poweringthrough ADN

poweringthrough has 5 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Nursing.

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1. Bedside career with hand tremors?

   poweringthrough replied to poweringthrough's topic in Disabilities

   I was really interested in care management, maybe with an HMO or clinic. I had no wishes going into school for a career in bedside. I do have prior HMO experience from before I got my license. However, there seems to be an ongoing requirement of dire...

2. Bedside career with hand tremors?

   poweringthrough posted a topic in Disabilities

   Hello, I am a recent grad who was licensed as of June 2019. I have been looking for a job, but haven’t had a lot of luck. I am trying to avoid bedside due to a hand tremor I have which is noticeable and gets more severe when I am overtired and/or anx...

3. should I just give up? DUI/ mental illness

   poweringthrough replied to poweringthrough's topic in Criminal

   I see this post has been getting more attention lately. Not sure why, but it’s ok if it’s still helping others. I did take the NCLEX over the summer and passed on my first try! Hooray! I haven’t been able to secure employment yet ( mostly due to my a...

4. should I just give up? DUI/ mental illness

   poweringthrough replied to poweringthrough's topic in Criminal

   Hey all, I thought I would check in since it’s been a few days now. Things went better than expected, and it turns out I borrowed a whole lot of worry over nothing. My ATT came through recently without issue. I didn’t hear from the board at all. I sp...

5. should I just give up? DUI/ mental illness

   poweringthrough replied to poweringthrough's topic in Criminal

   I disclosed the mental illness to the school once I was forced to do so. I didn’t want to , but I had to. School had to check my background through the state in order to perform patient care, so they know about I had a blemish on my record. The state...

6. should I just give up? DUI/ mental illness

   poweringthrough replied to poweringthrough's topic in Criminal

   Hey Tigerlily8, Thanks for your feedback. I have heard about the ordeal that monitored nurses get put through and the expenses associated. I just don’t have a way to keep paying for the monitoring without a job and know the struggles I will face in g...

7. should I just give up? DUI/ mental illness

   poweringthrough posted a topic in Criminal

   Hello all, I recently finished school with my ADN (hooray)! Unfortunately, clinicals were a struggle for me and I had to come clean in my final semester to the dean that I had anxiety/depression/ adhd or risk failing school (long story). I was allo...

8. Clinical site has a bad history for me

   poweringthrough posted a topic in General Students

   So I'm in my last semester at school. I started clinicals a couple weeks ago at my local hospital. I was recently chatting with a patient on my floor and found out that I was on the old L&D floor. Unfortunately for me this is the exact L&D fl...

9. Time management tips needed

   poweringthrough replied to poweringthrough's topic in General Students

   Thanks. Do you have any tips about how to plan my day or how to prioritize patient cares?

10. Visible Anxiety

    poweringthrough posted a topic in General Students

    So what does one do about visible anxiety in clinical? I have GAD, agoraphobia, and panic disorder. I take heavy amounts of SSRIs , Benzos, and other drugs to stay stable ( about 4-5 rx's total right now) . I have been in counseling but can't be righ...

11. Time management tips needed

    poweringthrough posted a topic in General Students

    Hey all, I am in my final three months as a student and feeling very in need of time managing tips. I'm feeling like I am drowning doing clinicals right now and I only have one patient. Granted I am in a very busy floor, but common sense things like ...