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1. Fibromyalgia, Anxiety, Depression - Help!

   nursingmymind replied to nursingmymind's topic in Disabilities

   Thank you so much for the reply! It's njce to know that others out there can relate. See definitely helps with all of my symptoms and I think switching from days to nights and back to days is really making that difficult. Thanks for the tip on stre...

2. Fibromyalgia, Anxiety, Depression - Help!

   nursingmymind posted a topic in Disabilities

   I am a nurse with depression, anxiety, and fibromyalgia. I work in the hospital where I am required to do rotational shift work ie: day, day, night or day, night, night followed by 4-5 days off. I have been working back on the inpatient unit for 7...

3. Exercise and Rotational Shift Work

   nursingmymind posted a topic in Stress 101

   I work 12 hour shifts with a mix of days and nights. I typically work three 12 hour shifts in a row ( day, night, night OR day, day, night) followed by 4 or 5 days off. I have been chronically exhausted for the last year and my exercise routine ...

4. Work-life balance?

   nursingmymind posted a topic in Stress 101

   Hi there. i am a registered nurse, in Canada, working on a busy Leukemia BMT floor. I have been really struggling with my schedule lately. I work 12 hour shifts: 2 days followed by 2 nights and then either 4 or 5 days off depending on the week. This ...

5. Oncology Nurse Burnout?

   nursingmymind posted a topic in General Nursing

   HI there fellow nurses, I'm a new grad (graduated December 2013) and have been working as a registered nurse for the last 9 months. 6 months in Acute Medicine and the last 3 months in Leukemia / Bone Marrow Transplant. I am tired ALL THE TIME. My s...

6. Making Mistakes?

   nursingmymind posted a topic in General Nursing

   I wanted to ask about -the fear of making mistakes- Now i'm not even talking med errors here... I'm talking forgetting to fill out patient flow sheets, forgetting to change IV tubing on a busy day, forgetting to file something in the chart and havi...

7. NEW GRAD QUIT JOB

   nursingmymind replied to nursingmymind's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you TriciaJ for the comment. This forum is so so great for tips, advice, and talking with others who actually GET your situation. I might look into camp nursing actually. Or just try to get a job in a coffee shop while I wait it out and figure ...

8. NEW GRAD QUIT JOB

   nursingmymind replied to nursingmymind's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for the reply. I do hope that it's not this stressful everywhere I go... though I am in Canada so I do hope that our system has some areas of lower stress work

9. NEW GRAD QUIT JOB

   nursingmymind posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hello fellow nurses! I am a relatively new grad. Graduated from nursing school in December then proceeded to start nursing in February as a new graduate nurse. I did my orientation shifts and after two weeks I was out on my own. Things were okay for ...