Thanks for the info, everyone. I was just exposed yesterday (Friday) due to the clear ineptitude of the charge nurse who didn't notify anyone that a patient was carrying a warning that she received radiation one day before (Thursday). The patient had...
bbedit replied to Tesfanurse's topic in Disabilities
I have bipolar disorder and I would love to disclose it but I don't, I'm too nervous it will mark me for life. To all of you with BPD, you can do it! You can make it work. Oh, I've been a nurse for about 7 years.
bbedit replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in Stress 101
Hi all Just checking back again about working nights while having bipolar disorder. I want to take the next step and get trained into the ICU, ER, or even the OR but I know that in the hospitals I've looked at, they don't hire you for day shifts for ...
I am in the middle of working with the travel company _Nurses Rx_ which is under the umbrella of companies of AMNHealthcare. I am glad you posted this because I want to let everyone know that Nurses Rx neglected to inform me that my start date was pu...
bbedit replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in Stress 101
I am an RN with bipolar disorder. I am lucky that I have it managed pretty well. I quit my job to travel (NOT travel RN -- just regular travel!) 6 mos ago and am back, and am looking for a new job. I have 5 yrs' experience on a med/surg floor, I was ...
New grad, in my understanding, means anyone who graduated from nursing school, and it's their 1st job as a nurse. It doesn't discriminate if you have an associate's or bachelor's degree -- just that it's your first job as a nurse. I hate to come back...
bbedit replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in Stress 101
I saw this post is from 2/2011 but I thought I would write anyway. Maybe you can get a 2nd opinion? It sounds terrible what you've been going through with not being able to keep a job AND your family not understanding. Hang in there! There's NAMI = N...
I want to go into the ICU but at my hospital, you have to work nights in the ICU to start with. I don't do nights well. Can anyone suggest a way to get ICU experience without having to do nights? Even the cardiac unit on my floor hires on to nights f...
I am having job performance issues (according to my boss) which are likely due to a number of reasons. My boss says my voice is too loud and she can hear me down the hall when I am in a room talking to a patient. I don't know how she hears my voice c...
I hear what you and the commenters are saying. I work day 12s usually -- and some 8s -- and I still feel isolated because I can't go out and meet my friends til really late because it takes so long to get around where I work and live. I have thought ...
Gosh thanks to all the previous replies. I feel similar to the original posting person. Except I have somehow stayed on my med-surg, really more surg, floor for nearly 4 years! I've tried to go other places but international opportunities want me to ...
I applied to MSF after working on a med-surg floor (primarily surg) for about 3 years at an academic teaching hospital and got rejected. I think they want me to go on my own to another country, maybe on a medical mission or 7-10 days trip before MSF ...
I just got called in to my manager's office so she could tell me I have 5 sick calls. If I get a 6th, then I get a LEVEL I warning. I asked her when the sick calls were made. She told me since 5/10/2010 I have called in sick 5 times. Which means 5 ti...
I have about 5-6 binders full of paperwork from orientation, other classwork, various inservices. What do you recommend I keep? I would like to get rid of all of it! I know educating the RNs will change so it's not worth holding on to all these pape...
I think I'll keep all the official employment stuff -- I should have posted that above. I am getting bogged down with all the in-service info, education updates, etc. Thanks for the reply!
bbedit replied to PennyB71's topic in Disabilities
Just remember it's amazing that you're/we're ALL doing this. A, sharing these intimate thoughts, B, working in a field where you have to curb your own thoughts (a lot of the time) to care for someone else. It's really an accomplishment. I am an RN, I...
Thanks for the thoughts. I am also on the fence about taking a travel assignment or moving permanently. I am looking at DC specifically b/c my family is there. I am concerned about getting placed on a bad assignment or in a weaker hospital. I have wo...
Thanks everyone for writing back. I still haven't received my scrubs from Jasco and I called them again (I placed the order on 2/21). I spoke with a manager who said she would look into it and get back to me but I have not heard from her. She didn't...
bbedit replied to aerorunner80's topic in Uniform/Gear
I posted the other day about some problems I had with Jasco. I can't find that post. I called Jasco again today because my order is STILL not here. I am so mad because now I have to go buy more scrubs so that I don't have to keep wearing a mix of the...
I have been doing some research and decided on Jasco Uniforms jascouniform.com . I just found out though, that they have a processing time which doesn't count in the shipping time for each order. You might want to check that out when you do your own ...