OrganizedChaos LVN

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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. *hugs* You are so very
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    There are no paragraphs. I can read paragraphs fine, when they are
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    I want to be a nurse!!

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Couldn't agree with you
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    I want to be a nurse!!

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You clearly don't know my husband. He would not enjoy anything in the trades more than the prison nor would he do well. He tried going to school three times & failed out three
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    I want to be a nurse!!

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ok. Well people have to make a living
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! My mom said her idea of camping is going to a hotel & leaving the windows open.
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    I want to be a nurse!!

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you've never worked before you've never sucked it up through a crappy job just for a paycheck. Going back to school cost money, that many people don't have. It's easier to stay in the field their...
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    I want to be a nurse!!

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No not negative. You asked for opinions, that's what you
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    This all of this!!!!! Where is the glamour? Oh yeah, it's in the radioactive
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    Need help clarifying a decision

    OrganizedChaos replied to organizedmom's topic in General Students

    I would get my ADN & start working then go to school online for my BSN, if
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!!
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Paragraphs please. They are your friend. I was going to read this but gave up two sentences in. Edit: I skimmed your post. Please don't have this attitude in nursing school or when you are a new...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on Topamax for years & I love it. But for my bipolar disorder I'm still trying to find something that works. It's hard because most of the meds that are suppose to work for my bipolar...
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    I think I skipped over a lot of his posts. How exactly do you think nursing is glamorous? Because of how much money we don't make? All the body fluids we play in? How we get yelled at by
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Oy
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Well everyone who is applying to nursing school believes the same exact thing you
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    I want to be a nurse!!

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not everyone is going to love their job. My husband was just laid off & is going to work as a correctional officer. Is this his dream job? No! Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to pay...
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Do you realize how many people will have all As? If you are applying to a BSN program the likelihood is that everyone, much like you, will be applying with great grades. It will take a lot more to...
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    What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    We are just trying to prepare you for the realities of
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs to you too. I hear you! When I went to get a physical for my new job they asked what meds I take & I gave them the list. Then the doctor was talking to me & didn't seem too thrilled that...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much.
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell my husband no enough & this is exactly why. I'm so sorry that happened to you.
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    Why did you choose to become a Nurse?

    OrganizedChaos replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    *hugs*
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly why I refuse to tell any employer I am bipolar. But my husband would say, "That's their experience, not yours". He just doesn't understand how stigmatized mental illness is. They are...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    OrganizedChaos replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I told him to tell his job (when he gets one) that he's bipolar & see what happens. He shut