aniutka

aniutka has 6 years experience and specializes in emergency, trauma, psychiatry.

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1. Post acute care staffing ratio

   aniutka replied to aniutka's topic in General Nursing

   Thank You everyone for input, I guess I didn't know where I stepped in

2. Post acute care staffing ratio

   aniutka replied to aniutka's topic in General Nursing

   How is it possible to give meds to 40 people all scheduled for 10 am within the required 2 h window? When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.Maya Angelou Read more at When someone shows you who they are, believe them the fi...

3. Post acute care staffing ratio

   aniutka posted a topic in General Nursing

   what are your ratios? in "my" facility I medicate 19 patients, IV, 2 trach PT, lots of pain meds, asthma treatments, paper documentation and paper orders (!!!!). on the unit, day tour, there are typically total 3 RNs/Lpn - one charge ( who helps w...

4. Difference between night and day nurses

   aniutka replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   Hi Everybody, Ill be starting nights in the summer, 7p 7 a, AED level 1 trauma, Ive never worked nights and am clueless how to organize my day, when to sleep? can you share with me your day schedule?

5. kicked in stomach while medicating, restraining

   aniutka posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi everyone, I was kicked in the lower belly by patient wearing working boots, while trying to medicate /restrain. I was evaluated in ER and cleared, but now few hours after I feel abdominal cramps and overall not great. It was bad situation, Patien...

6. Is Psych Nursing Easy?

   aniutka replied to resilientnurse's topic in Psychiatric

7. Visiting Nurse Service of New York

   aniutka replied to Sammi15's topic in New York

   Ohhh :) this is a great info, great post, thank YOU! I am debating what to do with my nursing "career" , I graduated in My 2008, right now I am employed as a s staff nurse at acute psychiatric unit in one of the largest hospital centers in NY, and ha...

8. Down In The Dumps

   aniutka replied to wabashcannon's topic in New Nurse

   Hi Jjjoy, I know how you feel and I wonder when it starts to feel good being a nurse, my dream and very hard work. I too graduated in May 2008, after passing boards in October started working in December in Acute Psych Unit- when my plans were to be ...

9. word of advice needed

   aniutka posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hallo All, I've been asking myself this question for few months now: take or leave it? I graduated June 08, had long summer, in october passed NCLEX and on Dec 8 started to work at HHC in NYC where I live. I am working at behavioral unit, acute care,...

10. Hello Psych Nurses & Future Psych Nurses, Please Read

    aniutka replied to little_miss_hulk's topic in Psychiatric

    OMG are we working at the same hospital? same unit maybe?

11. so burned out

    aniutka replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank You!

12. Hello Psych Nurses & Future Psych Nurses, Please Read

    aniutka replied to little_miss_hulk's topic in Psychiatric

    interesting.....

13. so burned out

    aniutka replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    5). If you are going to work with borderlines, read everything Linahan has written I can't find anything written by Linahan.... is it correct spelling?

14. Hello Psych Nurses & Future Psych Nurses, Please Read

    aniutka replied to little_miss_hulk's topic in Psychiatric

    I am working since december in Psych unit, Jun 2008 graduate. what I find problematic is not the patients but often staff, not working together, using a lot of force, not being therapeutic at all, just medicating patients to be free of their annoying...

15. How to become an OR nurse?

    aniutka posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello All, I am a new RN, graduated in June, passed boards and got a job as a psych nurse. This is not something I had in mind but taking current economic situations and lack of open positions for new grads I took it just to get a foot in a hospital....