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UPDATE: There’s a required Zoom meeting for my clinical group on Monday (August 10). She said she wants me to stay for an extra 30 minutes to chat. I’ll update you guys on what happens. Hopefully we find a solution. Thank you all! I appreciate all of your advice, input, and shared experience. Hey all, So for the fall semester, my scheduled clinical day is on Monday. My instructor has been emailing my clinical group, and she just told us that she has a doctor’s appointment on one of the Monday’s. My instructor now wants to move the clinical day to Friday, which is the only day of the week we DO NOT HAVE ANY CLASS. I emailed her and told her I can’t make it since I work 12 hour shifts Friday - Sunday. Now she’s demanding to know where I work and is expecting all the students from my clinical group to accommodate her doctor’s appointment and attend the Friday clinical instead. If I don’t attend, I’m going to miss clinical hours. I’m just feeling so frustrated right now. I specifically mad
Yesterday I went dumpster diving. The reason I went dumpster diving is because I got a call from a fellow teacher saying that all of our classroom (mine and my 2 teammates) things were thrown into the dumpster. At the beginning of June, our school was hit by a tornado. The roof was blown off on our side of the building as well as over the gym. We received one email from the assistant principal saying to not come into the building that particular week of the tornado because there was damage. We have not heard from anyone else about anything that happened to our rooms. Periodically throughout the summer I’ve been getting pictures and messages from other teachers of my room. I put everything away in cabinets before school ended, except for my books and bookshelves, some of my carts, chairs, and big beanbag chairs. The pictures I received were of a totally bare classroom with none of those things in it. Those things were placed in the hallway outside of our rooms so that’s they could get i
Can we all agree to just not do this. https://www.reddit.com/r/401jK/comments/1vex1ir/reverseauction_shift_bidding_for_nursing_open/ Reverse-Auction Shift Bidding for Nursing Open Shifts: Lowest-Bid Models and Wage Compression Risks by u/CollapsingTheWave in ObscurePatentDangers Major health systems including UNC Health have expanded digital platforms for filling open nursing shifts through competitive bidding, historically implemented via BidShift software and now appearing in AI-routed internal tools and gig platforms. In these systems nurses request or bid on premium-pay open shifts, with awards frequently going to the lowest submitted rate while the shift remains open. Documented mechanisms convert fixed premium differentials into variable, downward-competitive rates, treating full-time staff more like contingent labor. Parallel gig platforms such as Clipboard Health explicitly award shifts to the lowest hourly bid, accelerating wage pressure. Long-term structural risks include int
So, this happened around February. I was appalled at the time, but had other things to do. It just went back into my mind and, giving it a bit of thought, I realised how utterly surreal the thing is. So basically, there's this Spanish teacher (I am from Spain, so it would be like an English teacher doing this in the US) admitted, in front of the whole teacher body, that he allows his students to "refine" their writings with ChatGPT. He basically allows them to have it open in class, and "ask it questions on style, grammar and structure". Later on, this same teacher admitted, in another meeting, that he uses a paid ChatGPT account to grade these essays. I am on my summer leave. I am a history teacher, and I was just going over how I am going to avoid students from cheating with AI, and I just connected the dots. This guy isn't running a class. What is happening is that ChatGPT is writing essays, the students present them, then this guy gives it back to ChatGPT to grade them, and if some
Did about twenty years in construction before my knees gave out and I ended up in nursing school. Didn't expect how much of that carried over, but it did. Reading a room that's stressed and not saying so out loud. Knowing a plan's falling apart before anybody's said a word about it. Catching the thing that's a little off before it turns into the thing that went wrong. Framing houses and running crews teaches you all of that whether you want it to or not Still garden most days off and mess around in the woodshop when I can. Working with your hands does something for how your brain sorts problems, carries right over into a shift somehow. Can't explain it exactly but it's there Worked with a nurse who used to teach middle school and you can tell in how she talks patients through things. Had a guy who did four years Army before this, nothing rattles him, floor could be on fire and he's still got that same flat voice. Another one was a line cook and his pacing on a bad night makes the rest
