u/Affectionate_Swing87

I’m currently looking for a used car in Toronto Ontario.

My budget is $10,000 and I’m not trying to hear anybody tell me that’s “too little.” Like be serious. I understand the used car market changed, but there has to be somebody selling a decent car for under $10k.

I’m not super picky about the year of the car. I just want something reliable, decent looking on the outside, and comfortable to drive in the winter because I live in Canada and I genuinely hate winter driving. I’d prefer an SUV but realistically I’d settle for a sedan if it gets the job done.

I’ve been looking on Facebook Marketplace, CarGurus, and AutoTrader, and I don’t know what happened to AutoTrader. A couple years ago it seemed way better. Now it feels like people are just throwing their beat-up cars on there with horrible pictures and insane prices.

Also, what is with people putting emojis all over the description box? Every sentence has a green checkmark beside it. Like okay, we get it. Just tell me about the actual car. I don’t know why, but seeing a million emojis in a vehicle listing immediately turns me off from it. It just feels unprofessional to me.

And before everyone says Toyota or Honda, trust me, I KNOW. I’ve been reading Reddit and Google for days and apparently those are the only two companies on earth that know how to build a reliable car. Meanwhile every other manufacturer gets treated like they’re held together with glue and prayers.

But seriously, are there any other good options people would recommend within this budget?

Sooo I’m a new float/resource nurse nearing the end of orientation and every shift I keep getting assigned to the same rehab/TCU units over and over again 😭

I honestly thought since I’m a new hire they would try to expose me to different units, especially medicine units. I already emailed management about it, but I know it might just be out of their control 🤷‍♀️

My biggest concern is that I wanted to become more comfortable with skills I’m not entirely confident in before becoming independent. Things like IV’s, PIVs, Foley insertions, PICC lines, etc. On rehab/TCU, most patients are pretty stable so it’s mostly med passes and wound care, which I already feel comfortable with. I wanted orientation to be the time where I could learn unfamiliar things while still having support beside me.

Now it feels like my first time dealing with certain situations or skills will be when I’m already independent 😭 But honestly, I’m realizing that even if I got extra orientation shifts or got placed on medicine more often, it still depends on the patient assignment and whether those opportunities even come up. So I guess a part of being a nurse is just learning as you go and gaining confidence while independent, like a lot of people probably did.

Anyways, any tips or advice for a new grad working in the hospital? Anyone wanna share their experiences when they were a new grad? I know that there’s going to be that uncomfortable learning curve for the first couple of months which I’m preparing for haha