ERnurse07

ERnurse07 specializes in ER, Surgery, Community, Geriatrics.

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1. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   ERnurse07 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   Hi to you both and thanks for the replies - Krissy I also had PTSD many years ago and thankfully I was able to over come that challenge - pyschotherapy works if you have the right therapist - that can take time. Zoe - thank-you for the message - I ha...

2. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   ERnurse07 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   I am also a nurse who has bipolar II disorder - my challenge is keeping a job - and I wonder if anyone else has had this difficulty - I find I do really well - then I have a mood episode at work (usually crying for whatever reason) - anyway - I am tr...

3. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   ERnurse07 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   Hello everyone - well I will share with you my illness - I have clinical depression and I think there may be hypomania involved - I take Effexor XR OD and jsut this week I had to increase the dose from 75mg/day to 112mg/day with hopes that the severe...

4. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   ERnurse07 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   Wow - it seems like I have stumbled across a place where I will not feel so alone - I am so glad to know there are other nurses out there who have been through this frustration and difficulty!!! I will post about myself later - I was currently wonde...

5. Volunteer Nurses Needed for Hurricane Emergency!

   ERnurse07 replied to glascow's topic in General Nursing

   Great idea - think I will email Larry King about how Canadian nurses wnat to help and that we are being turned away because of licencing - I also read on one of the US websites that nurses going to Texas from Lousiana are required to pay a $200 dolla...

6. Volunteer Nurses Needed for Hurricane Emergency!

   ERnurse07 replied to glascow's topic in General Nursing

   I am also a Canadian nurse interested in helping if I can - if anyone knows of a group of Canadian nurses going down to help please let me know. Glascow...I cannot imagine what you are dealing with down there - you are in our thoughts and prayers

7. Pharmacology final - God help me :S

   ERnurse07 posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone, Well it is getting to the end of the semester and I am in panic mode - I have good study habits in school but for some reason I cannot seem to make any sense of pharmacology - I have printed off the NCLEX quizzes for each chapter (our te...

8. Ever had a paranormal experience while working as a nurse?

   ERnurse07 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

   One on nights another nurse and I went for a walk to an old part of the hosptial - we ended up in the old nursery/maternity floor. It was really creepy and all the hairs stood up on my neck as soon as I entered the hallway - a few minutes later one ...

9. Governments need to learn our value

   ERnurse07 replied to ERnurse07's topic in Activism

   I am currently practicing as a RPN and I am in school for my RN/BScN - my plans are to travel nurse to Florida or Texas during the winters since I am a winter hater :chuckle So the issues will affect me either way - whether US based or international ...

10. Governments need to learn our value

    ERnurse07 replied to ERnurse07's topic in Activism

    Thank-you for your suggestions dynamite :) I will have a look - does it apply to Canadian's as well? thanks! ERtraumanurse

11. Governments need to learn our value

    ERnurse07 replied to ERnurse07's topic in Activism

    Really sad isn't it? To know that people do value us - but we do not see the monetary value - I think the same for police officers, paramedics and firefighters - honestly when you see the fat cats sitting in their offices - and who looks after them ...

12. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    ERnurse07 replied to lapappey's topic in Activism

    This is obscene - I know what I would like to do with that surgeon :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire He is likely one of those surgeons that has a hissy fit in the OR !!!!

13. Governments need to learn our value

    ERnurse07 posted a topic in Activism

    Hi everyone, I started reading a book last night about Canadian nurses in various areas of clinical practice and I began to think about how much we do - the author started by saying how nurses are there when we are born and nurses are there when we d...

14. British nurse asking about the difference between a RN and RPN...

    ERnurse07 replied to higgy1's topic in International

    I am in the process of getting my BScN and I am a RPN - you need to have your 4 year degree in order to write the National RN exam in Ontario. RPN's are able to to look after patient's that are considered "stable" and if that changes the RPN is resp...

15. Nursing tattoos?

    ERnurse07 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, I am looking for nursing tattoos and I am having difficulty finding very many - wondered if anyone knows of any good sites that have examples of nursing/medical tattoos - this is sort of a present to myself for the end of 2nd year :)