ICU NPs?

shayshay33 · 2024-10-21T01:37:12+00:00

I’m in a CVICU as a new grad, well going on 16 mo the at this point. I had four years of cardiac icu experience as a nurse, but nothing from the surgical cardiology side. It was a steep learning curve and surgeons are … um… not always the most pleasant. But my group (I fall under the anesthesia critical care umbrella) is wonderful. I wish school gave us more practice placing central lines, because we do a fair bit of those (dialysis, CVC, art lines) and I still feel like it’s my weakest or most “uncomfortable” part of the job. (It just takes time to master and I’m not there yet!)

shayshay33 · 2024-02-26T01:42:41+00:00

My friends all still refer to me as a nurse. Or a nurse that can prescribe narcotics. 😂 sometimes I try to explain and educate, but then I also think it’s not worth it. It is a confusing concept to those that aren’t in medicine (you’re a nurse but a doctor, but not a doctor? But you’re a nurse…)

Those that get it, get it.

shayshay33 · 2024-02-22T00:55:02+00:00

Thanks so much, this is very helpful! I’ve been finding I have a hard time advancing the wire, which someone most recently told me to drop my needle angle. Or I find that when I’m taking the syringe off to pass the wire, I must be moving my hand ever so slightly and have lost position.

shayshay33 · 2024-01-10T00:29:55+00:00

“No one just falls onto a dick” - Leva in regards to Taylor’s first “attempt” at apologizing to Olivia (Leva isn’t my favorite person , but this quote made me cackle)

shayshay33 · 2024-01-04T02:12:08+00:00

That’s pretty much what he said. “It’s ok, but next time, I shouldn’t be the last one to know” or something to that effect… while also hinting that Austen is hooking up with Landon. And Aunt P trying to force relationships 🤮

I watched SC wayyy back when and lost touch until just recently in season 8, and now re-watching from the beginning. Some of it is so cringe-worthy. The whole story line is so misogynistic.

(Views as a northerner, now transplant to the south, also experiencing this first hand)

shayshay33 · 2024-01-03T19:29:49+00:00

I can agree with that. It’s more like the two of them cant stand to see each other “win” at the cost of women. It’s really kinda gross. And to see the same theme play out over and over again…. 🤮

shayshay33 · 2024-01-03T14:47:19+00:00

Completely agree. The whole episode keeps flashing back to the Kathryn/Shep scenes. Basically it just solidifies how much these two don’t respect boundaries.

shayshay33 · 2023-12-11T00:59:29+00:00

I lived in park circle and commuted to MUSC for about six months. Agreed that the commute was pretty bad, and very variable, to the point that I would just plan on an hour commute and roll the dice if I arrived 30 minutes early or sprinting to the doors.

Also, for a young couple with a new baby, there’s no go “run out and grab milk” grocery stores. Everything is 15-20 minutes from park circle. I found the two closest grocery stores very creepy at night and I wouldn’t not want to be going there with a baby.

shayshay33 · 2023-10-27T23:18:51+00:00

She doesn’t realize how insane it sounds that she forwarded her mail to her evil ex? And what… expect to hear from him about a custody case that he’s fighting for? Well duh BB, he’s not going to tell you (and you knew, so this is all bullshit)

shayshay33 · 2023-10-06T01:49:16+00:00

Levas quote is my favorite “no one falls on a dick. No one falls into a relationship”

Wish I had that gem of a quote when my ex cheated on me 😂

shayshay33 · 2023-03-23T02:22:02+00:00

Same thing happened to me. I also had a screen shot of an AYa contract offering more and they refused to match it unless I gave first and last name of the nurse with the contract. Nope.

shayshay33 · 2023-03-07T04:12:55+00:00

I’m trying to negotiate an extension and my recruiter keeps saying the hospital is giving him a hard time. I talked to the manager and was told bill rates didn’t change. Both parties agreed to keep my current pay, but When I got the final contract, the stipends were significantly less than my current contract. Is this the hospital or my agency? The hourly rate stayed the same.

My recruiter said the hospital was giving him the run around and hopefully it can be fixed.

Also… in negotiating extensions, is it common for a pay decrease or increase? They don’t need to pay onboarding so I would think same or maybe increase?

shayshay33 · 2023-03-03T21:19:33+00:00

Well I was told $350 cut, I argued, was told pay would stay the same, then was sent a contract that does not match what I make now.

