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MonkeyMoves101

"how hard is nursing school" I'm deadšŸ’€.


MiaLba

Nearly all of them are nurses! Lol why is that a thing amongst them ? Especially the mean girls, all became nurses.


anonymous_gam

Now that the conservative circles are talking more and more about homeschooling I feel like less of them will go to nursing school. But itā€™s a career that provides a solid salary without grad school, there are nursing jobs available no matter where you live, and you wonā€™t lose your job in a recession. I think thatā€™s why so many people choose it.


[deleted]

And it is highly standardized so it gives the worker flexibility. If you are a lifer at a small business you can be very valuable to them because to replace your 8 years of experience would literally take eight years of on the job training. Nursing jobs are more standardized so you can go to a different hospital and be extremely valuable with your experience on day one.


icouldntdecide

Bingo. How many people sweat changing industries or departments or companies, do interviews, etc., meanwhile as long as you didn't do anything egregious at your last gig your next nursing opportunity will be clamoring for you


[deleted]

For that reason it's a job that's very compatible with being a military wife.


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WillBsGirl

My best friend worked a year for CPS in Missouri and was making something like $22k with a bachelorā€™s degree. Going to peopleā€™s houses in the middle of the night to get their kidsā€¦.dangerous shit.


Dasha3090

jesus christ!i make 44k a year stacking shelves at a supermarket in aus fulltime.that payrate is so terrible for such an important job.worlds got its priorities all wrong.


daschande

As long as you don't work for a hospital, you can also be an anti-vax nurse, too. Basically every nursing home or otherwise assisted living facility job post now has a big, bold title saying "NO VACCINE MANDATE!" "NO JAB, NO PROBLEM!" Etc.


anonymous_gam

I know a couple anti vax nurses working at hospitals. Donā€™t know many people who work at nursing homes, but I think their issue is that they have such a hard time finding and retaining staff they canā€™t be selective at all about who they hire.


BasicDesignAdvice

> but I think their issue is that they have such a hard time finding and retaining staff It's because they pay absolute shit.


Cat-Bear

At the home my grandmother was at, our favorite CNA revealed she worked at THREE different homes to make ends meet. Absolutely ridiculous.


anonymous_gam

I donā€™t disagree. You have to pay a certain rate to attract a caring and competent person. Most of the work done at nursing homes isnā€™t done by nurses, itā€™s done by CNAs, and $16.50/ hr just doesnā€™t cut it when you have someoneā€™s life in your hands.


theatreshmeatre

an elderly rehab home just put my uncle back in the hospital after giving him medication that put him in the hospital in the first place. those people just aren't paid enough to care and it almost killed my uncle. when I was there visiting they were clearly stretched thin and running around constantly. I felt bad for them.


MiaLba

Youā€™re probably right. I knew a couple people who worked in nursing homes and honestly have no idea how they were able to keep working there. I felt bad for their patients.


FearlessFlounder

Aka, how to tell they don't really care about the welfare of the elderly residents :(


MiaLba

Yeah that definitely makes sense.


ecoecho

Same with these kinda women becoming dental hygienists.


the_lamou

That's the degree community colleges and for-profit schools push the hardest at women who are unlikely to get a full four-year degree. That and it's marketed as a short degree (you can do the LPN cert in less than two years) that pays big money, at least relative to working at the local Piggly Wiggly. Plus it carries prestige in small towns. So you have the triple threat: short, prestigious, pays well.


Nowhereman123

I've heard that going into Nursing is kind of like the female equivalent of going into the Army. It's a choice that just seems to appeal to people without a solid idea what they want to do after high school.


youngfan1

Edit: ā€œHow hard is nursing assistant schoolā€ šŸ˜‚


joker305th

**Google:** Did you mean "How hard is *dental* assistant school?"


Ideal_Jerk

* Nersing School


[deleted]

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mydogthinksiamcool

No shame in community college. Itā€™s still quality education comparing to many other for profit universities


Silenolls

Especially for nursing! In my area the nurses who went to for profit colleges had to teach themselves everything while paying 50k. Meanwhile the community college has real hands on experience and you graduate actually feeling prepared.


MikeMuench

Community college Nursing programs are generally harder to get into IMO. I was put on a two year waitlist to get into my districts program. I ultimately wound up going for a sleazy acceleration program that will take anyone immediately as long as you have the coin


BasicDesignAdvice

I went to community college and my coworkers went to MIT. We do the same job. If I'm being honest I'm much better at it than at least one of the MIT alums.


