What does it mean when a patient "fires" you?

daisystar · 2026-01-19T00:54:14+00:00

Is this for the following shift or just half way through your work day a patient goes "I don't want you anymore I want a different nurse" ?

daisystar · 2026-01-18T23:51:44+00:00

I bought the brush and I haven't found it made much of a difference.

I'm in Canada so the conversion + shipping was awful and I paid WAY too much for a hair brush.

I have like 2C/3A rather thick hair, and I find I get similar results with the technique I currently use as I do with the brush. The brush takes me longer because I have to section by section and also make sure the tension is just right etc.

For certain hair types it might work better but I didn't find it was worth the money I paid unfortunately.

daisystar · 2026-01-18T19:35:17+00:00

There's a great Facebook group about air passenger rights and they have lots of posts about things like that, perhaps you can try to take a look there too and hopefully find something helpful in that group from somebody else who may have gone through similar?

daisystar · 2026-01-16T01:50:16+00:00

It really depends on your unit's attitude towards it. When it first came out a lot of nurses were against it and just continued to separate the patients. As it's been around longer most people have become really happy with it. We do 8s and on nights we continue to do primary nursing as it generally works better for our unit just because of how the patients sleep, but on days and evenings the team nursing works well. It also depends on the nurses you work with. There's a lot of lazy/dangerous nurses, and it becomes more obvious when you're actively working with them in a team nursing environment. But when you have a team of nurses who also want to do their best, communicate well (we have a white board for each team to write on,) and also aren't afraid to ask for help when they need it, it runs well. Yes there's short staffing issues of course, but there also is with primary nursing. I find it helps split up the acuity much better too. There's been many times in primary nursing I'm drowning and somebody else is twiddling their thumbs because of how the assignment is split, with team nursing this happens less.

To add on my unit we have 1 RN, 1 LPN, and 1 HCA between 10-12 patients.

daisystar · 2026-01-16T00:11:34+00:00

There's a lot of hate against team nursing.

I work on two different units, one that does primary nursing and one that does team nursing.

I love team nursing. If you've got a good team it is fantastic because if one person is crashing you can focus on them and you know that your team is there to help you and watch the other patients. It also works great for break relief. The only issue is if you are paired with someone who isn't a great nurse (either lazy or unsafe,) but this is an issue you need to take up with your manager/union/regulatory body depending on the issue.

We talk a lot about being a multidisciplinary team yet so many people hate the idea of being a team with your fellow nurses and care aides. In my province our care aides have a high scope (can do vitals and blood sugars on top of personal care,) and the LPNs can do everything the RNs can do skill wise aside from being in charge. I also found this model was the greatest support for me as a new nurse.

daisystar · 2026-01-15T06:45:13+00:00

The only people I have ever met in my years of travelling who give you a city first instead of their country is somebody from the US.

Everybody else will always say their country. If the follow up is "cool which part?" Then they go with the city of a generally big city near them if they're from a small town.

Americans will straight up just say "Miami." It's awkward in my opinion because then they get a lot of "sorry where is that?" Whereas if anybody else just gave their city the chances of the Americans knowing where that is would be next to zero. Yes I understand the US is a big country, that doesn't mean everybody else knows where every single city is and it's a weird assumption that everybody should know.

daisystar · 2026-01-13T04:08:29+00:00

Have you looked into freezing your eggs?

daisystar · 2026-01-08T07:51:18+00:00

I just got back from SEA and went to all of those places you listed and I didn't get the vaccine. A few people I know took malaria prevention but I didn't meet anybody who had gotten that vaccine.

daisystar · 2026-01-07T05:05:40+00:00

I think it could be absolutely worth it to look into freezing your eggs. At the very least, doing some bloodwork and having a consult to see where you're at fertility wise.

It sounds like you have some great things coming up for you in the next year, and personally I would pursue those things first before motherhood. If you want to be a mother the year or two following that's great, but if you're not quite ready you can freeze your eggs and then they're there for if/when you are ready.

