sissiesmama ASN, RN

ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG

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    Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    HanaRN Hey - you are so right. On one shift, while working nights in a BUSY ER, and have actually seen a combo of some of those you last posted. Had 2 traumas that needed a trauma surgeon ASAP and...
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    Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    HanaRN - I have to agree with annienc on this thread! My hubbie and I are both RN's and have worked a lot of time in the ER. I have 17 yrs. exp. and he has more than 20. We were reading your...
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    Question about Texas license

    I have a question regarding application for a Texas license from another state. A co worker asked regarding moving from Louisiana to Texas after completing the recovering nurse program and having 6...
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    Finally, a non-judgemental forum

    Hey! My name is Anne and I am an addict. I have 7 years sobriety. Like quite a few of "us" were all so glad to see this forum where you don't get told "that nurses who have an an addiction should...
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    I'm BlueSkiesForever and I'm an addict

    Hey blueskies! Glad to see your post. My name is Anne and I am an addict. It does feel good to say it. Thank God or your higher power you are still around to get in with IOP instead of not living...
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    am I wrong?

    jess1018 Also, please tell your sister I hope she feels better. there is NO excuse for the way she way treated. I speake from experience, from having spinal h/a s myself. They are miserable...
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    am I wrong?

    Hello As an RN with 16 yrs.expderience, I would definetley report this type of behavior ASAP. There is no excuse!!! I have been a patient with spinal headaches and there is nothing like it. Talk to...
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    Is this true about most nurses..

    BecomeNurse06 - this poster hit the nail on the head. NOT EVERY ONE is like that, but Ive been a nurse for over 16 years and een eveything from older experienced nurses 'eating their young, belittling...
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    Getting blamed for it!!!!

    Hey - I am just so mad that I could scream. My name is still Anne and I am still a nurse in recovery. I love our recovery threads here, and need a little help, or just to vent. My DH and I have...
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    Getting involved with a co-worker

    Hello - I have seen quite a few of the experiences you posted, and for the most part, they ended quite badly and gave the unit a ''weird'' feel when it broke. On a personal note, I met my hubbie...
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    How old is too old?

    Hey - WOW!!! I am impressed, as a fellow ER RN. I am having to get out of the profession due to cardiac problrms. Anne,
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    I had just had it with my job!!!(long)

  13. Thunderwolf - My name is still Anne and I have posted on this won derful thread before concerning recovery. I just wanted again to tell you how very much we needed it and how happy I am that is here....
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    What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    Great minds think alike! That is one thing I started doing since I am not released to work by my cardiologist. I do not plan on going back to work as a nurse ever, and I have started painting...
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    What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    Hey linda2097 -- I have been a nurse since 1991. I worked on a variety of units, including L and D, ER, and on and on. About 2 years ago, I started having a LOT of cardiac and BP problems, including...
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    What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    Hey linda2097 -- I have been a nurse since 1996. I worked on a variety of units, including L and D, ER, and on and on. About 2 years ago, I started having a LOT of cardiac and BP problems, including...
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    Caffeine!!

    Hey - I think that I feel worse without my caffeine than coming off opiates anyday!!! Can't give up my cokes. Now, with my diet, I'm trying the Coke Zero. Not too bad, just not quite the same!!...
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    Food Addiction?

    Hey - sounds like me!!! I lost my 1/2 cocker spaniel, 1/2 gold. retriever at the age of 15 and 1/2 years 2 years ago and believe it or not, he became a paraplegic rapid onset, and when the vet...
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    My name is Anne and I am an addict!

    Hello - Glad you came to this thread! I will keep your friend in my prayers. I am sorry to hear about her relapse. Keep on being such a good friend to her, she will need you, and some people aren't...
  20. Hey fellow recovering nurses. My name is Anne and I am an addict! I am SO glad you guys started this thread. It was so great to see after the other rather negative sites I have found elsewhere on...
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    My name is Anne and I am an addict!

    :thankya: Tweety - Thank you so much! You, Cat, and Taz are my heroes!! You guys make a great sounding board and shoulder to vent on. I will always be so grateful for that. It makes it so much...
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    Recovering One Day At A Time

    Stringer - Hey! My name is Anne and I'm an addict! (7 years ago when I got busted for diversion of anything I could get my hands on I was TERRIFIED to say that!) Congrats to you and your wife on...
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    Food Addiction?

    Hello and happy dieting to everyone here with us on the thread.of food addiction! Last night if I could have strangled my 15 year old stepson and not gone to jail, I would have!!! For my hubbie and...
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    My name is Anne and I am an addict!

    You are wonderful! Thank you SO much! You gonna make a girl cry! (Good tears, of course!!!!) Thank you!
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    Nurses and addictions

    Taz - you go girl!! You read my mind!! Exactly.....