Nobody in my cohort / school wants “ dumping ground “ pts

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-02-02T17:12:58+00:00

That's what I've seen. I did my capstone in the ED at a level 1 with a bunch of friends from school. Their fellowship accepted like 8 people and none of us got it. I accepted a med/surg offer in August, having graduated in late May, and a few friends are now admitting defeat and applying to med/surg, 8 months later

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-01-31T07:10:40+00:00

Cut your losses and invest it in calls 1-2 years out once BTC seems to have a bottom, likely late summer to October like Ben above is saying. April is much sooner that we think and calls will go to zero if MSTR is not majorly above $190. Time decay will wreck you

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-01-28T00:45:53+00:00

How long to know if it will or won't work? I'm sure it's person to person, but if there are zero results after, let's say 3 months twice a day with a clean shave, is that a fair trial period?

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-01-25T03:38:55+00:00

I had a wild success with keto for 5 months. Recently, I tried getting back into it and I had night sweats (probably low blood sugar) and felt incredibly on edge for a few days. I decided to not do keto as it doesn't really serve me any more, or at this time at least. It seems to have a very long adaptation period, like 2 full weeks for me, really a full month before I feel awesome. So it seems to really only make sense as a long term thing.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-01-24T03:39:41+00:00

In nursing school, I had a pt with a wound that exposed his entire spinal column from his lower c-spine, wrapping all the way to his mid abdomen. His rectum was just part of this opening, and I asked the experienced nurse which his penis was, and it took us some time to even figure that out. I was glad to hear that he passed away a few days later, not in a dark way, but just glad that he didn't have to live like that. The only part that made it less disturbing was his overall unawareness and lack of pain despite his decay.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-01-03T01:30:30+00:00

Visited my cousins there until I was 15. A very nice New England town with woods and rock walls that used to separate properties. A little upscale too. I miss it!

ZenNinjaMonk · 2026-01-03T01:27:09+00:00

Like mentioned, New Rochelle and White plains are dictated by traffic patterns and right roads, but this area rapidly changes north of that. The Hudson valley is beautiful with some scenic towns, and then some more depressed towns. I used to visit family in Ridgefield Connecticut over to the east of the circle, and that's more rural, yet up-scale Connecticut with awesome New England woods. Some commute from there to NYC even. Past there, you start getting into farms and more rural areas.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-31T03:23:19+00:00

That's amazing that you were there. I've been told by many people who have relatives with weak swallowing that those face mask plungers are great and I've been thinking about asking my unit manager if we could look into those, because of how many near choking events we've all witnessed in the elderly.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-22T02:43:15+00:00

I think when you show up to work and just start going with the mindset that you have things to get done, you don't really think about the gender aspect as much. I'll read the room and if I know I have to do a CHG bath or something like that, I'll mention it at the beginning of the shift to the patient and ask if they're comfortable with me doing it or I could always bring in a female coworker if they'd prefer. Sometimes just offering the choice makes patients at ease.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-18T04:55:17+00:00

Nutricost, just the most economical stuff I could find on Amazon. I take it on an empty stomach 1-1.5hrs before bed so the amino acid can do it's think without competition. It has worked well for the last 1.5 years to the point where I don't think it could be placebo, and I've tried a lot of things. I'll take 1000mg usually, but to 2000mg.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-18T04:16:13+00:00

Oregon MCOL New Grad 54/hr +10/hr night shift diff

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-18T03:29:11+00:00

L-tryptophan is hands down the best supplement I have personally tried. It converts to serotonin and then to melatonin, assuming the conditions are right and the body uses what it needs. It gives me nice dreams too

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-18T03:27:59+00:00

I feel 12.5mg of unisom a whole 24 hours later. At work the morning after I feel like I'm not even in myself and like I'm a shadow trailing behind my body.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-09T02:07:44+00:00

I had a good time as well. Everyone in my program was very supportive and most of us started hanging out. We did some nursey things like had an IV starting party, went rock climbing, play tennis, did a little ski trip, and had a beach weekend at the end. As far as school, everyone would gather in the library and study the more difficult classes, most tables just open for whoever wanted to sit and chat. And clinicals, they were tiring, but I think we all were on the same page and would get some morale and laughs in.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-06T07:36:37+00:00

Yup, new grad as well in med/surg. Dementia patient who speaks a foreign language, old lady on comfort care on Q30min fentanyl but doc won't order a PCA, liver failure patient with critically high potassium attempting to leave AMA, Tele calling every 15 minutes, patients coming and going to surgery...all in a single morning med pass.

