Doc Lori, R.N.

If you haven't read the article "Nurses Are So Mean", it is a great read. Typically, when mammals eat their young, it is an instinct which satisfies dominance. There is a clear lack of emotional bond and attachment, so what creates their desire ...

Well, congratulations! You made it through your first interview with the clicky - heeled - human - resources specialist. Now, you are about to be escorted (or not ) to visit the unit to which you have applied. On top of this fireball of excitement, y...

This article needs to be sent to Oprah, Ellen, or news media outlets, for this is the real deal! I wish I could give kudos a thousand times. Not only are you an excellent writer, but you are an amazing healer! I loved reading this! I imagine that...

Thank you so much everyone, and congratulations to all the winners!

Alrighty then nurse person, so you cry on your way to work, fantasize about moving to a mountain top with a shaved head while cradling a book titled "How to Obtain Enlightenment in Three Days", and are enjoying your 5th diagnosed bladder infection in...

Keep on keepin' on! :) Thank you!

Well...there is the distinction between boundaries and walls, the latter being the most painful...when there are boundaries, not concrete, there is less damage at impact...with boundaries, there is still air to move, and by doing so, you are showing ...

aha! It's like you can't fight city hall, but you sure can do alot of internal adjusting so it doesn't rob you of your own sanity !

Thank you, Violets Ripple :) I am happy that this article resonated with so many ! What you said is so true, and you said it with such honesty and clarity. Any patient would be fortunate to have a thinking, feeling and self-full nurse such as you...

Wow perbd, what a story! Good for you for putting your foot down. We cannot choose who we work with, nor do we have to invite other's unaddressed issues into our space. I am so happy that my article resonated with you. Rock on! :) Best wishes!

Thx Sir1. I am grateful that inflammatory posts were removed, both others, and mine (in response)

If your name is Mike and you did happen to be pregnant, I'm first in line to be your agent, dude! As far as I'm concerned, these threads, well any thread type forum is difficult to follow and easy to misconstrue. I really like your cat quote!

Thanks nursemike. I agree with you, sort of. Anyway, what I hear you saying is, it's like "when the student is ready, the teacher will come" take on things. If you aren't in the market for a new car, you don't notice all the new models, if you are...

Thanks for the validation and support MyLove Rouxbi and krystal and everyone! At least there is a forum for sharing an adult discussion. (I think)! Individuals go into nursing for particular reasons and have different energetic attractions to hea...

I watched a bit on the news yesterday and this guy was literally tweeting while having an MI, how he felt with the morphine, then being prepped for his CABG. He even video recorded himself while he was twittering. Wow.

jrbl77! I love your airplane analogy! It seems as though you were driven to the point of having to look inward in order to survive! We need to remember exactly what it is that you are suggesting...that sometimes taking care of ourselves is not sel...

Deeperwell, thank you for the validation and your understanding ! We seem to resonate, and the more we stifle the stigma that we are supposed to "suck it up", the better off we will all be! to you too! :)

ginnymerc! ahahaa!

You got that right, Cherryames. It is within our expertise according to the very definition of nursing,according to the ANA that we diagnose a human's response to various circumstances and conditions (paraphrased). I believe that this creates the t...

I appreciate your comments. To clarify TakeOne, This article was written to raise awareness-- in an attempt to obliterate the stigma that nurses do not need counseling, that the stress and toxicity come along with the job, and to create a discussion....

Oh, come on! You know it as well as I do. I sometimes think that the reason "they" became nurses, other than a karmic fulfillment or the need to be needed, for example, is that "they" actually like the way that um, "they" look and feel in "their" scr...

How about if it were suggested to you that you have been divinely led to where you are because you are energetically capable to be the provider of comfort and healing to humanity during a New World Order? What about the concept of you having agreed t...

Klink! Cheers! How refreshing :)

I'd bet that it's a combination of physical and emotional exhaustion, giving, providing, caring and nurturing others...toxicity and burnout... Hang in there and focus on what led you to the desire to heal others..sometimes that helps in order to rega...

ahh....MARS/TARS, you are speaking my native language..where MDS is in my blood, where singing after dinner with the residents around the nurse's station was a daily ritual, where the volts of adrenaline increased your heart rate when "the state" ann...