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1. Tell me more about psychiatric nursing...

   docpsychrn replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi there! I've been a psych nurse for over 23 years...I love psychiatric nursing! I too worried about my medical skills but I took a 2 year break to work on a step down unit/med surg to get my skills back up to par. I have no problems with drawing b...

2. Help! My unit is called "the Career Killer" and it's true.

   docpsychrn replied to ZiggyStardusty's topic in Psychiatric

   I am so sorry you are having to go through this!!! I too had a very similar situation! But I ended up quitting because I just couldn't take it another night and knowing my license was at risk every shift I worked! I too think you should have a job l...

3. Please help me understand this scenario...can I be banned...

   docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Travel

   I just wanted to share with you all that this recruiter kept e-mailing and calling and I sent him a very stern e-mail telling him to stop contacting me! I even gave him the excuse that I had taken another assignment with a different company (I hadnt...

4. Please help me understand this scenario...can I be banned...

   docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Travel

   I don't want to at all! I have stayed on this site during this whole process to see how you all do this traveling nurse career and I have learned so much! So, knowing this, I have found other nurses that have worked in this state and hated it and I h...

5. Please help me understand this scenario...can I be banned...

   docpsychrn posted a topic in Travel

   My recruiter just called me and told me that if I don't accept his first assignment for me and show up for work next week, that I will be blacklisted in the State where I am suppose to go and that I will never be able to work in corrections again!!! ...

6. Psychiatric traveling assignments...anyone had one? Where?

   docpsychrn posted a topic in Travel

   I am seeking out my FIRST travel assignment in psych and there are very little positions open in any agency. I thought about doing corrections but had some serious doubts when I took an offer with Supplemental. I was very disappointed with their of...

7. FIRST travel assignment...afraid I have been low balled!!!

   docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Travel

   All of your responses are great but how do you negotiate higher pay when they TELL you what you are going to make? I mean they have it all right there and throw it at you as if you are suppose to be thankful...I am don't get me wrong but I just have...

8. FIRST travel assignment...afraid I have been low balled!!!

   docpsychrn posted a topic in Travel

   Hello fellow travelers!!! I need your help...this morning I accepted a first time travel assignment in North Carolina. The recruiter from Supplemental explained the pay etc but it was so confusing that I could tell he was getting upset trying to ex...

9. Nursing job rescinded due to past surgeries???

   docpsychrn posted a topic in Disabilities

   i was offered a position at a local hospital a few weeks ago. i put in my notice to my current job and prepared to work for the new job. the doctor that did my physical decided that i was not medically cleared to do the new job and they rescinded m...

10. Pyxis machine and nurses diverting meds.....

    docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Recovery

    The meds were cancelled out 2x because each time they didn't want the medication so I just closed the door back. I didn't even look at the medication. Im just standing in the med room and because they wanted something harder (I start with the lower...

11. Pyxis machine and nurses diverting meds.....

    docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Recovery

    That is what scares me...the staff nurses never count the pyxis. It hadn't been counted since Sept of last year. So that means that hundreds of meds have been pulled since that time with no count ever made but now they are asking me where the meds ...

12. Pyxis machine and nurses diverting meds.....

    docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Recovery

    The medication was not a controlled substance. Tramadol. It is in with all the other meds like Tylenol, Motrin, pepto and naproxen. There has never been any counting of these meds since I have been employed there. The supervisor would even go in a...

13. Pyxis machine and nurses diverting meds.....

    docpsychrn replied to docpsychrn's topic in Recovery

    Good idea! I will do that this afternoon...we are sort of in a snow storm right now! But excellent idea!

14. Pyxis machine and nurses diverting meds.....

    docpsychrn posted a topic in Recovery

    i have a question regarding the legality of being blamed for meds missing from a pyxis machine. there are several nurses in a 24 hour period that pull meds from the units' pyxis machine yet the pharmacy is accusing me or questioning me where several...

15. Missouri Salary Poll

    docpsychrn replied to maggijo's topic in Missouri

    st. louis - $34.00/hr + $2.00 for eves + $3.25 nights + $2.00 weekends + $10/hr if working for bonus shifts. i am making the most money i have ever made in my +20 years of nursing. working for it but worth it! i thank god everyday for my job and i...