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  1. Coming out with mental health... or not?

    BellaCat replied to KatieMI's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Email me if u can [email protected] i have a very similiar issue and we can talk together to help each

  2. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BellaCat replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    Not always true. U dont know if they went to the orientation straight from work ... Or commute for a while to get to orientation. U are already assuming and concluding, that is not good. As a nurse,...

  3. Med/Surg too much, what now?

    BellaCat replied to snow22's topic in General Nursing

    No more like 1:35

  4. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BellaCat replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    yes, exactly!!! u read my

  5. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BellaCat replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    when they put you down for 35 patients to pass meds(not to mention every other things else that happens during the shift) as a charge nurse or they put you down for 2 full stations of about 65...

  6. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BellaCat replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    it is just a job to be honest. after many years of working as one, after many years of being overworked, burnt out, and underpaid... yes its truly just a job(just as long as you don't do anything...

  7. Med/Surg too much, what now?

    BellaCat replied to snow22's topic in General Nursing

    no I don't recommend you go to LTC, you will get pry at the very last bits of you on the floor!!! you will freak out and have an even worse anxiety attack... trust me, I know... try to stick with 7-8...

  8. New Nurse: developed anxiety after working 2 shifts...HELP!

    BellaCat replied to JessicaMarks's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I had this before, you are not alone at all! Don't feel so discouraged. I know it is hard to not feel this way given what you had gone through. If anything, pat yourself on the back for making it this...

  9. Loco-Parentis

    BellaCat replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Hmn... These seems to be fictional stories... It just doesn't seem very realistic. You should stick to writing about your concerns/obstacles regarding nursing so we all can advise/opinionate to help...

  10. How do you leave it at work?

    BellaCat replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dranger got a point. Continue to be a nurse for the next few years and come back and have this discussion... You will be surprise what you feel today may not feel like that after a few years. Nursing...

  11. Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

    BellaCat replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love it when my senior nurses train me and orient me!!! There are always a reason for what they tell me and i am glad they did. This new nurse is crazy and full of

  12. Multiple jobs???

    BellaCat replied to NurseBetty_RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I cant work like that. I need breaks. Unless i have to work to pay for my tuition... For example working 16 hrs over the weekend to pay for school then i gotta do it. Otherwise i wouldn't recommend...

  13. Questioning myself about the field

    BellaCat replied to BellaCat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I am finding ways to reduce my stress. And i was truly moping and crying when i wrote that thread. So

  14. Questioning myself about the field

    BellaCat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear fellow nurses/nurses-to-be, Since Jan of 2015 I've went back to school fulltime while still holding up my weekend job and an additional part-time job as a nurse. The struggle is real since then...

  15. Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

    BellaCat replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    teach her a listen. that is absolutely absurd to have such an attitude. if you don't teach her a lesson, she will walk around thinking she is the

  16. Burnt out

    BellaCat replied to BellaCat's topic in General Nursing

    I think I am going through a depression right now....... I am so tired of SNF work, I don't think I can handle this type of work and low quality care

  17. Burnt out

    BellaCat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just recently visited this website and found out how helpful it can be so I want to use this website to help alleviate my anxiety and some what depression on what I am currently going through. This...

  18. Burnt out

    BellaCat replied to BellaCat's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think home health is less stressful? Private duty for

  19. LVN or RN Route?

    BellaCat replied to Khammy's topic in California Nursing

    Hang in there. Its going to be a struggle esp working and going to school at once! But keep at it and always be on top of ur game. And dont forget to always kneel and pray at

  20. LVN or RN Route?

    BellaCat replied to Khammy's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah, starting over at 30 is still a blessing than at 40 or

  21. LVN or RN Route?

    BellaCat replied to Khammy's topic in California Nursing

    Guys I'm 30 and will be turning 31 in a few months so i completely understand how you guys feel about the age thing. I actually graduated from another field in 2008 but there was a recession and i was...

  22. failed nursing school again

    BellaCat replied to snowybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    U got

  23. failed nursing school again

    BellaCat replied to snowybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nursing school is not easy... I'm doing my bsn right now and its not like the lvn program at all. I mean u brush up on stuffs you've learned before but in further

  24. failed nursing school again

    BellaCat replied to snowybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is actually a distinctive difference between lvns and rns; hence, the 10 dollars difference between two newly

  25. failed nursing school again

    BellaCat replied to snowybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That is dangerously high!!! They overworked their nurses to the