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i was at an annual check up with this PCP w/ a complaint. the MA rooming me asks her questions and then asks the "when was your last period" question. i said 3 years ago and she wanted an exact date. i remember it being in the month of march and i was thinking out loud. i say something along the lines of, "well i know it ended in march.. not sure when the start date would be but if i had to guess... let me..." she then cuts me off and says, "i don't care about the date it ended, whenever people in healthcare ask this question we want the start date. i could care less about the end date. why don't you have that app that tracks your period like the rest of the girls your age?" (hard to tell in writing, but her tone was pretty nasty) i just got off a shift that morning and slept 2 hours to be able to get this appointment, so i was a lil more emotional than usual. i was so pissed off i just kinda froze. so many thoughts... 1) you didn't even let me finish my answer. 2) when i was getting p
I'm flagging this as a rant because I'm thinking it is such. I'm teaching a new content level this year, I asked the previous year's teachers if they have any resources or anything that they did last year that worked for them. Projects anything like that? Their response: well I kind of just let the kids do their own thing. I don't lecture. I'm hands off. Okay, that wasn't what I wanted to know. I wanted to see if you did an agenda or what a project looked like in your room? I was looking for a resource maybe? What does the average unit look like in your class? A scope and sequence maybe? Nothing. Essentially I was asking for help since this is new for me and I was given nothing and told just use the text to build your PowerPoints. Also, good luck, don't bring our data down. submitted by /u/persephonewar [link] [comments]
Hello everyone, this will be my first time posting here, so please bear with me. I currently teach at an advanced STEM program, and for the most part, I can say I really enjoy my job. I am at the point where I am beginning to look at master's programs, and I feel stuck between two paths. One path would be pursuing something within my topic field as a master's; the other would be an admin master's. The question that I have is I would love to know people that have done either field what are the pro's and cons's of each submitted by /u/pisquire [link] [comments]
My cousin is currently in her final year of nursing school (general nursing track) in Vietnam. During her clinical rotations across various hospital departments, she has collected some of the weirdest, funniest, and most absurd patient stories. I wanted to share 10 of them with you all: A high school girl came to the hospital with her parents, who insisted she was suffering from severe appendicitis. After a quick clinical examination, the doctor bluntly told them, "Appendicitis? She’s literally in active labor and about to give birth!" Outraged, the parents accused the doctor of lying and attacked him. Half an hour later, the two parents were holding their newborn grandson, completely stunned and speechless. An 85-year-old man was brought in by his son and son-in-law for a hemorrhoid checkup. The doctor diagnosed him with grade 3 external hemorrhoids that required surgery, but also casually noted lesions consistent with genital warts (HPV). Furious and embarrassed, the son and son-in-l
I saw a guy on threads say his largest is 46 this year. I had 48 as my largest (middle schoolers in a portable mind you), and my largest last year was 44 so I had to give up my prep period to make the numbers better. And then I got more students in both periods as the year progressed so had I not given it up, I’d have had well over 50 in that period I don’t know my numbers for this year but I’m pretty sure we’ll be hovering around the 30’s because we hired more teachers finally What about you? submitted by /u/Stressed-247 [link] [comments]
Any pay incentive? Rules/requirements? Etc. Not on call, to be clear. Just push back for a scheduled shift. Like you’re scheduled for a 7 AM shift and you’ve been pushed back until 10 AM. You may be pushed back again or cancelled for the shift if you’re not needed at 10. submitted by /u/elizzzzer [link] [comments]
Hey everyone!! First year kindergarten teacher. My district is pretty relaxed with the dress code, and I would really love to embody the “ms frizzle” “ms honey” “ quirky” kindergarten teacher. I’m talking fun, patterned pants, oddly specific sweaters, big earrings, everything! Any tips on where to shop and where to find similar clothes? I go thrifting a lot and have pretty much exhausted my local shops. Ty !!! submitted by /u/EnvironmentalSet3356 [link] [comments]
