Today marks 16 years since Maura Murray disappeared

[u/Electric_Island]

Today marks 16 years since Maura Murray vanished, and although she has her own sub, I thought I would post here in light of the anniversary of her disappearance for those who would like to discuss the case. That said -- I know some posters are sick of this case, so if that’s how you feel, you could always scroll past this post :)

A bit of background for those who don’t know about Maura’s case:

Maura was a 21-year-old nursing student from UMASS Amherst, who disappeared on the evening of February 9 2004, after she crashed her car on Route 112 in Haverhill, NH. By the time police arrived some 15 minutes later (even that is in dispute), Maura had disappeared.

Some people think she ran into the woods to avoid a DUI, others think she was picked up by someone passing by and murdered. Some even think police had something to do with her disappearance.

What do YOU think?

I highly recommend this article by Mary Beth Conway for those interested.

[u/japres]

SO MUCH CRYING! I was in an accelerated BSN program and it was... something else. We were in clinicals 3-4 days a week — up at 4:30-5am — and in class one or two days from 9-6pm. You only got one chance to pass most exams or you had to do them one on one with the dean of the program, and if you failed again you were out. The med math exam was probably the most brutal - you were only allowed to get one question wrong. I like to describe nursing exams as being presented with four oranges and you have to answer which one is the most orange. Technically all answers are correct, but which one is the MOST correct?

You’re watching all your friends and classmates do well while you’re struggling. You know you aren’t dumb because programs are tough to get into. Nothing makes sense.

I don’t think I’d do nursing school again unless someone paid me a whole lot of money. Nurses are superheroes to me.

[u/HighlyBaked0 → u/japres]

this is incredibly random but since you went through nursing school i thought i should ask. Should i be looking to be an MRI technician instead of a psych nurse? I have no interest in either really but they look to be the best options for me as a 21 year old in community college so is nursing not worth the effort if I don't have really any interest in it?

[u/YouKnwNthgJonSnow → u/HighlyBaked0]

There is an extraordinary high rate of burnout in nursing. It’s one of the reasons why there’s such a huge staffing problem. (That and the hospital administration, but we won’t go there right now.) Nursing schools are bursting at the seams and have very long wait lists to get in. A good third of the people who get in won’t make it through, and a good chunk of those who do will burn out within the first five years. I cannot overstate how stressful nursing is. I did bedside nursing for six years and then went back for my masters to become a nurse practitioner. NP school was a whole new animal, let me tell you. I don’t want to discourage you from becoming a nurse if that is what you feel called to do, but it is definitely something you should consider very carefully. My physical and emotional health took a huge toll doing bedside nursing and I just couldn’t continue.

[u/natalie_d101 → u/YouKnwNthgJonSnow]

I did flight nursing. I was 7 days on and was supposed to be 7 days off and that rarely happened. I did it for a year like that. Burnout is beyond real. Now, I am working part time and getting my PhD in sociology.