Cricket183

Cricket183 BSN, RN

Oncology (OCN)

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  1. What to do if you are going to need narcotics to work?

    Cricket183 replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    A lot of hospitals have policies against taking narcotics also (even if they are prescribed). In 2006 I was diagnosed with RSD. According to hospital policy, I was not able to take any long-acting...

  2. The Face of a Medical Error...

    Cricket183 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I apologize in advance for the length of this post. Music in my Heart, my heart goes out to you. You are handling this with grace, dignity, and a tremendous amount of insight. If I could add one...

  3. Please help me :(

    Cricket183 replied to rosemary_petals's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just my thoughts (and admittedly it's been a long while since I was in nursing school and wrote a care plan)...Risk for complicated grieving would relate to the loss of the loved one, the stages of...

  4. Made a Med Error in Clinical.. :(

    Cricket183 replied to kringkring5144's topic in Patient Medications

    Just wondering how Thursday went. Hope it went

  5. Describe your 10/10 pain. Piggybacking off of recent pain discussions.

    Cricket183 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    I think the pain scale is very misunderstood not only by patients but also by those of us in healthcare. I think we get too hung up on the number. I know we have to have a way to "quantify"...

  6. What do you think of fibromyalgia?

    Cricket183 replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I know this is going to sound strange but I felt compelled to respond anyway. I'm not sure what I believe about fibromyalgia.... Why is this strange? Because I was diagnosed with it many years ago....

  7. Return to nursing after more than a decade?

    Cricket183 replied to notsurewhattodo's topic in Retired Nurses

    Slyoung2004, I am curious which online refresher course in Texas you took. I am too considering taking a refresher course to re activate my RN license. I had to leave nursing 6 years ago (March...

  8. Considering a return to nursing after 5 years

    Cricket183 posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was an oncology certified RN when I was diagnosed with RSD/CRPS of the neck, right arm & shoulder in Nov. 2006. I continued to work until Feb. 2008 when the RSD spread to my entire upper body...