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StillRN

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  1. Pros and cons of Phentermine?

    StillRN replied to Mshrader's topic in Patient Medications

    I took it... oddly it made me feel like a zombie.. but it gave me heart palpitations and im convinced it did some sort of damage to my heart. I never had htn before I took it.. it spiked my bp ,...

  2. Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

    StillRN replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Do you single murses find it very easy to find dates and or gf's at work? U certainly a huge pool to choose from... Which is actually opposite of what everyone thinks about us girls (that there is a...

  3. Why Nursing Sucks...

    StillRN replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've been a nurse for quite a while. ..I was in a job doing exactly what i set out to do when deciding to become a nurse as a child. I liked my patient's and being a part of their special moments....

  4. Your monitoring program allow whipits?

    StillRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Question to the OP.. you said you are in a monitoring program. . . What state are in? Most programs don't allow you to work as a float or in the ICU while in monitoring. How did you get...

  5. The sloppy image of nurses today

    StillRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Those ugly Sketched rockers... are the only things that save my back and feet from wanting to take all three pain pills in the world. So I don't really care how ugly they are. . They are functional...

  6. Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

    StillRN replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have to deal with that as a female nurse too. Most of the girls love my jokes because they don't have the guts to say they were thinking the exact same thing. But it also lands me in "the office"...

  7. Is there a legal way to do this...

    StillRN replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We had a woman come in by ambulance that had just given birth to a still born. She had the placenta in a plastic bag. After consoling her. . The doc did an ultrasound and saw no signs of pregnancy....

  8. Nurses with Mental Illness

    StillRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have felt the need to tell co workers about my major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder to explain certain behaviors while my issues are not being well controlled.. But I recommend not...

  9. The sloppy image of nurses today

    StillRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Anytime I've worn make up and done my hair. . It's all melted off in the first few hours. . I guess if you don't work very hard you could focus on being beautiful. .. But when you sweat like crazy...

  10. Just self reported

    StillRN replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Im brand new to this too.. I still haven't gotten my contract or started with the AODA stuff because I'm waiting to get state insurance. . Since I doubt ill get unemployment. I know exactly how you...

  11. Just self reported

    StillRN replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What is

  12. Just self reported

    StillRN replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wouldn't count on cobra.. mine would cost me 1200$ a month. I am in the process if applying for state insurance..or Medicaid..but I am only able to get that because i have a minor cHild and no...

  13. Brand new to this

    StillRN posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hello to everyone, I am new to this site and new to all of this. I was fired last week after the pharmacy did an audit and I showed up with 4 pages of discrepancies. Honestly, most of them could be...

  14. Brand new to this

    StillRN replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I tried mixing pills with saline.. but got it from work

  15. have any of you left nursing

    StillRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Either due to burnout or disenchantment. Did you leaveleave or know someone who has left. ..and what did you do career-wise post

  16. dwi/diversion charges

    StillRN replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    not sure if you were talking to me or not.. but if so.. I lost my job.. havent found a new one yet. Its all very new to me yet, so its a lot of ups and downs. I havent started meetings yet... i dont...

  17. have any of you left nursing

    StillRN replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you Chryssy D.. that was pretty spot on. I am very stressed and depressed and have been for a very long time now. It just got so bad the past few months that I started slipping down a very...

  18. Brand new to this

    StillRN replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you to everyone for your replies.. Whodatme congratulations on the new baby! Im so sorry to hear about what you are going through. It does seem to always just get worse doesnt it? yesterday...

  19. Why are nurses so backbiting?

    StillRN replied to RNBSN1591's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who doesn't love a crash pizza right next to the blood soaked linen and poopy diaper

  20. What Exactly did you say during your interviews?

    StillRN posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I know this has been asked a million times.. but I have never seen anything specific in response. Firstly, I know recovery comes first and I must work on that. However, for me.. as a single parent,...

  21. Horrible Treatment at Drug Testing

    StillRN replied to Maria425's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sorry that happened. . Sounds like kidnapping or something.

  22. Do you stalk anyone here?

    StillRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    There should be a nurses dating

  23. Spouses in healthcare

    StillRN replied to Trauma_drama14's topic in General Nursing

    I used to turn my nose up at the thought of dating another nurse.. but now I think I would. A lot of em look sexy in scrubs and it's nice to have that person get what u do... and they are better...

  24. dwi/diversion charges

    StillRN replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good luck. My state is starting one in January but it's an hope and a half away

  25. Took a decongestant on the "Class B- Dr Approval Only" list

    StillRN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is awful... I live on ibuprofen and afrin. I always have headaches and stuffy noses. . Maybe allergies to my zoo of animals. ..crested geckos and the roaches they eat... love my