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Thanks, all. I love you!! If the people at the state employment division office are trying to drive me crazy, it's too late. For some reason my claim is STILL hung up, so I've been on hold for...

I, too, live under a chronic stigma (mental illness) that I never asked for and didn't do anything to earn. Where's my clean slate? FWIW, I don't believe that all ex-felons deserve permanent...

NAILED IT!!! Thank you for so eloquently stating what needs to be said in healthcare settings everywhere. :up:

This really is a great idea! Going to doctors as often as I do, I keep a current med list in my wallet which also includes allergies. It doesn't list diagnoses though, and it might be smart to list...

The school doesn't need to know this information. Think of it this way: if you don't put anything down, there's nothing for them to look up. It's not like they're going to call your doctor's office...

I wish I could afford to work PRN, but I need health insurance in the worst way, so I have to plan on working at least 3/4 time. I don't mind that so much. But the idea of going back to five-day...

And, there are many ways to better oneself---and be of service to society---other than becoming a nurse. I liked the above suggestion to become an A&D counselor.....no one is more credible in this...

As much fun as job-hunting is (said no one ever), I knew I was doomed the very first time I visited the Employment Division's job search website and found only a handful of nursing jobs that I can...

I wish I could go there and help take care of the injured, but since I can't, prayers will have to do. Although I can't help but wonder, at times like this, what might have taken all of God's...

True that........I have one son who's diagnosed with PTSD and depression, not BP, but shows every sign in the book and then some. Even HE knows he's bipolar. The VA psychiatrist just doesn't seem to...

My social life went to pot after I became a nurse. I was older than you, but still young enough to go and be and do.......but those 12-hour shifts and working nights sucked every bit of the social...

I appreciate that. :yes: I go back and forth between hope and despair; the job market for nurses in my area is almost nonexistent, and I'm even looking outside of nursing at jobs that at least pay...

Oh, wow, you guys describe this stuff PERFECTLY! Yes, yes, it's all that and then some........I can almost feel the nerves snapping, like the strings on a violin, and I want to...

Arghhh! You nailed it on this one. I'm terrible about this! I wait to call until I absolutely cannot stand myself one more minute....it's a game of "how much can I take before I blow a gasket?"...

Thank you.. I wish I could blame this development on hormones, but I went through menopause years ago and if I have a single hormone left, I'm unaware of it. LOL Things are calming down now;...

((((Esme)))) Parker, you are SPOT ON about how employers expect loyalty and basically :poop: on us when we start needing something. Even a little support so we can continue in our jobs. Mine would...

12-hour shifts KILLED me, even when I was much younger and more fit than I am now. Inevitably I'd get to a point around 0500 when I almost stopped caring whether the patients lived or died, and that...

I think you would be VERY valuable with your RT background! There's no such thing as too much knowledge, and you could help educate your co-workers on respiratory issues once you've established...

Here's a question for folks who have been cursed/blessed with the lovely "gift" of bipolar disorder: Have you ever had a "mixed" episode, where you felt both hypo/manic AND depressed at the same...

If you're a patient, of course a history is appropriate. When you're an *employee*, however, it's an invasion of privacy.

Bless your heart, OP, your story reminds me a lot of my own. My family was dirt-poor when my husband lost his minimum-wage job and couldn't find another one back in the early '90s. His company...

Wowee.....can't even imagine trying to survive on that. But then, life has gotten very expensive in Oregon and our minimum wage is almost $9 an hour, which of course drives up the cost of living and...

Several years ago when I was laid off from my LTC job due to low census, I remember despairing of ever finding another job. I was in my early fifties then. At the time I had a bad knee that had ended...

What an incredible and uniquely written reply! You, sir, are a good man, and I thank you for your service to this nation and your fellow nurses. :yes:

A position with a great deal of responsibility and very little authority---sounds like my last job. Another excellent story, SoldierNurse! You bring your subjects to life in a way that few can...