bassgrlbc

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1. Help....I Can't Take it Anymore! - Nurses Coping with Stress

   bassgrlbc replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Stress 101

   Well there was in my case. I was put on medical leave for "symptoms of post traumatic stress resulting from chronic exposure to stressful working conditions". I am still having some of the symptoms, to a much lesser degree and continue to work on mi...

2. Help....I Can't Take it Anymore! - Nurses Coping with Stress

   bassgrlbc replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Stress 101

   Little update: After being on stress leave from my nursing position for nearly two months, out of the blue I was offered a job in a non-nursing role (doing dental reception for a private clinic) and I jumped off the cliff and took the job. It is for ...

3. Help....I Can't Take it Anymore! - Nurses Coping with Stress

   bassgrlbc replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Stress 101

   Right now I am on stress leave, for the first time in my life, and in my 26 years of nursing. I will be off for at least six weeks and possibly 3 months. Chronic understaffing of a very small unit, horizontal bullying, lack of respect from the manage...