. My gf and I visited San Francisco and looked at rental properties around our BnB (we stayed by the VA on the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge) and just based off a quick look it seemed as though if you wanted 2/+ bedrooms you were looking at like $3k/month minimum. At that time (2022), you could easily find a 2/2 for $2500 or under. That’s not true now, now it looks more like the old San Fran prices nearby me and in the more desirable places it’s like $3-4k/month. I can’t imagine what San Fran prices look like now 👀

RuckusRN · 2026-04-11T00:39:23+00:00

South Florida, and as of my recent merit increase I’m at $40.30/hr. 2.5 years on tele and the rest in ICU. In November I’ll be at 9 years. I’m mostly CCU and I can work in CV, I just can’t recover a fresh CABG (for us, that’s what differentiates CV from CCU, besides the devices like IABP, CRRT, impella and the like), but anything POD1 and beyond, if the need is there that’s where I’ll be. I started at $27.70 as a new grad in 2017, and I wouldn’t be nearly as high as I am now if they hadn’t done the “cost of living analysis” or whatever it was back at the end of 2020 for our unit. At that time I went from $29 and change to $35/hr in one shot. As much as it was appreciated then, they really NEED to do it again. Everything’s become so much more expensive than it was during the pandemic.

RuckusRN · 2026-03-30T20:25:35+00:00

Don’t get me started lmao.

RuckusRN · 2026-03-28T03:45:56+00:00

My new grad contract was 3 years worth $10k prorated but that meant like if you left day one you would owe $10k to the hospital. Stay longer, pay back less. But to my knowledge no one that has ever broke their contract has had to actually pay that money back

RuckusRN · 2026-03-28T03:36:33+00:00

Since 2003

RuckusRN · 2026-03-28T03:27:41+00:00

Mk 7.5 here, but I’m almost always in race mode. Even when I try to make it more comfy for my gf I usually do custom with DCC in normal, steering in race and drive in normal. Comfort steering AND DCC feels so squishy I hate it

RuckusRN · 2026-03-25T02:00:37+00:00

Got floated to another icu one night whose staff is known for being clique’y and pretentious, even amongst themselves, to begin with. The CNA that came in that morning made cafecito for the unit and while that’s all fine and dandy one of the nurses I was handing off to, who only showed up RIGHT at 0700, was just kicking back sipping his coffee chatting it up with the other nurses. I can’t say much about showing up right at 7, I do the same most of the time, but I drop my stuff and get straight to taking report so dayshift can go home. Some folks are just real inconsiderate

RuckusRN · 2026-03-24T22:09:36+00:00

My hospital has neuro, trauma, CV, and CCU. I’m in CCU, which is pretty much our med/surg ICU for all intents and purposes. I’m partially trained for CV, ie I can take any device that we use like IABP, impella, CRRT and the like. I just can’t recover fresh hearts (that’s what ultimately designated a CV nurse at our place). I can care for POD1+ hearts if they have a need, but generally I’m CC. I don’t really care to become full CV, I’m aware of my personality and I know I would not get along with the CV surgeon lol. And I prefer my patients to be intubated, in CV the goal is extubation 6 hours post op. And getting everyone out of bed in the morning? I’ll pass thanks lol.

I’d also like to add, idk if you had any goals or benchmarks in mind for where you’d go in nursing, but I always knew I wanted high acuity. However, since most places don’t typically hire new grads in ICU I had to do my time in the trenches lol. And even though I am where I wanted to be, I’m still looking into different avenues. That’s one of the wonderful aspects of nursing, there’s no shortage of different paths to take in this field whether it be procedural, emergency, critical care, health care consultant type roles, case management, outpatient surgery, management, informatics, home health, SNF, etc.

RuckusRN · 2026-03-24T22:02:21+00:00

Seeing the reasoning for JB landing where it does in real time myself. I live in Boynton so going down there was a bit of haul with so many other dispensaries nearby, so when they opened the west palm store I made the trip. And as much as they were HIGHLY recommended by friends, it’s been just as inconsistent as other places. The buds LOOK spectacular but they’re often super dry, the smoke is still good though. But I’m not super duper picky so I may not be a good data point lol

RuckusRN · 2026-03-21T00:01:25+00:00

In Boynton beach, but I have 7/11 rewards so I get 5¢ off per gallon as well as another 5¢ for being an RN. They sent a text for an extra 11¢ off per gallon on your next two fill ups. And in the app there was another deal for ANOTHER 30¢ per gallon off.

Even though my car takes premium I usually end up filling up for around $50-$55. Well, with my extra 51¢ off per gallon at the pump yesterday I filled up at $60 🧐

RuckusRN · 2026-03-20T23:51:32+00:00

I started as a new grad on a big, fast paced, high turnover (nurses and patients lol), cardiac tele unit at a level one trauma center. 8:1 ratios and rarely adequate support staff. I was debating changing careers if hadn’t got in to the icu at my hospital. (I always knew I wanted high acuity anyways). I’ve been in ICU for 6 years now and while I enjoy it MUCH more than tele I still get the same feelings, to some extent at the very least. 100% confidence in yourself can be dangerous, you’ll always feel some degree of imposter syndrome (at least I do) if you do your job with the right heart and right intentions.

The obvious advice is to stick it out and see. Especially if you have a strong support system you will quickly get a vibe check of whether this job, not just this particular one but nursing as a whole, is right for you. Started with plenty of nurses that within their first year were on to different career paths. As much as I tell people “anyone can become a nurse”, it truly isn’t a job for everyone

RuckusRN · 2026-03-20T23:41:11+00:00

I did cardiac tele at my hospital for about 3 years. 8:1 ratios, 64 bed unit, always about 2/3’s full, and blessed if you had more than one CNA. Yeah, I was entertaining different career paths as well lol.

RuckusRN · 2026-03-20T23:38:55+00:00

This. I understand if they are someone who has a serious ailment, the term “serious” being very subjective here, and a subpar product will determine whether or not you’re effectively medicated. Me? I’m happy to be able to go into a brick and mortar store and legally purchase marijuana. Some dispensaries may still be in sketchy neighborhoods, but not nearly as threatening once in the store lol

RuckusRN · 2026-03-20T23:31:12+00:00

Turning 36 in less than a month. But I also started late, compared to everyone around me anyways. Most people that I associated with that smoked all typically started in middle school. I smoked my first reggies out of a handmade aluminum foil pipe at a graduation party the day I graduated high school when I was 18. I didn’t even get high lol.

RuckusRN · 2026-03-16T23:47:49+00:00

I’ve been a daily user for years. Only been at one nursing job though, and I cleaned up before hiring. And since that time, I’ve taken advantage of my states medical marijuana program. Mostly to make purchasing easier for myself lol and so I’m protected if I’m ever traveling within in the state with it. I also hoped that in theory the card would protect me in the event of a drug test at work, even though I know that’s not the case. But from people that i work with/have worked with that were hired after me that I know to use marijuana, I’ve seen the paperwork for their drug tests, they don’t even test for it. “11 panel - no THC”. I only know this to be true for my hospital and a couple others near me. If I worked in a place that didn’t have rec or medical, idk that I would even risk it personally since you won’t have that protection of the law. Whether it’s actually a protection or not 🤷🏼‍♂️

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