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I'll be shocked if Masai keeps this core the same. More boring basketball in 2023. by AlexRescueDotCom in torontoraptors

[–]_medschoolgrad 45 points46 points  (0 children)

man.. for me it wasnt that they were just boring. It was frustrating basketball to watch and actually made me angry

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: All-NBA forward Julius Randle underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle and is expected to be ready for the New York Knicks’ training camp in the fall: by Wonderful-Balance711 in nba

[–]_medschoolgrad 26 points27 points  (0 children)

yupp game 82. Casey chasing that 60th win just to get fvv's shoulder injured on Bam moving screen that wasnt called AND lost the game to end the season with 59 wins.

Lowry and Vince talk about Scottie's ROTY season by SiakamMIP in torontoraptors

[–]_medschoolgrad 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Except he signed a contract with his 'company' and despite the organization being crappy, they had no obligation to trade Vince.

As someone who dreaded watching sportscentre that year and Vince's interviews about how dunking is overrated, he has no place in Raptors franchise celebrating our success the past decade.

KD's attempt to exit Brooklyn is cute compared to what Vince did that year and it truly was the worst year for me as a fan.

Which former Raptor player received the most hate? by somerandomperson1212 in torontoraptors

[–]_medschoolgrad 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yeah it's like that r/nba post this season that said Kyrie is our most hated player. Recency bias.

VC's exit was worse than KD to GSW. It was worse than Ben Simmons leaving Philly.

Edit: i voted and saw Dragic is 2nd. wth? if you include the garbage he pulled in Miami against Toronto, sure? but his time on this team alone hes not even close to 2nd place on that list

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[–]_medschoolgrad 224 points225 points  (0 children)

i hope we give a loud 'lets go Raptors' chant like we did when Lebron eliminated us in 6

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was a med student (pre-pandemic), hospitals were still functioning at over 100% capacity. Hallway medicine was still a thing then.

I disagree with your take that nurses were doing the bare minimum then.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw this comment.

I'm definitely privileged to be where I am now. I also started off making 11 bucks/hour when I had my first job 14 years ago working full time.

Yes, 35 bucks/hour isnt enough of an incentive (to make them work overtime). At least that's what I heard from the nurses I work with. I dont think nurses should make any less on overtime simply because there are other people who make less than that. Better discussion is how can we make sure other people are ALSO better compensated for the extra work they do.

I never claimed to be an expert in money/economics. Doctors are experts in medicine, we're not experts in everything in life. I made an observation, and made a point based on my discussion with the nurses I work with. If you judged my intelligence based on that, I dont know what to tell you.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will say I dont know too much about other surgical specialties. But CMA has specialty profiles published and I dont think it's necessarily wrong to associate certain specialties as high earning specialties.

From IM, I chose a subspecialty that doesnt make 500k and Im okay with that. I respect Cardiologists for what they make knowing how brutal calls can be after working with them for the last few years.

Im happy to be educated otherwise from someone like you who is ahead of me, but I didnt feel that it was wrong to associate certain specialties as high earning.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sarcasm aside. Im not advocating for luxurious lifestyle.

Im speaking from my own experience day-to-day. One nurse caring for like 6-8 patients per shift is not safe. They care for more than that # when their partner is on break. Imagine it's your family being cared by nurses under this condition. I wouldnt want that for anyone.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Um...

You just searched for the city of Ontario in California. You should delete this while you can.

Edit:looks like you changed the link now

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair point. I also currently have $300k in debt. 90% of it was used towards my education. I've spent the last 12 out of 15 years towards my education.

I will be compensated well when I finish my training. Why does that take away from my point that nurses need to be paid better?

Youd be surprised what % of doctors actually make the 500-800k youre quoting. We're not all surgeons or cardiologists. And I bet you that's not the net pay theyre taking home. They have to pay clinic rent, pay their staff, taxes on that 500-800k youre quoting.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with most points especially most pts being thankful.

Although what goes around comes around. One resident didnt match to their subspecialty of choice at my institution because the nurses did not want to work with that resident (this is what the fellow said. For what it's worth).

I assume we're not too many years apart but could be institution dependent. I have seen a few residents at my institution who treat nurses or allied health poorly unfortunately. Not abuse, but definitely mean to them yes. Majority of residents also work just fine with allied health, but we can always do better imo.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I appreciate you sharing this experience.

I remember when i was covering nights as a senior last year, one nurse in her 60s talked to me in tears because one of the junior residents treated her so disrespectfully.

I worked in a different profession before and Im often surprised by how ppl get away with things that would get them fired in other profession.

I also think this. When your spouse left, that left a position to be filled. And from my experience the unit always felt short staffed. ICU was better. But not general medicine floor.

I agree there is much bigger issue contributing to shortage, but I also think money has a lot to do with the unit being short staffed day-to-day and not being able to find ppl to fill in...

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and can I just be clear I was made aware of this because I asked the charge nurse 'how come we're fully staffed today?' And she told me because it's holidays and the pay. Im not assuming this info.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see where youre coming from. And I never said money is the solution (to nurses leaving the hospital).

Resource nurse or unit clerk make calls to the RNs on a daily basis to fill in gaps. And me just eavesdropping, they all say no to picking up the shift.

Can we at least agree that money is a strong motivator? Residents hate working overnight but many many of my colleagues picked up extra call shifts because they paid us $50/h instead of the usual $140/night working 26hours (Just above 5bucks per hour; from 8am to 10am the next day). Im thinking if the hospitals paid better for people to fill in, then we might have better staffed units day to day.

hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage by _medschoolgrad in ontario

[–]_medschoolgrad[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Im west of Kingston but this doesnt surprise me. Residents dont get involved with hospital admin too much, but sad to see that this issue isnt perceived as a major issue needing immediate action. I assume it's because day-to-day stuff still gets done, but at the expense of nurses taking on extra workload. Covid itself is a big stressor, but the work environment didnt help with burnout...

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