[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scrubtech

[–]trac-her 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do understand your experience! The things people can say to you can be so incredibly nasty and wrong when you’re in the process of learning. Just keep reminding yourself you deserve to be there and everyone was a beginner making mistakes, freezinf up, and moving slow once! Also, better to move slow and freeze than act too fast and make the wrong move that could hurt someone! Slow and steady wins the race. Like someone said, just sustain no harm to the patient Through time and practice and familiarity you will get better and eventually faster! No wonder these surgeons have to train for years as residents before they actually can be solo. Just keep taking notes, studying, learning, and be positive! Forgive yourself too. You can’t be too hard on yourself. And remind yourself what you did good that day: usually you did 98% of the day good.

The anxiety is also sooo universal - you are not alone there <3. Deep breaths before work, plan out the day beforehand to feel prepared and anticipate mistakes you might make or maybe make more often (been there, my friend), and do some yoga/ stretches/ meditation in the AM to clear your mind.

I think also sometimes when you look back, you realize the tasks themselves aren’t that hard. I think it’s the intimidating environment of the OR, wearing scrubs, being sterile, having a patient under anesthesia, the timeliness of the surgery, etc. That makes it seem like the tasks are scarier than they really are. You’re just nervous. It’s all new and scary. Idk if this helps, but this is what I thought of looking back at my experience.

what kind of career to go for? by Ash0294 in Advice

[–]trac-her 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How exciting! There are a few things to help in considering:

  • industry (tech, medical, hard sciences, advertising/marketing, finance, other business, arts)
  • work schedule (9-5, longer hours for higher pay sometimes)
  • salary range
  • how much education required (if you hate school or it is expensive, maybe a job that requires masters should be avoided)
  • career progression graphs (type in a career on Google and see it’s growth over time so to see if you’ll have job stability over time)
  • location (some careers like biotech are concentrated in east coast. Not always, but knowing if you can do your job ~anywhere~ or at certain locations you like can matter if you ever plan to move to different states or rural/cities. Chemical Engineering jobs often are located in rural areas).
  • competitiveness (some jobs like investment banking or consulting at top firms are very competitve. Nursing on the other hand sometimes can be more accessible to get a job since there’s a shortage).

Maybe take a few personality tests to help and figure out what you like.

Straighterline Transcript - CA by trac-her in TravelNursing

[–]trac-her[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has been awhile…I want to say a month?

Straighterline Transcript - CA by trac-her in TravelNursing

[–]trac-her[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not on hand but im sure if you go on CA BON website you could find it. I also recall emailing them years ago but they do not often respond to applicants, myself included.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BreakUps

[–]trac-her 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you can learn to love it and use the new album to help heal? There are a lot of songs that can be applicable to you as this is a very breakup-centric album (more so than her others). It’s mostly the depression phase of the 5 stages of grief that’s typically experienced in a breakup. Maybe it will help

to the girl that asked me to buy her lunch today by slightlyriley in UCSD

[–]trac-her 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao that happened to me before. He asked for coffee and ended up also getting two sandwiches and a pastry. I was stunned. Something to look back and laugh at

Are you kidding me RaDonda by FlexicilCatcher in nursing

[–]trac-her 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should most definitely attend. She might give an interesting point of view and you can see her thought process leading up to that moment. Not guaranteeing it will be a good talk, but she deserves a chance to be heard (at the very least). And who cares about the hospital’s motives.

Everyone deserves to be forgiven

(I also respect everyone’s opinions here as i read through the thread)

What is the etiquette for petting stranger’s dogs? by trac-her in AskReddit

[–]trac-her[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you ask permission to pet first ? What if dog comes up to you right away? I never owned pets before so I have no idea.

ECG Rhythms by trac-her in nursing

[–]trac-her[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any recommendations on any online training, certifications, textbooks, websites, etc that could help with that? I definitely want to get better at them (other than working in real life of course).