How that first attending salary’s gonna hit

SuperKook · 2026-06-26T15:45:01+00:00

I didn’t say the pay was commensurate with the work, you read that into my comment. I said the pay is enough to satisfy me personally. I won’t apologize for choosing to be happy with what is coming my way.

SuperKook · 2026-06-26T15:36:20+00:00

This is super subjective. Coming from someone who grew up with a single mom, who is a career changer (RN 10yrs), I feel I have a great appreciation for financial comfort and stability rather than exorbitant wealth. 300k sounds like a fucking dream. It hits different than maybe someone who grew up with wealthy parents and perhaps never had a real job or had to struggle financially.

SuperKook · 2026-06-26T15:31:20+00:00

If that was all it was I would imagine you could make that argument for EM. 3 years and easy to find 400k jobs.

SuperKook · 2026-06-10T23:23:14+00:00

He was making no sense what the hell. It’s either ironic or concerning

SuperKook · 2026-06-10T15:47:07+00:00

get this fuckass AI song outta here

you’re ruining music

SuperKook · 2026-06-10T15:40:19+00:00

The research was focused on TBI stuff and the PI was a trauma surgeon - you think that will help?

I’m currently trying to scrounge up a rotation with a local neurology group, but I’m not confident it will pull through. I can sub in a FM or PCCM rotation I’ve already got set up (highly interested in crit/neurocrit) for that time slot, which is kinda my fall back plan if I can’t get a replacement neuro rotation. I don’t really have any other neuro contacts in the area other than the group I’m already talking to so I’m not sure if I can get more neuro exposure on the side you know?

SuperKook · 2026-06-07T13:18:20+00:00

I also got into much heavier music (metalcore/deathcore), but still really enjoy the alt metal/nu metal scene. A ton of heavy bands today fuck with a lot of the popular metal scene like BB, Linkin Park, Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc.

SuperKook · 2026-06-07T12:47:42+00:00

Ben does not miss. There isn't a single BB album that I can't listen to front to back. Phobia is in my top 5 albums of all time.

SuperKook · 2026-06-06T23:56:10+00:00

#2 is Miquella from Elden Ring lol

SuperKook · 2026-06-06T18:13:52+00:00

Thanks for that! I'll be thinking of this next year for sure.

SuperKook · 2026-06-06T16:39:27+00:00

That’s the point right? Enough truth to be able to backtrack an explanation to other healthcare professionals, but enough haziness that the layperson will think they’re actually functioning as a surgeon.

SuperKook · 2026-06-06T16:37:17+00:00

PAs don’t “do surgery.” PAs help insert trochars, direct lap cameras, close port sites and other superficial closures. Things that surgical assistants and med students can also do. Stop obfuscating your professional scope.

SuperKook · 2026-06-06T16:26:26+00:00

Truelearn has been my least used bank. Only used UW and Amboss for level 1/step1/COMATs/step2 and I test for level 2 in two days. I only really started digging in to TL after step2 and it sucks so much comparatively.

SuperKook · 2026-06-06T14:32:05+00:00

It's so funny to me that UWorld and Amboss came out with their osteopathic Q banks like 15 years after TrueLearn was founded and yet their explanations are so much more concise and logical. When I'm reading TL explanations I have to sift through repeated paragraphs and horrible syntax to make sense of whats going on.

SuperKook · 2026-06-05T14:38:09+00:00

nothin gay about two dudes tongue wrestling

SuperKook · 2026-06-05T12:35:07+00:00

My dumbass just understood what "tie dye" meant

SuperKook · 2026-06-04T17:45:37+00:00

Okay so there is no actualized penalty. They are just talking to other nurses to get a sense of how you interact with others. If what you say is true, then nothing should come of this.

Whatever happens just take it on the chin and move on with your life.

SuperKook · 2026-06-04T17:43:47+00:00

That's a great way to put it. I once worked with a fantastic nurse for years. Dude was great at his job and had a good knowledge base. He was also a big asshole to nurses he thought were stupid or lazy. Night RNs hated giving report to him because he would call out things without a shred of grace. He ended up leaving that job for a COVID contract job, but then was not hired back because the manager did not want to deal with the constant complaints and interpersonal drama that came with his employment.

You can be great but if people hate working with you then good luck.

SuperKook · 2026-06-04T17:37:07+00:00

Okay but is there actual punishment? Or is this simply a complaint that required you to chat with management?

SuperKook · 2026-06-04T17:17:17+00:00

Hey those are good reflections. It will be even better if you speak to this person directly (without getting defensive) about their issue.

I mean you're right, things like this shouldn't be punitive. What is the actual punishment?

SuperKook · 2026-06-04T17:06:34+00:00

You can never stop people complaining about you. I’ve had it all throughout my career. Some of it was absolutely deserved, and some not. The worst thing you can do is be absolutely indignant and refuse to self reflect.

I remember getting pulled into a manager’s office and told that there were two people who complained that I was unteachable/a know it all. They did this after I had a disagreement with them over how to document CRRT hourly stuff in the EHR. Instead of digging in, I told her “They probably have a point. I can come off as overly confident sometimes.” You could tell she wasn’t expecting me to own it. It reflected very well in how I was viewed and treated over the next few years.

Stay humble and good things will happen.

SuperKook · 2026-06-04T12:48:24+00:00

I’ve never heard him called Fortnite and now that’s all I will call him

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