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I am a new nurse who is not working now. I left my last hospital job after harrassment from administration. I was in front of the Director of Nursing and Human Resources. She (HR) casually diagnosed me with Parkinson's and suggested that I take smoke breaks if the shift gets too hard. I do not smoke and I do not have any signs or symptoms of Parkinson's. This is just sad to me. This is one of those funny jokes that hurts to laugh at right?! I moved to nursing in search of positive role models and a supportive environment. It makes me sad that behavior from leadership will ruin other potentially great nurses.

I may be speaking out-of-turn here, but 2020 is here people! Have you chozen Dark Side? or The Rebellion? May the Forth be with you? (educational content has been provided by ChooseTheNaturalPath.com/Dirty-Dozen)

Would a previously nominal body-builder gain autologous b-12 if he/she reduces his/her calorie intake, given that the macronutrient profile remains relatively constant?

Concerning your statement about hunters, I duly administer genuine respect only to meat-eaters who hunt. It is so easy to get rid of evidence on a plate, but is it easy to put food on a plate? Meat-industry workers have a high risk of psychological damage and moral injury. Where is it my imperative to request others to fail in meeting their own survival needs? My upbringing was quite oppositional/contrasting to yours. I was expected to moan and gripe if fresh brie could not be found in the kitchen fridge. In lamentation, I share with you that these specially prepared and specially aged cheeses are connected to the advent of chromosomal abnormalities. My mind would not have to wander too far to suppose certain modern food inventions have bestowed upon us an opportunity of financial becoming.

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Thanks, RNNPICU and Thanks, chare.

Hello, I have no experience in Emergency Medicine and I am not sure if this is even an Emergency Medicine question, really. I know that the guidelines for rapid response are always "it all depends". But I am sure I am not sure why/when I would call a code for: Shortness of breath - if it does not resolve? (what about a patient who reported chest pain, but then it resolves? he has chronic CAD so is this an emergency?) Anxiety/agitation - only if it could result in eminent harm? Wet lungs - only if it is not being treated currently? "Urine Output <30ml/hr X 2 hours"- how come I am being laughed at? should I accept this, give up totally, or call the provider behind their back? Implementing the ABCD’s During a Code Blue Response in an Adult Patient Self - Instructional Module

I do agree that people with extreme dietary ideologies might tend to have experienced an eating disorder at some point. But how do you treat someone with an eating disorder? (Our) society is built on niceties, rules, structure, and hierarchical dominance. Prudent therapy of ED patients considers the following: non-food and non-body activites/discussion will be prohibited from the meal environment and/or meal time, keeping in mind that eating disorders may be considered by some experts to be a form of obsessive reasoning. How do you think your cousin would respond if she found this blog thread. Does your cousin have paranoia or delusions related to her ED? How do the concepts of learned helplessness, percieved abandonment, and anxious attachment loop into the topic of a food and nutrition as part of the healing environment?

If it makes dollars, it makes sense. A dollar saved is a dollar earned. Wait... aren't most dialysis operated by a third party specifically because of cost issues? Am I making that up?

Is this what you would call, vegan spam?

I completed the Uworld question bank. I also liked Hurst a lot and recorded myself. By the way... the "NCLEX lady" is real!

"Wash" yourself of that which does not serve you, is my advice. <I myself recently threw a full-blown temper tantrum. At home though and without using... many actual words. I think that sounded not that great! ?>. Why did you become a nurse? What is the point of being a nurse? S- prescription. O- observation. A- attitude/assignment. P- please, I know this can be so much better.

I have not read the entire thread, however I would like to leave a remark on the sentiment of this thread. I myself rarely curse, although I have worked in "private duty" in home environments that cursing was either taboo or welcomed. If any one were to cater to my personal preference, I do not mind the actual "vulgar word", but actually the sentiment of cursing behind the speaker's tounge. P.S.! Only four days until Monday.

I would like to say thank you as well!

I hope you know that I was being snarkey when I said I would work be working at McDonald's soon. Thank you JKL33. I am really appreciative of the responses in general. I have copied and pasted a reply to a private message I recieved to demonstrate that your feedback is helping me shift my mindset: "I think [administration cares] about nurses sticking around only if they have the right attitude, and not having melt-downs over [and resurgent feelings from] a bad memory?!?!" (referring to my current job) "Administration's job is to attend to nursing/staffing needs. Nurses' job is to help the patient feel safe. Radiology does radiology and I know nothing about that."

I had a family member in the ICU during a nurses' strike. As a family member I found it scary to see the nurses standing outside with signs. My mom elected to move our family member to another hospital.

Thank you for the response, TriciaJ.

I passed the NCLEX, despite being very nervous. I was a classic case of "I know for sure I failed because it cut off at the minimum. Oh no! |.o.|" How I prepared for the NCLEX was (1) lots and lots and lots of practice questions, (2) video and audio recording myself giving lectures on nursing topics, (3) I got a temporary job as a farm hand because I always wanted to contribute to the "F" in the FDA, and (4) being okay with the fact that it is okay if confidence is not always my friend, because not everyone in life is going to be my friend, and at the end of the day I am my own best friend. Confidence: Where does the word confidence come from? Origin Late 16th century from French confident(e), from Italian confidente, from Latin confident- ‘having full trust’, from the verb confidere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.

