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1. Nursing & Depression

   nal replied to carpe_de_em's topic in Stress 101

   To sphinx I am so sorry to hear about your depression. Thankyou for being so honest, you do not need to feel any shame. Remember this is an illness and just like any other will take time to heal. Youda's advice sounded pretty good but when you are in...

2. Nursing & Depression

   nal replied to carpe_de_em's topic in Stress 101

   Very recently had a long term male friend (32) overdose, and did not survive. Registered Nurse come medical rep, history of depression for several years. Still a lot of unanswered questions. Is depression more common in women, or are men in denial pe...

3. Are We Really a Profession?

   nal replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

   Glad2behere 10-16-2002 07:08 AM (20) Glad2behere Senior Member Registered: Aug 2002 Location: Ennis, Texas Posts: 212 (Post# 20) [Ok, this is real simple stuff. By the mere amount of attraction this topic always receives it stands to reason...

4. Do you wear gloves

   nal replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

   If its going to jeapodise my own health in any way, then the stakes (personal cost) are too high not to wear gloves. As an intelligent critical thinking nurse I will not let anyone tell me otherwise, afterall it will be cheaper for them in the long r...

5. Nursing & Depression

   nal replied to carpe_de_em's topic in Stress 101

   I have had depression in the past, took anti depressants for short time with good effect. They helped me to build bridges to get back on my feet. Felt that depression was partly due to nursing and the conformity tactics used to force us into submissi...

6. A study done on the Nursing shortage

   nal replied to Brownms46's topic in General Nursing

   Thought you might be interested in this . Words from nurses themselves. It is quite lengthy but hits the real issues. http://www.nswnurses.asn.au/news_media/nutable_report.pdf

7. Ex-nurses offered return incentives

   nal replied to CATHYW's topic in General Nursing

   I have been participating in an incentive scheme to encourage nurses to return to the public system. While it is a good idea there are several things I would like to point out. The system is still the same and problems that may have caused you to lea...