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  1. bipolar; please help

    laughingnurse1 replied to bouncing's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am a nurse with bipolar disorder AND adhd. So I have to take meds that increase the risk of mania. I cannot emphasize ENOUGH the absolute need for a psychiatrist to help you regulate your moods. I...

  2. Misery loves company?

    laughingnurse1 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I am a new grad who finally got this terrific opportunity at a Long Term Facility. Working with the elderly has always been my dream, ever since my granny died in one where they took such good...

  3. Misery loves company?

    laughingnurse1 replied to laughingnurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i work in an ltc that is 120 beds and takes mostly patients that have been rejected by other facilities, due to behavioral or insurance issues. like i said in my last post, we are chronically short on...

  4. Misery loves company?

    laughingnurse1 replied to laughingnurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks to those of you who gave non"snide." comments to my question. Just because I am a new grad does not mean that I am stupid. I have worked with the elderly all of my adult life. In school I was...

  5. Misery loves company?

    laughingnurse1 replied to laughingnurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    NO! I did document that I had seen, bathed, and fed them. I don't think that they really had rigor. I think that because I am a new nurse people just think I am stupid and take advantage of that. This...