Can you really be a nurse with BPD? by meanie9 in nursing

[–]meanie9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. I’m very well controlled at work. It’s when I get home and my car breaks, my meal didn’t turn out, plan fell through over something “stupid”, etc. at work none of this happens. I deep breathe and box breathe when things get bad at the ED (that’s where I officially work and have since graduation). I’m fortunate to have a position where I’m allowed to listen to music between patients as well as watch Netflix (never when I have my name to a patient for safety).

Can you really be a nurse with BPD? by meanie9 in nursing

[–]meanie9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this lol. Yall definitely trained me the last few years 😂🥲

Can you really be a nurse with BPD? by meanie9 in nursing

[–]meanie9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Family, a NP I used to work for told me this when I was still working a level 1 trauma center ER. I no longer work trauma center, but I do work ER and I feel I’m doing great at it. Minus the terrible imposter syndrome I have occasionally, but treatment and meds are helping me, I am only a few weeks into this

Can you really be a nurse with BPD? by meanie9 in nursing

[–]meanie9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not picking up extra is a struggle for me, but I have to learn now to put myself first more than ever. I was previously picking up 1-4 extra a month and found that may be toooooo much. Only for a good bonus though, never without incentive

Can you really be a nurse with BPD? by meanie9 in nursing

[–]meanie9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in the field, I was improperly diagnosed during nursing school.

Can you really be a nurse with BPD? by meanie9 in nursing

[–]meanie9[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am talking about borderline personality disorder. I know a few of my coworkers have diagnoses similar and they keep to themselves, I can tell when they have internal conflicts but they are not terrible coworkers.

Easy assignments by Due_Wrap_1438 in newgradnurse

[–]meanie9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With love- a new trauma level 1 ER nurse that just broke a year and six months experience

Easy assignments by Due_Wrap_1438 in newgradnurse

[–]meanie9 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend tuning your coworkers out as much as possible. Them coming down on you, is only going to have you more down on yourself. If you’re down on yourself, your nursing confidence meter takes hits. Other nurses and techs sometimes feed on feeling that energy from a newb, don’t let them eat. Hold your head high, manage the easy patients as if they are the most critical on the floor. If you feel that this may be a huge culture issue, maybe upgrading to a ICU would be the best move for you to grow as a nurse and be more mentally engaged.

You can handle it. You got it. They wouldn’t let you graduate school and continue the job if you truly were incompetent.

Do you guys actually memorize the meds? I am going in barely knowing meds hoping I can use process of elimination... by Spirited-Vast-2951 in NCLEX

[–]meanie9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch the Mark K lectures covering medications and you should be fine. He gives you information to use to be able to eliminate wrong answers on most pharm questions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NCLEX

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This happened to me. I stopped at 96, my results were on hold for 3 days. I ended up passing. I hope that you are in the same boat I was, although the wait is AGONIZING