[Mr. & Mrs. RN]

I just started my job at a surgery clinic and I keep nearly fainting! It keeps happening and all I'm doing is basic dressing changes when it happens. I've done a million and now all the sudden I can't take it. I'm so frustrated. I'm hoping it's not pregnanacy. I'm eating good...I just don't know what else it could be. I have a heart condition related to vagus nerve stimulation...so maybe that has something to do with it. Or maybe I'm just turning weak...I dunnno...Any ideas?

[Mr. & Mrs. RN]

I'm having major problems with fainting...I don't faint, but nearly. I get to the point where I can hardly see, hardly hear, and lifting something off the table feels 30 pounds heavier than it is. All I'm doing are general dressing changes. I've never had a problem before, but all the sudden, on my first job I can't take it. It's very frustrating to me.

[sirI]

Hello, Mr. & Mrs. RN,

The members of allnurses.com cannot offer medical advice. You need to contact your PCP to pose these questions/concerns to him or her.

Good luck with this.