JennyPARN

JennyPARN has 5 years experience and specializes in Psychiatric.

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1. Who LOVES their job and why?

   JennyPARN replied to JennyPARN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, myoglobin. I guess no one else wants to discuss why they love their job, but I appreciate your response. I sometimes have to remember to keep it simple, I am also lucky to work with some amazing people. And wearing scrubs to work is the be...

2. Who LOVES their job and why?

   JennyPARN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all. I've been a nurse for 6 years. I have worked in long-term care and behavioral health. I have been charge nurse on a 34-bed adult acute psych unit for the last 3 years and there is much about the job that I love. However, I am having one of th...

3. Older nurses...chasing that carrot

   JennyPARN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

   13 more years!? Sounds like heaven. I'm going to have to work until I die. I LOL'd at Olddude. My suggestion, which was given to me, is to use all your vacation time. For some reason I wasn't doing this, and PTO hours were getting to the tipping poin...

4. Tell me about your orientation

   JennyPARN replied to JennyPARN's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks Hppy. When I'm training I get a straight $26 for the shift. Also hardly worth it. I am pushing for and working on a better and longer orientation. We also have a lot of new grad hires. My fear is that my company's staffing model is just that -...

5. Tell me about your orientation

   JennyPARN replied to JennyPARN's topic in Psychiatric

   8 weeks sounds more like it. Hppy, does your facility pay you to be a master trainer/mentor and are those hours outside of your hours on the floor (if you're still on the floor?) Thanks, Jenny

6. Tell me about your orientation

   JennyPARN posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi fellow psych nurses. I work as a charge nurse in an acute psych hospital. We are an extremely busy, fast-paced hospital. I believe that our orientation program (if you can call it that) is lacking. New employees have a week in the classroom going ...

7. Please Help! I need career advice ASAP

   JennyPARN replied to OmgNurse11's topic in New Nurse

   Hi there Omg. I don't necessarily have advice for you but I want to concur that I felt exactly the same way as a new RN working in LTC. I had so many questions and no one to ask. I had at least 30 patients to pass meds to and I mean MEDS plus treatme...

8. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   JennyPARN replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   Borderline personality disorder.

9. Another reason unions suck!

   JennyPARN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Union

   Wow, kalvera! Where do you work?! Multiple hospitals have joined our union recently because they thought they could work things out amicably and professionally with management. Broken promises, continued unsafe staffing, no cost of living raises etc....

10. Safe staffing?

    JennyPARN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN in an acute psychiatric, for profit hospital. I love my job. However, nurses and management seem to be in constant disagreement about what constitutes "safe" staffing. I went to work briefly in long-term care, in a not for profit facility,...