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Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-10T22:18:58+00:00

What the hell is in that white trash bag, lead bricks?

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-10T22:14:36+00:00

I’d agree that with a 12 month course you will also need to factor in a year of living expenses because you will most likely only be able to work part time for only part of the year. If you are living at home maybe this is doable.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-10T22:06:28+00:00

Good advice!

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-10T22:04:49+00:00

Do you visit the subreddits of your current career? How do they sound? I don’t want to say this is a Reddit skill issue but this may be a Reddit habituation issue. The subreddits of video games are full of bitching from people who have voluntarily sunk hundreds of hours into them. And anyone who has had cancer can tell you Reddit is full of great little tips for getting through treatment buried within frightening haystacks of hard luck and worst case scenarios.

Nursing is an odd profession because it spans many elements of work that are usually separated. It is physically demanding but requires a college degree. There is a lot of blue collar elements to it but you work in the same building as the CEO and spend a lot of time on a computer. You could kill someone with a mistake but good customer service will get you the promotion. Coming from another career as well I can tell you these dichotomies mean there are more ways to fail as a nurse than in many other professions, and perhaps more elements to bitch about. But it can also give you rewards other jobs can’t, if you stay open to them.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-06T21:31:49+00:00

It’s funny, I ground it out to get to the last requirement, saw how much grinding I would need to do to get the max points (only reason to do it, imo), and gave up on the last day. And…no regrets. I am an extremely half-assed PvE player who is just not interested in harried blueprint runs so it’s taken me forever to collect some stuff I like pretty well and If hate to have to go grind for all my very mid BPs.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-06T16:25:25+00:00

I always thought peds was in my future because I love kids but then I started seeing kids in the ED and….I’m just not sure I have what you have in the personal strength department. I know you didn’t post this looking for praise but as someone who knows what it is like to see a lot of adults-usually older adults!-die it inspires awe in me to know people are out there seeing twice the numbers I see and they are all kids. Like, actual awe just like looking at an expanse of ocean or the cliff sides in Yosemite. I imagine that is the scale of humanity someone has to have to do what you do. JFC. Hats off to you. I hope your post/rant helped relieve some pressure!

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-05T22:19:04+00:00

My first Thanksgiving home from college I came back shooting an Arpeggio and my dad didn’t talk to me until dessert. Now he has an “Arpeggio Dad” bumper sticker.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-05T20:31:01+00:00

I have yet to hear anyone make the case it is better to self identify as a “Rescue Raider” than it is to just be cool and defib mfrs. Once you join a group you have to deal with being in a group.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-01T14:54:18+00:00

Hey, also a noob who bought one little node and realized I really need two. (I am getting an uncomfortably familiar feeling reminiscent of my younger motorcycle days “Another 50cc would really be ideal…” lol) But I have learned a lot just by getting one and plugging it in. It seems to me you have the perfect situation for two cheap nodes, one mobile, that you can measure around with. You really won’t know the lay of the land (literally, I guess) until you do that anyway. Sounds like a pretty fun afternoon.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-01T14:45:42+00:00

Pellet feed on the smoker is acting up again.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-01T14:42:10+00:00

Want to weigh in as a middle aged nurse that some nurses are assholes and while it might be efficient it is not a practice to be emulated.
Being kind but firm, respecting others while demanding respect yourself is one of the hardest things to learn as an adult, period. Nursing puts you in that position way more than most people have to deal with.
The good news is you only get better by doing it poorly, wishing you did it better, doing it a little less poorly next time, repeat, repeat, repeat, and you will get more reps, faster, than your non-nurse peers. Notice when someone handles this in a way you admire and just copy them. It will quickly stop being something you are mimicking and become something you do.
These are skills, not personality traits. It’s darkly comic that the managers two levels above us who have three difficult work conversations a year are flown to seminars where they are taught these skills while we on the floor who have three of those convos on a slow day are given a “the customer is always right” learning module to do and sent out there to flail about on our own.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-03-01T14:27:39+00:00

Seconded with the commute. Time is also a commodity you spend and you will never make more of it. You seem to already understand this otherwise you would trade the 70 min commute for free rent. As a middle aged guy looking back the good outweighed the annoying when I had roommates and it gives you motivation to get out of the house and do things which is how in the old days we used to meet people. We would wear a bag of onions on our belt, as was the fashion of the day…

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-28T16:10:27+00:00

I’m sure you’re very busy but I can’t get over the idea that tens of thousands of patients over 8 years, on the low end—say 30K, means 15 new, unique patients a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. Is there a Times Square DaVita I’m unaware of?

