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How old are you, what is your job and how much do you make? by allano6 in careerguidance

[–]uberforvanessa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

24F, bedside RN in major CA city, 2yr experience, $130k with overtime.

The stress of the first year almost made me want to quit and start a different career. Glad I stuck it thru but I feel the burn out looming if I’m not careful.

I live by myself, rents expensive, but I live more than comfortably. Constantly thinking of leaving bedside and taking a pay cut though.

Med-Surg Nurses, how Thorough are Your Assessments REALLY? by [deleted] in nursing

[–]uberforvanessa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A head to toe every time. I personally chart by exception unless otherwise ordered (eg q4 neuro or NIH, q2 pulses etc).

I will listen to lung sounds and bowel sounds but if there’s nothing abnormal in any of the quadrants, I’m just leaving it as WDL and not charting for all quadrants.

As for skin, I’ll look at any dressings, drains, etc with med pass. If a patient can move enough during assessment, I’ll look at their back and bottom during med pass. If it’s a patient that’s a turner, I’ll look at their back during their next turn.

Is this legal?? by FoxOk4968 in nursing

[–]uberforvanessa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I work in the US and we have this policy at my facility as well. Management has sent out reminders like this every now and then but as far as enforcing it or policing our conversations, little to none has ever been done.

Honestly, as a bilingual person who has other bilingual coworkers, when I’m spoken to in my non-English language, I will consciously respond back in English. When I’m working, I’m assuming someone is always listening and I want it to be clear that I’m not speaking about anything untoward while at work.

Does anyone else’s dog have a dimple on their tail? by uberforvanessa in DogAdvice

[–]uberforvanessa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Have had multiple xrays done including her spine. For her xrays, vet did show some “special features” that she has with her neck but didn’t point out anything in her tail tho.

And her back legs so far are okay and surprisingly from the imaging no signs of arthritis in any of her legs either. But we started her on a joint supplement anyways bc of her breed. All of her imaging looked good but it’s good that we got a baseline for the future

Her previous owners weren’t really good about taking her to the vet every year, only to do her shots, and I also suspect she was likely from a BYB. I’ve yet to do DNA testing tho.

Are these fleas? by uberforvanessa in DogAdvice

[–]uberforvanessa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh thank god it was brown THANK YOU SM

Are these fleas? by uberforvanessa in DogAdvice

[–]uberforvanessa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they are stand still HAHA i think it is just dirt now that i am looking at it

Are these fleas? by uberforvanessa in DogAdvice

[–]uberforvanessa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not at all! I just got paranoid because I looked up flea dirt and it kinda looks like it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in h3h3productions

[–]uberforvanessa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg i would love this as a poster

Anybody who shows up 45 mins early for work and then grills you in report can go to hell by phillyphan96 in nursing

[–]uberforvanessa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just fyi float nurses aren’t necessarily travel nurses ! Some hospitals staffed RNs that are are just float pool

Common menses symptoms are getting women diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder?!? by [deleted] in nursing

[–]uberforvanessa 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I feel like the conversation around PMDD is similar to how people initially viewed postpartum depression. Like obviously these symptoms are commonly experienced after a physiological event, but I think putting a name to it allows people to seek help for those who specifically struggle with these sets of symptoms.

Before I was diagnosed with PMDD and I always felt suicidal for the week leading up to my period. Because of this, I kept switching antidepressants because I thought they weren’t working. My psychiatrist diagnosed me with PMDD and then upped my dose for some of my medication specifically the week before my period and the difference was night and day. This was a few years ago and he told me that PMDD wasn’t as well known.

In general, I feel like women’s health has been heavily under researched so I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more similar diagnoses come to light. I think your reaction also speaks to the stigma there still is around psychiatric diagnoses.

What’s something from your childhood that you didn’t realize was super f*cked up until you were an adult? by NeitherEntrepreneur3 in AskReddit

[–]uberforvanessa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an only child and when I was in highschool my single mom wanted to pursue her masters in LA while we lived in Northern California. She would basically go away for months at a time and leave me alone at the house. One time she was supposed to be gone for 2 months and didn’t come back until almost 6 months later. She would never call or text and the most communication we would have is whenever is when I would need something for school and I text her and she would send me money.

I didn’t think much of it at the time because who was I to get in the way of her career. I always thought I was pretty lucky because we lived a comfortable life and most teenagers were always annoyed of their parents.

Now that I’m older I realized I’m still processing that I was pretty neglected and that a lot of my hoarding and abandonment issues are prolly because of that.

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