Ped psych rn, getting my bachelor’s. $86k for 36hrs a week at a low acuity pediatric suds facility in the Midwest. It’s a therapy led facility, and the therapists got pissed when they realized I make more than them, so they had a riot and now I’m forced to lead therapeutic groups because their caseload of 3.5 kids is “unmanageable” 🙄
I’m a fan of the Karas Kustoms Retrakt. I’m a nurse at a facility that still paper charts, so I write a ton at work. I find it to be a nice middle ground. You can get them on sale for decent prices and the weight on the aluminum version is nice.
I’ve got a tactile turn as well. I’d say that the details on it are nicer, it is a pricier pen, than the KK, but I find it to be too heavy for long writing sessions.
Oh, I certainly wasn’t trying to imply that we were the same. I know I’ve got it good. For how much education you guys have, unless you’re private practice, you guys get fucked. I’ve worked with a lot of therapists who were severely undervalued and hard workers. The ones at my current facility are just babies who don’t know how good they have it. One of the loudest complainers about not being able to get his work done literally has weight lifting time scheduled into his work day.
You were also the only other person in the mental health field, so that’s why I commented on yours specifically, and I thought I would share a little anecdote about how my job sucks, too. I’m the only nurse Friday - Sunday, and on top of having to complete my nursing duties, I also have to do theirs.