Bones17

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   Shift Work

   Bones17 replied to Bones17's topic in Nurses

   Thanks everyone! I don’t work as a nurse. I just want to know what it’s going to be like and how to cope. Are you able to change your scheduled work time/day for another or take time off if there is a special event that you want to attend? (as in like a family member’s birthday, wedding etc.). Maybe you could switch your scheduled work time with a colleague. Is it kind of like retail work?

   • Wednesday
   • 11 replies
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   Shift Work

   Bones17 posted a topic in Nurses

   Is shift work as hard as what it sounds? How do you cope?

   • Aug 3
   • 11 replies
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   Burnout: What would you do in my situation

   Bones17 replied to Therefornow's topic in Specialties

   Could you not combine it with a teaching degree?

   • Jul 24
   • 4 replies
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   Is Nursing Dangerous?

   Bones17 replied to Bones17's topic in Specialties

   Thank you everyone for your comments!! What type of nurse are you? I only know of the alarms that alert you when a patient has buzzed for you to go to their room, or in emergency when their vitals must be crashing or something.

   • Jul 24
   • 26 replies
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   Is Nursing Dangerous?

   Bones17 replied to Bones17's topic in Specialties

   Yeah that’s another thing I’m afraid of because I already had bad depression and anxiety. I don’t know if there is something for you to able to tell if you will be physically and mentally ok to do nursing. I wish there was. I guess you don’t know unless you are a nurse, which is when it will be too late anyway.

   • Jul 22
   • 26 replies
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   Is Nursing Dangerous?

   Bones17 replied to Bones17's topic in Specialties

   Thanks everyone! Would you say that the three captions that I posted which list the physical demands of a nurse is fairly accurate? (Hopefully not).

   • Jul 16
   • 26 replies
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   Is Nursing Dangerous?

   Bones17 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi all, This is my first posting on here. I just had a question about working as a nurse. Is it basically guaranteed that working as a nurse will result in becoming injured through time? I love the sound of nursing but I'm afraid of getting life-long injuries from prolonged periods of standing to do your work, lifting patients, from doing shift work (health risks to disrupting the regular sleep-cycle) or from exposure to fumes/liquids/hazardous substances/radiation/illnesses. I understand that patients can become violent so I guess that is unavoidable unless you learn restraining techniques or are strong which I’m not. I just don’t want to start and then become unable to even work after the first 5 years of starting. Would you say it’s how you look after yourself? Do you know nurses who aren’t injured from doing nursing for a long time? Thank you! I appreciate your answers.

   • Jul 14
   • 26 replies