u/Choices_yikes

So I (22f) live with two women and one man all 55+ (family friends) for about a month. Only charge me $500/month in AZ. But idk if I can do it any longer.
They’re very nice BUT I have like no space? Like they have two fridges and it’s basically first come first serve when it comes to space and they will not throw out old food out and I can’t even cook because I don’t have any space in the fridge to place my food. So I’m eating out more than I planned. The older man is retired and is always home. He will be in the common spaces from like 8am-2am MOST DAYS. Everytime he sees me he will try to have a convo with me(I work OT I do not have energy.) Like yesterday I came home with groceries and he was in his room for once and the moment he heard me HE LEFT HIS ROOM TO TALK TO ME. Very kind man tho but one of my pet peeves is people talking to me when I’m cooking or cleaning.

Another thing is again I don’t have any spot in the kitchen so all my kitchenware+appliances, seasonings, rice is all in my room which I am not enjoying because it takes up a good amount of space in my room. Lastly, him and wife argue sometimes(she starts cussing and slamming things). She works nights so she’s up till 12am on her days off and she starts playing music+ singing and just has a loud voice and woke me up a couple times(I work very early mornings).

Granted yes I can get a mini fridge and yes I can tell them about my problem but these are family friends and in my culture this can be seen as very disrespectful. The other roommate who’s been here for years say this is normal for them.

Should I wait it out for a few more months- year or dip out when I can?

TLDR- I’m having troubles discussing my problems because of the age gap and family relation. Should I just move out or get used to the environment first?

So basically last last Friday I had a interview for night shift inpatient rehab. Went extremely well and the manager and charge nurse seemed excited to have me (the manager was actually my coworker when she was the floor nurse at my current cna job) and then the following monday I shadowed for 2 hours. After the shadow the manager said that I will be hearing from the HR team soon and see you soon. 8 days later… nothing😭?(yes I checked my spam).

Luckily I was still interviewing other places and I just got done shadowing at dialysis and boom got a email within an hour with all the details etc. is it possible that’s there’s an issue with the hiring team causing them to delay sending me a email about the offer? Yes but it’s also possible that they ghosted me. But either way I find it quite unprofessional to have someone wait for a simple email about the further steps. So I decided to take the offer in dialysis instead.

Basically what I’m trynna say is don’t get too excited like me and tell everyone and post about it(I made a post on here last week about me getting a offer embarrassing LMAO) and most importantly KEEP ON APPLYING KEEP ON INTERVIEWING DONT wait on places until you officially signed paper works and all that😔😭.

Just accepted my first new grad job in a inpatient neuro/ortho rehab in Arizona! I decided to pick nights because I was offered $42/hr. Which is est ~$400 difference a month compared to if I work days(I can finally afford protein😭😭)

I never worked in healthcare during the nights(cna of almost 3 years). I was getting some insight on how night shift is and many of my workers talked about how miserable their life was on their days off.

I don’t really care about my social life since I prefer alone time and staying home. But I’m more concerned on the physical health part. I’m acne prone and my skin just recently cleared up, started losing weight again, taking care of myself for once by exercising. I def feel a huge difference in my energy levels and mental health. Now I’m getting worried that all of it is gonna go to waste if I work night shift:(.

Did anyone have any luck with night shift not totally rinsing a change in their daily life? Or did it def take extra effort to keep up?

So I just got offered two new grad positions in AZ and I really need help picking one!

Option 1- Outpatient Dialysis

Pros

-No Sundays, holidays, or night shift, 5-6 wks pto first year

-great on resume due to high critical thinking

-Very specialized field

-High chance of being able to relocate to different states or even countries as it is a global chain

Cons

- M/W/F with T/TS rotating schedule when one of my man reasons of doing nursing was to be able to have 8 days off without using PTO

-heard from other nurses that it’s best to start off on floor nursing as dialysis is very complicated

Option 2 trauma/neuro rehab

Pros

-I worked as a CNA at a similar rehab so I’m very familiar with the environment

-good place to learn time management and possibly easier to transfer to a acute hospital setting

-Basics of nursing for the most part

Cons

-Night shift

-7-8 patients

-Physically hard on your body despite good body mechanics

-nurses who worked at my rehab said you lose your nursing skills here

Pay is more at the rehab but of course I am working nights but the base pay is the same.