Severina

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  1. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was just wondering if there are any other nurses who struggle with mental illness. It seems to be one disability that is met with little tolerance and support in the medical field. I do have major...

  2. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Wow. You have awesome coping skills, and I can tell, a fighting personality who is determined to 'make it'. A flight nurse! the green berets of nursing. *bows in obeisance*

  3. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    So, can menopause make psych symptoms worse??? Great, I have that to look foward to. I'm 37 and starting to think about 'THE CHANGE'.

  4. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hang in there. Clinical instructors are notorious for making nursing students walk on egg shells, and be unnerved. They try to "weed out" those who can't take the pressure. The real world is much...

  5. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have been a nurse for twenty years and have worked full time for both decades. I also live with DID/PTSD, dyslexia, and depression. It has not been easy by a long shot. (((can you say amen?? )))...

  6. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Haa haa haa. GUMs. I love it.

  7. Hell

    Severina posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yesterday, at work, I had a disturbing experience to be sure. I work afternoon shift at a hospice residence and the night before last one guy who was pre-active to active started going into some sort...

  8. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    That is sooooo stupid. They cannot discriminate based on MI blah blah blah. Who do they think they are kidding? All they have to do is come up with some other "legitamate" reason for letting you go...

  9. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Dang! what state do you live in??!! Remind me to never move there. I live in Michigan and no one has ever inquired as to my mental health background. I think that is discriminatory. Do they inquire...

  10. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Wow. I am so touched. I don't know what else to say. I know that I disclose too much about myself to people, sometimes too soon and it has caused me lots of problems. My kid alters were forced to keep...

  11. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    hey, i love your name. i am really into my celtic heritage and all things celtic, but thats ot. i wish i had some magic pill that would put everything together for you. unfortunately this is a process...

  12. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I didn't know they were drug testing for nursing school! geez. I wouldn't worry too much about it though. When I got my hospice job, I had to be drug tested. I didn't tell them what meds I was on, I...

  13. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I think I would get another doc if I were you. I ECT is sometimes helpful for people with intractable depression, but for bipolar people it can be dangerous. It also messes with your memory, so if you...

  14. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Wow, thanks for all the replies. I guess there are a lot of nurses out there with these problems. It just seems that in nursing there is a lot of pressure to be "tough" and perfect. To ARPN: I admire...

  15. tutorial: How to use the forums

    Severina replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    How do I upload my own avatar? I could only find where I could only choose between ones the site had.

  16. Conflicts between nurses and doctors

    Severina posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but I'm curious. There are certain things that come up as a source of dissagreement between the nurses and our medical director. 1. Our use of ativan...

  17. Conflicts between nurses and doctors

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I don't think it works that way in nursing homes. Just at our hospice. Although, we have a few Docs who oversee things and write order etc. and we have one NP. Sometimes they do collaborate with the...

  18. Conflicts between nurses and doctors

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What do you mean by PCP? When a patient comes into our facility, our medical director takes over their care. They come with a list of meds that they are on and between the Med dir. and HP, they...

  19. LPN in Hospice/Home Care

    Severina replied to nancyhospicern's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    [i work in a residential facility in Ann Arbor, MI and we hire LPN's to work here. They are allowed to do everything except IV push meds.

  20. Comfort kits

    Severina replied to Mandee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The drug disposal thing is a weighty issue for us working in a residence/facility. This is with respect to narcs. Other meds are just logged on a sheet and sent back to pharmacy, if thats where they...

  21. Third Spacing?

    Severina posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Does anyone know a site where, or somewhere I can get info on the phenomena of third spacing at end of life? I looked at my nursing text and it only mentioned it once, but in connection with burns....

  22. Third Spacing?

    Severina replied to Severina's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for this. Great

  23. Comfort kits

    Severina replied to Mandee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are with Hospice Pharmacia and they have 2 kits, a general comfort pack and a seizure kit. The comfort pack has the following: 6 ABHR suppositories (ativan, benadryl, haldol, reglan) 6 650mg...

  24. First post- Hospice nurse

    Severina posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello. I just registered with this site hoping to find a forum to discuss the specialty of hospice and palliative care nursing. I have been a hospice nurse at a 30 bed facility for a year now and...

  25. I'd like to become a Hospice Nurse.

    Severina replied to CarpeDiem2004's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm in Michigan, too. Ann Arbor. Are you