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  1. Suicide can be described as a permenant solution to a temporary problem. The most frustrating thing when taking care of a...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  2. Recently, at the age of 33 (to be 34 in July) "the light" went off. I have been searching my whole life for a purpose. I...
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    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  3. Just a reminder to everyone to CYA no matter what. I'm glad nothing more came of this.
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  4. I truly believe (even if I forget in my darkest personal moments) that a window does open when the door closes. You don't...
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    Forum: Nursing Job Search Assistance
  5. They can be fired. But...you need a manager that needs to step up and deal with the Union. Depending on the Union...a...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  6. I adore Psych Nursing, and pray I never have to do anything else. I have supportive management for the most part, I am not...
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    Forum: Psychiatric Nursing
  7. So, I was next on the list to go to day shift on my unit. I accepted without reservation (have always wanted days, just...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  8. LOL @ the cartoon. When my body and mind say no... I have learned not to listen to my heart. Because I WANT to help them...
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    Forum: About A Nurse - Nursing Cartoon Series
  9. Well, update: today the VP of the facility contacted me, and actually apologized for all this. She said he is new, blah blah...
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    Forum: Nurses / Recovery
  10. The sky is falling!! That's me. It boggles my mind, but believe it or not my sense of doom has diminished as I've aged. I...
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    Forum: Health / Stress Management 101
  11. Almost everyone has experienced it: the sensation of butterflies in your stomach as you prepare for a presentation or an...
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    Forum: Health / Stress Management 101
  12. While by no means comprehensive, current research has been compiled to provide information regarding the stigma regarding...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  13. When it comes to nursing, I respect the profession for what it is, what it has been, and where it is headed. Am I proud to...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  14. Go with Psych. If that's what you like and that's where you want to stay... embrace it.
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    Forum: Psychiatric Nursing
  15. Sunglasses on the way home helps a LOT as do all of the other above suggestions. Your sleep room should be ABSOLUTELY dark-...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  16. Once again it is National Nurses Day and the start of National Nurses Week, which always begins on May 6 and goes through...
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    Forum: Nurses Rock
  17. And the place one works for has the freedom to terminate employment. It is their reputation they are worried about, and what...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  18. Where's the bowing smilie when you need it........THANK YOU for this excellent essay!! As a nurse, I appreciate your...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  19. Mental illness is a most misunderstood illness. The brain is an interesting organ, and reacts differently to/or lack...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  20. If your boss regularly visits Allnurses chances are good that she will also read this thread. Aren't you putting yourself in...
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    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  21. We've been talking a lot about mental illness during this early part of May, which has been designated as Mental Health...
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    Forum: Nurses With Disabilities
  22. As of today, I am officially DONE with my RN-BSN program! Grades posted! It was only three semesters but it felt like three...
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    Forum: Registered Nurses: Diploma / ADN / BSN
  23. Thank you for what you do!! Hello, I’m disabled (cerebral palsy) and use a wheelchair to get around. I have had many...
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    Forum: Nurses Rock
  24. Calling in regularly is unprofessional, if it's just because you feel like missing work. However, when someone is...
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    Forum: Health / Stress Management 101
  25. These are two different things. "I have great plans next Tuesday and will call in sick" is NOT a mental health day. "OMG,...
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    Forum: Health / Stress Management 101
  26. First of all, that photocopied note is nothing but a (slightly) veiled threat. Obviously, there is an original copy...
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    Forum: Nursing and Professionalism
  27. In surgical report on pt who had to have whole apple removed from rectum..."Instructed pt in proper intake of fiber."I kid...
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    Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
  28. I sat there in library working on one of my many papers and projects that I had due. I was exhausted--exhausted physically,...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  29. I think its great that you not only took the time away for your own needs (and, wow, what an experience, I'm so sorry!) but...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  30. After being bitten by a patient with no concern or debriefing from my nurse manager, I made plans to high-tail it out of...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  31. People with Borderline Personality Disorder never recover; if they do, they never really had Borderline Personality...
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    Forum: Nurses With Disabilities
  32. Researchers have developed fast-dissolving particles that may one day prevent organ damage or death by instantly infusing...
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    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  33. We live in a country, and perhaps a world, where we separate our MI clients into "crazy" or "jail bird". We fail to accept...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  34. While I get what you're saying, that people with no experience with addiction have all kinds of ideas about addiction that...
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    Forum: Addictions Nursing
  35. I very much appreciate the comments this piece has received thus far. But I didn't write it for myself; I wrote it for those...
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    Forum: General Articles About Nursing