WhatNext?

WhatNext? has 40 years experience and specializes in Psych/mental health.

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1. I survived the Board of Nursing

   WhatNext? replied to KCMnurse's topic in Professionalism

   Thank you for sharing your experience. I had an encounter with my BON ten years ago, yet I remember it like it happened yesterday. Unlike you, I knew it was coming. Still, the shock of receiving the letter, which took eleven months after the inciden...

2. Accused of narcotic/ alcohol abuse... No clue what this is about!

   WhatNext? replied to Purplegiraffe's topic in General Nursing

   I went through a process with my state BON. It was unpleasant and painful, even though I came through it with my license intact. The letter from the BON comes through registered mail. It took them nearly a year to follow up on the complaint that was ...

3. What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!!

   WhatNext? replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

   I agree with the advice here. I also agree with the nurse at the agency to stay on at your current employer on a per diem basis. The agency I work for only pays for visits made. I have never had a guaranteed work load in the 2 years I've worked there...

4. I do not care anymore

   WhatNext? replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

   I concur with everyone's advice about taking a vacation, time away from nursing. I want to hightlight the other suggestions too: meditation, massage, intense self-care to replenish the well from which we draw caring. I would also add regular exerci...

5. nurses 50+ leaving the profession

   WhatNext? replied to ww2's topic in General Nursing

   I'm 55 years old. I was fired from a job 2 years ago and was reported to my state Board of Nursing. I was unemployed for three months until I found a job in home care. A year after I was fired the Board contacted me to respond to the complaint. M...

6. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

   WhatNext? replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   My lawyer asked me why I didn't quit a job that became toxic and eventually ended when I got fired. The lesson I took away from that comment is that it is better to leave a job when you realize you can't seem to do anything right (another view of be...

7. how far is too far to commute?

   WhatNext? replied to dolphindodger's topic in Career Support

   I would suggest doing a test drive to the location during your actual commute hours to get a real sense of what the traffic will be like. I did home care for a year and grew to hate the driving along several stretches of road due to congestion both ...

8. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

   WhatNext? replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

   rn/writer Thank you for post #61. :bowingpur Awesome, sensitive and professional... Wish I could have said what you said as well as you did. Patients with borderline personality disorder suffer terribly. Their families and friends suffer as wel...

9. Financial struggles at Minneapolis Hospitals

   WhatNext? replied to MlouRN's topic in Minnesota

   The system I worked in for 20+ years always talked about financial problems and had lay-offs and unit closings. I went through five of them, and finally lost my job with the sixth. It is such a perennial issue that it becomes meaningless. I have b...

10. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    WhatNext? replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    Are there studies that show that borderline personality disorder does not occur in third world countries? Does it only occur in industrialized societies? Haven't thought this through. Throwing anyone into a third world country against their will or ...

11. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    WhatNext? replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    How is it helpful to you as a professional to think of these clients as "manipulative drama queens"?

12. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    WhatNext? replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    In the years that I have worked with people who carry the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, I have found that understanding their view of the world as a scary and chaotic place is key to establishing the trust relationship that is critica...