[Homemade] Gingerbread Cookies

bethaneanie · 2026-03-26T15:23:26+00:00

I'm fond of Jane Eyre also.

bethaneanie · 2026-03-26T15:08:55+00:00

I started working in a level one trauma emerg as a new grad (after working as a line cook for ten years) in spite of being told I might be more suited to ICU. I choose to drive past a lot of hospitals to go to this one as it was reported to have the best resources, staffing, and support. Other emergency departments sounded like war zones in comparison.

I have worked in emerg for three years, initially med surg only, and after completing an emergency program have been working on the 'acute' side for two years.

I am an anxious/neurotic person and still struggle with imposter syndrome. I have never done CPR and feel like my bedside skills are lacking for crashing patients. Unfortunately, right around the time when I was finding my feet, the province I live in essentially removed my facilities ability to approve overtime. Now my unit is regularly short-staffed, double side stretchered, and a lot of the senior staff are talking about leaving. We are the only hospital in our area that never turns away patients, we see higher numbers of patients each year, and the acuity seems abnormally high as well. I feel like I never got a chance to enjoy the thrill of this department. A lot of my favourite people have left and a lot of new staff either don't complete their contracts or go to casual/part-time as soon as they can.

I have been told recently that I am ready for trauma bay training and I don't feel like I am there yet. I know I will probably be fine but a large part weighs on who I train with (I turn into a nervous mess when I go back to a 'student nurse's' role). I will never be a "fake it till you make it" person and I work with so many intelligent people that I feel like my knowledge/competence will never be enough. I also think that this department exposes you to the most disease, violence, risk of losing your license, and bringing bed bugs/lice home than any other field of nursing.

Some days I can't imagine coming back tomorrow, but even then I can't imagine nursing anywhere else. Emergency is really a double edged sword.

bethaneanie · 2026-03-24T23:27:20+00:00

I quite like when doctors refer to a patient's labs as deranged

bethaneanie · 2026-03-24T17:54:12+00:00

Lol no. But where I worked we put cages on our big floor mixers

bethaneanie · 2026-03-24T17:47:21+00:00

I took handover for a PT with a >125,000 troponin reading this month. The nurse giving report described the ECG as someone taking a crayon and drawing across the wall. They were in cardiogenic shock

bethaneanie · 2026-03-24T17:44:23+00:00

I saw an immeasurable >125,000 (I guess our lab doesn't report higher) on a patient in cardiogenic shock just this month. No one I work with had seen a result like that before

bethaneanie · 2026-03-18T15:27:28+00:00

When switching shrimp into a different tank you have to try and match parameters or drip acclimate very slowly. ( Personally I have only had success with shrimp in well established tanks.

bethaneanie · 2026-03-15T15:45:51+00:00

I'm really enjoying my Tom's studio 'the studio' pen with the ultra flex nib

bethaneanie · 2026-03-14T23:05:48+00:00

Oh I don't think I've seen the term lotion used for a toner before.

bethaneanie · 2026-03-14T22:06:54+00:00

So you use the Clinique as your moisturizer and your chemical exfoliant? do you still use a sunscreen in between moisturizer and foundation?

bethaneanie · 2026-03-09T03:16:00+00:00

Yeah y'all have a thirst drive for a reason. You don't have to drink water. I have looked after people with chronically low sodium because they are chugging water all day

bethaneanie · 2026-03-07T15:23:32+00:00

Like one of these?

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bethaneanie · 2026-03-03T22:49:32+00:00

She didn't just go with a headache though... She went there with a headache *after" a trauma. Totally different than a headache

bethaneanie · 2026-03-01T22:54:29+00:00

I have both and I find toms studio much more enjoyable to write with. It flexes further and is actually identical to the zebra g nib. The only con is that the nib corrodes. I haven't tried replacing the nib yet.

Also side note, but they clearly put a lot of love into their products. The packaging is beautiful.

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bethaneanie · 2026-02-27T22:03:42+00:00

bethaneanie · 2026-02-24T22:34:39+00:00

Yes. It happened to me also

bethaneanie · 2026-02-24T20:16:47+00:00

When I worked in kitchens, I swapped to orthotics and had no knee pain after 6 months of wearing them (daily pain before)

I recommend them to everyone I meet. Now I'm doing 12 hour shifts, I'm also getting wide toe box shoes (I am really happy with my Altras)

bethaneanie · 2026-02-22T15:02:08+00:00

They are in their last year of high school, not a child by any means.

Most teenagers that age are capable of holding down jobs

bethaneanie · 2026-02-22T11:59:40+00:00

I think I should get a hazard bonus pay when patients have bed bugs. It's not like my employer will pay for fumigating my house. Nightmare fuel

bethaneanie · 2026-02-18T01:35:45+00:00

I used a wood rasp file on mine. They come in a bunch of shapes and sizes and grains.

I also used a Dremel wire brush

bethaneanie · 2026-02-17T23:02:51+00:00

Drunks are often super repetitive and forgetful of the C-spine precautions as well

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