I’ve decided to switch gears and pursue nursing. I’m planning to apply to ABSN programs this year for 2027 admission. Right now I still have about 4-5 prereqs left (A&P I, A&P II, Microbiology, and Lifespan Development), and I’m hoping to finish them by October since that’s when most ABSN applications are due for spring starts. For some background, I worked as a phlebotomist for about 6 months, volunteered at a free medical clinic for around 1.5 years, and I recently started working as a PCT. The problem is… the job is keeping me behind in my classes. I work four 10-hour shifts a week, and on the days I work I’m completely wiped. I come home, eat, shower, and basically fall asleep. I have almost no motivation or energy left to study, and I’m worried it’s going to affect my grades in these prereqs. My dilemma is that I feel like PCT experience could make me a stronger applicant. I know some ABSN programs like to see clinical experience, and it’d also give me more to talk about in my ess
That’s all. Your district paid me thousands of dollars to come and remind you of that. submitted by /u/jimmyre10 [link] [comments]
I am in my new hire orientation today and it's genuinely the most overstimulating environment I've ever been in. Just going in the door there was a drum line, adult cheerleaders, and music blasting from loudspeakers in several locations---including the main hallway where we have to sign in and the gym we had to sit in to wait for 20 minutes. No one needs The Black Eyed Peas that loud at 8am. Loudspeakers are a 10 on a scale of 10. Why are events so overstimulating at teacher events? I'm autistic so it's definitely worse for me (all volume is at the same volume and amplified---the room is genuinely painful), but this can't be pleasant for anyone? submitted by /u/rumiruhaql [link] [comments]
Just a small rant. The other day I specifically timed my lunch so that I wouldn't take it as the same time as someone who I knew would try to talk to me the whole time. I finally sit down to eat and this random float just started talking to me about anything and everything. I had headphones in and was polite but clear that I wanted to watch something on my phone. Eventually I gave up and left to go to another break room. Then yesterday I finally sat down to eat after precepting all day (exhausting!). As soon as I sat down, our education specialist came into the break room looking for my new person to do some onboarding. Luckily for my new grad, she had gone down to the cafeteria. Unfortunately for me, I was in the break room and the education specialist just started talking to me about our training protocols and how to implement them, etc. I absolutely hate when people do this. My brain is running hard for 12 freaking hours, I need 30 minutes to just chill! Edit: Love you all but pleas
Has anyone else dealt with this? It makes no sense to me. We just received an email that soon teachers will have no access to Chrome browser or Google Drive, and that we have to use Edge browser. This seems like an unnecessary overreach. I know we’re a “Microsoft district”, but does that have to mean that teachers abandon teaching resources that we’ve already learned/developed? Do “google districts” block teachers Microsoft products? submitted by /u/ddubddub [link] [comments]
I had an actual heart attack yesterday - pt alert and oriented, I turn around and the cannula in his L radial artery is casually exposed by 1/3, he's picking off his dressing and just, you know, taking a line out of his arm. "Please don't do that you could bleed to death" as I grab gauze and apply pressure I'm assuming he just thought it was a regular IV but even then.... What compels someone to yank these lines out when they're cognizant, no delirium confusion etc? Anyway on transfer to CCU I advised them to d/c it asap lest he decide to do whatever he wants with it again Like, goddamn submitted by /u/qtqy [link] [comments]
it’s very scary how new grad students are applying to NP programs. i thought everybody was against this, but it seems to be a 50/50 opinion, which is baffling to me. nurses that aren’t interested in mental health trying to get into psych NP programs to “work outpatient and make their money,” nurses with no clinical experience thinking their clinical hours done during their BSN program is enough. i hate to discourage those people who are ambitious and want to move forward in their studies, but they obviously don’t care about patient care, which should be a nurse’s #1 priority. it’s frustrating and dangerous to see this happening, because people’s selfish financial desires are putting others who seek medical help at risk. (also, i see people talking about “burnout” and using it as the main excuse for applying to NP programs w/o experience, but if we’re being realistic… if you’ve been a nurse for 2 months and you’re already experiencing burnout, then clearly there’s other aspects of your
Career changer with a B.A. in Communications (3.7 GPA) and no college science background. I’m applying to an online ABSN program that starts in February and need all seven prerequisites completed and transcripted by February 1 start. The reason I’m considering this pace is that the next start date is in the fall, which would delay everything by about seven months. I’m able to not work from August through January and treat school like a full-time job: roughly 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with weekends as a buffer for extra studying or catching up. Tentative schedule: Aug. 17–Sept. 20: A&P I + General Chemistry Sept. 21–Oct. 25: A&P II + Microbiology Oct. 26–Nov. 29: Statistics + Lifespan Psychology Nov. 30–Jan. 1: Abnormal Psychology The program will review my application after I complete at least two science prerequisites and can make a final decision once 5 of the 7 total prerequisites are finished. All seven must be completed before the program begins. I also need at least a
