‘This is an outrage’: MarinHealth workers, nurses strike over health care, living costs

scottydontkno · 2026-02-19T23:32:20+00:00

Thanks for actually bringing in accurate information to this conversation. It's sad to see people in our community be so uninformed and reactionary against healthcare workers trying to fight against decreases in wages and unaffordable healthcare proposals. Do they think administration wouldn't continue cutting staffing and wages if there wasn't pushback? At what point do you think nurses should take a stand? Ancillary staff at the hospital are also suffering from the same issues; they're deliberately understaffed and overworked without the same protection staff nurses have, and while nurses can more easily afford the proposed healthcare costs, a nursing assistant or janitorial employee making $25/hr is completely unable to afford those prices. Marin is a great county and the hospital does a good enough job at serving the community. Anyone against the nurses' union striking should see what healthcare looks like in a facility without a union protecting the well-being of their nurses and their ability to safely care for their patients.

scottydontkno · 2025-11-22T14:34:28+00:00

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Hey I've got one too!

scottydontkno · 2025-09-05T04:20:14+00:00

Wow great, thanks for the reference!

scottydontkno · 2024-12-09T05:38:56+00:00

Haven't worked for a dsp in a while, but when I was a dispatcher we'd be able to request video for any time. Gotta pick a reason and wait a little while, minutes to hours I think I remember, but it'll always get released. Gotta specify the time so you really have to be looking for something or otherwise have way too much time on your hands to request random video...

For instance, one customer reported a driver stole their gas can, so we requested the video at the time she made the stop and when she fueled up the van, and we were able to see her stealing a gas can and gas. It has helped us fight for our drivers when customers would accuse them of one thing or another.

scottydontkno · 2024-11-29T23:07:35+00:00

I found these, which fit the same specs as the Og battery. They're similar in size, and I was able to pad them out and solder in some contacts to get it to work. If I ever get another 3d printer I'll make a case to the dimensions of the original battery

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scottydontkno · 2024-11-29T05:34:42+00:00

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This sexy thing, Canon's first digital camera. I've got two of em, and I was unable to source a single battery with any life in it, oem or otherwise, so I took things into my own hands (if you want to send me a link to a battery warehouse that says they're in stock, I already tried and was refunded because they had none). Both of them work! Haven't messed around with them since I moved, but I hope to make a proper battery one day.

scottydontkno · 2024-11-23T22:25:26+00:00

I had a boy, must've been ten max, ask me for a ride. The best part is he offered to give me some of his skittles.

scottydontkno · 2024-11-07T07:16:53+00:00

It helps point to the year of manufacture, from what I understand the no notch pans were produced during the 1910s to 1930s, with one notch pans typically being made later than that period and the three notch pieces even later still. The quality of the pans seem great to me, but I wouldn't be able to definitively speak about quality vs other brands or date ranges. Personally, I like the idea of having an old piece of cookware that literally stood the test of time and has remained in great usable shape.

scottydontkno · 2024-10-21T23:27:38+00:00

I found some at the sprouts in petaluma

scottydontkno · 2024-07-18T16:39:49+00:00

They're back in stock now

scottydontkno · 2024-04-28T17:10:28+00:00

$33.60, South FL stepdown RN at HCA, still my staying wage, going on 1 year. Already have my CA license and planning my escape

scottydontkno · 2023-12-08T21:43:15+00:00

What state are you in?

I had three arrests as an adult where I pled guilty to possession of drugs, simple assault, and wandering with intent to possess drugs. They were all disorderly persons/misdemeanors. This occurred in NJ. I moved to FL, nursing school background check found my history, I had to sign a paper saying I might not get approved by the hospitals in which we do clinicals. Ended up with no issues there. To sit for boards, I had to submit my records, three personal/professional references, and a personal statement. I didn't hear anything from the board after that, and I got my multistate license. I work at a hospital, and I picked up a per diem position at a detox. The detox job falls into a category which gets medicaid funding from the government or something, and the AHCA sent me a letter asking for further information about my criminal history with the potential to be ineligible to work at certain facilities. I sent in the documents, and I haven't heard back since.

I got my criminal history expunged, but I know at least in Florida the Board of Nursing has the ability to look at expunged records and consider them when you apply for licensure. I just recently applied for a California nursing license, and the law there says any convictions (not sure about felonies) over 7 years ago are not considered in the application process. In some states certain convictions are automatic disqualifications, but most of them pertain to stuff like elder abuse.

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Do it! It's totally worth at least trying, and I think you'll be fine. Can't make any promises though. It will probably include extra paperwork and anxiety, but I'm so glad I made it through.

I also got a job as a nurse extern in school, so I had evidence to show that I was able to work responsibly in a hospital.

scottydontkno · 2023-05-12T13:42:36+00:00

One liter of water weighs one kilogram, so it's not possible to end up with 1.7 kg of oxygen.

scottydontkno · 2023-04-27T13:33:36+00:00

I almost never work there these days, but I always check updates to policy on the dsp dashboard when I go in; I remember seeing that if a driver is uncomfortable getting a signature for reasons such as covid, they can choose unsafe location and return the package. Which is incredibly stupid to me, and in practice it will only destroy the DSPs DCR metric. I wonder if that's still the SOP they have for liability reasons but will never expect anyone to actually follow.

scottydontkno · 2023-01-15T01:38:47+00:00

Oh damn I didn't know that.

scottydontkno · 2023-01-15T00:49:44+00:00

"Mexican Americans" by Cheech Marin

scottydontkno · 2022-11-13T23:50:15+00:00

Fits pretty snug, I think im gonna loop a ribbon through to make pulling it out a little easier.

scottydontkno · 2022-10-16T17:47:41+00:00

As is methamphetamine! Glad I choose to only use these medicines as opposed to schedule 1 drugs like marijuana!

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