And kaylee, I do not feel like a bad guy. I feel like I have been in scenarios that patients could have recieved better treatment. But at the end of the day, I am still just one member of a team.

Ok, guys thank you I guess. But given the scenarios that I mentioned, would you have done something differently? Like would you work at a facility that did not have any isolation PPE provided in the facility? Maybe your answer is yes, but I do not think that every nurses' answer would be yes. Also, would you feel comfortable signing blank forms, irrelevant of what type of document you were signing? I can imagine you saying, "dear a better response would have been 'this is a blank document, please fill it out and then I will sign'". I agree and already realize that would be a better reponse, but would you agree that in communication, some messaged is always implied? Is it ever appropriate to leave a job when the reason is that you do not feel supported by the team? I do not feel like that is ever appropriate or helpful, but that is still how I fell whether that is right or not. And what is a better way to communcate that some actions/inactions do not help me to feel valued or appreciated as a team member? Rose Queen, I do appreciate that you recognize that I am in emotional distress and need some type of talk therapy/ counseling. I will take this opportunity to share with you that I frequently have met with counselors, and overall they have all recommended that social support is much more valuable than speaking with someone who is strictly in communcation with me as an outside professional. That is why I am here at this forum speaking with all of you in the necessary and helpful profession of nursing.

I am a new grad nurse and I guess this is T -3 months until I am a McDonald's employee. I do not know why I feel set-up to fail right now. I read a lot of these posts and take it... personally. Like a time that I initiated CPR in a nursing home, but did not follow BLS guidlines because I assumed my coworkers were BLS certified as well... now I am the "bad guy". Like a time there was a tiered pain med plan ordered, which I determinately followed, but when I called for the charge RN -- instead of being messaged how I can improve I FEEL labeled as a "bad guy". Like the time I intentionally botched a job interview where I worked because 9+ nurses were simultaneously on "light duty" and multiple quits and management restructuring and I think of my self as a "bad guy" somehow. Like a time I didn't complete a trauma certification because I was scared again because of management restructuring and pessimistic talk and again I think of myself as a "bad guy". Like a time I soft-quit a charge position because isolation gear was not stocked and I saw a very unusual wasp a week before an employee told me he has a history of TB and I feel like a "bad guy". Like a time I LOOKED like a "bad guy" because I refused to sign blank medical documents. Like all the times I give jobs my best effort, and I DONT FEEL LIKE A "BAD GUY" I AM NOT ASHAMED, DO NOT FEEL GUILTY, AND EXPERIENCE NO PAIN RELATED TO MY TREATMENT AS A NURSE AT THIS TIME. This is an anoymous website and I have no anger at this time. I am hurt I am not in pain.

Olga, I am sad to hear your story. I hope to see that you respond with an update regarding where you are at right now. One bit of advice I will offer you is remember the concept of "inhibition" in higher functioning as a nurse. Last year I was employed at a facility with similar ratios. Several months later, I am still having trouble remembering the patient's fear(s) before my own (that is just the God-honest truth). Use your off time to complete CEUs, sweat it out at the gym/studio (without inappropriate emotional displays!), and stay in touch with your spiritual practice.

I was initially drawn to psych nursing because I have been an inpatient psych patient about four times. Therefore, I am maybe more familiar with some of the stories leading up to mental breakdowns, loss of moral fabric, hopelessness, and general pessimism. It hurts my feelings sometimes knowing how good all of "nurses" have it made. We are able to make basic decisions every day that we completely take for granted. The sharp pain of not saying anything to confront a seeminly cold-hearted nurse because I know that it will interefere with my job -- intereferes with my job. Ironically these statements can be made not only in (without?) regard to psych-stigmatized statements but also simple actions such as an audible rolling of the eyes, withholding information, justifying the condition of the patient, or --sad to admit it-- the dreaded "what are we doing here"? Through my inpatient and outpatient programs I have been enrolled in many classes for mental health, mindfulness, and cognitive-based methods. I even enrolled in a college-level class. In nursing school it became morally damaging to hear the other nurses speak down on this specialty, or at least how I percieved statements such as "I became a psych nurse because I could not get a job anywhere else", "once you become a psych nurse it is hard to break out of the specialty", "I could never be a psych nurse", and "this rotation is so annoying". I also found that my clinical instructor was seemingly particularly emblazened to find every possible critique about my assignments and school work. My mom said a few times that she wishes I could go to school speciafically to become a psych nurse. Thank you for asking, Verene.

Ah, so true. Most days I am pretty non-judgemental, but every now and again my judgemental personality reemerges. I originally wanted to be strictly a psych nurse, but I changed my mind pretty quick. It is tough though, because in a med-surge environment it is easy to identify who the psych patients are in a timely fashion.

I noticed your word choice for decision making. ✅ Before learning about nursing I tended to be pretty judgemental. Being perceived as callousness or cold-hearted does not help others to feel accepted. Learning that compassion is not a simple word has been interesting and difficult. I have learned from you response, thank you.