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  1. New Grad RN with lupus/First Job

    miranda819 replied to Ashlee245's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I hope you find a way to continue to work. I have an autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis. I am on methotrexate, plaquenil, and muscle relaxers. I have been unable to work for over a year now....

  2. do you gain or lose weight while working

    miranda819 replied to Valsabatini's topic in General Nursing

    Gained on night shift, lost on day shift. There seemed to be way more food laying around during the night shifts, and more pot lucks. Day shift was just a constant run with hopes of getting to sit...

  3. Question for NM's/ Mother baby nurses

    miranda819 replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    Once you have the answer from the company, you will need to approach the directors of ob/gyn, mother-baby, NICU. If interested, the directors would know where to take it up the corporate path to get...

  4. I smell something rotten.

    miranda819 posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I had been working full-time at a LTC, and I really liked it! That is until my health took a nose dive and I had to take leave back in April. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia with small fiber...

  5. Unable to work.

    miranda819 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN working at a LTAC, and believe it or not, I really like working there. I was full-time with a 6a-2p schedule. Perfect for me and my family. Until bam, out of no where my body started to...

  6. Unable to work.

    miranda819 replied to miranda819's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your responses. I'm going to go by work sometime this week and see what we can work out. Thanks for the ideas and advice! It's nice to know I have a place to come and get some of...

  7. Crossfit

    miranda819 replied to pugmom79's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I hope your surgery goes well

  8. Crossfit

    miranda819 replied to pugmom79's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I do know how to properly hydrate; I've ran and successfully completed 4 1/2 marathons. Please do not insult my intelligence. Everyone's circumstance is different, but mine involved medication that...

  9. Crossfit

    miranda819 replied to pugmom79's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did crossfit about a year ago, for 2 whole days...then ended up hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis. For almost a week I couldn't move my arms and it took almost 8 months before the swelling and pain...

  10. Grass is always greener...maybe?

    miranda819 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think I am suffering from 'the grass is always greener on the other side' syndrome. I find myself searching for jobs, even though I have only been in my current position for 3 months. I constantly...

  11. What could I do as a volunteer RN?

    miranda819 replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    I volunteered a few times at the med stations for marathons and 1/2 marathons. It was only for 1 day, but it was fun and

  12. How did you change?

    miranda819 replied to openyourmind's topic in General Nursing

    While in nursing school I always said I would never do postpartum, nursery, L&D..I had done enough of the patient side of that in my real life. So silly me, fresh out of school I went into...

  13. Not all nurses wear scrubs

    miranda819 replied to rosen60's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hi! I too have felt the sting of 'your are not really a nurse', but I think it was more self inflicted than anything else. A few weeks ago I left a very busy Mother-Baby unit to go into a non-profit...

  14. What did you get for nurses week?

    miranda819 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    A bag of trail mix, that was

  15. Leaving a hospital job

    miranda819 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Next week starts a new adventure for me, I will be leaving the hospital's 12 hour night shift for an 8 hr day, 5 days a week. I will be going from a very busy mother-baby unit to a nurse-family...

  16. Leaving a hospital job

    miranda819 replied to miranda819's topic in General Nursing

    Maternal and Early Childhood Health Programs | Nurse Family Partnership - NFP It is a great program where nurses make home visits to first time mom's early in their pregnancy. We provide health...

  17. Med-Surg RN Looking to Join Mother Baby

    miranda819 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started in med-surg too. I stayed in med-surg for about 4 1/2 months then went into postpartum and now I'm on a mother-baby unit. You will use your med-surg experience. From taking care of...

  18. How Does Your Hospital Decide Who is Called Off for Low Census?

    miranda819 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Ours goes by dates. I was called off last week, so I go to the bottom of the list. It all just depends on who you work with, when it will be your turn. The one with the oldest called off date is...

  19. Do Your Coworkers do this?

    miranda819 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not with my co-workers, management might lay it on a little thick when they call you up and beg you to take an extra shift, but my co-workers actually called me a 'sucker' when I worked an extra...

  20. Do you have a clever way to do IS teaching?

    miranda819 replied to EGVnurse's topic in Patient Education

    I tell my pt to imagine you are sucking a milkshake through a McDonald's straw. To get them to do it 10x an hour I tell them that if they are watching TV, grab the IS and do it a few times every time...

  21. Is nursing killing me :/?

    miranda819 replied to pheonixRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, sure is. That is why I'm trying my hardest to get out of floor nursing. Will a different environment, out of the hospital, be different? Who knows, but I know I cannot keep going at this pace...

  22. Is nursing killing me :/?

    miranda819 replied to pheonixRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if nursing is killing me all the time. I'm 38 and in less than a year I've had the shingles, rhabdo, and recently was rushed to the ER with stroke-like symptoms. I work nights and recently...

  23. how many jobs?

    miranda819 replied to sassyann85's topic in General Nursing

    Been a RN since Dec. 2011, first job med-surg 4.5 months (was not for me), second job postpartum 9 months (hospital closed the L&D, postpartum and nursery units, not enough births to bring in the...

  24. Becoming discouraged about becoming a nurse?

    miranda819 replied to RainbowHead's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Become that CNA and see for yourself. Every place has its pros and cons, every person has their own positive and negative attitudes. Nothing will open your eyes more than working in the medical...

  25. med surge tele or mother baby

    miranda819 replied to msjpurdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! Right out of nursing school I landed a med-surg day position. It was super busy and super crazy, too crazy for me. I knew pretty much right away med-surg wasn't the place for me long term....