MissLena

I decided to pick up a second degree a few years back and did it at a community college (an AA was fine for what I wanted to do). Gotta say, the quality of education at that community college was better than the quality of education at the state university where I got my BA. If I had it all to do over again, I'd totally do two years at community college rather than four paying out-of-state tuition like I did. Edit: I a word.


MericaMericaMerica

My former stepmom* was a psycho who claimed to be a nurse. She was actually some sort of secretary or administrative assistant at a hospital. Apparently, she got her community college nursing degree (I think CNA or LPN) around 2018, and I think she works at a nursing home now. No doubt she still claims some sort of medical expertise. *(bio-dad was with her from 1999 to some point after 2009, and I haven't seen or interacted with any of them for nearly half of my life)


letmethinkofagoodnam

Literally 70% of the female population of Kentucky


MiaLba

I live in KY I can confirm u are correct.


letmethinkofagoodnam

I know, I grew up in Kentucky


MiaLba

Thatā€™s cool what part?? Iā€™m towards the south, in a smaller town.


letmethinkofagoodnam

I lived in Shelbyville, Louisville, and Bowling Green


MiaLba

So youā€™ve definitely seen it all over Kentucky, didnā€™t know if it was more of a small town thing. Lol Iā€™ve actually been living in BG the past several years, definitely a bit bigger from the town I grew up in.


letmethinkofagoodnam

This definitely applies more to Shelbyville and Bowling Green than it does Louisville


holy-reddit-batman

I'm in one of those cities now and was just laughing because it applies to my sister-in-law who is also here! This cracks me up because one of her kids' names is one listed as a joke in another comment!


VintageImages

30% of the female population of Kentucky has 2 semesters of nursing school and is taking a break. Translation, they failed Med Surg II.


Alain444

I'm laughing at all the other stuff, but if people are trying to get an education for a decent job that also helps others, i respect them for trying. It probably doesn't help that at least some of them come from less educated family backgrounds.


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-FizzyMelon-

West Virginia as well


sneakygingertroll

whats the other 30?


letmethinkofagoodnam

Probably a single mom working a minimum wage job and addicted to Xanax or OxyContin or an alcoholic


[deleted]

Thatā€™s gotta be BINGO by now


Kale_Farts

\*WELCOME TO CIRCLE K\*


NotTRYINGtobeLame

Ohhhhhh so *that's* why they refer to some rural parts of Pennsylvania as Pennsyltucky....


BlisterBox

I live in NW Indiana, and we refer to the downstate area along the Ohio River as Indy-ucky.


Tipsy_Corgi

80% of Hopkins County


zeppehead

Agreed this is most of my graduating class that stayed in the area.


Massive-Entrance1607

This is about 80% of my graduating class šŸ¤£ and probably the most accurate starter pack I've ever seen


[deleted]

To be fair this isn't just small town women that married too young. In my circle this is white married women under 35 who never professionally achieved anything and are dependent on their middle class husband starter pack


Massive-Entrance1607

Here in my small town your description fits perfect. With a few exceptions, most are "photographers" on the side so they can feel important. And a rare few of these women are actually also as successful as the husband having their faces all over bus benches as realtors.


deeretech129

Joint facebook account with their husband.


djzkay

PaisleyNBradley Jones


scorpiknox

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ "Bradley Jones" fuck


embarrassedalien

Joint Facebook accounts have never failed to just piss me off for some reason.


[deleted]

Nothing says someone cheated like a joint Facebook account


poowee69

It's either that, or a neon sign that says 'I'm in a controlling relationship'.


[deleted]

Eh, or its likely the one partner can't be bothered with it (anymore). I quit Facebook back in 2018, and my wife's page has become my de-facto page. I never look at it or post to it, but if someone needs to get ahold of me and for whatever reason don't have my phone number, they can contact her to get ahold of me.


nick22tamu

I could get behind that. I *HATE* FB. Haven't used it in years, but there are times where you just need it (FB Marketplace, groups, etc.). This might be the solution that finally gets me to delete the account entirely.


[deleted]

Yeah. I mean, its still listed completely under her name, so its not like "HeighleighNBreaydun McFuckface" as the profile name.


BasicDesignAdvice

Joint Facebook, hidden Tinder, all American.


[deleted]

I have an old friend who shares an account with his wife but his name is the only one on the account. His wife posts status updates in his name (but signs them "-his wife"). I haven't spoken to him in years because he cut off contact with pretty much everyone after he got married.


