Hollybobs

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  1. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    I will. I am glad you managed to overcome your depression and I'm sorry that you went through it. Thank you for sharing your experience. I will remember

  2. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Activist, it is! In the UK we choose whether to specialise in adult, mental health, learning disability or child nursing. I was tempted by mental health nursing but eventually chose the adult...

  3. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    A number of reasons. 1)I can suggest it if I thought it would help but I can't see the benefits currently. Surely the ideal with any patient is to try through other means to help them recover and...

  4. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Janey for your kind thoughts, it IS hard in the UK. Nothing you said was harsh but I didn't speculate on a disorder, that was another poster :). "Rosie" has a diagnosis already and I know my...

  5. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    I will try anything like that with the person's permission, we have tried light therapy, not thought about routine though. Can't harm. Thank you Wife of

  6. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for the insight Viva, it IS very helpful. It is a VERY different kettle of fish when it is your loved one, I haven't been getting all of this right at all. It was the "being...

  7. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much for taking the time to let me know about

  8. I want to quit nursing.

    Hollybobs replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should give it time and see if things improve. There has been some absolutely fantastic advice given so far. Time can help and change your perspective. If you come in everyday, work very...

  9. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    I probably am trying to case-manage and interfere. I feel protective towards someone I love very dearly who is suffering and living a very unhappy and poor quality of life (by her own assessment and...

  10. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I definitely do but I don't know any. I thought nurses would be a good resource on how best to support someone as a family member and I have valued the thought-provoking

  11. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply NOADLS. Am trying to avoid inpatient stays/ECT as far as I can, partly because she will refuse, both ideas are absolute anathema to her. I have also witnessed these first-hand...

  12. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry, I didn't read the TOS properly, that is entirely my fault. It was probably common sense if I had thought about it and I apologise to any poster who may have responded in a similar vein. I...

  13. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Surely that would help? I thought that too. I don't know what alternative would be best. She is currently on Sertraline/Zoloft but her GP (I think you call it PCP in America?) has simply upped the...

  14. Supporting family member with severe depression?

    Hollybobs replied to Hollybobs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply, it is really kind. An inpatient stay may be an unfortunate but inevitable option in the future, it is definitely an exacerbation of a chronic issue. I'd like to do all and...

  15. I want to quit nursing.

    Hollybobs replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the OP meant her reply sincerely and was grateful? I didn't see the sarcasm. I thought she was being really open to constructive criticism which isn't an easy thing to

  16. How do I deal with "needy" nurses

    Hollybobs replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I found a way to quietly prevent this being a problem as a first-year student. I find that explaining what task you are currently doing helps e.g.. Nurse: "I need a piece of stock fetching, please"...

  17. Conflict with fellow nurse regarding Dilaudid administration, please help!

    Hollybobs replied to NYCRN21's topic in Pain Management

    Why was an alternative medication or medication regime not discussed with a doctor? Even if it were not my patient, if I had left that man in pain as a new nurse, as an experienced nurse or even as a...