Jelli_Belli

Jelli_Belli specializes in Psych, Assertive Community Resource Team.

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1. I hate it!!!

   Jelli_Belli replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

   I think that in order to pick up your welfare check every month you should have to get a Depo shot. No Depo shot...no free money. I don't know about you guys but I am sick to death of paying for other peoples kids. My husband and I are going through...

2. Meltdown moment...when was yours?

   Jelli_Belli replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh honey, so sorry! No this is not, I repeat, NOT normal. If it was I believe I would have to look for a new job. Thankfully my unit is actually usually very well staffed. We usually have 2-3 licensed staff and 2 techs for 12 patients. Not to shabby!

3. Meltdown moment...when was yours?

   Jelli_Belli replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

   My meltdown moment came about 2 weeks after I got my license. I was working as a nurse on the same psychiatric unit that I had worked on as a tech through school. Actually I was still orienting (I had about 3 weeks to go). There was a really big snow...

4. So Who Runs Your Floor, You or the Aides?

   Jelli_Belli replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

   I was a tech at my prn job not to long ago (like 3 mon.!), so when I am the charge nurse it can feel a little weird. Lucky for me though, the techs and LPN's I work with are great, we work together wonderfully as a team and everyone knows their job a...

5. Alternate formatted questions?

   Jelli_Belli replied to HeartJulz's topic in NCLEX

   When I took my NCLEX I had at least 10 SATA, 2 med calcs, one question with several pages of documentation you might find in a patient chart, and one one with a picture that you had to type in the number that corresponded to the correct answer.

6. I'm trying to settle a feud.

   Jelli_Belli replied to SpiltMilk's topic in General Nursing

   Why should your boyfriend have to prove anything to your father about his health issues? Maybe he is embarrassed to discuss his testicular issues with your father, especially if your father has made it clear he thinks he is a liar. To answer your qu...

7. Med Prepouring Question (CNA)

   Jelli_Belli replied to shadchan's topic in Safety

   You are absolutely right about this one. I NEVER allow my techs to pre-pour meds and advise them against giving the residents anything that they did not pop out of the blister packs themselves. No one should be giving anything out that they didn't pr...

8. Med Prepouring Question (CNA)

   Jelli_Belli replied to shadchan's topic in Safety

   Actually it is perfectly legal for "med techs" to give ROUTINE meds to residents in assisted living or group home settings. I work as a community outreach psychiatric nurse and I supervise the residential techs that supervise our residents taking the...

9. Are psych nurses safe to float?

   Jelli_Belli posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new graduate that started orientation on a behavioral health unit about 2 weeks ago. Things are going pretty well and I am actually enjoying my new position. My preceptor is great, my reviews have been awesome. Unfortunately a new policy at wor...

10. Nursing Judgement...A thing of the past?

    Jelli_Belli posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I'm a new grad and I have been orienting to my new RN position this week and something just keeps bothering me. As a student I spent so much time in school working on critical thinking and the APIE model because I was told that the main funct...

11. Registered nurse vs Registered Psychiatric Nurse?

    Jelli_Belli replied to bigtoque's topic in General Nursing

    I'm graduating with my RN in 3 weeks and have accepted a job at a psychiatric inpatient facility as a graduate nurse. I also have a BA in psychology, but that really has no bearing on psychiatric nursing certification. I can help you find a job thoug...

12. Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    Jelli_Belli replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to say something not so popular but here goes anyway. I graduate in 3 weeks from nursing school and I just accepted a position at an acute care psychiatric facility on a unit that only admits 18-50 y\o males with schizophrenia who are ambul...

13. ICK! I destroyed my GPA and can't get in now!!!!!!

    Jelli_Belli replied to 2blackcats's topic in Career Support

    Do you have any schools around you that accept students from a wait list and not by GPA? If not you may just have to buckle down and retake some courses to get a higher grade. Check with your school first and see exactly what classes you have to hav...

14. Can we still be friends?

    Jelli_Belli posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all!!! I am graduating nursing school in 3 weeks and just received the great news that I have been hired as an RN on the same psych unit that I have worked on for 3 years as a tech. Although I am very excited about beginning my career in nursing, ...

15. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    Jelli_Belli replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a psychiatric unit too, and we also those "nifty" little grievance reports and we now have an interim manager that has no psychiatric experience. So now we keep getting called in to her office for complaints like "Mrs. P says you poisoned h...