Brenda, NP 👩🏻⚕️, PhD 🤓
@almostbrenda
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Nurse practitioner & scientist working in #familymed & #education , #investing 📈, being involved in my community & on staff for 🐈🐈⬛
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"You don't have to win a Nobel Prize for your dissertation. Getting a PhD is good enough."
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As a nurse practitioner in Texas, I’m against full practice authority. NP education is not standardized and does not prepare a new graduate NP to practice *alone*. Without linkage of prescriptive authority to a physician, the physician has no reason to help a new grad learn.1/
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People who get their bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree at the same university: why?
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People who are commenting on the wastefulness of my 💍 ring have never been in a double income no kids couple and it shows 🤣
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I don’t see myself actually doing this but would like to know - anyone out there have a baby during a PhD?
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#AcademicTwitter
#phdlife
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Got the job! 🥳😭🥳 I'll be developing an onboarding and education program for advanced practice providers for a major health system!
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@jzux
You shouldn’t move in with a partner before engagement/marriage (if marriage is the goal)
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I’ve never understood people who love to sleep in on weekends. It’s your time off and you’re gonna waste it sleeping!?
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Are you ready for it? PhD defense in 1.5 hours 😬😬😬😬
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To the haters who DM’d me saying I’m a bad example of someone pursuing early retirement because I got a new phone
Yesterday I worked 7 hours at $112.50/hour, so I made $787.50.
The phone cost me $799 after trade in.
So no I didn’t trade 5 years in retirement. I traded 1 day.
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@ReedRothchildrn
@doioweyoumoney
This morning cabinets were slammed, my vanity mirror was scratched, and they ran up and down my hallway until I got up and filled the food bowl
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I moved in my with fiancé this weekend. From the beginning, I set some boundaries/standards and I’m so happy I did.
1. If by 2 years you do not know if you want to marry me, I will walk away.
2. I will not move in with you until we are engaged.
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better with patients? Yes. Do I apply the holistic principles of nursing in my care? Also yes. But I never had a residency. I did not study the way physicians did and I understand there are limitations to my knowledge and training.
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If NPs in Texas get FPA, new graduate nurses will have fewer chances at becoming competent & proficient practitioners. That’s my two cents. 😇
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I’m a good nurse practitioner now because I’ve had amazing physician colleagues who took me under their wing in my first two years in practice (and are still available to me if I need it!). I know my limits. I would never claim to be as trained as a physician. Am I sometimes 2/
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@katewillett
I wonder if he knows of all the shorter and clearer ways there are to say that he hates women
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I posted a couch on Facebook marketplace.
Buyer: is this still available?
Me: Yes
Buyer: what’s the lowest you’ll take?
Me: the price on the ad.
B: ok I have half of that
Me: sounds like you can’t buy it
B: no I only have half
WHAT IS HAPPENING
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I just left halfway through a date with a guy who told me he wasn’t looking for a relationship. I just left him there. I’ve never felt better
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What's happening!? I JUST SUBMITTED MY DISSERTATION!!!
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Props to her for making him see the cost of being the childbearing partner
I am [M34] and my wife is [F29]. She has asked me to pay her almost $50,000 to have our child, and I'm not quite sure what to do.
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Things we are investing in instead of a wedding:
- premarital counseling
- a prenup
- nice furniture
- travel
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We started talking about installing a pool at home and decided that for the price of a plunge pool, we can get high end hotel pool passes 317 times, so we're at the W pool today 😎
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We did it! Dr. Olmos in the house!
Now time to prep for this 4th interview tomorrow! 🤣
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A board certified nurse practitioner with a PhD and I just got an offer to teach for $12/hour, if you're wondering what the academic job market is like. (I'm just looking for adjunct work but uhhh what!?)
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I need reassurance that quitting my job to do a funded full time PhD is a smart move at least for one semester while I figure out what the workload is like.