Looking to make a pretty big move in December and wondering when I should start applying. I moved far away from home when I graduated but I applied for cohorted new grad jobs so it was a little easier. I have almost 4 years in the ED and I’m not necessarily worried about getting a job but I’m worried that if I apply too far in advance they’ll turn me down, and I need to have a job lined up before I move. submitted by /u/purpsle [link] [comments]
today was my first day of cna and as soon as i got in the car after my shift all i honestly could do was cry, i’ve had my cna license for about a month now but i just recently got my first job in the healthcare industry and after 2 days of orientation and 3 days of shadowing people, in different areas,they decided to throw me on the floor with 15 patients with 3 showers and 2 feeders and every single patient being incontinent and 2 of them being sundowners and at first i was very optimistic and ready but trying to get all my showers done before dinner came i felt so lost and on my first shower i forgot the briefs so since the patient was already in the shower i jus peaked my head out to ask another cna tht was sitting on her phone to which she replied “he don’t need them, u should’ve got them before u went in” after tht i knew i was on my own so i only asked for help if it was ultimately needed, like a hoyer lift which i still would have to sit and wait for them to be done talking. all
I feel like we've had a whole lot of posts from conservatives leaving their safe space to talk shit about us this past week. Mods just deleted one where someone claimed to be a 28-year-old male nurse who was haunted by "females" and asked if it was okay to stalk attractive women who smiled at him. This shit isn't normal. submitted by /u/drethnudrib [link] [comments]
My friend showed me this website where you can see exactly how much teachers in California are making. h ttps://transparentcalifornia.com/ (remove space between h and t) My old teachers (even the new hires) are all making somewhere between 100 - 150 k. I get that SoCal (and specifically the area I'm from) is HCOL, but for being "underpaid" that just seems like quite a lot of money. I'm don't really care (except that some of the worse teachers are getting paid more than the good ones lol), but I'm just curious if this link is accurate... submitted by /u/New_Frame2845 [link] [comments]
As of today my school needs teachers in math, special ed and science. I really don’t think we will fill any and for sure not all of them. Last year midway thru, we lost teachers and their classes turned into online classes and was just brutal. I feel like this year we will for sure have some of those. So my main questions are, how many of you go into the year needing teachers? Then what does your school do if you don’t have enough? submitted by /u/Unlucky_Success_5985 [link] [comments]
I’ve been a nurse for a long time in the ICU.. a more controlled setting. I had a patient recently code on me that was up and talking a few moments before and very young. It has stuck with me and now is causing me some PTSD. After a decade of nursing my emotions are catching up I guess. Today, I had someone code on the sidewalk and upon finding him I thought I felt a pulse but also no one else was around. Thankfully it was close to the ED so I yelled down for some help and narcan. By that point we got to him, EMS didn’t feel a pulse and I was hopping on to do compressions. We started compressions but I keep replaying how I can do better and blaming myself in these situations. Should I have felt for a pulse longer (maybe I felt my own and not his), but then I needed more help either way because no one else was around? Any advice? Since the young girl passed almost two months ago I’ve lost my confidence, I cry every time I bring up that story and feel like maybe I shouldn’t even be a nur
I seriously need to vent because I am so overwhelmed. I’m a first-year 1st grade teacher, and today was only my second day of school. Before school started, our team was given a pacing guide that said we had the first two weeks to focus on teaching classroom routines and procedures while also completing beginning-of-year assessments. The assessments are important because our curriculum has differentiated centers, and we’re supposed to group students based on their assessment results. My team teacher and I spent so much time planning those first two weeks around that pacing guide. I prepped everything. Then today our assistant principal told the K–2 team that the principal wants us to already be teaching curriculum and basically said we should have started on the first day of school. Now I feel like everything I planned is out the window. I haven’t even finished assessing all of my students, so I don’t know how I’m supposed to create my small groups, and I have almost nothing prepared t