Is a quote one of my patients said today when I asked if they had gotten their COVID shot last season to update their records. This circus in charge is really the biggest disease out there submitted by /u/Educational_Sir3783 [link] [comments]
Hey everyone! The copy machine is down. We called Susan, and she said it won't be fixed until next week. Anyway, since it's Friday... What were some challenges that you faced recently? Anything that irked you? Maybe a co-worker is getting on your nerve? Class caught on fire because little Billy shoved a crayon into your pencil sharpener? Share all the vents and stories below! submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]
Oncology nurse, been one my entire career (4 years). Worked some bedside jobs and moved to outpatient clinic a year ago. Great pay, 2 remote days a week, the whole nine of soft nursing. My god I am starting to hate it, mainly because of my coworkers. When I first started everything seemed fine. It’s a small specialty clinic (4 providers, 5 nurses) that’s part of a large cancer center. Everything just feels like it’s starting to sour. We’re all under 40 in this clinic, and it was great at first. We all got along smoothly. Now I’m starting to just plain hate it. I feel like I’m constantly walking on eggshells. There’s new bullshit drama every week. Someone is always mad at someone else for some convoluted reason. It’s fucking stupid. Unfortunately I am stuck here because I make good money and the job market is shit. Tomorrow I have to sit in on a meeting with my supervisor because two nurses can’t get along. I’m not involved, but supervisor decided everyone should be on the meeting for w
I’m going into my 5th year of education, and while I have classroom abatement down, I still struggle with dealing with parents. I don’t know what it is, but I still get nervous talking torrents and which much rather communicate via email. But apparently our principal would rather teachers call parents… I’ve had too many bad experiences with parents, one in particular where a Mom was able to be disrespectful and I didn’t do anything to stick up for myself. You’d think I would’ve learned by now, but I haven’t. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]
So tonight was Meet the Teacher for my school. Everything was great until a student walked in that I had been told to take off of my roster because he had transferred to another school. 😳 I introduced myself and told her I was informed he transferred so I didn’t have anything ready for him, but if she could wait a few minutes I would get it. Normally it would be in a folder ready to go and he’d have a desk with his name and his name on the backpack area, etc. So while I am getting everything together that she needs to fill out I asked about the transfer. She explained that they decided not transfer him at the last minute… well that would have been nice to know before they walked in! She did apologize for not calling ahead of time to let us know she’d changed her mind. Even though I know this was something that was not my fault I was so incredibly embarrassed that I had nothing ready for this parent or child when they came in. Then I stayed frazzled the rest of the time because of what
I’ve been a nurse for 2.5 years. I’ve worked ED my entire career thus far. I started in adult and moved to pediatrics thinking it might help to boost my morale, but I’m more burnt out than ever. The trauma and suffering is also just too much for me I think. I try to have a positive mindset and work hard, yet I still cry from stress/anxiety/anticipation before nearly every shift. I work at a hospital with good nurse patient ratios, but the chronically ill patients, rude people, long hours, and night shifts are weighing on me so heavily I feel like I’m about to snap. I know a lot of others have felt like this. Was healthcare always like this?? submitted by /u/Evening-Passenger885 [link] [comments]
What's your #1 teaching hack that makes your day easier? Could be for behavior or any useful idea! submitted by /u/Suspicious-Grand-769 [link] [comments]
I happen to know that Ocala Middle School in San Jose is going to be looking for a new 7th grade teacher as soon as possible. I can direct a little if you need help, as I know the principal, but I assume it will be posted on edjoin tomorrow. submitted by /u/Alive-Cold-9348 [link] [comments]
Today I babysat a delirious 97 year old and prevented her from falling out of her chair. What did you do? submitted by /u/Head-Lawyer3080 [link] [comments]
