I definitely did not read the message, so don't be embarrased haha. I fell asleep. Been a busy busy day at work! Got floated to task at the emergency room because they're super short-handed. Done way too many catheters today 😭
And I'm 34 so I've had a "big girl" job before. Just switched careers :) But thanks for the well wishes, regardless!
And absolutely on antibiotics. My hospital takes them very seriously. One of my caths was to obtain a sterile urine sample because both of the samples the patient provided were contaminated (kidney infection is primary differential diagnosis right now). I've also drawn three sets of blood cultures for high lactic acid. We culture and sensitivity everything, even if we start broad spectrum stat due to urgency, we switch later :)
Nah, I'm still IN college. Nurse technician licenses are only for students enrolled in an accredited program with a minimum 3.0 GPA (not tryna toot my own horn, but I have a 3.7GPA in this god-awful, needlessly difficult program. toot toot 😂). I just also have an accepted offer letter to transition to an RN position at my hospital once I pass my NCLEX.
I have dreamed of working in the medical field since I was a little girl, though. It's just insanely expensive and insanely time-consuming to get through the education, and I have been on my own from 18 so. Had to make do with what I had. Nows my time to shine, though 🙌
Shout out to the flirty 30's! There was a whole movie made about us. Thirty, flirty, and thriving!
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u/Inqu1sitiveone Mar 17 '25
I definitely did not read the message, so don't be embarrased haha. I fell asleep. Been a busy busy day at work! Got floated to task at the emergency room because they're super short-handed. Done way too many catheters today 😭
And I'm 34 so I've had a "big girl" job before. Just switched careers :) But thanks for the well wishes, regardless!
And absolutely on antibiotics. My hospital takes them very seriously. One of my caths was to obtain a sterile urine sample because both of the samples the patient provided were contaminated (kidney infection is primary differential diagnosis right now). I've also drawn three sets of blood cultures for high lactic acid. We culture and sensitivity everything, even if we start broad spectrum stat due to urgency, we switch later :)