I’ve noticed something over the years, and I’m curious if it’s just my experience or if it’s common everywhere. Why does it seem like every school has that one person who’s considered the “snake” on campus? The person who acts friendly to your face but is constantly running to administration about coworkers, spreading gossip, or finding ways to make someone else’s day harder. They seem to know everyone’s business, talk negatively about almost everyone, and somehow always stay in the administration’s good graces. What I’ve never understood is why this seems to be so common in education. Teachers already deal with enough stress from students, parents, testing, and paperwork. Instead of supporting one another, there’s often someone who creates unnecessary drama or tries to gain favor by throwing colleagues under the bus. It almost feels like they’re trying to act as though they’re part of the administrative team, even though they’re on the same pay scale as everyone else. Is there somethi
I had mine yesterday. I'm in wound care, pretty much nothing phases me anymore. Been treating a patient with aggressive cancer on the scalp for 2 years how, it's been surgically excised and then the skull covered with multiple skin grafts which have not taken, so we are managing an exposed skull piece the size of the flat of my hand, an uphill battle if there ever was one. Patient came yesterday and I took off the dressings and despite everything to prevent it, the bone has just degraded and has become brown, flakey and crispy, like crisp bread. Started debriding and a 2 * 2cm piece of skull just... Came off. There were their brains, or more technically dura, just sitting there pulsating in time with his breathing. Oh fuck. Immediately called in our head and neck specialist and there might be a new op to put a prosthetic skull plate in place, might not. Patient was chill. Second time I've seen exposed living brain tissue like that and it's always a bit of a shock at first and then amaz
This will be my first year teaching, and my goodness I did not realize how many meetings there was going to be on this first week of school. I’m just trying to get some work done and get ready for the school year. What is this? submitted by /u/flimsybread1007 [link] [comments]
In Texas, I received my statement of eligibility 3 months ago. Finally got a position in the last moment, but I can see myself crunching a lot because the training already started. At first, I was panicking because they switched me from Algebra 1 to Calculus, Pre-Calculus, and AP Calculus. It's unexpected, but then I realize that I haven't talked to my mentors or anything. So at the very list, I am not in trouble. Although I stopped panicking, I can still see myself crunching. I am using this time to structure classroom expectations and rules, classroom management, decorations, and first day activities. I am expecting about 150+ students because The school has 10 class periods (90 minutes each) with A/B days. Tracking students is important, but I was wondering what efficient methods and softwares would you use to track students, analyze data, and general advice for new teachers teaching AP classes. What else can I do in my free time to make the impact more easy to brace? Thank you for
Two weeks until the work week and I haven’t heard back from anyone 😓 lowkey starting to lose hope. I don’t want to sub; or be a long term sub bc they don’t get paid the same as I usually would. I’m going into my fourth year too 🫤 submitted by /u/Worth_Disaster2813 [link] [comments]
The worst part is it ain’t the students. It’s Tuesday night of the first week of school. I had my pre-planning week last week where I had to move classrooms, attend meetings (which I skipped and missed nothing) and plan for the semester. I’m teaching a topic I am not specialized in while the teacher who is specialized in it gets my specialty. I’ve got three mandatory meetings this week during my planning period and no time left to prep. The singular saving grace is I finally have a room where I control the thermostat. I came home with no energy, made a minimalist dinner for my family, conked out on the couch with my dogs and am desperate for the weekend to get here. i just need an end to the meetings, a real planning period and no more busywork for the district. Just let me teach what I’m good at teaching and stay out of my way is all I’m asking. submitted by /u/Sticksaka [link] [comments]
hi! i’m a 19F 2nd year student. We have dosage tests every semester & i had mine last week. This morning, my lecturer gave us our grades back by calling us up infront of class and giving a one on one talk on where we went wrong. When it was my turn, he said i cheated because the girl next to me had her page “tilted” and he saw me “smile during the test”. Infront of the entire class. “You cheated” “I saw you cheat” “You can’t lie” “You need to be honest”. I said “No, i didn’t cheat”. Everytime i denied, his voice got louder and his statements increasing accusatory. Idk what he saw but i had a calculator, i studied, i get good grades, i participate in class discussions, etc. i even wrote down steps on how i got the answer. Hell, i even wrote down “divided by 1000” when CONVERTING! He said he spoke to the girl next to me and that she told him that “yes I showed her the answers”. but when I asked her, she said she didn’t because she just writes with her paper tilted and also denied the acc