My wife starts her first teaching job in a few weeks, middle school math. Second career. She spent last year student teaching and by every account other than mine (I am her very loving wife of 15 years, so I don’t count) she was good at it, including her mentor teacher, her colleagues, and the kids. Right now she’s spiraling. She wants as much as possible planned before day one, is realizing that no amount of planning is going to make her feel “ready,” and is starting to conclude that means she’s not cut out for this. She will roll her eyes at anything that sounds like a pep talk… so I’m asking for the opposite: What did your first month actually look like? Where did it go sideways? What did you plan obsessively that turned out not to matter, and what blindsided you? If there was a stretch in those first weeks where you thought you’d made a huge mistake taking the job, I’d especially like her to read that one, along with what happened next. One request: please don’t answer with more pr
So, I’ve been a nurse since 2011. No kids of my own. Have spent most of that time in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health working with adolescents and adults before I got my current job in outpatient family practice just over two years ago. Today I took a call from a NICU NP who wanted to coordinate care with one of our pediatricians - her two week old patient was being discharged on home hospice. Baby has been in the NICU their entire life. It’s stuck with me all day, I keep thinking about how fragile life is. So I just wanted to say thank you to the NICU nurses out there. I couldn’t do what you do at the bedside every day - I only helped facilitate a phone call between two providers about this and it made me pause. Thank you for being there for these babies and their families. submitted by /u/Top-Lawfulness9338 [link] [comments]
I’m looking for advice from anyone who’s taught right up until delivery. I’ll be 9 months pregnant when teachers report back this upcoming week (but seriously, where tf did summer go???) Thankfully, I’ll realistically only be working for about 3 weeks before starting maternity leave, but I’m already feeling anxious about it. I’m a 4th grade teacher, so I’ll have 25 ish kids to manage while also being very, very pregnant. I’m not sick (thankfully), but the exhaustion has definitely kicked in. I also have to pee constantly, and our classrooms get ridiculously hot and stuffy at the beginning of the school year. Luckily we are on a four day week, but still those four days are longgggg sometimes even when not preggo. To make things more fun, we switched classrooms over the summer, so I still have to get my room set up before students arrive. My long-term sub is set to go, but I still have a lot of prep to do. One thing I’m also struggling with is the attention. This is my first pregnancy &
I’ve only been a nurse for about 2.5 years. In that time I have worked on a GI floor (while still a student), did my preceptorship in cardiovascular surgery (hated it), worked on a pulmonary unit for a year ( hated it), worked in outpatient addictions (meh), and now I am working in psychiatric emergency. During all of these experiences I have simultaneously worked in oncology/palliative care research. I went into nursing to become a psych emerg nurse, so I thought that this would be it— I would finally find my place in the world of nursing!… But I still feel like I am missing something . All of my previous experiences have had pros and cons and I feel like I have acquired a wide breadth of knowledge in just a couple of years… but I am worried I might never be satisfied with where I work. For nurses who have been in the field for a decade or longer, did you eventually find your niche? If not, did you learn to accept that no place will ever be the right fit for you? (I also have ADHD so
Good day. Last year target offered a discount for teachers be it at 5% or whatever it was. I am not seeing anything on their website or app this year? Yes I am verified. anyone else able to see any kind of discounts this year? thank you submitted by /u/ThirstyCoffeeHunter [link] [comments]
Recent university graduate with my bachelor’s in education. Summer’s winding down. Over the past 4 months I have applied for 40+ positions in my county. I had to do 12 essay/video response sessions. I had 7 job interviews. Zero success. Where the hell is the so called ”teacher shortage” I heard all about since I was in middle school? I thought everyone was leaving this profession in droves and that supposedly the nation as a whole was in desperate need of new hires? A lot of people from my cohort are in a similar boat. A lot of teachers I’ve worked with over the years have recently told me it’s a new shift. My state is Utah if that’s relevant. I know we do have the highest percentage of kids in the country. I’m not sure if that would make my local job market better or worse. Anyone else in a similar boat? Or does anyone have any insights? submitted by /u/Emeraldsinger [link] [comments]