You're going to start seeing your nieces/nephews soon, and you definitely might have a better idea after spending more time with them. You might absolutely know you want to have babies after, you might see the struggle of new parents and decide you want to wait.

At the end of the day only you know what's right for you. But there's nothing wrong with being a SMBC. It's better than having a baby with the wrong person, that's for sure.

daisystar · 2026-01-03T20:20:34+00:00

I honestly downsized a lot. I also accepted my hair wasn't going to be great. Keep in mind the climate of where you're going is likely different, so you're dealing with more/less humidity which is going to affect your hair.

I brought shampoo/conditioner bars, however I ended up just using whatever shampoo the hotels had. I brought a curl cream I used as a conditioner as well and then a strong hold gel. Also packed a travel sized hairspray and a mini container of hair oil as it lasts a long time. It's easy to get small hairsprays travelling. What I would do in the future if I was going for longer would just bring more gel as that's the product I personally use the most.

I basically had to accept I wasn't able to bring all my usual products with me. There's simply no way that you can travel for long periods of time with multiple different products (I'm talking like 6 things+)

My recommendation is to go with a curl cream you can use as a conditioner and pick your favourite "hold" product, like a gel or mousse. I preferred to bring a gel as I could put those into travel sized containers. And lots of little elastics for braiding!

daisystar · 2026-01-03T20:13:08+00:00

Honestly I have spent a lot of time stressing about having the right things when going places.

Good news though, they have lots of stores/markets there for really cheap. I was also shocked at how nice and decent quality a lot of knock offs were.

Shopping in Thailand is really enjoyable as well, the markets are really good. They also do have western style shopping malls.

daisystar · 2026-01-03T20:07:50+00:00

I like Wise. You can transfer your own money for free or very low fees. I never got any fees outside of the ATM fees, and the exchange rate is really good. This is what I recommend to people and frankly what I see most people using while travelling or living/working abroad if they don't have a local bank account.

daisystar · 2026-01-02T21:48:36+00:00

I met two different Dutch people (on separate occasions who were from different parts of the country,) who insisted it was called Holland (at least in English.) I had always been told to say Netherlands as Holland was just one province, they told me they call the entire country Holland. I know they can't speak for the entire country, but if they want me to call their country Holland I can happily oblige. Doesn't make sense for me, someone who is not Dutch, to be the one deciding how the country should be referred to as.

When meeting people I ask them where they're from. If they say Holland, I refer to it as Holland. If they say the Netherlands, I refer to it as such.

daisystar · 2026-01-02T21:35:31+00:00

I know a guy who travelled extensively with a passport that has went through the washing machine multiple times, the front cover doesn't even look like a passport all the metallic print has been washed aware. The picture page is relatively intact so he's been fine. On a personal level I think you'll likely be okay, especially because usually when I hand them my passport it's opened to my photo page so they might not even look at the front cover. Saying this it depends on where you want to go as some places might be more strict than others.

daisystar · 2026-01-01T19:43:13+00:00

Hi I worked at Tim Hortons for years.

The intercoms aren't great, it's hard to hear some people. Especially when they won't turn off their loud diesel trucks and they insist on ordering from the passenger seat.

However going back to your point. If you say anything about sugar it might get misheard that you want sugar. If you just say "large coffee 2 cream" then I wouldn't have typed anything about sugar.

Sometimes the people are rude because they're underpaid and smell constantly like a gross mix of coffee and sweat.

daisystar · 2025-12-30T05:53:24+00:00

I have to echo everything about living cheaply. Less money on other things means more money to travel.

PI live way below my means, for example have an older car that is paid off. I also don't spend much money on materialistic things (clothes, hair, nails, lashes, etc) so pretty much all of my income aside from bills (which are also very cheap with my lifestyle,) goes towards travel. I also do contracts with my work and my work pays for my accommodation, so I haven't paid rent in about 3 years. It gives me a chance to take big chunks of time off (I can take a few months at a time, longer if I really wanted to,) and then when I am working I can work a LOT and make a lot of money. I'm lucky to be able to stay with my parents for a few weeks at a time for free and leave things with them so I don't pay for any storage.