@AcademicChatter
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Whoops did I post this here in a public forum where anyone can see it? Silly me 🙃
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Mexico bound for our not so secret elopement 🥹😂
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Yesterday, I made some white ladies uncomfortable. I feared posting about this because there are people with power who could see this and use it against me (after all, I am calling them out), but honestly, that’s the kind of stuff that keeps white supremacy at the top, and 1/
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Trying on swimsuits when they arrive is a radical act of self love and acceptance. I ordered 6 and was happy with 2. It only took me 32 years but I have decided my body is not the problem.
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It's my graduation party and I'll sparkle if I want to ✨✨✨✨✨
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I've decided I'm not going on any dates til after September 22nd. I will be the object of my own affection. I will turn 30 loving myself and only myself. 👇🏼
@theslumflower
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@philsmi01661956
@AcademicChatter
Most people have feelings, and it's considerate and kind to acknowledge them.
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Turns out if a man likes you enough (and eventually loves you), he will rise to the (reasonable) standards you set.
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A guy canceled our date because I asked him his job. Super sigh. Oh well he was just my 3 pm. I get to take a nap before my 5 pm 🤣
@BridgieCasey
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People who tell me I should buy experiences instead of a car don’t realize that every day I experience driving a car
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End of month check ✅ shooting for 300k by end of year. Seems plausible 😌
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I'm 32 today!
10 years ago I had no idea my life would be so good.
5 years ago I had no idea I'd be close to half a million in net worth.
2 years ago I didn't know I'd be thriving in a PhD program.
1 year ago I didn't know I'd be in love.
Time passes; I grow. ☺️
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People complaining that the 2nd dose was too harsh. Imagine what the actual virus would have done to you.
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I got weird and deleted the tweet because I hadn’t asked him if it was OK to post the pic but I confessed and he said it’s OK so I’m going to post this cute pic of me and
#SnowBae
- Happy Sunday!
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Friday marked 8 months together and Snow Bae is meeting my parents today! I haven’t introduced anyone since 2018. Should be fine it’s just a big step for me 🥵 I mean who can’t love those curls!?
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My potential job lead in Houston just fell through so after all this employer stress I'm going to ugly-cry for a minute and remind myself that no matter what
I have an emergency fund
I am highly employable
I is smart
I is kind
I is important
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The ability to quit my six figure job and go do a fully funded PhD for three years is why I love the 🔥 FIRE movement. These next three years will be a small retirement from clinical practice and an opportunity to dictate when and how I work ❤️ thanks
#FIRE
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I’m no expert and I don’t pretend to coach anyone but I’ve been seeing a lot of money coaches under 25 years old this week and I wonder where I can get that kind of audacity
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Breaking my social media fast because I need to celebrate with the world that my first manuscript was ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION!
I’ll be published years before I earn my PhD 😏 and I love what I’m doing! So glad I had the courage to leave my job & pursue my dream.
Onward!
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@T_nsofor
lol I love this. I said this to my aunt when she asked if I was really going to live with my partner before marriage. I said, isn’t that what your son does?
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Market got me in the 200K club today! And my phone is better charged! Winning!
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My gift to myself for passing my comp exam was this alpaca wool coat 🧥 let’s just say it set my retirement back by a little 😝
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I'm not saying I've raised my standards, I'm just saying a man picked me up from the airport at 12:30 am last night with flowers in his hands sooo chivalry resurrected my friends
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FI means I can turn down a $75/hr job because at this point in my life, I need time more than I need money.
