chiariwarrior

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1. should I be ashamed that I can't handle the hospital?

   chiariwarrior posted a topic in Disabilities

   I feel so disappointed in myself. I've been an RN since 2011. Right after I graduated I got diagnosed with EDS. A connective tissue disorder. Ended up having to have two neck surgeries to fused my skull to my spine, a back surgery to release my tethe...

2. Can you lose your license for not using it?

   chiariwarrior replied to chiariwarrior's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks y'all! I will do that. Sure wish life would have turn out like I had planned, but apparently God had other plans for me. Praying I get to use the license that I worked so hard to get eventually.

3. Can you lose your license for not using it?

   chiariwarrior posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can you lose your nursing license because of not using it? I graduated and became an RN in 2011. I had about 6 months experience in ICU and then I was forced to quit because of health problems. I have since had 6 surgeries and have not been able to r...

4. Getting a job after being off two years?

   chiariwarrior replied to chiariwarrior's topic in Career Support

   In have tried to get on school nursing with no luck so far. I was going to take the refresher course but when I read up on it, the Mississippi board of nursing made it seem like only those who have been out of nursing 5 yrs or more had to take it. I ...

5. Getting a job after being off two years?

   chiariwarrior posted a topic in Career Support

   I graduated in may of 2011. I work in ICU for about 2 months on my own. The rest of the time was orientation. I was forced to quit bc of health problems. Over the last two years I have had 5 surgeries. I had my neck fused to my skull, a tethered cord...

6. Wanting to return to nursing after a 2 year hiatus in entertainment business!

   chiariwarrior replied to Edward Skissorhands's topic in Retired

   I don't have any advice for you but wanted you to know I am in a similar situation as you. I got my RN license and worked maybe 4 months. I have had some horrible health problems and haven't worked in two years. I have no idea how to get back into it...

7. Going to Nursing school with cancer

   chiariwarrior replied to morganm2012's topic in Disabilities

   I don't really have any advice but I will be praying for you! I finished nursing school became an RN and shortly after found out I have a connective tissue disorder called EDS. It effects your collagen and there is no cure for it. I have had to have ...

8. Where do i go from here?

   chiariwarrior replied to chiariwarrior's topic in General Nursing

   Also I'm not sure what MDS or informatics are. I will have to google that. Thank you for the info!

9. Where do i go from here?

   chiariwarrior replied to chiariwarrior's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I'm sorry. I get used to referring to it as eds. It is ehlers danlos syndrome. I am in several support groups but have yet to meet a nurse with this condition. Most I have met are not working bc of the effects of this illness and some are on disa...

10. Where do i go from here?

    chiariwarrior replied to chiariwarrior's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response. In all reality that is probably my best option. It is just so hard to get on at a clinic around here. It seems like when there is a job opening that someone gets it who had connections on the inside. That's how it works h...

11. Where do i go from here?

    chiariwarrior posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated nursing school in 2011. I worked about 6 months and some of that was orientation. Then I started having some health issues. I was dx with EDS. Since then I have had a neck fusion (August 2012). It took me that long to find a doc that was ...

12. nursing after neck fusion surgery?

    chiariwarrior posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated nursing school as an rn in may 2011. I worked for 4 month in a local hospital in icy. I began having g horrible neck pain to the point I had to quit Bc no doc could tell me what was wrong and the pain was unbearable. I had had brain surg...