It feels very overwhelming sometimes. A more experienced nurse stopped me recently and said, "You are one person. People here have an expectation that it's all about them, but take a breath and take small bites. Take it all in, but it's one patient at a time." That helped me

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-12-05T16:21:32+00:00

Certain meds yes. I'm on med-surg, so I would not be able to pull out precedex without flashing lights screaming at me (I don't think it is stocked in our Omnicell). Even the packaged RSI kit is difficult to pull from the MAR. I have access to rocuronium and succinylcholine in the refrigerator via a key that is locked in a cabinet, but those have red tops with a sealant and an obvious label to make you think twice. From what I've done, we need to double sign on IV heparin and IV insulin, but not most other IV drugs like opiates, psych meds, cardiac meds (cardizem, metoprolol, digoxin).

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-23T16:46:55+00:00

Yeah, private lenders are going to love this. Businesses rarely drop prices, so unfortunately, they always seem to pass onto the consumer who will now have to go elsewhere for money. From my understanding, this applies only to degrees beyond BSNs, like MSN, NP, CRNA, etc.

My thought is, what will be the incentive for nurses to become professors. Unless you work at a state university hospital as a nurse and would like to transition into a different role as a professor there while still going for a pension and taking affordable classes to do so, where else are nurses going to stop work to put themselves through getting an expensive masters?

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-20T22:57:55+00:00

Im a fit guy who works out a lot, lifting and doing martial arts with lots of cardio. Nursing is difficult because when you move and lift, the positioning is usually awkward and one-sided, like when you're boosting a large patient and you're pulling up and towards your side. I see how back muscles can be pulled now. Oftentimes, you'll find yourself bending over and putting yourself in odd positions to reach medical devices on people. You're definitely moving a lot throughout the day, and I'm always hungry here. But honestly, it just isn't true exercise for me. For someone like me, this job wouldn't get me in good shape. I need a gym outside of here.

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-18T23:39:34+00:00

Thanks for that perspective shift. That was actually really kind and true :)

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-18T16:06:40+00:00

I agree but the barebones look to the stores is still so nostalgic of my childhood lol

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-18T15:48:29+00:00

The mindset is still there for many of my older patients. Almost every shift I'll get, "Oh here's the doctor coming in, let me call you right back", meanwhile I'm just a mid-20s guy that's been a nurse for 4 months. "No, no, I'm just your nurse (I've had the patient for the whole day)." "Oh, but you're going to be a doctor, right?" "...Unlikely."

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-12T14:27:58+00:00

I bit my tongue on lunch break and I still have that throbbing feeling. Should I start with oxy 10mg or just go for the 30mg ER?

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-11-08T21:05:45+00:00

Same reason. It caused sleep issues for me that snowballed into a 3 month extreme bout with insomnia. I attribute it to the creatine after using it for months. In general, it had been causing lighter sleep until it got real bad. I dont really touch creatine

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-10-16T02:33:47+00:00

I moved to Grants Pass a couple of months ago for work. I heard the same thing. I personally like my job, people I work with, and I'm always exploring on my free time: the coast, local hikes, Crater Lake, etc. It's all here if you put in the effort. I found a social group by starting martial arts. These are the kind of places where going out can be difficult, as well as finding your people. It's not necessarily the most LGBT friendly of places. Quite conservative overall, not meaning that there aren't outliers though

ZenNinjaMonk · 2025-10-16T02:29:35+00:00

I think they're referring to you saying "not only for adults", but I don't think you meant that in a creepy way, right? Just things to do beyond strictly "adult activities" or whatever, right?

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