CryssieD

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1. Ny State, 8 yrs ago from 2015

   CryssieD replied to Tonyd1707's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   Sorry for your loss. About the drug charges, etc--I don't know how it works in NY specifically, but from my reading of Nurses/Recovery forum on this site, as well as from personal experience (DUI for...

2. New RN Grad- need job advice

   CryssieD replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations! Welcome to nursing--it's an awesome career full of awesome people! About the anxiety: Is it specifically nursing-job-related, or do you have it in other situations? If it's an...

3. Shortness of Breath

   CryssieD replied to SilleLu's topic in General Nursing

   Gastric distention can cause subjective feeling of SOB without objective evidence--it doesn't have to be extreme distention, either. Other than that, can't think of anything other than simple...

4. WI Board of Nursing

   CryssieD replied to rocklara's topic in General Nursing

   Not sure what to do, but I assure you it is not unusual at all for actions against your license in one state to cause similar actions to be taken by Boards in other states--it's not persecution, it's...

5. Orientation for experienced RNs

   CryssieD replied to tejon's topic in General Nursing

   My first job was on a general peds floor; I got a full 12-week orientation with a preceptor. Overall, a good, thorough orientation and wonderful learning experience. My second job, a little over a...

6. Do you get hit/spit on? Does body fluids splash on you?

   CryssieD replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Nursing

   One of my very first actual patients in nursing school was a young man with late-stage brain CMV (demented, blind, and mostly incoherent at 20 years of age--incredibly sad), secondary to AIDS, who...

7. PVT: Question of Character?

   CryssieD replied to oldandintheway's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I must be really old...I have no idea what PVT is. All I can say is, I had no choice but to wait the...what was it?...7 or 8 weeks to get my results. You youngsters get no sympathy from me! Oh no,...

8. What to expect during assessment for TPAPN

   CryssieD replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

   RecoveringRN--I think you're confused by the label of "addict" because you have an image in your head of some strung-out junkie living on the street; because you don't fit the "classic" description of...

9. Tough point in my life

   CryssieD replied to BearFeet's topic in General Nursing

   OP: There is a time for everything--and right now it's time for you to take care of yourself. I hear in your voice all the desire to be the heroic healer--but first let yourself be healed. You can...

10. Healthcare is really business care

    CryssieD replied to Rnhenri's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, it's all about the money, honey--it's the American way! I find it disheartening, too, but I just keep trudging along, trying to deliver quality health care with some remnant of the TLC...

11. Possible job not using license

    CryssieD replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I interviewed for a medical receptionist position. As for the monitoring--maybe just being in a medical environment, dealing with medical issues, using medical knowledge and terminology, is enough to...

12. Need advice please on giving up on nursing tomorrow

    CryssieD replied to coldsteel1's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious--did you get a preceptor and decent orientation at either of these jobs? The hospital I started at had a minimum of 12-weeks' orientation, longer for critical care areas(ICU, CCU, ER,...

13. Texas Conditional license

    CryssieD replied to 2blvnnurse2016's topic in General Nursing

    One of the many problems in this society is ignorance about mental illness; having a mental health issue, even a formal diagnosis, is not a matter of incompetence or moral failure. No one with half a...

14. Va monitoring program

    CryssieD replied to OverwhelmednVA's topic in Nurses Recovery

    A fellow HPMP member! Awesome! I've never had much trouble getting hold of my case manager--we occasionally play a short game of phone tag, but usually she gets right back to me. Maybe the people...

15. Possible job not using license

    CryssieD replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm glad you are excited about your new life in recovery--it really is a does give you a different perspective on life; I have grown so much and learned so much in recovery--it's really been an...