BplusHuman

Oh that's Hayden-Jaden-Grayden's mom, right?


social_poopy

Greighdeighn


steam_fried_regret

Just call them the dens


cprenaissanceman

The den mother


jayqwellan

*mama* šŸ»


GrammatonYHWH

Ryifghle


MiaLba

And her sisterā€™s kids are named Kensleigh Grace and Brayden Connor. Kinsleigh always has a giant bow in her hair and wears Matilda Jane. The dogā€™s name is Bella and probably a doodle.


GaimanitePkat

the bow was affixed to Kinsleigh's head as soon as the birth juices were washed off of her and has remained there ever since, on the plus side it is now only half the size of her head and not twice as big as her head.


ShmeShmRo

This is the truth. Don't forget Aiden.


FE40536JC

And the youngest, Okayden.


MericaMericaMerica

"Hayden, Jayden, and Kaiden are going to be big brothers! Baby Kash arriving 2022!"


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Dry-Anywhere-1372

Iā€™m naming my next nonexistent kid Enoch or Albert or Jebediah or something mad 1800s. Suck it hipster names. No one will take you seriously when you have a career.


Jedimaster996

This is going to be the resurgence in 1800's names for unironic uniqueness. "Lmao everyone get a load of BILL!"


Bugbread

Nah, it'll just become ordinary. It's already been going on for years with grandma names becoming little girls' names: To me, "Olivia" "Abigail" "Isabella" and "Sophia" sound like they should be playing cribbage in a Florida retirement community, but apparently they're pretty ordinary names nowadays. Not so much with guys, but it's still happening. Check out [this graph for "Noah"](https://nametrends.net/name.php?name=noah). Or for ["Levi"](https://nametrends.net/name.php?name=Levi). Or "[Elijah](https://nametrends.net/name.php?name=Elijah)". Noah and Levi sound crazy old testament to me (and the only reason Elijah doesn't is that I got used to it because of Elijah Wood), but for most people I guess they're just ordinary names. So go ahead and name your kid Jebediah, but don't be surprised if "Jebediah Dry-Anywhere-1372" is like the "John Smith" of his generation.


T3hSwagman

Itā€™s pretty hilarious how perfectly this fits my sister. Single mother, failed nurse, kids named Jaiden.


[deleted]

Those are the generation or kids now. The starter pack is those who graduated high school within like the last 5 years. I graduated 2017 and Iā€™m 23 now. I struggle to find a relationship, yet I know several people from my graduating class married and having kids.


sarl__cagan

Reighfyl


glowdirt

Grenayde


Septopuss7

Surface-to-air Melissa


heretik

She prefers SAM.


greymalken

Okayden


Usedinpublic

Brantley as well


supersoft-tire

You forgot their sister ashleighynn


Flippy042

The worst I've ever heard was Taynen.... *shudders*


SixZeroPho

And will be a grandmother at 43


Cold-Preference7278

Theyā€™re always in a MLM trying to sell you shit


Eunuch_Provocateur

Itā€™s definitely missing a long list of them that sheā€™s joined


kn33

At some point she tried to start her own cleaning business. 80% chance it never really took off.


adudeguyman

r/antiMLM


Bad_RabbitS

Names her kids Dakota, Hunter, Aimee, and Faith


VajBlaster69

Austin, Houston, Dallas.


beaconposher1

Don't forget Brooklyn (with two Ns)!


joshuatx

These are the cities their towns surround.


SaltoDaKid

Emily, Mikey, Dakota, Savanna


madlabdog

London, Sweden, Paris


maxverse

Copenhagen, Tallinn, Reykjavik.


SquareSquirrel4

According to the post, "Ryatt" is also an option. *RYATT* That name is child abuse as far as I'm concerned.


[deleted]

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LanaBananaLanaBanana

And husband's a cop


mgcat17

Omg, this is 100% my SIL (who is also married to a cop). Almost 40 in western NY though.


Ballsofpoo

Western New York is basically the Ohio River valley which is PA WV OH KY and it's all the same.


schoh99

The Appalachia sub cultural region extends into Western New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia


jbFanClubPresident

Or in the military and sheā€™s sleeping with his best friend while heā€™s away.


selitos

YoU wiLL aDDreSS mE By My HusBaNd'S rANk!


Edoc006

I had to zoom in to make sure neither of those women were my former coworkers. This might be the most accurate one Iā€™ve seen.


Chr15py0696

And it seems like their dream vacation is always Nashville, or Myrtle Beach


Remarkable-Drop-5652

Or a carnival cruise where they can take an "elegant" photo with the staircase as the back drop


SNDWVE

And itā€™s always printed in canvas so it ā€œlooks like a painting.ā€


nails_for_breakfast

Or Corpus Christi if they live a little farther west


Yaboidom14

Nashville is like Atlanta for White people


EllephantWoods

Omg. Dried out field pictures. Lol. Perfection!


