Keesha RN

Keesha RN has 19 years experience and specializes in Rehab.

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1. Experienced nurse whose survived early hip replacements and MVA with brain injury

   Keesha RN posted a topic in Disabilities

   I’m an experienced nurse. As a child had hip dislocation (age 10), developed avascular necrosis and had hip replacement surgery right before turning 21 years old. I became RN right before 25 years old. Now 17 years in my career I’ve already had 2 hip...

2. have you been shamed about your mental health?

   Keesha RN replied to xbananachipsx's topic in Disabilities

   I’m glad you shared your story. I’m recently dealing with something similar and wondering how to handle it before too late? I recently started a new position at a rehab hospital on a brain injury unit. A year and half ago I was in a motor vehicle acc...

3. Reprimanded for Getting too Personal With Patients

   Keesha RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   OK Nurse Beth. I still have concerns on this new job. I’m still in orientation but do not feel that my preceptor and manager have high expectations of me. They have mentioned that I don’t seem ready to be off by myself yet. I don’t think that I have ...

4. Orientation Not Going Well

   Keesha RN replied to coffeeandvendingmachines's topic in Ambulatory

   Hi I also just recently started a new nursing job in a rehab hospital. On a unit where we get a lot of traumatic brain injury patients. Im not a new nurse. I have almost 17 years experience but am fairly new to rehab nursing. I only write because I j...