herniated disk

anonymousstudent · Sep 4, 2011

Oddly enough, I haven't had to do very many patient transfers. Make sure you do a double assist, and grab one of your classmates to help you.

ashleyisawesome, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2011

i just pop a bunch of aleve every clinical day and like anonymous said, youre not doing the transfers alone... i havent run into any problems out of the normal pain i usually have.

sandanrnstudent · Sep 5, 2011

I agree with the other posters. I have one herniated disc, and I had surgery on another one to fix it 2 years ago.

My one piece of advice is to use good body mechanics and to not lift alone. Get help - or quit. If you do it without help, you are writing yourself out of nursing school, because eventually one lift is going to do you in... so why waste your efforts between now and when that is going to happen?! If you keep that seriousness of mind set, you'll be WAY better off!

sandan rnstudent

bubbasmom · Sep 5, 2011

thanks everyone-glad that im not alone in this.is anyone planning on having surgery to correct their herniation?i have to wait till december to get mine.i too take a bunch of aleve and gabapentin....waited 2 years to get this fixed.

Al.ginger · Sep 5, 2011

Contact your health care provider and ask about weight bearing. In our school this question is part of the physical exam we need to turn in.

Also, think again about the surgery. Many herniated disks can be fixed without surgery. My husband is chiropractor and he says he have seen to much of unnecessary surgeries.

ashleyisawesome, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2011

i dont plan on getting surgery unless mine gets much worse, right now its pretty tolerable... i do go to a chiropractor though, havent in about a year, it would probably benefit me to go back.