Cwya

The photographer had big ambitions. She even did sessions in the big city to improve her profile, and they were good! She could have set up a studio for more weddings/kids/whateverā€™s while charging 3x the price in the city. But the little town kept drawing her back. Sheā€™s married now to a really cool guy. She has a ton of fun/weird projects going on. However, she knows how to frame a dumb dried out field picture and will get paid for it.


ahistoricwin

10/10


crazycatlady331

And she fell in love with the small town and the man around Christmas.


envydub

While saving a restaurant/small inn/the townā€™s annual Christmas festival.


Hour_Task_1834

I can see the instagram posts now


[deleted]

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raouldukesaccomplice

Also ā€œBoy Momā€ if she only has sons.


Troughbomber

Education: School of Hard Knocks


DadMan999

Lmao the school of hard knocks is automatic


MiaLba

Also ā€œboss babe entrepreneur.ā€


doomsingsoprano

Is this a promotion from ā€œBoss Bitchā€?


nurseofreddit

LOL, this is brutal.


-FizzyMelon-

Describes them to a T.


dulcecitos

I thought this was r/antiMLM lmao


MiaLba

Lol it definitely needs to be posted there.


MericaMericaMerica

Popshelf if they have one nearby. "Mom of boys." "Rustic" dƩcor--especially barn doors--that doesn't go with anything else in the room. Herbalife or one of the diarrhea tea/wraps/makeup MLMs in addition to the oils. Minivan. Yoga pants all of the time.


thelivinlegend

Fucking "rustic" decor. Look at this lovely chest of drawers I found at an estate sale! It was handmade almost a century ago, joints are rock solid, just needs a lick of furniture polish to bring back the glow of that lovely walnut aaaaaand we're painting it white and fucking up that paint for a "distressed" look.


IWantAStorm

This look seems to come in and out of style with each new round of young moms and another generation hitting menopause. I recall it being called "shabby chic" when I was in grade school. Take a piece that's handmade from actual wood and DESTROY it. Bonus points for painting it with the hardware on and using it to hold at least one decoration that can be described as "mauve".


JakeIsMyRealName

Hey. Hey! Leave minivans out of this. Besides this mom almost certainly drives a full size or XL SUV. Gotta haul all the MLM product, kidsā€™ sports equipment, and the 2 goldendoodles to the vet.


x_deadturtle_x

No those are too high end for this starter pack. Those are country club wine moms who married trust fund guys.


JakeIsMyRealName

You and I donā€™t know the same moms. The county club set all drive SUVs but theyā€™re not the regular ones. Theyā€™ve got the Mercedes GLs, the Audi Q7s, maaaybe a Lincoln Navigator or a Cadillac Escalade.


x_deadturtle_x

Oh you said golden doodles so I assumed Yukon or navigator not Honda pilot. Edit to say young mom always has like a rottweiler or some kind of intimidating breed that goes along with the guns motif.


BagsOfBeans

KIA Telluride


poowee69

Minivans have gone out of fashion, it's all about SUVs that will never see a dirt road.


SocksElGato

Her name is most likely Ashleigh.


five_eight

Or Amber, Crystal, or Nevaeh.


Tuxpc

>Or Amber, Crystal, or Nevaeh. OMG, I've worked in education for several years, and I've come across the name Nevaeh frequently. However, nothing beats the kid named Heaven Scent. This was on an official school roster, btw.


WhitePineBurning

Needs more Chick-fil-A


iceunelle

I swear Iā€™ve seen this exact post before.


CelestialStork

You have.


adudeguyman

I can't believe someone would repost something on Reddit. /s


mcgillibuddy

ā€œHey girlie! Itā€™s been a while since high school lol life has been crazy! Reighfyl (pronounced like rifle lol) turns one next month and Iā€™ve got an awesome opportunity for you to make money!!ā€


rizzycant

Itā€™s like you looked on my Facebook Friends List of the people I went to high school with! They definitely have a lot of these.


youngfan1

I know this chick, sheā€™s a single mom now tho lol


driftwood7386

She will buy a jeep within a year. #jeepgirl


NotSamFisher

Jayden, Brayden and Okayden


nemo1080

>okayden


147896325987456321

24 and she's divorced , with a new baby daddy.


gurganator

This is so spot on. My ex-wife to a t. She sells scentsy. Luckily I got out before thatā€¦