I’m genuinely curious whether teachers understand how deeply some of their actions stay with their students. I am 28 years old now, but everytime I reflect on my life, I always remember that I’m only where I am today because I had teachers that believed in me, protected me, or fought for me when no one else would. When I was 9, my teacher recognized that I met the criteria for gifted education and recommended me for the AIG program much later than most of my peers. The next year, I broke my glasses, and my parents could not afford to replace them. I started falling behind because I could not see the board and was eventually removed from the program. But before any of that happened, she had already shown me that I was capable. Another teacher kept a music program running even after I became the only student who was still actively participating. During my senior year, a guidance counselor noticed that I was walking around school asking people for quarters because I could not afford colle
I just accepted a job as a dispensing nurse at a MAT (methadone and suboxone) clinic. I was told that the dress code is “business casual” but when I went in for an “interview” (it was really more like a chat) the nurse that I would be working with was wearing a cartoon chart scrub top and jeans. That would have been the perfect time for me to ask about dress code again but of course I didn’t. Everyone else appeared to be in more business casual attire. I don’t start for a couple more weeks, so I have time to buy some clothes (my current wardrobe consists of scrubs and ratty leisure wear so I would definitely have to shop for anything business casual). My understanding of the job is that is it extremely patient-care-less. I’m dosing patients, maybe occasional assessments, the worst of it is probably testing urine maybe? I don’t know a whole lot about the gig yet, honestly. So I’m not sure if pockets are a high priority. WWYD? Business casual? Scrubs? Combo (like scrub pants with BC top)
Edit: first piece of advice I gave him was to make sure he’s playing the Goo Goo Dolls and introducing his students to the best era of music from day one. Kidding, of course. Sports medicine teacher here! Sixth year as a teacher, 12th as an athletic trainer. For most of my 12 years as an AT, I’ve been a Preceptor for the Athletic Training Program at the university near me, receiving two to three students a semester to learn/shadow/intern/be mentored by me. They come to all athletic practices and games just like I do. I am very comfortable in that role. Somehow, somebody thought I’d be a good person to be a mentor to a new teacher here. This is new to me, but it’s something I’m excited about. The logical part of my brain says be the teacher and mentor you wanted to have when you first started. Okay, that’s a good start. But the things I’ve gathered and the lessons I’ve learned are simply one point of view. So, in all of you folks’ collective wisdom, what’s the best piece of advice you r
When I was a CNA in long term care, we had two separate instances of a child of the resident coming in to visit their elderly parent who was using a low flow O2 nasal cannula. The visitor shut off the concentrator and booked it out of the building. … An assassination attempt, apparently. This didn’t go well. Concentrator alarm went off nice and loud. We got it tuned back on, settings where they should be. Assessed patient. All was well. Visitor banned moving forward, obviously. I am curious how many others have witnessed a similar occurrence? submitted by /u/Sudden-World-2304 [link] [comments]
Hi all. Quick question to my healthcare workers, “ What do you think the best shift to work is between the following”: (5 x 8’s) 8am-4:30pm (4 x 10s) 8am-6pm (3 x 12s) 7am-7pm I’m in Nuclear Medicine so there can be days when there is a lot of down time, and the days can drag. But I love the idea of having 4-5 days off a week, but I realize those 3-4 days on im exhausted. I’m not really cooking dinner or going to the gym how I’d like. Is this something I’d adjust to? What’s your preference? M-F (5x8s) aren’t bad because you have your entire evening free, but two days off just isn’t enough. And most corporate businesses are always closed while im working 🙄 submitted by /u/HighlyFavored7777 [link] [comments]
I went to my daughter’s open house. They had a bulletin board full of AI-altered photos of the whole staff. I said to a coworker, “I’m glad no one did that to us!” Then she showed me an AI photo of my team. I hate it it and did not consent submitted by /u/Don_Quixotel [link] [comments]
