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  1. no win situation

    ulmaulma posted a topic in General Nursing

    I seriouly need advice. I accepted a job a few weeks ago after quitting another one due to stress and anxiety. Though it might be less stressfull I realise all my anxiety is coming back and actually...

  2. no win situation

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. You all gave some usefull advice. I am seeing an MD but don´t think I will be able to go back. Just needed some advice on how to explain to my new employer why I am leaving so soon...

  3. Oh well:-/

    ulmaulma posted a topic in General Nursing

    I quit after five years in nursing AND no other job instore GRHHH..Please tell me someone else did this and became happy and succesfull in another

  4. Oh well:-/

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    Just really really had

  5. sick and tired of defending working in geriatrics..

    ulmaulma posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I get the..well what does a nurse do there? The patients are not sick, not complicated.. do you have doctor rounds? I.v´s ? Isn´t it boring? Maybe you are not able to handle a real...

  6. Am I too nervous to be a nurse? Any advice please?!!

    ulmaulma replied to claireb's topic in General Nursing

    I could have written that post! You are not alone ! Don´t know what else to say,

  7. racing thoughts?

    ulmaulma posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi if a patient in a state of hypomania/ anxiety (?) is experiencing thoughts racing so fast it feels like he is in the backseat of a car accelerating so fast he is almost hanging is the air whats...

  8. racing thoughts?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    female, 38 and no headtrauma,family history or physical illness. Just wonder if that would be anxiety/hypomania or what the medicalterm for that would

  9. racing thoughts?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    could it be dissociation ??

  10. childhood losses

    ulmaulma posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hey psychnurses:-) Okey so I guess this is all pretty basic but I am wondering if the loss of a parent ( the mother ) within the first year of living brings on certain personality traits. I have been...

  11. problem with co-worker( long sorry)

    ulmaulma posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok I am going to let it all out, and please correct me if I am wrong.. English is not my first language but I am trying to explain it anyways;-) I work as a the only nurse some evenings on a floor...

  12. problem with co-worker( long sorry)

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you sooo much I feel better already after reading your responses!! Still feel like quitting though.. why does´nt my management take any action, I am not the only one complaining thats what...

  13. problem with co-worker( long sorry)

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies. I am almost thinking about quitting do to this. Nothing is worth a bad working enviroment just hate the thought that I am been driving to thinking this way

  14. dnr in geriatrics

    ulmaulma posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey am I the only one thinking that maybe the doctors takes it too far sometimes? Use to work at a surgical ward where discussing dnr where part of care. Know work in geriatrics and it seems doctors...

  15. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have this patient we have been treating with highdose ad´s for about a month(ltc) ..do to depression. Now a familymember said this patient was diagnosed bp years ago ( didnt want treament for years...

  16. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks for letting me know it´s okey for me to " let him hand out the flowers" by the way...;-) It´s difficult when you can see the " tell tell signs" and the doctor doesn´t ( cause the are...

  17. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    allways crashed around January/Febuary for the last ten years..I should pretty much just book an appointment with pdoc in advance;-) Going hyper in the spring ...love it and never get to book it...

  18. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

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  19. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks "inthesky" and u too;-) Of course I will may sure this patient is looked after during treament and after!! Just thought that it is difficult to bring up Lithium ( my psych lets me be hypomanic...

  20. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks "Inthesky"....were u put on a moodstabilizer?? I know hypomania is bad, but lets say the patient is bipolar 2, would u stop the hypomania or just let the pt. have a "good" time, and then...

  21. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    hey yet again mish56;.) sorry! You wrote somethng about soft biplar??? Did you mean the "official" bipolar 2 diagnosis??? and thanks again 30 years in the field allways amasesses me med/surg or...

  22. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Mish56!! Thanks .. what a great answer!! Considering me being impatient and foolish for asking and thinking of why the family gave the information and not the patient. Love it!;-) The patient was...

  23. bipolar pt. not manic on ad´s?

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in Psychiatric

    okey;-) maybe it´s just like daahh we see this all day...but I don´t;-)

  24. old lady feel like I am starving her

    ulmaulma replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for your replies I can tell that u all feel the same ..I should speak up for my patient! I work in geriatrics and we deal with this all the time. Sometimes I even feel it´s unethical with...

  25. old lady feel like I am starving her

    ulmaulma posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK here goes .. English is not my first language so bare with me;-) I had this old lady come up to my ward the other day. less than fourty pounds with pneumia. Shes been fine and taking care of...