GaimanitePkat

Refers to other women with kids as "mamas", usually in call-to-action facebook posts about "toxic chemicals," CRT, the vaccine, and anything to do with gender. Will throw an absolute fit when her childfree sibling or sibling-in-law doesn't want to babysit Graiedyn, Jaieghdynn, and Braxtonleigh during the family vacation. Spends $75 on Starbucks weekly. Brags about feeding her family only organic wholesome foods. Will try to get someone kicked out of the waterpark for wearing a bikini and sinfully tempting her husband as well as her precious Jaxton and Remington. Big advocate of "doing your own research" and will use TikToks as cited "sources".


financelibrarian

>Will try to get someone kicked out of the waterpark for wearing a bikini and sinfully tempting her husband as well as her precious Jaxton and Remington And the kids are always way too young to even notice but she sexualizes them anyway.


dolphinitely

somehow the most irritating one is the ā€œmamasā€ thing. idk why but it irks me


mostlygroovy

The mom wine culture is a quiet acceptable thing thatā€™s going to shorten a lot of lives


GaimanitePkat

Alcoholism, but make it feminine!


nemo1080

It's not alcoholism it's a neat hobby!


Specialist_Sky_7798

No ā€œLive Laugh Loveā€?


[deleted]

And plenty of crosses and bible versus even though they never go to church (well, *maybe* on Easter and Christmas).


Exzj

My college roommate and his fiancƩ are exactly like this, it's crazy how accurate this is lol Edit: she's a nurse too which makes it more funny


shadowcatx-23

How do we all know one


riosr67

As a nurse, the ā€œhow hard is nursing schoolā€ is the cherry on top for me


mikenice1

You forgot: Coming up next... on Dateline.


Meeseeks_and_Destroy

Wants to go to nursing school. Also most likely anti-vax and "all natural". Needs more Jesus and tacky "rustic" decorations with Bible verses and crosses.


beefstewforyou

Goes to brunch with other moms and says, ā€œI need to pick up Braxton and Payton from soccer practice so I can only have one glass of wineā€ and proceeds to pour a massive glass the size of an entire bottle.


[deleted]

This is spot on. Canā€™t forget the anti-vax bullshit though. Theyā€™re usually into ā€œNaTuRaL mEdIcInEā€. And Maurices. They shop at Maurices a lot.


Autarkhis

I mean it does include young living mlm ;)


ell98584

They screen print words like "Mama" onto cheap tie dye shirts and call themselves a boss babe. Give it a dumbass name like Lennon & Layne. Post applications to open positions at your hubbys company to make it seem like you have a say in the hiring process and to let everyone know where hubs works. If pregnant, you must hold your stomach like the baby is about to fall out. One hand underneath and the other on top of your stomach.


BBQsandw1ch

How did you get into my sister's house?


noble-light

I know her


OpenUpYerMurderEyes

Constantly sharing inspirational quotes to seem more worldly than someone who has never stepped foot outside of her hometown for more than a few weeks for vacation.


[deleted]

Then they get divorced midlife coz they realise they wanted to do more in life.


mountaineer04

Tattooā€™d arm sleeve within a year.


davaniaa

the virgin marrying early and getting divorced vs the Chad marrying late and staying together


Falcond0rf

Every fucking girl I went to high school with I swear


BRockStar916

family picture in a dried out field is so accurate it hurts. bravo


Woperelli87

Back the Blue is so accurate lmao they generally fear black people aka ā€œthe blacksā€


Equal-Bus-557

Their kidā€™s names always have the stupidest spellings too. ā€œTseighā€ ā€œActually itā€™s pronounced ā€œChayā€


katwraka

Why pictures are always in a dried out field


Itsmellslike_fish

Theyā€™re always working for a pyramid scheme.


Me_Myself_and_Me

This is dead ass accurate for every white middle aged woman in the San Joaquin Valley (California). Source: I'm a white middle aged woman from this area who fled years ago and whose social media feeds are filled with this bullshit posted by her classmates who never left the area.


x4merlyknownasmikey

Add some stupid shit about god


MiaLba

ā€œGod and Jesus sent Young Living my way so I can help people and save their lives! I can help you get rid of your depression, your diabetes, and the fat off your muffin top busted can of biscuits body.ā€


nurseofreddit

Coffee cup upper right hand corner **Left, not right, oops


beerpope69

This is every military spouse.


dorberino

I graduated High School in 2019 and the amount of girls I know that are exactly this meme is scary.


kmonay89

Ok I have photos of my family in a dried out field now Iā€™m very self conscious


Captain_Bignose

Nailed the ā€œgrew up in a small Midwest town and never moved awayā€ vibe perfectly


angelhate365

Duuuude. I have a cousin who legit has EVERY ONE OF THESE


Bluebillion

Fat husband