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  1. Ok so this is BS

    ksparks posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Nurse of 12 yrs Rentering acute care after being in LTC 7 yrs and having severe anxiety. My preceptor was being so critical and never gave me any positive reinforcement. So after 6 weeks of feeling...

  2. Shifts too long

    ksparks posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I started working at the hospital after being out of acute care for 7 years. I haven't done 12 hr shifts on a long time. I'm having trouble doing my 3. It's really 12.5 hrs plus an hour of driving to...

  3. Need to go back in orientation?

    ksparks posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Ok so I have been out of rhe hospital doing LTC for 7 years and finally got back in the door and was hired on a Medical Stepdown unit. I was on orientation 8 weeks, my preceptor was very critical,...

  4. Need to go back in orientation?

    ksparks replied to ksparks's topic in Nursing Career

    See my up updated situ by looking up the tag "ok this is

  5. A fib with rvr

    ksparks posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so I had a pt go into AFIB in the middle of my shift. Hr was 12- 148. They had no previous history and was a DNR. I contacted the doctor and he told me to give 5mg lopressor IVP and start po...

  6. A fib with rvr

    ksparks replied to ksparks's topic in General Nursing

    It's a medical stepdown

  7. I feel dumb

    ksparks posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have been out of the hospital setting for 7 yrs and truly missed it. I have been unsatisfied with jobs I have had since I left. I recently started on a step-down unit and I have discovered I have...

  8. can nurses in California practice if they are receiving prescription cannabis?

    ksparks posted a topic in California Nursing

    I practice as a nurse in NC and I have chronic pain along with several other medical problems and I have been given such a hard time by my employer about taking pain medication. The last employer said...