CryssieD

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1. Ny State, 8 yrs ago from 2015

   CryssieD replied to Tonyd1707's topic in Criminal

   Sorry for your loss. About the drug charges, etc--I don't know how it works in NY specifically, but from my reading of Nurses/Recovery forum on this site, as well as from personal experience (DUI for Rx muscle relaxant--my Rx, and possession of narco...

2. New RN Grad- need job advice

   CryssieD replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations! Welcome to nursing--it's an awesome career full of awesome people! About the anxiety: Is it specifically nursing-job-related, or do you have it in other situations? If it's an on-going problem, you might want to consider some beha...

3. Shortness of Breath

   CryssieD replied to SilleLu's topic in General Nursing

   Gastric distention can cause subjective feeling of SOB without objective evidence--it doesn't have to be extreme distention, either. Other than that, can't think of anything other than simple anxiety. You did the right thing though--we take patient...

4. WI Board of Nursing

   CryssieD replied to rocklara's topic in General Nursing

   Not sure what to do, but I assure you it is not unusual at all for actions against your license in one state to cause similar actions to be taken by Boards in other states--it's not persecution, it's quite normal. Sorry you got into this mess. In h...

5. Orientation for experienced RNs

   CryssieD replied to tejon's topic in General Nursing

   My first job was on a general peds floor; I got a full 12-week orientation with a preceptor. Overall, a good, thorough orientation and wonderful learning experience. My second job, a little over a year later, was on a pedi sub-acute unit: 10 kids, ...

6. Do you get hit/spit on? Does body fluids splash on you?

   CryssieD replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Nursing

   One of my very first actual patients in nursing school was a young man with late-stage brain CMV (demented, blind, and mostly incoherent at 20 years of age--incredibly sad), secondary to AIDS, who projectile-vomited all over me quite unexpectedly. I...

7. PVT: Question of Character?

   CryssieD replied to oldandintheway's topic in NCLEX

   I must be really old...I have no idea what PVT is. All I can say is, I had no choice but to wait the...what was it?...7 or 8 weeks to get my results. You youngsters get no sympathy from me! Oh no, you have to wait 2 whole days?! However do you st...

8. What to expect during assessment for TPAPN

   CryssieD replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Recovery

   RecoveringRN--I think you're confused by the label of "addict" because you have an image in your head of some strung-out junkie living on the street; because you don't fit the "classic" description of an addict, you must not have a problem, right? Wr...

9. Tough point in my life

   CryssieD replied to BearFeet's topic in General Nursing

   OP: There is a time for everything--and right now it's time for you to take care of yourself. I hear in your voice all the desire to be the heroic healer--but first let yourself be healed. You can only carry others when you are strong enough to ca...

10. Healthcare is really business care

    CryssieD replied to Rnhenri's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, it's all about the money, honey--it's the American way! I find it disheartening, too, but I just keep trudging along, trying to deliver quality health care with some remnant of the TLC nurses are so famous for. When healthcare is run...

11. Possible job not using license

    CryssieD replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Recovery

    I interviewed for a medical receptionist position. As for the monitoring--maybe just being in a medical environment, dealing with medical issues, using medical knowledge and terminology, is enough to require oversight; or maybe they were afraid I'd ...

12. Need advice please on giving up on nursing tomorrow

    CryssieD replied to coldsteel1's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious--did you get a preceptor and decent orientation at either of these jobs? The hospital I started at had a minimum of 12-weeks' orientation, longer for critical care areas(ICU, CCU, ER, OR/PACU). That orientation time is critically impor...

13. Texas Conditional license

    CryssieD replied to 2blvnnurse2016's topic in General Nursing

    One of the many problems in this society is ignorance about mental illness; having a mental health issue, even a formal diagnosis, is not a matter of incompetence or moral failure. No one with half a brain would consider a diabetic incapable of bein...

14. Va monitoring program

    CryssieD replied to OverwhelmednVA's topic in Recovery

    A fellow HPMP member! Awesome! I've never had much trouble getting hold of my case manager--we occasionally play a short game of phone tag, but usually she gets right back to me. Maybe the people there have been going on vacation--you know, before...

15. Possible job not using license

    CryssieD replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Recovery

    I'm glad you are excited about your new life in recovery--it really is a does give you a different perspective on life; I have grown so much and learned so much in recovery--it's really been an awesome journey. Welcome! About the job--it's great you...