marie39

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1. ADHD, crippling anxiety attacks, and horrible self-esteem

   marie39 replied to McGwillis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   I feel your pain. I have suffered from panic disorder for years. It has gotten worse over the past few months for me. I've tried different SSRIs and they all caused more anxiety. I guess I just have...

2. Help, fainted on the job!

   marie39 replied to marie39's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks, it does help to know I'm not alone! I still have to decide what to do about my job...going to talk with my manager and employee health. I'm not sure if I should transfer to a different unit or...

3. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

   marie39 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Well I just did my first six months of nursing on a surgical floor, 12 hour shifts...but on the third day in a row of 12's I fainted from exhaustion and bashed my head on the floor!!! Now I am...

4. Glossary of Nursing/Medical Degrees-Certifications & Allied Heath Certifications

   marie39 replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

   RPN=Registered Practical Nurse in most parts of

5. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

   marie39 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital does this too...I hate having to ask every single patient to do the peri-rectal swab. It doesn't seem to help because we have a c-diff outbreak

6. Help, fainted on the job!

   marie39 replied to marie39's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Oh yes, I take anxiolytics. Afraid I'm becoming addicted to them right now but they're the only thing that

7. Help, fainted on the job!

   marie39 replied to marie39's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Yes, i was thinking 8 hours would be better...are there many units with 8 hours out there? At my hospital, I think it's only psych that does 8 hour

8. Help, fainted on the job!

   marie39 replied to marie39's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Yeah, the surgical floor works us like dogs to be honest. And the 12 hour shifts just aren't working for

9. Help, fainted on the job!

   marie39 replied to marie39's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks for the replies. I love this site! Nurses helping nurses is wonderful. So I've had many tests...ECG CBC CT scan MRI, dizzy tests. The only thing that was found was a small lesion in my brain...

10. Help, fainted on the job!

    marie39 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, need some advice. I graduated last year and started my first job in July on a general surgery inpatient unit. I had worked there for 6 months when I had an accident. It was the end of the...