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Date tonight! I'm going to need everyone to send all positive vibes my way THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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@saltywidowrn
“Privileged white woman claims oppression when asked to take a life saving vaccine”
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On the 12th consecutive day of being with SnowBae (in Mexico)- the longest we have ever been together 24/7 in 1.5 years. We are having so much fun 🥰😍 (and it was mentioned that ring shopping will happen when we return! 😱💍)
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Every time someone looks at me like I'm stupid for giving up a 6-figure job to get a PhD that may not have a financial return, I tell them that students from underrepresented communities email me asking for advice simply because they see my Hispanic name on a list of faculty 1/2
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My dad had to go to the hospital early yesterday morning. My mom heroically did CPR and called the ambulance - her
@duolingo
English classes came in handy! He’s okay, stable, but I’m sure the nurses have had enough of his tiger-mother-type nurse daughter 😅🫣🤭
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@ohJuliatweets
@ChloeesiRN
Socks and Button have scratched everything in my apartment, but when they moved to my bf’s house they only use their scratchers. 😑 the thought of returning them has never crossed my mind (furniture is replaceable)
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Celebrating our newly minted license to marry 👩❤️👨🥂💍👰🏻♀️🤵🏻♂️💒
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365 days ago I went out for drinks with a guy who had made me laugh on video chat for an hour the night before. Today I gave him a book of all our best memories 😍🎁❤️📸 (who can resist those curls!?)
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Pretty soon a woman born to a long line of women who weren't allowed to have any education (my grandmother, and probably her mother and grandmother) or any past the 7th grade (my mother) will have a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
It's me. I'm that woman.
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Saw my YTD Gross income on my last paycheck of the year: 172K. That is the most money I've ever made. 30% went to taxes w/0 depndts. Another 30% went to savings and investing. For sure 10% went to
@ChickfilA
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@BridgieCasey
you're right, I don't feel rich 😂😂
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Breakdown of my $94,960 income for 2021:
-$19,500 to taxes. $75460 left
-$6K to Roth IRA, $12K to taxable, $6K to 457b;
-$51,460 left
You can make (close to) 6 figures, invest & still live on about $4000 per month.
Living costs ~$2500 per month & I spend the rest. 💅👛🚗💇♀️💆♀️🍲🍹
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I find it annoying when people act like they have a perfect relationship. We have an argument that we will never agree on. He’s late to [almost] everything, I’m neurotic about everything. 95% of the time, we get along & make each other laugh. Life is better with him in it. 😌🌅🏖
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Just an update regarding AFG (Airport Flowers Guy): he was upgraded to boyfriend a while back 😀 I don't talk about him a lot on Twitter but know that he's the reason I'm moving 🥰 and I'm really happy and excited!
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Ages ago, in an era before Tennis Bae (but after AFG) a man came up to me at a restaurant in a very brave and sweet way and told me I was attractive and gave me his number. I never acted on it cause you know, Tennis Bae. Well, we just matched on Bumble 🤪
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I'm very privileged: if I got pregnant on accident, I'd be able to afford a child on my own. It still bothers me that Texas legislators are so bothered that women can decide if they want a baby or not. Don't they have like, a power grid to fix? A wall to build?
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I don’t know what it is (yes I do, it’s that my parents always shared finances) but watching married couples send each other money on Venmo makes me so uncomfortable 😵💫
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supremacy, & I don’t regret being vulnerable bc
@BreneBrown
told me it’s actually the harder thing to do, and
@IjeomaOluo
said it perfectly in this quote below, and the response I got was 1) requests for absolution (“we only publish the theories we get submitted to us!”), 10/
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It’s a good day! Got a manuscript accepted for publication and SnowBae and I are going 💍 shopping today! 🥰🤩🥳
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This is the first time ever that I’ve brought a partner home for Thanksgiving. Grateful 😍🥰👩❤️👨
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Feeling this. Changed the smart lock code, changed my mind and took him off my Spotify premium. 💁🏻♀️
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I love that I moved out 15 years ago but my parents still buy Frosted Flakes and other childhood snacks for when I come visit 🥹🥹🥹
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Disclaimer: NOT an engagement! But! SnowBae likes to get me jewelry and I told him I like sapphires so I got 4 carats of sapphire for a right-hand ring 🥰🥰🥰🥰 gateway drug? 😅😅
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I built a home office! I rented out the largest bedroom in the house and I got to keep the other two rooms so this is one of them 😍😍😍🤓🤓🤓
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Heyyooooo guess who just got a FULL RIDE and living stipend for a PhD that starts in August!?
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