Of course we all know that hashtag-not-all-teachers and that only a Sith deals in absolutes, but what do you most often like about the people who have chosen to take on the same career that you have? (If you're super uncomfortable making those kinds of generalizations about millions of people you don't know, fine, I get it , then what is your favorite thing about the teachers you specifically work with?) submitted by /u/kaeorin [link] [comments]
Out of curiosity. My current place of employment has no pay bump, no time off incentives, and I have no interest in doing it because of the added responsibilities. In the past, I’ve worked in settings where the charge nurse role came with an hourly pay raise or an additional 12H of paid time off per scheduling period. For people who have successfully avoided the charge nurse role, what did you say to your management? submitted by /u/Forsaken-Egg-9896 [link] [comments]
As seen in Bristol, Connecticut; good to know some of us can keep a sense of humor whilst the world is on fire! submitted by /u/merryone2K [link] [comments]
I graduated nursing school in September of 2024. I landed a job in my dream unit Cardiac Surgery Stepdown in hopes to move to the ICU once I was comfortable. I was there for 1 year on nightshift which I actually didn't mind. I liked my job but I did feel like I wasn't learning as much as I could. The stepdown has 3:1 ratio and most were stable. After a year I decided to try out the Emergency Department at the same hospital which is Trauma 1. Talk about a change lol. Chaos and lots of personalities that didn't take the job as serious as I did and I left after 4 months. I am now working at an outpatient clinic. The work is so easy and I now feel like a glorified secretary. My ultimate goal is to go back to school for CRNA. That being said I need at least 2 more years of ICU experience. I am currently working on my bachelors online for 1 year. I am unsure if I should try to get back into the ICU or just wait until I've completed my BSN and apply then. The clinic is M-F and would allow me
Hello, I am starting my second year teaching and I am feeling terrible. Last year I was freshly graduated but still uncertified. I was hired at a school for 5th grade, but 2 months later switched to kinder because of enrollment. My first year was insane, the abrupt change really set me back and I didn’t get the guidance I needed because by the time they switched me the year had already started rolling. At the end of the year all uncertified teachers had to resign (district required it). The last week of school the principal told me she really liked me and that she found a way to keep me but that it had to be for prek 3. I was sooo unsure about it, I loved kinder and I felt like prek 3 was too young and also I have that terrible mindset that I will be babysitting. I decided to accept it because I liked the people and the principal, also not a lot of observations and no testing sounded nice. During the summer I made it known to my principal that I would prefer prek 4. She would always sa
I was working night shift last night, and around 6/6:30 a pt tells me she is nauseous. I know that the night residents are changing shifts and wouldnt answer so I told her I was gonna tell the day resident when they come on the floor. The resident comes at around 6:45 and I let them know immediately. She tells her attending, and when the attending goes in the room the pt tells her that shes been having chest pain and nausea all night and told the nurse around 8pm. This literally cannot be true because I was in and out of the room, and myself and the aids were changing her all night. She was sleeping soundly until 6! When the attending questioned me about it, I told her what happened and that she never told me any of this. She goes on to say in front of all the residents and the head nurse, “I believe the patient because night shift nurses never do anything. We need night nurses like our good day shift ones. The patients are always neglected at night.” I was literally gagged like I coul
I admittedly went into nursing during the pandemic after my science degree because it seemed like a safe option. I liked science, healthcare, and the idea of nursing. I liked learning about medications and how the body works. However, once I started working, I quickly realized it wasn’t what I was looking for. I’ve been looking for options since then and it just feels like no one has further ideas, which had made me feel boxed in. Nursing made me realize I’m very introverted and find the amount of patient interaction in nursing draining. I like diving into the nitty-gritty details, but nursing doesn’t always allow that with the constant tasks to accomplish. Nursing has made me a better worker, a better multi-tasked, and strengthened my critical thinking, but I’d ideally like something where I can really fixate on details and have less interaction with people. 😅 I’m also wanting more flexibility as I’d like the ability to travel more than once a year. I’ve spent the last year exploring
