marie39 replied to McGwillis's topic in Disabilities
I feel your pain. I have suffered from panic disorder for years. It has gotten worse over the past few months for me. I've tried different SSRIs and they all caused more anxiety. I guess I just have to keep trying other meds. I find it extremely di...
Thanks, it does help to know I'm not alone! I still have to decide what to do about my job...going to talk with my manager and employee health. I'm not sure if I should transfer to a different unit or not? Not sure what type of unit would be less exh...
marie39 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Med-Surg
Well I just did my first six months of nursing on a surgical floor, 12 hour shifts...but on the third day in a row of 12's I fainted from exhaustion and bashed my head on the floor!!! Now I am reconsidering... I can't handle the 12 hours, obviously!...
Our hospital does this too...I hate having to ask every single patient to do the peri-rectal swab. It doesn't seem to help because we have a c-diff outbreak anyway?!
Yes, i was thinking 8 hours would be better...are there many units with 8 hours out there? At my hospital, I think it's only psych that does 8 hour shifts...
Thanks for the replies. I love this site! Nurses helping nurses is wonderful. So I've had many tests...ECG CBC CT scan MRI, dizzy tests. The only thing that was found was a small lesion in my brain that is directly related to migraines. I was told by...
Hi all, need some advice. I graduated last year and started my first job in July on a general surgery inpatient unit. I had worked there for 6 months when I had an accident. It was the end of the shift (the end of 3 days of 12 hour shifts). I had not...