elizabert49

Please, please, please be pro-active about this and do something quickly! As previous posters said, check your state laws, and if she is not within her scope of practice and, as I understand from your post, has actually harmed your MIL by working outside of her scope, pursue a legal avenue. ESRF is a complicated, fragile condition that requires a delicate balance of medications, diet, and lifestyle to manage. While a CNA may be able to help your mother in many ways, this probably requires an experienced RN to truly manage her medications. Even as an RN, ESRF makes me nervous because of all of the intricacies that goes into managing it. Good luck with your situation!

I truly hope that you find some peace somewhere in this. What a horrible experience to go through! I agree with a previous poster in that you probably need to sit down by yourself, with your doctor, or with a therapist and pinpoint the exact cause of your anxiety. Co-workers? Patient load? Dept managers? Good luck!

I am a new ER nurse and only 8 weeks pregnant, but already noticing some changes in how I work. I don't mind people throwing-up around me, but emptying the emesis basin is almost too much! Things that didn't gross me out before are becoming a little bit of a problem. I too plan on working until my due date, but because of a preeclampsia issue with my first baby, I may not be able to. I am concerned about infectious diseases and the like, but my co-workers are great about telling me to stay away from a certain patient or not putting a patient with chicken pox in my room if they have the choice. I try not to use pregnancy as an excuse not to do anything and hope that working will keep me fit and active mentally and physically while I'm pregnant. I can't wait until I really start showing so that patient's family members will start to pitch in or whine a little bit less! I never thought of that! I know that the original poster already had her baby, but I hope this helps others!