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How COOL!

Had my first panic attack at 39 as I come to the end of my first year as a nurse...Thank you for your help here....I thought I was dying and the ambulance came to take me to ER...I was ashamed...it was just a panic attack (Chest pains, tightening in the throat, SOB, weakness...I have a DR appointment tomorrow...I'm shaking as I write....

:twocents:I too was a CNA and understand your frustration...Today, I am an LPN and can't believe I thought nurses had it much easier. I just had my first panic attack and was sent to the hospital via ambulance. I had never experienced one, and thought I was having a heart attack, and this was on my day off....There are great, good, mediocre, and horrible nurses as are CNA's... I hope you have the opportunity to become a nurse...you will then be able to judge from the other end. I was a HHA and CNA for 5 years...challenging beyond belief...GREAT nurses...are hard to find, because they don't last long at times...Same for GREAT CNA's...there are so many Great people that just can't keep up due to the demand and hearts that truly care....:paw:

so so true. I too worked as a CNA in the hospital and then as a nurse in LTC. It brings me to my knees to realize how many not only don't have a decent work ethic, but really truly don't care...about those who were mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers....they are human beings...and they neglect them without even thinking about it. Thank you for your words...I've gotta find some other way to be a nurse. Not in LTC...I just don't have the stomach for the insensitivity and meanness to our elderly.

Your letter makes me cry...Of course, I've been crying for the last several hours...I feel your heart, and it is mine...the reasons I went into nursing. My heart is broken tonight at all that you have mentioned...and then, I read that you were looking for a place your soul could grow...Well, It definitely challenges your soul...your whole being....

Thank you for this advice. I will do the same thing with what I am dealing with! Thank you so much.

I so feel your pain...I am truly amazed at the amount of healthcare workers that really don't care...Last night...I had one leave for one of her many breaks...She closed the door to a resident's room leaving me to wonder if she was caring for them...Nope, one was left on the toilet alone (90 years old) and needs a lift to get to bed. The other had her 02 off and dirty linen and briefs on the floor...She was gone for 20 minutes...leaving the door closed with the residents in danger... I wrote a letter to the administrators. I think that is a great idea. The sad reality is, many don't need more training. You can't train someone to care...

Thank you

Thank you for your advice.,.I really needed this tonight...

My parents live in Georgia. I sure could use my mother right now...

So...I'm not the only one...I"m not alone...Thank you for your post!

I just told my husband today..."hostile environment"...Thank you for caring....

OH how I relate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Struggling here with coworkers. Thank you all for being here....

Thank you...I am very discouraged tonight...crying...mean people in the world....I would never. Thanks for sharing your heart.

This writing is very good!

Okay...now I'm about to cry... You poor thing! I'm not alone, but part of me wishes I were so you wouldn't have to deal with this!

As soon as I settle down, I am doing the same...Actually, I did well in pharmacology due to my extreme curiosity with how meds work within the body...I'm a total nerd, I guess. LOL If I can just hang on...long enough... I thought RN's had all of those priviledges for learning. I am glad to find this forum.

Wow, that is a very good idea that I didn't know was possible...

I am so grateful for this writing. Every single word is ME. I've been in this for about a month and have already been "talked to" by administration....

Thank you so much. I feel your care. How do you give and give as a nurse and then come here and nurse us new nurses? Thank you...I was alone with 40 residents. I was the only staff member on the hall for about a half hour during the 6 am med pass. It felt like an eternity. I had two CNA's for the night, just not very dependable. Thank you again for your care.

I guess I'm not alone in this! lol Hold tight...

You back then are me right now....I've been a nurse for a month...made 2 med-errors...I work 3rd shift and am constantly "encouraged" to "hurry up"...The pressure to hurry...it's getting to me. I was called in the office today to see how they could help me stop working overtime...staying too late charting. It's not worth it!

I've been an LPN at LTC for a month. I made a med error this week...Gave .50 mg of Ativan instead of .25mg. Devastating. On top of that, I was called into the ADON's office to see how they could help me from having so much overtime on my charting. I'm soooo beat up. I have 40 residents to care for, and I had CNA's that were gone during the 6am med pass to leave me alone with my residents taking them to the bathroom, etc...They didn't ask to break, and if they had, I would have asked them to wait until my meds were passed. I try hard to allow as many breaks as possible. I try to help them, because I know what it was like being a CNA...needing help and not getting it... Here I am... Med Error, Overtime... I feel I already take too many "short-cuts" for a new LPN to be taking, and some of the things that go on on 3rd shift...that we are "taught" to do...I won't do anymore. It's not worth it to lose my license. I hope it is not too late for me.

Very good advice. Thanks!