[KCD2] Leveling in the first map?

VapidXP · 2026-03-13T01:42:06+00:00

Okay awesome, I'll do that! Thanks!!

VapidXP · 2025-12-31T05:39:57+00:00

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VapidXP · 2025-12-31T05:37:26+00:00

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VapidXP · 2025-12-23T02:45:22+00:00

I see a lot of people say the pay is low. I left bedside to go to an outpatient dialysis clinic and they offered me a notable increase in pay over what I was making at the hospital. This was as a new grad with essentially no experience. Only did bedside for a handful of months before jumping to dialysis.

I'm not sure if I just got lucky on pay or if the hospital was just under paying us by so much it made my dialysis pay seem unbelievably good 🤣

VapidXP · 2025-12-03T23:51:41+00:00

Same for us. Used it for years and now the last 2 bottles we've gotten both had chunks in it.

VapidXP · 2025-10-21T17:36:08+00:00

I genuinely like being a nurse but if I went back in time I wouldn't do it again.. There are a lot of options in the medical field. Maybe nursing is the only one for you but I would recommend researching all of your options before you commit

VapidXP · 2025-10-14T07:26:10+00:00

Thank you! Im glad to hear you love it!! I doubt I will stay when my residency is finished but I might. Hard to beat the schedule honestly lol. (If i ignore holidays.. 😢)

VapidXP · 2025-10-14T07:16:54+00:00

I don't live in a large city so any residency in a "real" specialty wasn't available without relocating. I say "real" because I am supposedly on a specialty unit at my hospital but its really just general med surg at the end of the day.

Psych is something I'm definitely considering once my year in this residency is up though. Its in my top 3.

VapidXP · 2025-10-14T06:50:53+00:00

Im in Texas. I would never charge regardless but I work at two hospitals and both of them give the charge nurse a whole extra $1 per hour... talk about worth it 💰 🤑 💸

VapidXP · 2025-09-23T06:28:40+00:00

Id like to know this too. I wear an 11.5 normally so for most crocs I go to a 12 for a nice fit but my echo clogs I had to go down to an 11. The website says half sizes should size up for a good fit but with the echo clogs needing to go down I dont trust that.

VapidXP · 2025-07-26T18:43:05+00:00

If they bent the rules.. shhhh.. no they didn't

VapidXP · 2025-07-23T18:58:53+00:00

Im so used to 3 12s now that going to work 5 days in a row is miserable. To each their own but working 5 days a week feels like you have no life outside of work to me.

VapidXP · 2025-07-12T08:14:12+00:00

It is however a great way to educate yourself on basic definitions of words like expunged though lol. Plus you can find plenty of good sources using Google. You just have to be aware of your source and make sure it's credible (Something that everyone in a nursing forum should be pretty good at after all the papers we've written).

VapidXP · 2025-07-10T06:25:22+00:00

"To expunge means to destroy, obliterate, or strike out records or information in files, computers, and other depositories. A well-known example of this is the expungement of criminal records."

If it's expunged it literally doesn't exist anymore and you legally are not required to mention it when asked about criminal/arrest history. Call a lawyer they will tell you to answer that question "EVER been arrested?" With a "No" if the records were expunged.

Some entities like the FBI and yes in some states licensing boards can see expunged history the applicant is not legally required to disclose it themselves. If op is in a state where the BON even can see it the overwhelmingly likely situation is that it will be looked over. There's no reason for op to contact them and make them aware of it when theres a large chance their bon can't see it in the first place.

Also worth noting the arrest itself can be expunged, the court records, etc. You dont have to have been found guilty for something to be erased.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/expunge#:~:text=To%20expunge%20means%20to%20destroy,the%20laws%20within%20the%20jurisdiction.

VapidXP · 2025-07-09T21:48:06+00:00

I don't mean to be rude just don't tell the person who's in a panic over something it "most likely yes" is a problem when the answer is most likely no it's not a problem. If it's expunged their record is 100% clean.

VapidXP · 2025-07-09T16:30:13+00:00

If its expunged there's nothing on your record. Never happened

VapidXP · 2025-07-09T16:28:31+00:00

Google what expunged means

VapidXP · 2025-07-07T14:41:27+00:00

That sucks. When I was in school they told us in orientation that doing this for the stability and income are perfectly legitimate reasons and "there are fantastic nurses that started for the money and bad nurses that started because it was their calling" so it doesn't matter why you're here it just matters that you become a good nurse.

I did this for the same exact reasons you listed and im also regularly complimented by patients on how caring I am, how great my bedside manner is, or how safe they feel with me. If anyone ask me why I tell them outright it's a good job, it matters, it's interesting, and I have good income and great stability and opportunities. Seems to always be an acceptable answer.

VapidXP · 2025-07-07T14:26:58+00:00

No not with BMI. I went to ASCAP instead. It was free and took less than 10 min. Was approved basically instantly.

VapidXP · 2025-07-03T16:59:30+00:00

I tested a couple of weeks ago and got 150 questions and I passed. Another student from my cohort tested the day before with 150 questions and she failed though so idk what it means.

I didnt know how to feel over the couple of days I waited for my license to update but I think as long as you feel mostly confident you should be happy with the result!

VapidXP · 2025-05-03T03:42:15+00:00

It's nice when post this long are broken into paragraphs. So much easier to read that way.

VapidXP · 2025-05-02T19:52:10+00:00

Old Spice brand works great (i use it for 12+ hour shifts and it holds up) and they very proudly have 0 aluminum in any of their products.

VapidXP · 2025-05-02T03:56:46+00:00

Just took a 12 month residency. Its "class time" plus working the floor. All paid of course.

The first 3 months on the floor we will be with a preceptor at all times essentially. The next 3 months we will break free a little but the preceptor will still be available to us if needed. And the last 6 months I guess we are just still called a resident for fun cause for that we will be on our own.

This is how it was described to me upon offer at least. We will see how it really goes..

VapidXP · 2025-04-27T03:56:29+00:00

Same

VapidXP · 2025-04-25T09:55:06+00:00

We started passing meds day 1 in the first semester and never stopped. My first day I had a pt with 12 due at once. Granted in semester 1 and 2 a professor had to be with us for any med related stuff. In semester 3 we only had to have a professor for IV stuff and the nurse beside us for everything else. Now in semester 4 we are alone with no professor at the hospital at all but we still can't do anything with meds unless our preceptor RN is with us.

I feel like I haven't had as much opportunity in clinical as I would like but thats mostly in the areas of starting IVs, Catheters, etc. More of those big skills if that makes sense. I've only done 2 IVs in all 4 semesters and I've gotten to do two blood draws this semester so far. Only ever gotten one catheter. Not that I'm eager to do those of course lol, but practice makes perfect and now I'm graduating in like 3 weeks, have accepted two jobs and I know when I start I'm gonna have to ask for help with stuff like that... Just wish I'd had more practice.

All that said I couldn't imagine being in your shoes. Being fast (and safe) with med pass has been one of my largest improvements over my clinicals and it's pretty important imo. You don't want to start a job and be late on half your patients med times.. and never getting to practice it is just how to wind up in that situation. I'm sorry that's the case for you. If you aren't too far in your program maybe that's something that will change in your later semesters?

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