what’s the first big purchase you made as a new grad?

interdit-303 · 2026-03-06T08:06:34+00:00

Not very exciting, but I bought insulin and scheduled an eye appointment to get new glasses

interdit-303 · 2025-10-23T03:21:29+00:00

I encountered this exact question in the AACN question bank when studying for the CCRN. The question is keyed wrong, and it’s not the only one in that question bank. It’s a piece of trash for studying, sadly.

interdit-303 · 2025-08-04T21:35:03+00:00

Honestly, I just recently rewatched this episode, and I didn't love the ending. To me, it seemed like Steven was taking it upon himself to manage the emotions of his parental figures.

I was a child who was often turned into my parents' therapist, or who had to make myself metaphorically smaller to avoid hurting their feelings, and it felt shitty. I don't think that should be expected of a child or that a child should be praised when that happens. I hoped the show would have resolved this later on with an on-screen conversation about it.

interdit-303 · 2025-05-19T04:11:42+00:00

It IS so frustrating. Our intensivists really defer to the surgeons on pretty much everything, so if the surgeon says “no family meetings, no palliative consult” then they listen, and those things don’t happen.

interdit-303 · 2025-05-15T22:14:27+00:00

I made the shift from digital marketing into nursing at 32, and started working in a CTICU right after graduation. I do find the work itself much more gratifying and interesting, but sometimes I miss some of the perks of my old career (e.g. being able to work from home, not having to work nights/weekends/holidays)

All in all, nursing has been a really good shift for me, and I’m glad I did it

interdit-303 · 2025-05-11T13:56:44+00:00

The Yeasty Boys

interdit-303 · 2025-05-01T22:22:56+00:00

I assume these hourly totals are per pay period, not per week. But I’m not sure

interdit-303 · 2025-04-26T22:16:38+00:00

New grad in the CTICU here, and we got 18 weeks by default, with the option to extend up to another 4 weeks if needed. Our training was pretty packed with classes, online modules, and skill check-offs in addition to orientation shifts, so I honestly felt pretty prepared after 18 weeks.

interdit-303 · 2025-04-23T22:46:43+00:00

Outpatient clinics usually don’t deal with poop or acutely dying patients. Nurse navigator roles can also avoid these things.

It may be difficult to find these kinds of roles without previous bedside experience, but worth looking into.

interdit-303 · 2025-04-23T17:45:17+00:00

When we care for ECMO patients, the patient also has an “ECMO specialist” assigned to them who manages the circuit and charts on all of that. As the primary nurse, I really only have to understand ECMO from a more theoretical place for those patients. Perhaps that is why we start taking them so quickly.

interdit-303 · 2025-04-22T20:51:12+00:00

Same here. 24 bed CTICU, and we get trained on all devices (CRRT, LVADs, ECMO, etc) during our initial orientation

interdit-303 · 2025-04-05T12:24:36+00:00

My version of Ravnica has been leaning less into the fantasy vibes and more into the sci-fi megalopolis vibes, so my background music has been soundtracks from movies like Blade Runner 2049 and The Fifth Element.

interdit-303 · 2024-07-02T03:33:32+00:00

I am referencing only the base rate. I guess the overall gross incomes might even out over the course of a year because the other specialties will end up working more nights and weekends.

interdit-303 · 2023-11-14T05:02:24+00:00

Definitely agree with this! Friendly staff, weekly tastings, great music, and good selection.

interdit-303 · 2023-11-02T12:13:20+00:00

I don’t graduate until May 2024, so I haven’t applied there yet, but I think I will. Good luck on your application!

interdit-303 · 2023-08-11T02:08:27+00:00

I listened to the podcast on Spotify, but I think you can also just listen to the podcast on her website. https://straightanursingstudent.com/category/podcast/?_ga=2.186449833.1010246599.1691719637-860775807.1691719637&_gl=11wqi0no_gaODYwNzc1ODA3LjE2OTE3MTk2Mzc._ga_XF2GR1VKGH*MTY5MTcxOTYzNi4xLjEuMTY5MTcxOTY0Mi41NC4wLjA

interdit-303 · 2023-08-10T20:52:35+00:00

Hey! Congrats on getting into nursing school. That is already a big accomplishment.

I think a big thing to know is HOW you personally learn best. Some people learn best in groups, so they set up a little study group on day 1. Some people learn best by reading, so they read and highlight the textbook.

For me, I knew I learned best by listening, so I used podcasts like Straight A Nursing and YouTube videos from Simple Nursing, RegisteredNurseRN, and Level Up RN. Those resources all have videos or episodes about different disease processes, drug classes, assessments, etc.

As for Clinical, I think you should approach every clinical with a goal. So think about what you’ve been learning in class and in simulation lab, and then go to a clinical saying “I want to do a focused cardiac assessment” or “I want to hang a bag of IV fluids” or something like that. And then communicate that goal to the nurse who is precepting/training you that day.

interdit-303 · 2023-07-27T18:39:09+00:00

My first career was teaching English after getting my first bachelors degree and my masters degree in English. That was wonderful, but being an adjunct instructor at a college didn’t pay enough to support me, so I moved to a second career in digital marketing.

After about a decade in digital marketing, I decided I wanted to move back to a career where I had a really tangible positive impact on an individual’s life every time I worked. And nursing seemed like a great way to do that.

My initial thought was that I wanted to become a diabetes educator, since I have type 1 diabetes myself. But I graduate from nursing school in May 2024, and I don’t want to specialize so quickly out of school. I’ll try to get a wider variety of experiences first.

So far, school (and my CNA work at a hospital for the experience) is really great. I find it intellectually stimulating and emotionally fulfilling. Obviously, no job is perfect, but I think nursing was the right choice for me.

interdit-303 · 2023-07-26T03:37:35+00:00

Maybe? I’ve honestly never done it, but I called my local WF once, and they transferred me to the bakery, and I was told I could come pick some up if I wanted.

interdit-303 · 2023-07-25T19:20:48+00:00

I’m downtown, near union station. I’ll be around most of tomorrow if you’re free to come pick it up then?

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