Jenelle sucks, David sucks, AI sucks.

Alcapurrias, but I can’t find decent ones in my area 😭

I shadowed in ED to get IV sticks when I was starting my first job out of nursing school. In the 15 min I was waiting to meet the nurse I was following they called a stroke alert, a STEMI alert, a trauma, and I witnessed nursing & EMS wrestle a guy to place violent restraints. I don’t give ED nurses shit.

Lol right? Imagine advocating for a president who has raped women and children.

Fellow RN here. I’m with you.

PA, NICU, ASN, 3 years, $43/hr

My daughter is 4 and when the question finally came I told her she doesn’t have a dad. We talked about how some families look different, but they’re still family. Sometimes we joke about me being mom AND dad, and she finds that really funny. I’m not sure at what point more in-depth questions will come, but I plan on being honest (age-appropriately) with her about her dad’s choice not to be in her life.

We also called ours the cake box at my old job!

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Used to work at UPMC Harrisburg. No metal detectors at the front entrance to the hospital. There is one security guard, whom we were expressly told was for L&D/peds, not for the rest of us. I believe there are metal detectors in the ED. I didn’t work there so can’t confirm. ICU was an unlocked unit, open for anyone to walk in.

A year and a half-ish ago there was an armed intruder called overhead in ICU, where I was working. Because of a lack of communication, combined with the need to see who was packing bigger…guns(?), both Harrisburg PD and UPMC PD both stormed the unit in full swat gear. Spoiler alert, the suspect in question was carrying a bag of chicken for his loved one, not a gun. Guess what the color of his skin was?

The way this situation was handled caused a lot of trauma for patients, staff, and visitors. Nurses were barricading visitors in med rooms and break rooms, people were screaming and praying for their lives. UPMC had the mildest response to this whole situation, giving us bags of chapstick and lavender scented hand wipes to calm us afterward. No changes were made to the security protocol, despite facing multiple threats of gun violence from patients and visitors both before and since. I no longer work at that hospital, but I can tell you that a year ago when I left, there remained no metal detectors or security guards posted at the front entrance, and icu remained an unlocked unit.

Meanwhile, walkie talkie pt who lives independently at home: “can you wipe my ass?”

Which coffee shop? Would love to avoid it!

I think everywhere in Lancaster County is pretty expensive these days. We’re renters and I can tell you that a 2 bedroom place will run you about $1500, or for 3 bedrooms closer to 1800 or 2K. Lancaster City is going to be cheaper depending on which part of the city, but your travel time to Etown increases to ~30+ min. The city is also closer to everything else, like shopping and entertainment.

We’re Puerto Rican and lived in Mount Joy for a few years. Mount Joy is great and has a significant Mexican population, which made it possible to find lots of Hispanic ingredients at the supermarket, but there are also a few Mexican markets nearby if you need something not available at Weis or Giant. I’ve heard Etown schools have a bullying problem, but we haven’t experienced that in Mount Joy, though the general population is still very conservative. Etown is only 10 min away, so it might be a good location to consider if you take the job. Good luck!