Currently in Zion. Two helicopters have landed and ambulances with park rangers present at the base of the Grotto. Search and rescue in progress.
Anyone have a clue what’s happening? I’ve checked social medias but nothing released.
Hopefully not another fall! :-/
I worked as a CNA for 9 years, then got my RN in 2019 and my BSN in 2021.
I spent time as a bedside nurse on a cardiac PCU. I loved the pay and the flexibility, but I didn’t love having five ICU-level patients on a PCU floor, it was a lot and exhausting. I work at a level one trauma center and the patients are seriously getting sicker and sicker. It’s was the same thing every day, granny confused with a GI bleed and GLF, detoxer, full code 91yr old, newly diagnosed stage 4 cancer with weeks to live, ckd that missed two weeks of dialysis…… it goes on.
Since July, I’ve been working a “soft nursing job” in the cardiac stress lab. We usually do up to 15-20 stress tests a day, plus CTAs with FFR and tilt tables. It’s honestly a pretty easy, low-stress job, but the pay isn’t great. It was a lateral move within the same company, so I lost my iChoice pay and took a decent hit financially. But still Make the same per hour. The schedule is amazing though, Monday through Friday, 6:30–3.
I always said I’d never leave procedural nursing, and work the floor again, but I’m starting to get bored.
I’ll be 41 this year, and I’m torn, do I go back to school and become an NP, maybe specialize in cardiology, or do I stick with the easier, more predictable job I have now and suffer in silence financially.
The end goal is more $$$ but then student loans if I go back to school. 🤷🏼♀️
Im just at a cross roads. Am I going through a midlife crises? Do I need a vacation? Or a change completely? I’m just tired.
So there’s a nurse I used to work with fairly often, but I’ve since moved into a different area of nursing. I’m still friends with a lot of people from that unit, and I see her Facebook posts regularly.
Lately, I’ve noticed she’s been sharing obituaries of patients she previously cared for, at first it was maybe one or two a month, but now it seems like it’s almost weekly.
It’s made me wonder if this is just me overthinking it, or if that could potentially be crossing a line with HIPAA or professionalism. I don’t want to come across the wrong way, because I’ve definitely built close relationships with families before. I’ve even attended a patient’s funeral once after being personally invited by the family.
ETA:
For context, this nurse is also my friend, and I’m not trying to put her down at all. I know she cares about her patients. But she has had HIPAA-related issues before, and there was also a situation where she and her boyfriend (who’s also a nurse) were talking about a shared patient and another nurse overheard. So that’s part of why this has kind of stuck with me.
My concern isn’t really judgment, it’s more just not wanting her to accidentally put herself in a bad position if the wrong person sees it, especially with how social media can be in healthcare.
It’s happening often enough now that it’s been on my mind, and I’m just curious how other people in healthcare would see it or interpret it.
We live in Northeast Tennessee and spend a lot of time hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains. I also lived in Colorado for a few years and knocked out a few 14ers, some with real exposure, so hiking is something I’m pretty comfortable with. Last year we backpacked Havasupai and did the chains at Mooney Falls, honestly, I’d do that again in a heartbeat.
With that background, how does Angels Landing really compare? I’ve watched a bunch of YouTube videos with the 360 views, and I think I’m starting to get in my own head. The climb up looks intimidating with exposure, but it’s the descent that’s making me nervous. I’m questioning the hike all together, however, it’s a bucket list item for me.
Any tips or advice from people who’ve done it?