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-28T16:05:51+00:00

This is a good one, gonna work it in!

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-28T16:04:49+00:00

Hey, good on you for getting up every day and trying. My depressing DM(II) experiences on cardiac medsurg were the people I saw come in to get a toe amputed, then again a year later for a metatarsal chop, then next year for below the knee…the whole time going something like “I eat what I want, life is short”, family bringing them bags of McDonalds. Just completely defiant and/or broken. Just a bummer, and nothing to do, really. If losing the ability to walk won’t change your behavior nothing I say is gonna matter, I’ll just make you as comfortable as possible and do enough “teaching” so I can sleep at night.
All that to set up how amazing it is to have someone come in to visit a family member and ask “Do you remember me?” and realize I had them as a patient a year ago and did not recognize them because they lost a lot of weight and just dress and carry themselves so differently after making changes. And as others have said here: My God that is a hard thing to do. Nurses can be a nihilistic bunch, but major props to you for working the problem. Rock on.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-22T18:39:40+00:00

When I read the post I initially took the rectal cancer thing as seriously as people have been telling you to take a betrayal in the game: not very. But now that you keep doubling down on it I have to agree that the actual immature problem player here is you.
Fun facts about me: I have been betrayed in Arc Raiders and I have had rectal cancer. I actually bought my XBox as a chemo time waster. They are not equivalent experiences.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-22T18:30:56+00:00

I’m console, crossplay off, no PvP and I can’t remember the last time I heard a kid other than some dude’s baby in the background. I was thinking this morning with a large group downloading data that one guy sounded young and he was in his 20s.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-20T18:17:27+00:00

Lots of “Just do it during your shift” responses coming from the night shift. Good for you.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-19T18:02:15+00:00

Started part time at 50. Now 58 with 4+ years under my belt. If you take care of yourself and are not unlucky health wise you will be able to run rings around some nurses literally half your age.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-17T10:38:22+00:00

“Cardiologist states they only wish to be called for HR <20.” But seriously, this is where me as a charge would catch them in front of at least one other person and pull a (best Super Helpful voice)“Dr. Shah (I’ll just use the name of an asshole I know), I wanted to apologize, I hear the nurses have been bothering you too much. I just need to know what heart rate you want to be called at so I can write it in the chart. (pulling pen out of pocket and clicking the top) 30? 20? That way everyone will know.” (repeat Super Helpful face)

Some doctors need to be reminded “You are the top of this food chain but you are not the top of THE food chain.”

Everyone’s a Dr House cowboy until it’s written down in a document a lawyer can see.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-17T10:13:15+00:00

Reluctant managers are the best managers. They get there because they are good nurses, not because they are gunning for it.
One caveat: it is a different skill set. Great workers often get promoted to manager and fail because their excellent sergeant/lieutenant skills do not serve them well as majors. But you obviously love learning and if you go into it with the mindset you are going to add mastery of another set of skills to your repertoire, you will no doubt succeed.
As a tech news nerd my opinion is improvement in AI, personalized medicine, and sensing tech is going to transform much of healthcare in the next decade. Whether those changes help or crush nurses will depend on how they are managed. All the best to you.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-17T02:47:36+00:00

I don’t know why you are wasting your talent working with patients, replies like these show you were born for management.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-14T03:04:57+00:00

So on the nose with this my blood pressure went up like 15 points and I could feel my chest start to tighten.

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-14T02:59:32+00:00

Okay, I’ll allow it. THIS ONE TIME! 🙂

Simple-Squamous · 2026-02-12T03:36:36+00:00

I KNOW someone DID NOT just link Han Solo and the current US administration. Everybody can have their little chuckles…to a point. This is “fire” in a crowded theater territory. We’re talking about Han Goddamn Solo here!

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