BulkyMonster

I just started working a few weeks ago as a nurse paralegal - so far, I like it, although there are days when I just feel completely dumb when confronted with some of the attorneys' questions (I'm told that's normal). I have some problems with anxie...

Can anyone recommend a good resource about therapeutic approaches to children with RAD? I'm dealing with both types, primarily uninhibited, in a new job as a psychiatric nurse. I love my job so far, but I find myself missing a lot of information an...

Well, glad to know my little rant was helpful, I suppose :)

I didn't like the structure. I didn't like that my time was not my own. The snobbiness of officers (not all, but in general) bothered me. Also, the vapid patriotism... you weren't allowed to say "the President is an idiot." I love my country, but...

Thanks. I am hearing a bit about this from the other people at the firm but I get the feeling they're just wanting me to concentrate on doing the client screening for now until I have a firm grip on things. The attorney I'm working for is a senior pa...

I'll try to answer any questions as well as I can, but bear in mind I'm just a newbie :)

Like I said, I just look on the internet to begin with... you start learning little bits and pieces and often it's a clue to go on to the next thing. If it's really and truly beyond your ability to interpret, you can talk to other nurses, or consult...

To some extent, you're right. People should try and be pleasant and professional when at work, even if they do hate it. It's part of personal integrity. But venting on a forum is totally different. That's what I was trying to say. Sometimes we need ...

Where I work, we mainly rely on the internet and journal articles. UptoDate medical database, RXlist, and emedicine are frequent first stops of mine when I'm researching. Even wikipedia can help if you are starting out with absolute basics. From ther...

Here we go again with the judgmental attitude. Just because someone's unhappy doesn't mean they're letting it affect their behavior towards patients. We're here to discuss our perceptions and experiences on nursing. Some will be positive, and some w...

Not really. You get to tell them where you'd LIKE to go, and they try those places first, but if they don't have a placement for you in your choice station, you could end up anywhere. Of course, there are little tricks and things once you've been in ...

This is a bit of a late reply, but I agree. I did care about my patients. I tried hard to do my best. And I tried REALLY very hard to think positively. But it was horrible for me. I couldn't deal with it. Call me names, think of me what you will, ju...

It's something I'm learning as I go. There's another nurse paralegal there who is giving me much appreciated guidance, without which I'd have really struggled. I told the attorney I'd be willing to take paralegal or legal nurse certification, but she...

Thank you! I just get a little uneasy because I was only able to get a few years' clinical experience, and none of it in ICU or critical care. On top of that, it was military nursing, which I find a lot of people don't see as applicable to the civil...

Exactly... that's why I just quit my job yesterday. I was having trouble in a new position, terrible disorganization, understaffing, bad equipment, too many patients and too little orientation. The head nurse said she'd allow me to have more orientat...

I keep identifying new ways to prevent them, but someting always slips through. Most commonly, an order will say something like: Tylenol 325mg I-II tabs PO Q6h prn. I will only see the 325 and not the "1 to 2" part. That's just an example. I have...

I worked on a cardiac floor before now, before being diagnosed, and that is where it all started. My boss from there talked to my interim boss here and told him they'd had all kinds of problems with me. A lie! I'd only been in minor trouble, once or ...

Usually we work 6a/6p on the wards here. It's a bit nasty because some housing is as far away as half an hour, 45 min. and you need to be in by 5:45, but that's nursing. Thing is they don't give you total choice in where you live. I come in a couple...

Miranda, I haven't heard the note card suggestion before and will give it a try. Thanks for all the advice. I really appreciate your taking the time to spell things out for me. I'm already trying some of the de-stress stuff. Every day I try to gree...

I don't know how to use the quote function for multiple replies so I'm just going to try ans answer everything. Well I can't change jobs or anything, I'm in the military. As for shifts, we only have 8 nurses, and she follows everything I do whether ...

I do have AD/HD diagnosed a year ago. Since taking medication I made a 180 degree turn for the better at work. Stupidly, I openly told coworkers I had it. I thought it would be good for others to know, like my strengths and weaknesses. I was wrong. I...

In all likelihood you will be called up. If you're young and healthy, they'll need you out there. If you're okay with that, and okay with someone else making your decisions for you and putting a lot of restrictions on you, then there are a lot of ben...

If you get a civilian job, you can put in 2 weeks' notice and quit if the job isn't right for you. In the military, you're stuck. They can take you away from your friends and family and while they have agencies in place for "family support," nontradi...