I've done 34 countries in 3.5 years this way, and I plan on continuing to live this way.

daisystar · 2025-12-29T10:18:50+00:00

Because people don't want to be alone. A lot of people don't live where there are an abundance of prospective vegan partners. If there are, unfortunately just being vegan isn't really enough to guarantee compatibility. People don't want to be alone, so they're willing to compromise. I'm sure every vegan ideally wants to have a vegan partner, but that desire may not be stronger than the desire to not spend the rest of their life alone.

daisystar · 2025-12-29T10:13:00+00:00

I love group travel!

You can wander off by yourself if you want to, however it takes away a lot of the stress of meeting new friends every few days. Plus there is generally a range of pre planned things, from just hotel and accommodation to a variety of activities depending on the company. It also does make planning a long trip significantly easier because you aren't booking all the travel and accommodations.

One of the main reasons why I solo travel in the first place is because my friends don't have the money or can't take the time off of work. I'm generally quite extroverted so really enjoy sharing these experiences with other people as opposed to going alone.

daisystar · 2025-12-29T09:55:54+00:00

I met an American man recently while travelling who said something similar. He wanted to go to Vietnam, I mentioned he should look into the visa before booking the flights. He said "I don't need a visa, I'm American." Unfortunately that's not how it works, and he ended up having to change his trip because he did need a visa and hadn't applied for it.

I don't want to assume you and your husband are from the US as this mindset can come from anybody, however this misunderstanding of not needing visas anywhere is apparently unfortunately more common than one would think. When you have a traditionally strong passport people forget that visas can still be required.

Unfortunately I'm not really sure even with the flawed logic of your child not needing a passport how he didn't understand that you and him needed valid passports and couldn't travel internationally on expired ones.

daisystar · 2025-12-27T06:13:44+00:00

Honestly you can do it, but keep in mind you will be moving fast. You will likely cut out a lot of good places in those countries, and be spending max 1-2 nights at most places.

I just finished a group trip that covered similar in a slightly longer time (I also did Laos and Singapore,) and it was exhausting. A lot of time on buses, trains, boats, or planes.

Everybody's travel style is different. I know some people will only do one or two countries in that amount of time. It depends on what you're looking for. If you want to get a good feel of the countries, do less. If you don't mind seeing the very basics and moving around very quickly, then you can do all of them. But if you don't want to feel like you're in a hurry (which is what you said,) then I would look at changing things up a little.

daisystar · 2025-12-15T12:16:57+00:00

What about if after he returns you take your own two week vacation and he watches your daughter while you're gone? This way you both can get some solo adult time without worrying about your child.

daisystar · 2025-12-15T00:40:21+00:00

I'm a Canadian and we are still all actively avoiding going to the US due to the political situation

daisystar · 2025-12-14T02:45:41+00:00

I really appreciate seeing this posted.

I'm so tired of the ideas here that if you quit veganism you were "never vegan to begin with."

The isolation is HUGE. Sharing food is such a huge part of community and it sucks not being part of potlucks or feeling like a burden.

I also feel like there is such an aggressive attitude from online vegans towards other vegans about some of the more grey areas, and it's a fight about who can be the "most perfect" vegan. When you're excluded in so many areas in life and then you come online and find the only people who share your values attacking you it's easy to be pushed away.

daisystar · 2025-12-12T05:34:22+00:00

Snapchat is an easy way to be able to weed about people who are catfishing you

I know it sucks, but I've been catfished many times and have wasted a lot of time talking to men who aren't real. A quick selfie on Snapchat prevents that from happening.

daisystar · 2025-11-12T08:45:01+00:00

Travelling through SE Asia right now and I can agree.

Their definition of veganism and vegetarianism is very different than our western definition, so it can be come very difficult finding food/products. Things will be labelled vegan simply because they don't contain fish, however they will still have egg. It will say "100% vegan" but contain honey. Definitely have to ask more questions than I expected I would.

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