I worked with a Lebanese doctor who was very extremely arrogant, and also quite defensive about cultural issues, very defensive. His coloring was dark, and he had a good bit of an accent. One day he went into a room to see an adolescent, who was a te...
nursekathi replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing
When I worked child/adol. residential psych, my all time telephone order from a doc, when I described 8 of our under 12 year old boys beating the living tar out of each other & staff, "pick the 4 worst, give them each geodon 10 mg IM, and tell th...
Hi, I'm new around here. I have a year experience as a psych nurse supervisor, and am currently working as a m/s tele float nurse. Once I have my year in, next spring, I really want to travel. I have so many questions, but most of all, I want to know...
nursekathi replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric
Is this boy going home to live with the naive father? That is a scary thought. It is even more scary to me to think that the treatment team is aware of this behavior and allowing it to continue; very irresponsible. It sounds to me like they are just ...
nursekathi replied to sweetface18's topic in General Nursing
:yeahthat: Sometimes I b**** & moan, too. But I love my job, and am better off than most around me. I am a nursing supervisor in a child/adolescent psych hospital, making $21/hr (very small, low cost mid-west town). Our mental health techs (psyc...
nursekathi replied to BoogiePop's topic in Psychiatric
we have 1:1s pretty often at my facility. It is rough. As the nursing supervisor, when I am working, I will only allow the same MHT to watch a 1:1 for 2 hours, then switch with someone else. This saves their sanity, and is also safer, as being with t...
I have worked in psych for 1 1/2 years, and also love it! I was just promoted to evening supervisor in a child/adolescent residential facility. We have had a few borderline adolescent females, and they are very trying, but quite interesting. I feel f...
I am in shock In my LPN program, they were very strict about NO makup In my Rn transition, it was allowed, but very light, and they were scrutinizing that. I think I would go to the school admin. about this one. I put up with a lot of demeaning crap ...
nursekathi replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Humor
Oh, I hadn't thought about most of these tales in a long time, boy do they seem so silly now! How about: A "high" belly means a boy, "low" girl (or is it the other way around??) A draft (especially while sleeping) causes cold/flu ***** (you know what...
nursekathi replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in New Nurse
congradulations!!! i just found out i passed yesterday, and boy was i sweating, too. i am an awesome test-taker, and was shocked by how uncertain i was. almost all prioritizing questions! yuck! i shut off at 75.
Hi. I'm pretty new around here, and hope to gain from everyone's vast wisdom. I've been a LPN working in psych for the last 1 1/2 years, while finishing my RN. Happily, I passed my boards yesterday, but unfortunately lost my job in doing so, as my fa...
nursekathi replied to MN2MSrn's topic in Psychiatric
At our facility, which is child/adolescent, we give each child some med education at every med pass. It only takes a matter of several extra seconds. First we teach them the med names, pointing to each pill in the cup so they learn which is which. Th...