silentwolves

silentwolves ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. RN jobs options after declining health

    silentwolves replied to medical_zebra's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    What area do you live in? I got Lyme Disease way before I went back for nursing school. my health has been in a slow, constant decline ever since getting Lyme. They call it “The Great...

  2. What kind of Nursing should I try next?

    silentwolves posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have been a nurse for over 6 years. It has been extremely hard to have any kind of balance in work and life due to health issues. I worked on a rehab floor for 5 years, and currently work as a...

  3. Rochester Regional or University of Rochester?

    silentwolves posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Hello! I live in Rochester, NY, and have been a nurse for several years. The 2 main hospitals in the area are run by either the University of Rochester, or Rochester Regional Health. I’m...

  4. Nursing Career Coaching?

    silentwolves posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi! I have been an RN for almost 5 years, most of that working on a Rehab floor in a Nursing Home. I got my BSN last year, and want to expand my skills. I tried a job at Dialysis, but it was too...

  5. Feeling Pressured

    silentwolves posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    RN here, been a nurse for 4.5 years and just started training in outpatient dialysis 5 weeks ago. Im feeling pressured by upper staff, asking if I like it and will stay. They told me you either...

  6. Jobs with shorter shifts?

    silentwolves posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello! I am just about to obtain my BSN, and have been working on a short stay rehab floor in a nursing home since I became an RN. (I had a 3 month job at a hospital that didn't work out). I have...

  7. Debilitating Anxiety

    silentwolves replied to silentwolves's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for the advice! I am working on medications. It takes so long to know whats working and what isn't! I am trying to avoid LTC since working on a rehab floor at one. I dont know, but I just...

  8. Debilitating Anxiety

    silentwolves posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    So I do not have much acute care experience. I made it through the 3 month orientation very roughly, and never had a nice preceptor who understood my anxiety. I left that job. Was out of nursing...

  9. What happens if I become labeled as disabled after a work injury?

    silentwolves posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Earlier this year, I injured my back lifting a patient. I herniated the disk at L5-s1. Did things by the book, saw Occupational Med through workmans comp. I was put on restrictions and started...

  10. Are there any hard of hearing/deaf nurses

    silentwolves replied to Educatedwoman's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Me!!!! I'm basically deaf in my right ear. I've been a nurse for 2 years and still not comfortable listening to lung sounds and hearing them right. At a basic level, I can at least tell when they...

  11. Is this a threat?

    silentwolves posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello all! I'm looking for some advise. I have chronic back problems from a sports injury when I was 12. I'm 35 now. In March, I reinjured it lifting a patient off the floor. (My manager was there,...

  12. Nurses With Chronic Pain...How do You Cope?

    silentwolves replied to westieluv's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi westieluv! I love Bostons!! and pugs, and frenchies, and rotties, ect..!!! I have had chronic low back pain since I was 12, from a sports injury. I also have chronic Lyme Disease, which leads...

  13. Is this a threat?

    silentwolves replied to silentwolves's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was seen right away. The injury occurred on a Tuesday and I was seen by occupational medicine on Thursday. Its been almost 4 months, I can finally say I am not in constant pain, even while at...

  14. Need help tweaking my resume

    silentwolves posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello! I have copied my resume, ,but taken out specific names, numbers and addresses. I am looking for a new job. Bed side nursing is too much for me. I have major depression and anxiety, plus...

  15. Deaf Nurses

    silentwolves replied to boston333's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hey!! I'm kind of stuck in the middle... I was born mostly deaf in my right ear. I developed fairly normally so it wasn't noticed until I was 7!!! I can't use any hearing aides of any type...

  16. New Nurse Fired After 3 months (cant find another job)

    silentwolves posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello all! I am in serious need of help! I was fired from my first job as an RN at a local hospital. I was put on a ventilator/respiratory floor even though I told them my interest was more...

  17. New nurse with severe anxiety

    silentwolves replied to Kbowling's topic in General Nursing

    Hi TheOMPRN! I'm having a lot of he same issues with anxiety. I've managed to make it to 8 months at my job and just crashed... Had to leave work due to panic attacks that I couldn't settle down...

  18. Just got fired from my first real job as an lpn and need some advice

    silentwolves replied to Crystal-Wings's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    This sounds hauntingly like my self! I'm out on 2 weeks short term disability for repeated panic attacks after returning from vacation. Things were adding up before I left, so it wasn't completely...

  19. New Nurse Fired After 3 months (cant find another job)

    silentwolves replied to silentwolves's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi tiredofthisRN! Things are a little improved... I got a job finally on a rehab floor in a nursing home. I've. Even there for 7 months now. It's been very hard, with my anxiety and worrying...

  20. Nursing shoes w/Lordosis

    silentwolves replied to #NurseB's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    #nurseb, have you found anything that works? I have slight Lordosis too. I have a pair of Danskos, it my feet just don't seem to like them... I stick with Adidas so far... Love Saucony, but they...

  21. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    silentwolves replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow... Nice to know I'm not alone in feeling I was unfairly fired... Unfortunately I have been out of work for almost 6 months now, with no upcoming interviews or anything. I am really losing my...

  22. New Nurse Fired After 3 months (cant find another job)

    silentwolves replied to silentwolves's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    So this week is my Unemployment appeal hearing. I went to read my file and all that is stated in it from my former employer is that I let a patient fall, thus violating safety rules... Nothing about...

  23. New Nurse Fired After 3 months (cant find another job)

    silentwolves replied to silentwolves's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    HouTx... This was my first incident and thus first time filling out an incident report. The info I accidentally left out was put in my nurses note. I feel that my preceptor did not help me at all...

  24. Scrubs for the Overwieght?

    silentwolves posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I just graduated and am looking for scrubs. I had the same problem in school I do now. I am very over weight, especially in the middle. I am 5 ft 3 inches tall and 200 pounds. I like to wear pants...

  25. Scrubs for the Overwieght?

    silentwolves replied to silentwolves's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks for all the tips! I found a longer stretchy undershirt I wear sometimes. I dont like pulling up my pants over my belly because I usually get a wedgie... A few of my newer pants seem to be...