nerdse MSN

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1. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   I just made i 119...pathetic...but i do have 2 ask how many of us are afraid 2 even ask r colleagues 2 do this in case they rat us out to admin? nurses do eat their young n they bite n claw 1 another all too often... there r other boards, u can usua...

2. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   unfortunately true; sad tale but it's 2 things. 1st w/o some regs few orgs or even ppl will do the right thing. after all they had to pass a fed law about safe lifting. 2nd is they tend 2 go overboard b/c they know this. but u can go on their site n...

3. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   "I sent that email on March 16th and finally got a response back from my rep. Here's what she thinks about safe staffing... 'While I appreciate the goal of H.R. 4138, I think we should first focus on assuring that we have enough nurses to fill all of...

4. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   nerdse replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   integrity will get u screwed most of the time, but i still practice it...i answer to a higher authority that expects me 2 act that way. don't snow them it isn't right n the PTB will find some way 2 get u if they really want 2.

5. Lupus or Something else?

   nerdse replied to NurseKelly03's topic in General Nursing

   the docs said i had lupus, then no, RA when the ANA went to nl, then yes, lupus even w/o the positive ANA b/c not every1 has a pos ANA, then no, RA, b/c ANA is neg, then yes, possibly lupus d/t borderline ANA...now finally it's fibro, but i still get...

6. Nurisng Injuries and Workers Compensation? Please need advice!!

   nerdse replied to lpnornot's topic in Disabilities

   there is now a federal safe lifting law that hc facilities had to have a committee in place by early 08 and a lifting policy to reduce injuries by 7/08 and it was 2 include things that make the place little or no lifting by hcws. that's not a lot of ...

7. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

   nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

   i've been tested on n off 4 RA n lupus, i get a butterfly rash when i feel really sick but they say it's just fibro...n i can rel8 2 all the other things u have w/ urs, me 2...have had 1 strong n 1 weak ANA rest r negative, sed rate is always pretty ...

8. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

   nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

   i also fought this dx.but i didn't know some consider it a form of RA...do u have n e more information on that? Pls? :thankya: i m thinking that may b why the other poster mentioned some1 she knew of getting remicade, plaquenil, mtx, etc. 4 fibro...

9. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

   nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

   i have a gf very close 2 me who has that n had 1 surgery, facing more. she insists that is what i really have but neuro claims i don't, he's not a surgeon, can u tell me how many n what types of MD u had 2 c b4 u got a firm dx for this? i swear somet...

10. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

    if working as a cashier hurts u might want 2 get this under more control b4 u try, but i understand. take care in opting 4 this, c 1st what it takes 2 stay on an even keel. doing what ur doing now 4 ur health, tho, i kept working 4 22 yr b4 i had to ...

11. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

    THX THX THX. i have never attempted suicide but have had days that if it all ended i would not have fought it 1 bit. i can understand why! the pain is awful, it wears u out n things that help w/ pain don't work 4 fibro...u can give me a narc, it will...

12. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

    i didn't know n e 1 would give u remicade 4 this, i have other autoimmune syndromes n believe this is also autoimmune. nsaids cause me problems i can't take them often, have also not heard of getting plaquenil or methotrexate 4 it, NSRIs, yea, not SS...

13. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    nerdse replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

    Lyrica isn't bad 4 some, u have 2 c if it will help, i know someone it does wonders 4 but she did gain lots of w8, me, i swelled up n at 1st it seemed 2 help i felt a lot better n then i just crashed...same thing happened w/ acupuncture. Like n e thi...

14. Struggling with Dyscalculia/ADHD

    nerdse replied to ToxicShock's topic in Disabilities

    Nice 2 c someone else w/ these same issues! helped me 2 start using nondominant hand more. Try that, u won't be a math genius but it might help w/ no. reversals and such. I have no. inverssion, reversals, tons of coping mechanisms. i figured it out m...

15. Nurses with disabilities

    nerdse replied to zipcat's topic in Disabilities

    Disable n was working but i m incredibly sick now from what they r doin w/ my sched. I had a job I could mostly manage b4, but it was decided I couldn't b/c they were going 2 change it around n up the ante, n sez they'd put me in 1 I could manage; ma...