NeoPediRN

NeoPediRN

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  1. Were they doing it to keep you safe, or to bust
  2. I think it would just be a vicious cycle of choppy sleep and sleep deprivation to break up my sleep pattern like that. I can't sleep well anywhere but a dark room and my bed. Even the times I've tried...
  3. I could, but that wouldn't help because even when I worked straight nights at my old job I still had this problem. It was part of the reason I left that job. My commute became almost 3 hours when they...
  4. Chloe, funny you mention the migraines. I had them from age 6 through 17 or 18, then they died down. When I started night shift, they came back but different than they were when I was younger. One...
  5. Nope, only in the car, but it usually only happens on the drive home. Did his happen on the way to work
  6. I just got back from my appointment. She is referring me to a sleep specialist, and diagnosed me with sleep work shift disorder. She wanted to start me on something today, but couldn't because of my...
  7. Oh my goodness, caliotter, how embarrassing/funny! You must have lived in a small town for them to have had time to do
  8. Thank you to everyone who responded. Like I said, I do know this is dangerous and I know I need to fix it. You know something is seriously wrong when you look back and can't believe you are still...
  9. This is a good idea that I haven't tried. I'm willing to, and I've always wanted to be fluent in
  10. No espresso for me, unfortunately. I've tried talking to friends on their way home from work in the morning too. I don't start dreaming they're saying something else to me or start talking nonsense,...
  11. I have tried this, but I'm extremely disoriented when I wake up and even more tired and have an even harder time getting home. From what the other posters have said, this works for them. I don't know...
  12. I mean my driver's license, not my RN license. I'm afraid it'll get revoked since I could be seen as a danger behind the wheel, or because it's something that happens only while driving. Maybe I'll...
  13. I know I probably should ask my doctor about it but I'm really afraid of getting my license suspended. I know that sounds petty in comparison, but there's not much effective public transportation...
  14. Unfortunately it's just my fiance and I out here and we work opposite shifts when I'm on nights. I took a cab one morning when my car was being repaired, and it was $72 one way....I live in a tiny...
  15. Katie, I'm so sorry you're going through this. You have a whole lot crammed onto one tiny little plate, and this may sound cliche but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. You're under a serious...
  16. I considered asking my doctor about Provigil since it's short acting, but I'm afraid of getting my license medically suspended. I have to be able to drive to be able to work. I also can't take...
  17. BTW, I wanted to clarify that by adrenaline rush I don't mean I feel a thrill of excitment from nearly getting into an accident, I mean that the panic and fear wakes me
  18. Days vs nights

    I rotate two weeks of days and two weeks of nights. Nights are boring, days get hectic and both shifts have their exceptions. With days there are rounds, no worries about waking doctors up, more...
  19. dayshifters please please please...

    I don't think my phone has that feature. I don't have an alarm only setting but I wish it
  20. checking gtube placement

    I work in peds and most of the kids have Mics which I think are much easier to replace. We only replace if the tract is mature, we don't even put a Foley in if it's not. Our nursing policy states that...
  21. Really having difficulty with ped calculation

    As JF said, you're correct. In the real world you'll find dosages like that often, but for a black and white nursing test, it is too high of a dose. A tip for your test, don't read beyond what's asked...
  22. Is this peds experience going to help me at all?

    Hey Ems mom, congrats on the new job! Your facility sounds SO similar to mine. I work on the "stepdown unit" and there is a separate rehab unit. Almost every kid is trached/vented, and is medically...
  23. How do you know if you are doing a good job?

    If you're not doing a good job, you'll hear about it.
  24. Does this happen to you?

    For the first few months I constantly heard the cardiac monitors after I left work. I'd hear them in the shower, I'd wake up thinking I heard them alarming. It went away after about six months, but...