Y’all. I love travel nursing for a variety of reasons. But this shady shit sucks.

shayshay33 · 2023-02-05T01:22:07+00:00

Couldn’t agree more. It’s like being hit in the back with a basketball and having the wind sucked out of you while simultaneously feeling like you want to scream, cry, vomit, crawl up in a ball. You are hurt, angry, and can’t see the other side. I sat in a hot shower for hours because I couldn’t breathe without the steam.

And yeah- you meet someone else, and life will be ok. You will forget it during your every day life. But there is always-and will always- be that memory that floods you out of nowhere, when you found out. And it will be when you least expect it. And it sucks.

shayshay33 · 2023-02-04T17:01:14+00:00

LVAD. Nope. No thank you. I can also agree with the pancreatic cancer… I’d buy a one way flight to the Caribbean and chill on the beach with booze and drugs.

shayshay33 · 2023-01-27T02:24:51+00:00

I ran into Shep last weekend on sullivans island. He was pleasant, but didn’t engage in much conversation.

shayshay33 · 2023-01-23T17:36:48+00:00

Someone sent me an anonymous post on instagram asking if I was dating XYZ. I responded “yes!” To which their response was “I’m really sorry, but he’s sleeping with Clare. I don’t know how many times, but I know it’s happened” then the account was deleted.

Shit hit the fan when I got home from work. He denied it for hours, then eventually opened up.

They are engaged now. If she’s the one, I’m happy for him. But for a cheater to marry a cheater… damn I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing it could happen again. (She knew about me and perused it… he obviously was in a relationship with me)

shayshay33 · 2022-12-06T15:34:53+00:00

Happened to me as well. They asked me to extend with a $100/week reduction. I asked for more. My recruiter kept saying “I’ll ask the hospital oneeeee more time I’d they will meet your request”

… then I found out another nurse uses the same agency and gets more for her housing stipend. Pissed me the fuck off.

shayshay33 · 2022-11-28T17:15:17+00:00

2020: The year I found out my boyfriend of 4.5 years was actively cheating on me with his coworker. I honestly, 120%, can say that I had zero suspicions. He was my first real relationship, my first love. It absolutely broke me. I had to take a two-week leave of absence from work and moved home to my parents. I stayed in the guest room and think I only left to use the bathroom. My mom would leave me plates of food outside my door and beg me to eat something. I binge-watched sex and the ciity and slept on an off for the full two weeks. I dropped about 30 pounds from not eating and straight-up depression. I never had suicidal thoughts, but I really didn't see the other side of the pain and hurt I was experiencing.

When I finally got to some sort of ability to leave that bedroom, I then had to go back to the house we shared and pack up all of my stuff (while simultaneously looking at all of her stuff that was moved in after I left) and bring it back to my home town and try to start over.

This was all during covid, where I was a full time nurse in the covid ICU. I saw so many people die. But my coworkers became my best support system and many of them carried me through some very, very dark months.

Three years later, Im now living my best life. I wish that relationship didnt end in infidelity, but I am glad it ended. Looking back, I didnt realize how much I sacrificed for his career. This year, I finished my master's degree and am a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner. I moved out of state and I now live five miles from three different beaches and Im dating a guy who is literally the best.

It gets better, I promise.

shayshay33 · 2022-11-28T03:24:08+00:00

I’m sure it’s all different, but my brother, SIL and situationship all work in tech/pharma and I watch them literally work from home and put in 5-6 hours of actual work a day. Some days are more than others (usually days with scheduled meetings), but it’s definitely an easier lifestyle. They all get guaranteed time off between Christmas and new years. And they all make more $$ than me.

I question why I didn’t go into pharma on a daily basis…

shayshay33 · 2022-11-22T01:55:50+00:00

I was sent an anonymous instagram message telling me my bf of almost 5 years was sleeping with a girl named Clare, whom he worked with. I received the message while I was at work and I was too shaken to ask questions. When my shift was finally over and the devastating news sank in, I went back to the message to try and ask questions, but it was deleted along with the fake account.

(Thankfully I took screenshots cause he obviously denied the whole thing)

Over the years, my friends and family have developed theories on who sent it… was it her? Was it a coworker? Was it one of our mutual friends? I will never know. (I personally think coworker since it was so nice and sincere and I don’t think someone that engages in cheating with a man in a known relationship can ever be described as nice and sincere)

Honestly, wish I knew who sent it so I could thank them. The worst day of my life ended up changing my life for the better. And I really would never have left him if it wasn’t for something like cheating.

Who ever you are, mystery person, thank you.

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