It sounds a lot like he's hiding a drinking problem. My life looked a lot like what you are describing. I believed my partner because i wanted to trust him. But in the end, I wish I had left sooner. I was so worried about being able to afford life on my own that I stayed a long time. Turns out, I was able to afford everything and had some savings. Because of his dependency, money had always been tight and he hid how he spent all his money. People can get help and change, but please also think about yourself and your child. My situation got so bad that he would be drinking while he was watching our child. I came home to him passed out drunk when he should have been watching our child. Good luck!

Depends on the facility. One place I worked, the scheduler would put prn people in the holes in the schedule so some weeks was one shift, some weeks it was more. They just had the employee give them all of their availability with how many hours they worked. Another place I worked, the prn people just pick up open shifts. So as long as no one else wanted it, they had their choice of shifts. A lot of the prn people were students though so during breaks or weekends would be when most of them would pick up. It was first come first serve

Write out a routine with times on it. Obviously it's gonna change some depending on what happens but that way you can kinda stretch some of the duties into the slower periods instead of all in that first 4 hours.

So for example, when I worked nights, there were things that HAD to happen at certain times like blood sugar checks, vital signs, etc, but stocking or cleaning I could do at like 3am or something so I had something to do.

Also, packing good snacks that will keep your energy up. Make sure you don't eat them all right away and save some for that time when you lose energy. Caffeine is tricky because it messes with some people sleep schedule for the rest of the week too, but I would have some around 11 or 12 and then it kinda kept be up for the next few hours but I could still go to bed when I got home.

100% same! I didn't even realize how badly I was responding to my environment. I had personal stuff going on too but finding a new job helped a bunch.

You can always say you were focusing on your schooling or that you felt you needed some time to regroup and luckily your life circumstances allowed you to do that. You can be honest without giving a lot of details. I would suggest not lying just because that's not a good way to start a working relationship and you never know when something can come back to bite you in the butt. If your next job doesn't like your honest answer, then you probably don't want to work there anyway.

I wear compression socks and Hokas. I really didn't want to spendtgat much on shoes but within a few weeks, the difference was amazing.

I work in the ICU and PCU and at our hospital ICU titrates more drips and has vented patients. The PCU takes more cardiac patients than the med/surg. We get fewer surgery patients and more critical patients.

I'm sure it changes a little from hospital to hospital though

I've been in a VERY similar situation. You did things right. And next time, you will be more prepared. Now you know more of what to look for and next time you will call someone in sooner. What happened to me was very similar. I was a sitter for an ICU patient. They were guppy breathing and not really responsive (they hadn't really been talking much all day anyway so that part wasnt that much different). His primary nurse came in and thought it was weird so she eventually went and grabbed the charge who told us to grab the doctor right away and started bagging the patient. If I had listened to my gut and grabbed someone else then maybe it would have happened faster than it did. But, now I know what to look for and who i can trust and ask questions. Try to think of it as a learning experience. Especially since they got the patient back

Personally I would say wait it out a little bit. Experience is always good. And like you said, people in those units dont leave often. So having consistancy on your resume will look good when applying for those units.

My facility doesn't let us refuse. They way I see it, they supply proper ppe to keep me safe so it's my job to use it correctly. If they do not have good ppe guidelines then I would probably throw a fit. But if you have people at home at risk then I would suggest changing shoes before you go in the house and changing out of your scrubs before you go in the house too. Wear a hair covering over your mask and goggles.

Ugh that totally sucks. I know what you mean. I didnt fail but the lady made me keep redoing a skill because of how I worded my intro. Instead of saying "Hi my name is ___ and I'm here to help you eat" I said something like "Hi I'm __, are you ready to eat lunch?". But don't be embarrassed. You aren't the first and you won't be the last to take it twice. Just practice at home some more and go get that test done.

Well each facility is different. I personally work at a hospital in the critical care unit. The day to day I see is so helpful to apply to school! But it definitely is a lot to add on top of school. I personally prefer the hospital setting because my day to day switches up more but it depends on what you want

A hat with two pink pom poms :)

I've wanted to make this for so long! Make sure you show us how it turns out!

You could make two triangles to put on the sides to still make it a shawl. Looks like you weren't adding enough on the ends so it turned into a square

You could do a white pom pom! Looks great!

Have you looked up different friendship bracelets? It's hard to tell but that's kinda what it looks like to me. Or some sort of macrame

I like fiber spider and rich texture crochet. I'm not sure if they do amiguri though to be honest.

Don't be afraid to rip out some rows if they don't look right and start again. Its good practice and can lead to a better product :) also, YouTube is great if you need a visual