I know it’s not that serious but I went from having my plan after lunch, to having it last period (215-3). I’m not thrilled about the choice, I’m worried about needing to pee, and then feeling burnt out with back to back classes. I’m great with planning but I feel like I won’t utilize the time as much as I did. Any advice? Is it really not that awful? Or is it and my concerns are valid? Also alternative high school if that makes a difference submitted by /u/leahm1497 [link] [comments]
My embarrassment stems from many of my colleagues within critical care. And let me preface this by saying I'm not talking about new grads, or even nurses new to ICU. I'm talking about nurses with 2+ years of experience within their respective ICU. I've worked a number of different hospitals (and different ICUs within each hospital) on both the east and west coasts and I've noticed a decline in the clinical acumen and an increase in laziness of nurses in nearly all of the ICUs I've worked. Currently, I work on the west coast with a union and strict legally mandated ICU ratios. In fact, many of these nurses are singled nearly every shift. I'm talking about not changing dressings, skipping the CHG bath because it's "too much work", not turning patients, and even scanning meds but not giving them just to name a few. Then to make matters worse, these same nurses lack an understanding in basic hemodynamics, alpha/beta receptors, and the pathophysiology of common critical illnesses and surger
So my job has to meet a certain number of patient groups daily but since are staffed to the bare bone they obviously don't get done. I am being told to chart them even if we don't do them. I have asked if there is a way to chart why it wasn't done but apparently that isn't an option. Instead I am told to just chart the groups as if they are done because we are not meeting the quota. These groups have literally not been done is years...no one has time to do them. I don't really trust our risk management because there has been backfire from reporting something like this before. I feel like this is some sort of insurance fraud and can potentially put my license at risk. It is also putting my job at risk for not complying. I don't know what I should do. submitted by /u/Brief_Scientist_7756 [link] [comments]
I moved to a new city around the same time my leave ended, so I never went back to work at my previous job. Then I took a few extra months to settle in and stay home with my baby. I just accepted a job on a medsurg unit in a level 1 trauma hospital, and I’m terrified. It’ll have been 8 months since I left my last job to have my baby. The long hours, the inconsistent sleep, mom-brain, a long commute, pumping, new place and coworkers, plus the extended time off. I feel like I need to study before I go back, but I honestly don’t know if I have the time. Moms who’ve gone through something similar, please give me any advice you have! The unit I’ll be working on is known as having a good culture and teamwork. I’m scared I’ve forgotten things, that I’ll be too exhausted to do a good job, and my new coworkers will question how I got hired in the first place. Any helpful advice is appreciated. submitted by /u/brie38 [link] [comments]
i guess i could flair this as seeking advice but this is mainly me babbling nonsense but this is mainly me trying to figure out if this or normal or not amongst other nurses because my husband is not a nurse and thinks i’m a little tapped. i feel like i need to put a tw for death but that’s so silly because of our jobs but idk i feel like i need to put a tw so context i’m a former trauma er rn now in ir at a trauma hospital so i’ve seen a thing or two. recently we just watch live music on youtube and a video from the band Hers came on and we watched a little before i said “aw this makes me too sad. i just keep thinking of them in that accident” to which he said “like you think of the accident?” and i said “no like i can picture what they looked like after” and he was kind of horrified by that and asked me follow up questions and i was basically like yeah if i know how someone died sometimes i can picture how they would come to me and it’s can get graphic depending on the nature. tonigh
My (HUGE) district is hosting a convocation. Basically a massive pep rally. My school got invited and only a select few teachers can go due to capacity limitations. Unfortunately I’m going. Apparently about 5,000 people will be at this event. I have been anxious about this all week. I don’t even go to concerts or malls. These feelings are partially from not being able to tolerate the noise of large crowds but also thinking about how unsafe l feel, my inability to escape if needed, etc. These large ass crowds make me think “perfect opportunity for a mass sh**ting”. How can I ever enjoy myself with these thoughts? It’s pretty much frowned upon to request off on professional development days, which this is, so that’s not an option. I wish I could be excited but I’m just so in my head about the moment I’ll be sitting amongst the crowd and can’t leave until my area is called. I fear I have to just get it over with. If it gets too bad, my plan is to hide in the bathroom 😭 submitted by /u/Was
