edchunt BSN, RN

edchunt has 21 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Psych.

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1. Tell me how a nurse with no psych experience and no psych certification get picked o?

   edchunt posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hey all, I currently work at the VA medical center here. I interviewed along with two others from our acute psych unit and 4 other internal candidates from the med-surg and ER. None of us three from the psych unit were selected. I have been doing ...

2. VA Hospital in Martinsburg

   edchunt replied to fin0814's topic in West Virginia

   Who pays more than the VA?

3. VA Hospital in Martinsburg

   edchunt replied to fin0814's topic in West Virginia

   No, because the 48 hours and 32 equal 80. Overtime is paid for time over the 80 hours for the pay period.

4. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   I concur with the above statements. I was just not brave enough to put it that way. Thank you!

5. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   One important aspect to this is that the escort must be from our unit. We work with a max of three a shift. The majority of us do not smoke. I guess sometimes you have to do what you are told to do and hope for the best. I guess some people have to ...

6. Escort patients outside to smoke

   edchunt posted a topic in West Virginia

   I wrote a new note about escorting patients ouside to smoke at the VA. Please read on that and provide some input. This would be over in the general discussion. To make a long story short, We nurses are told that we are supposed to go out with patie...

7. Is it me or are Social Workers running the show?

   edchunt replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice

   Oh yes, our setting is different. We are acute psych; however, much of the same type of things happenig with our SW.

8. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   With all do respect to Gerry1888, all of these Vets are not old. In have patients that are 25 or even younger. They may live forever, or what seems like forever right there on our supposedly acute unit. There are even smoking staff who do not want to...

9. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   We cannot find anything that suggests that we should be exposed to seconhand smoke. The patients believe it is their God given right to smoke so they get to go out accompanied by nursing to smoke in any kind of weather. Right now we have a foot of sn...

10. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    edchunt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wanting to get some feedback concerning escorting patients to smoke shelters and the need to remain with them in the smoke rooms. I work for the Veteran's Administration on the acute psych ward of the hospital. The patients have had smo...

11. Elkins WV says HI!

    edchunt replied to WV_heart_RN's topic in West Virginia

    I am in Clarksburg. At work right now. I hate getting 2 feet of snow!

12. Time for a Title Change

    edchunt replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind being known as a nurse and getting paid very well for what I do. I wonder if we should change doctor's titles because they do more than the first doctors did? There are stereotypes to male nurses but it doesn't change waht we do or how w...

13. Time for a Title Change

    edchunt replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    I am a NURSE who just happens to be male and I am proud of the title and proud of the heritage as well as the modern profeciencies that nurses possess. I am just making a comment and do not wish to oppose anyones's views. I am making far more money n...

14. WVU RN-BSN program, how is it?

    edchunt replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in West Virginia

    So... it's not totally online??

15. VA Hospital

    edchunt replied to 2003rn's topic in West Virginia

    I work at the VA in Clarksburg. It definately is a different way of doing things. I wish I could go back to my old state job. Pay is the issue though. So here I will remain.