A lot of educational advocates seem to think that they are able to force outcomes because they really want them to happen. It's interesting to see school districts that set five year targets for getting every student up to grade level. I read a book called The Price: Who's In Charge of America's Schools. The focus is on Newark's school district and how Mark Zuckerburg donated 100 million dollars to improve the district in the 2010s. It goes on and on about schools that declared their commitment to helping kids and how they planned to get kids up to grade level. In just about every case, they failed. They promised to get go 50% proficiency in two years, then 75%, then 100% in some insanely short amount of time. It seemed obvious to me that no such improvement was going to happen, or was even really possible. The modern incarnation is the idea of closing gaps. I hear this so often. I rarely see kids close gaps, at least not meaningful gaps. Most of the "closing gaps" seems to be just tea
Entering year 10 of teaching. I’m currently 6 weeks pregnant and feeling like I got hit by a bus. There’s an overnight field trip scheduled for my 10th week, and at that point I won’t be publicly telling most people I’m pregnant. I don’t see how I’m going to be able to sleep in a cabin with students, etc. when I’m up all night throwing up. How should I go about asking not to go on this trip? submitted by /u/thatshortteacher [link] [comments]
https://archive.ph/t1ZMh This article was published in today's (7/30/2026) Seattle Times. Investigations and lawsuits to follow. This should be attributed to the police, although it will be interesting to see the timeline of when clinical staff noticed the patient was in distress and their response. submitted by /u/Arlington2018 [link] [comments]
So basically this is my 5th contract and I showed up to my first day and they told me the nurse I was supposed to be with for orientation called out so they stuck me with this lady that doesn’t normally orient. Within the first hour she got annoyed with me for acknowledging orders without her seeing them first so once she said that I assumed she wanted me to take kind of a back seat me first day and help out where I can but observe. At the end of the shift apparently she wrote a long email to the manager about how my judgement wasn’t good as a nurse and how I didn’t know the IV pumps and communication system they used.. I showed up to the second day of orientation and they fired me on the spot. I just feel like travel nursing is so unfair sometimes. submitted by /u/AcadiaSea8487 [link] [comments]
Hi everyone! I’m an ICU nurse and am working on a unit project to help bridge some knowledge gaps between ER & ICU, specifically when ER has to hold ICU-level patients until they get to our floor. I’m considering doing a “quick & dirty” one-page reference or badge buddy for our ER nurses to use when they’re in a pinch. Some of the feedback I’ve gotten from our ER nurses have been some quick-to-reference titration guidelines for drips, like sedation or pressors. Oftentimes, they start the drips but actually aren’t too familiar with our titration guidelines ever since we’ve been updating them (no shade at all, I get it’s a lot). Another suggestion is what to do when assisting a neurosurgeon placing an EVD emergently at bedside - any random procedure I can think of that they may not commonly do or would call us down for. I’ve asked a few of our nurses who came from ER & even texted some old coworkers for more ideas, but sadly they couldn’t come up with anything else 😭 Any other topics you
2 of the 3 admin left (we have too many for such a small school anyways), and unless enrollment improves, we are combining grade levels. I’m assuming I’m teaching 1 and 2. And we go back in 2 weeks. The job market sucks and I have no desire to spend my last few weeks of break looking. I have plans. So… Fuck. submitted by /u/auggiefrog [link] [comments]
I have seen posts like this on here before but I really got my first full glimpse of it tonight. I work in the ED and often change assignments every 4-8hrs. Tonight I had a 12hr assignment and a 10hr hold MS hold. ~500lbs. Incontinent. Via EMS because they tried to get up today and couldn’t get up, insisted it was NEW TODAY!!! And that they ambulate at home w/o assistance. I take some time and grab 2 coworkers to help change and bed bath. Hella wounds everywhere. I explain to the patient that I need to photograph the wounds the EPIC phone for the chart. Pt consents. One of those classic you cannot please pts. They called me into the room at one point to tell me that they don’t like me… worst nurse they’ve ever had etc. then proceeds to question my intelligence by asking how dare I wipe her with wipes, and how dare I use an external cath (that she’s probably going into anaphylaxis from it) I am the one who caused these wounds etc. This person was so large we could not even turn them saf