I work as a teacher since 2025. I teach languages. Joined this school in July, had my gut feeling that this is weird right from the start. Too many roles for one teacher from random duties to bus duties and so on. The principal on the other hand walked around pretending to be a swagger, while in reality intimidated the teachers. I couldn't take this BS anymore and resigned yesterday with 15 days salary in lieu of the notice period and she behaved terribly. It was worse. I kept questioning myself as to why I joined this shithole in the first place. She denied taking the resignation letter and made me go for the notice period. Earlier that day I thought to myself that maybe this isn't too bad, I should reconsider but after I saw her behavior it was clear that I gotta leave it soon. She isn't running a school but rather a place to dictate. The moment I entered, even before telling her about the resignation, I introduced myself and asked her if I can sit and she goes no. I was so weirded o
I’m curious if it’s mandatory or beneficial in any way. What do they usually ask you? I want to leave on good terms JUST in case I have to come back, so I can’t say anything too crazy. I provided 4 weeks of notice and plan to work out the rest of my schedule. submitted by /u/Bubbles2590 [link] [comments]
Title. About to graduate and it seems most of my classmates are eager to start off in a specialty mostly ICU and CVU. Another few OR and the rest labor and delivery. Almost all of them have no prior hospital or healthcare experience other than our current clinicals. I’m on the fence of what I should be applying to since all my classmates are currently getting jobs I’m still stuck in limbo on what I should do. As current nurses, did you start off in med surg or tele what were the pros and cons? If you started off in a specialty, what were the pros and cons? submitted by /u/Unique_Ad_4271 [link] [comments]
Hello! I am looking for some advice/insight for someone like me who is looking to take a non-traditional pathway to becoming an RN. I graduated from undergrad in December of 2025 with my B.S in Kinesiology with hopes of applying to PT school, and through my time away from school I have decided to pivot towards nursing as I believe it would suit me better in the long run. I have a deep passion for healthcare and helping others, but not necessarily for Physical Therapy which led to me making the decision to pivot. With that being said, I am struggling to navigate the best possible route for me to take as of right now. I have been considering an ABSN program which starts in the summer, and currently have 3 prerequisites I would need to complete before entering the program (Human Development, Nutrition, and Microbiology). Though, I am curious as to if it would be a better option to pursue an ADN and then later pursue a BSN. Any help is encouraged and accepted! Thank you in advance! submitt
The school has 3 high schools, one continuation school, 3 middle schools and a some elementary schools. Four hundred substitute teachers on the sub list. The lady said "we just hired more." My first thought is: There are a lot of people with university degrees making less than 35k a year here. My second thought is: Subbing jobs already go in nanoseconds, what was the point of hiring even more? Oddly enough I subbed at a neighboring district in 2019. I asked that lady the same question and she said "about a hundred." Both district are the same size. It's weird how quadruple the people are now subbing. It was kinda funny how all of us subs were in the lobby and everyone lowkey glared at each other like we're frontline enemies. submitted by /u/JimCap5 [link] [comments]
During the summer, I was so invested, loving, and had so much energy to talk to my family, friends, and significant other, but literally it has all been zapped in a matter of two days. My school is extremely understaffed, so we're all wearing multiple hats. I'm just doing this until I graduate from grad school (two years). So I can't bring myself to care about incentives for students or making our school more inviting. I literally just want to do the bare minimum. submitted by /u/Unlikely-Warthog2369 [link] [comments]
I have an exam in 2 days. I have been studying for it in small increments the last few days, and I meant to study for it A LOT today and tomorrow. However, I underestimated how exhausted id be today (day 1 of my period, worked a 12 hr overnight last night, and I suspect a possible uti??) So I havent done anything. I keep trying to get ready, sit down and do it, but it doesnt happen because im so tired. Is it bad to just take the rest of the day off or is that loser behavior??? submitted by /u/rainyselkie [link] [comments]
