Rene829

i am currently a school nurse for a special needs school and this is my first job working as an rn. i was diagnosed with panic disorder (according to dsm) about 3 months ago. in the beginning when it started (could have been caused by a combination of things) i did not know what was going on or what was causing me to feel like this. i took off of work to get my bloodwork done and i made an appt. with the gyno to see if its hormone related. i figured i would make all these med appt's while i wait for a psychologist! in the meantime i was prescribed buspar 20mg qd...lexapro 5mg qd...then told to try some bc from my gyno. i felt like an experiment. at times the physical symptoms would subside but then i would think of morbid stuff. so yea i still had general anxiety which i still experience on a daily basis. anxiety/depression/ocd are def all interrelated from my own experience at least. once i started taking the ssri i was getting just plain disturbing repetitive thoughts that i could not escape, mostly death-related. i believe talk-therapy is very beneficial and i made the decision to start weaning off the lexapro. those of you that are thrown the anti-depressant/ssri just make sure you are seeing an experienced therapist. my family physician was so quick to prescribe me the ssri and it just did not sit well with me. anxiety/panic disorder stems from somewhere and solely taking an anti-depressant to "feel good" will not help in the long run. you have to get to the bottom of it and talk it out. i understand what every one here is going through and my heart goes out to you:redbeathe every day is a struggle for me but i still have to function as a nurse and be productive everyday:nurse: ....the thoughts come and go and i wish it would just stop but its so hard:mad: aside from some deep breathing when your getting an anxiety attack just remember and say to yourself... "it's only my anxiety, it cannot harm me, and it always passes" i look forward to responding back to every nurse out there going through this.:)

yep, i had a similar experience. during my 12 hr shift, my preceptor would nap for 2 hrs and expected me to do too much. i did learn quick on the med/surg unit (mostly on my own thru observing) but when a patient was in severe pain, diaphoretic and in tears where i do not have access to the pixus machine to retrieve a tyenol 3 then it became a problem. i would need my nurse to help such patients and her response would either be "i'm on break, leave me alone" or "i have to finish documenting, patient can wait"...no joke. the computer and her selfish needs always came first. i did learn alot but i couldn't do much in such situations and i wish she was there more often. she's one of many burned out rn's that chose to work 7 days a week, full time at 2 seperate locations. she brags about how much she is making and how she wants to build up her pension- totally in it for the $$$$$. my advice is don't be afraid to ask questions even if your told "stop asking questions" (like i was), it's a learning experience and you have the right to know as a future nurse :) ..lots of luck. (it does feel good to vent)

i totally understand where your coming from as i am now a new grad nurse ...

I just took the NCLEX this past friday and past with 75 ques. taking the Hurst Review. The mock nclex questions should be done after you watched the videos and covered all the content required. You go over the 82 "4th day questions" with Marlene (instructor) then after you go over right/wrong answer w/ the rationales then start the mock nclex under "Q review" tab. Yep and your right you have 6 attempts of 125 ques each and the rationales really stick with ya. Best of luck and make time to complete the videos!!