And I don’t! This summer has been amazing and I never got the July dreads. I retired early, and damn, it feels great. I told my spouse this morning, “I’m going to live longer now!” For all of you still in the trenches, be good to YOURSELF, and your family, because that’s all that really matters. submitted by /u/mxc2311 [link] [comments]
A random story from when I was working at a summer center. We were playing that old paper fortune-teller game (the one where you pick numbers and it tells you your "future job"). I filled it with all kinds of careers: engineer, architect, doctor, teacher, and even more modern ones like YouTuber and gamer. Every time a kid landed on a job, they'd immediately say, "No, I don't want that." So I'd ask, "Okay... then what do you want to be?" Almost every single one of them gave me the same answer: "I just want money. I don't want to work." I'd laugh at first and say, "I wish it worked like that too, but how are you going to make money without working?" Their response was always something like, "Lots of people get money without working." The thing that shocked me wasn't just one kid saying it, it was nearly all of them. These were children between 6 and 10 years old. I remember asking them another day, "What do you like to do in your free time?" Most of the answers revolved around phones: Ro
I did rounds on my patient. Found him foaming at the mouth and panicked. I work at the hospital. I’ve never called a code before, so I got the nurse outside the room. I feel like should’ve called a code first. And called for help.! I was panicked I couldn’t think straight. I had a patient who was alert last time I checked on him and then next thing I know he’s foaming at the mouth. The patient coded, and went to ICU and later passed away. Do you think I did the right thing by getting help first? submitted by /u/Ok-Collar-8761 [link] [comments]
I’m used to the usual “daughter from California” nonsense. I’m used to the FTT dementia ridden granny whose family isn’t willing to accept that she doesn’t want this because “she’s a fighter”. We’ve all seen that. But lately like this summer I’m starting to really get sick of the families who are shocked and astounded that we can’t cure old age. Ma’am your 98 year old mother has been intubated on a vent for 3 weeks. We explained DAILY the exact difficulties we’re having weaning her and that she doesn’t pass any of the breathing trials. You had ✨3 weeks✨ to come to terms with this. We extubated, she did ok on high flow for a day before the secretions and work of breathing caught up for her and she went into extreme respiratory distress. Short of reintubating (no) which mom herself said no to, we have limited options. No she’s not “having a panic attack over being suctioned” she’s PANICKING BECAUSE SHE IS SUFFOCATING WHILE YOU WATCH. And then we have a palliative care meeting after I pus
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Hello everyone! I'm currently in my third year of teacher training and expect to graduate as an ESL teacher next year. I've been working as a teacher assistant at a secondary school. I'm not really getting paid, my "payment" is just a small discount on my college tuition. My main concern is that I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing. So far, I've mostly been monitoring the classroom, helping students when they need assistance, or running small errands for the teacher during class. However, most of the time I'm just sitting in the back of the classroom with nothing to do, and I feel awkward and unproductive. I'm honestly starting to think about quitting because I don't feel like I'm contributing or learning much. Is this normal for a teacher assistant, or should I be taking more initiative? What should I do? I'd really appreciate any advice. submitted by /u/Gold_Clock3916 [link] [comments]
I'm tired of the teachers pushing amazon wishlists on their social medias to their friends year after year.... Fine your very first job. have a registry, items that are going to be career long- nice stapler, step stool, cart, rug-- it's not treating our job professionally asking for consumable supplies year after year after year. What else are you tired of teachers doing? submitted by /u/lovelystarbuckslover [link] [comments]
I’ll go first… The smell of pool floaties. The body bags my hospital use smell exactly like pool floaties. submitted by /u/emily_jcv [link] [comments]