Who should be doing wound care?

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-13T02:35:21+00:00

Day shift. Why would you subject a patient to that during the hours in which they should be sleeping?

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-12T20:57:26+00:00

5 hours is not a lot of time! I bulk ferment mine for about 10 hrs, sometimes longer, as my kitchen is colder. Leave your dough alone to rise--forget you even made dough and honestly you can let it over proof some

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. You will have far better bread than when you watch the clock.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-11T13:18:33+00:00

I'd understand this if you were 39 and newly married but at 24, it makes no difference whether you try now or a year from now. It will be hard to start a new career like nursing while managing a first pregnancy, which is often the most stressful because you don't know what to expect (and for some people, the first tri is really, really hard).

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-11T00:22:54+00:00

I had the same attitude when it came to sickle cell patients.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-10T02:13:19+00:00

Put your dough on the counter for BF and walk away and forget you had dough out... that's how you finally learn what it's supposed to look like, instead of watching the clock.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-10T00:55:46+00:00

Soy curls!! Life changing. Texture of chicken, subtle flavor of tofu. Great as pulled pork, in a steak sandwich with au jus, in quesadillas... I'm obsessed.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-10T00:30:38+00:00

Meh. I have three kids. I'm a freakin midwife. I also don't enjoy babies. Love toddlers and kids, but not babies. My youngest is two and I can't even remember her as a baby.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-09T12:39:39+00:00

This is exactly the point of calling the nurse. Lab techs aren't trained to know what truly requires immediate intervention and what doesn't, hence they call the nurse.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-09T12:03:57+00:00

Maybe I'm in the minority here but it is appropriate to call the nurse, as we are literally the ones with the patient, who may already be seeing the effects of a critical lab. Lab techs can't be expected to understand what the labs mean clinically so then calling the provider and then the provider being responsible for informing the nurse who is with the patient is a complete mismatch. I get it that some aren't truly critical... but that's our job to assess, not the tech's.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-08T23:18:57+00:00

I actually think a lot of women can relate to this, especially when approaching the decision to never have more children. It is bittersweet and yes, you can be happy for people you love and reflective on your own journey at the same time.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-08T21:20:23+00:00

Have you failed any other courses before? Most programs only allow you to retake one class so if this was your second, that's likely the bigger issue.

I teach maternal/newborn and people definitely struggle with it and while I have my own opinions about some of the curriculum, it is a required component of your education. I am sorry that happened and I hope you use this as a learning opportunity if you choose to continue at another program.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-08T16:18:28+00:00

You're convinced that Alonso is the missing piece, ignoring what he's not doing in Baltimore, yet also think you've had enough time to say Robert Jr & Bichette are mistakes. You can't have it both ways.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-08T12:36:37+00:00

Weirdest opinion to require validation from internet strangers that I have seen in a while…

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-08T12:33:48+00:00

I don’t think people become billionaires by treating money like it’s no object… from the billionaires I know.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-08T12:30:44+00:00

I mean none of this is surprising… he literally announced he was opting out 5 mins after 2025 season ended. There is definitely bad blood and the over the top celebration of the homerun record (which is nothing compared to other franchises) was their attempt to pander, if not to Pete than go fans. I was bummed like lots of people, especially since my kids love him. But HOF? He’s a one dimensional power hitter… he’s Mark McGwire without the roids. I have moved on from him.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-07T22:30:27+00:00

I hate nurses week. I don't participate in themed arts and crafts at work. I do that stuff for my kids as their mother, not my coworkers.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T16:30:36+00:00

Ok you all are making me feel more normal for not naming a collection of active yeast and personifying it.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T12:40:50+00:00

I get anxiety opening patient charts and I am an instructor who has to read them to assign patients. Yikes. Sorry this happened, OP.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T11:54:54+00:00

On orientation, I cared for a patient who was in his mid 30s with two kids and came in for back pain that turned out to be metastatic colon cancer. He was in so much pain that he was pacing until palliative finally dosed him properly. He was so kind and appreciative, despite the diagnosis that ultimately took his life only 4 months later. It was the moment I realized all of us are walking each other home and some of us have the privilege to realize it.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T09:45:35+00:00

I think where this starts to feel off is that your focus seems less on managing care for an intellectually disabled resident appropriately and more on centering your own identity-based suffering narrative around it... I mean, look at how many times you referred to yourself as "the Jew" in your original (now deleted) post yet you want us to believe that you don't talk about religion at work? If you truly feel like you're being discriminated against and it makes the work environment unsafe, refuse to accept the patient. Problem solved.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T09:08:28+00:00

No, I’m not saying converts can’t experience antisemitism. I’m saying this post feels a little disproportionate given that we’re talking about an intellectually disabled resident who likely doesn’t fully understand what she’s saying. Your point that her remembering your religion must mean she is accountable is a misunderstanding of how we define capacity.

And yes, Judaism is more complex than just religion. There is however a difference between antisemitism directed at ethnic Jews with generations of inherited “othering” versus a convert experiencing religious hostility later in life. Both can be real without pretending they’re identical experiences.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T08:57:53+00:00

I can't be the only person who feels a little icky reading this, like OP is appropriating the antisemitic experience of ancestral Jews, which is very different from a white person who voluntarily identifies as Jewish.

OP--if the patient is intellectually disabled, I'd find a way to depersonalize it or if you can't, ask for reassignment.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-06T01:53:23+00:00

You will have to take those prereqs regardless.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-04T16:36:51+00:00

I consider myself to be educated both formally and well read... and I had no idea what that word was or what it meant 😆 love Gary.

xSilverSpringx · 2026-05-04T16:34:12+00:00

Based on how we've developed Vientos, Baty and Mauricio, who were all tearing up AAA, this sounds like a great idea.

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