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  1. percoset withdrawal

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    TCAS11 what about 8 a day down to four a day-should there be bad

  2. psychiatric graduate programs

    krisssy posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Can anyone recommend an online psychiatric nurse practitioner program? Is anyone taking such a program now or has anyone taken one in the past? I would like to find out what various programs are...

  3. Ptsd

    krisssy replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Four years ago , something very traumatic happened to me , and I was suffering from severe PTSD with severe symptoms of anxiety and major depression. These were basically the symptoms of the PTSD....

  4. Direct-entry MSN programs

    krisssy replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What is the age range in these accelerated MSN

  5. percoset withdrawal

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    He never prescribed the Clonodine. Do you think he should? The Colonipin is a very small does 0.5 mg. She is not a drug addict-just was given Percoset for post op severe pain- I suppose that is why...

  6. percoset withdrawal

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    The doc has been hesitant about the Clonidine, but I am going to pursue that, because she had fast heart beat the other

  7. percoset withdrawal

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    I suppose that is why he prescribed small doses of Clonozapin and I assume that is why the Excedrin takes the edge off. She gets scared when the cramps come, because she had to have a second surgery...

  8. helping a nurse with drug use/job

    krisssy replied to kkind4's topic in General Nursing

    What is SOM and

  9. percoset withdrawal

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    The MD did write a taper. She is down to 4 a day and then 5 a day and then switching back to 4 a day. She had been taking 8 a day for pain after two abdominal surgeries-once in a while 10 a day if...

  10. Ptsd

    krisssy replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was given Zyprexa for PTSD. It worked very well, but was very difficult to get off although I was told it is not

  11. helping a nurse with drug use/job

    krisssy replied to kkind4's topic in General Nursing

    It is not a matter of us agreeing or disagreeing about following the present BON's laws. It is a matter of agreeing or disagreeing about whether these laws, which I think are outdated, need to be...

  12. helping a nurse with drug use/job

    krisssy replied to kkind4's topic in General Nursing

    Like Judee said, maybe the BON's need to listen to pain specialists, and the laws need to be changed. Although I wouldn't break the law, I would be interested in doing things to change some outdated...

  13. helping a nurse with drug use/job

    krisssy replied to kkind4's topic in General Nursing

    Well I personally would never break the law. But I still agree with grannynurse

  14. helping a nurse with drug use/job

    krisssy replied to kkind4's topic in General Nursing

    I understand how you feel. I have been on pain medication for chronic pain too. I think it depends on what the medication is, how much you take and how you function on it. Everyone reacts...

  15. helping a nurse with drug use/job

    krisssy replied to kkind4's topic in General Nursing

    I have just read the most fantastic book on this issue. It is a true story of a nurse who was fired from her job from taking Stadol and what she had to go through, but she did get her license back,...

  16. graduate school for nurses

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think I have FINALLY made a decision. I have an appointment with an advisor re. applying to an online psychiatric nurse practitioner program. I am sooooo excited. And I met a psychiatrist who...

  17. Walking From Addiction to Recovery

    krisssy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just read the most wonderful book. It is called Walking Like A Duck-The True Story of a Nurse Walking From Addiction to Recovery by Patricia Holloran RN. I read about it on this site, but I don't...

  18. Kaplan Program and case management with no hospital experience

    krisssy posted a topic in Case Management

    I am an RN with a BS degree from 1969. I worked as a school nurse teacher for two years, and then I became an elementary school teacher for the next 30 years. I retired from teaching, and I took a 6...

  19. Anyone work at St Francis Hospital on Long Island

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in New York Nursing

    Which Dept. do you work in? Were you there in Oct.? I can't remember which floor I was on, but it was not a cardiac condition-prolapsed rectal surgery. Are the cardiac floors separate? My two...

  20. Careplans!! please respond

    krisssy replied to DIVER CRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

  21. graduate programs in child psych and substance abuse

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you both for your replies. I will keep looking.

  22. graduate programs in child psych and substance abuse

    krisssy posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Are there any graduate programs in the field of substance abuse or child

  23. Excelsior Graduate Program

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thank you cbarnett2-this is really helpful.

  24. Excelsior Graduate Program

    krisssy posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Has anyone had experience with the Excelsior Graduate program? If so what did you specialize in and what did you think of it? Also, if you have heard anything about it, I would appreciate the...

  25. OLD RN of 58 needs career advice please!

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Thank you for your suggestion. I have been holding back on applying to a pediatric nurse practitioner's program, because I thought one needed to have pediatric floor experience. I wasn't aware...