Any ICU nurses have bad staffing on their unit? We have been so short staffed, we get tripled often. I’m so anxious coming to work and so stressed there. I’m truly miserable. I want to leave but feel bad making them even more short, but also they aren’t doing anything to fix the issue. DON blames the “sick calls”. But that’s not an excuse. We need staff to be able to cover sick calls. Also, this is a city hospital for more context. Looking for advice on what to do in regard to resigning. I want to move back to Cali and I have been here for almost a year. I wanted to make it to at least a year but I don’t think I can do it. The stress has been killing me. submitted by /u/She_loves_the_ocean [link] [comments]
The school year hasn't even started yet, and I hate my student desks. I was fully expecting normal square desks that I could line up in rows in classic cathedral seating, which I've been told over and over is the best and easiest way for a first year teacher to deal with classroom management. Lo and behold, I go into my room for the first time ever this week and I see my worst nightmare waiting for me. I am a 7th grade English teacher, WHAT DO I NEED TRIANGLE-SHAPED WHITE BOARD DESKS FOR!? I'm kind of scared to ask admin if I can have different desks/if different desks are available because my principal kept talking about the desks. She is clearly very excited about them, so I'm worried that asking will reflect badly on me somehow. I legitimately cannot think of a single good usage for a whiteboard desk in an ELA classroom that isn't a once in an entire year usage!! For math, I can understand them, but for English? These just seem like the biggest inconvenience! I could deal with them
I am told often that I need to be more strict with my high school students. I agree and want to take steps in becoming more strict, especially at the beginning of the semester. What do you do to start the semester to let students know that you're serious? submitted by /u/Vegetable_Forever460 [link] [comments]
Has anyone ever gone through a divorce while working as a teacher? I’m facing the dissolution of my marriage (not my choice) and at the beginning of year, at that! I’m not sure how to cope. I’m so stressed out. submitted by /u/redgatorade77 [link] [comments]
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I’m looking for a classic white women’s sneaker—something I can wear with jeans, dresses, etc. I’m a preschool teacher, so I’m on my feet literally all day. The right shoes make the difference between a good day and a day with a lot of back and foot pain. Can anyone recommend a great sneaker that’s supportive, not stiff to wear, and easy to clean? Good-looking is a plus, but secondary to comfort. submitted by /u/pricklypeargelato [link] [comments]
I’ve been working as an inpatient RN for 25 years and I’m considering switching to an outpatient role working four 10-hour shifts a week. I’ve always worked three 12s, and that schedule has worked well for me. Now that my kids are a little older, four days a week feels more doable. The new position would also be less physically and emotionally demanding than my current inpatient role, and I’d be getting home around 2 hours earlier on workdays. There is also the possibility of one remote day a week depending on work load. I would also have a set schedule and there is no weekend or holiday requirement. My biggest hesitation is giving up that extra day off every week. For those of you who went from 3x12s to 4x10s, did getting home earlier and/or having a less demanding job make up for having to go to work an extra day? Did you adjust to it, or do you wish you’d stayed with 3x12s? I’d especially love to hear from anyone who made the switch after working 12s for many years. submitted by /u/
My best friend since 5th grade (I'm 42) said ER/ED it's a lot like restaurant work, and we both worked at the same restaurant for many years, 10 for me. I'm my mind, he's referring to the work load, pace, attention needed, human interaction, and physical strain. For those who did time (because restaurant work is like prison), would you say this is accurate, give or take? submitted by /u/Careful_Honeydew_549 [link] [comments]
I have the opportunity to apply to a accelerated bsn program in january, but its highly competitive. its my first pick if i get in, however, I am elligible to apply to an ADN program and LVN program in my state but its very far away. I am planning on applying for spring for those programs, but in the chance that I get into the BSN program for fall, would there be any repercussions in dropping the ADN/LVN program? one issue is that I can't apply for a later date of the ADN/LVN program, i can only apply this cycle because my husband and I are trying to start a family once i finish. we've already delayed our plans by over a year submitted by /u/Difficult-Effort-224 [link] [comments]
Hi! I am in my final term of my ABSN and placed in a level trauma III center for my clinical practicum. I am loving the pace and variety, but I like a deer in headlights a lot. I know the learning curve is steep, but I am having a really hard time integrating all the patho and skills that I learned in school and applying it in real time. I am overwhelmed. Open to any and all advice on how to maximize this opportunity: What questions should I be asking? What skills should I focus on? What patho is the most valuable for me to review? Any must-have resources? submitted by /u/Cat_Lover9988 [link] [comments]