Hello hello! I used to post on allnurses years back when I first considered nursing. Now I have an offer and plan on (finally) making the jump to be an RN. I've worked as a Psych Tech/CNA since I graduated high school about 5 years ago. I work for a...
FutureRNMichael replied to Still Riding's topic in Psychiatric
Thank you both for sharing. It is nice to hear the reasons why a person might cut. I have been interested in a young lady from school who cuts and it really saddens me to see her do that to herself. She is such a bright, beautiful women. I doubt she ...
FutureRNMichael replied to Emery's topic in Safety
Most likely place to recieve the type of training mentioned in this thread is by a employer before starting in your position. If you ever work in Psych, you will go through a course by the employer consisting of containing a patient, keeping other pa...
Has anyone in Psych Nursing been introduced to this relatively new topic yet? It's a new thing, from what I hear anyway. Talks of changing attitudes amongst psychiatric hospital staff and clients/consumers (their new term for patients) as far as the...
FutureRNMichael replied to sam.r's topic in Psychiatric
I'll throw a few ideas out but I apologize if they are not 'deep' enough to write 10,000 words about. Just some interesting things I've found while in Psych. Dual Diagnosis, How one issue affects the other, how you would approach treating such a pati...
Looking for some info(For my own personal use) regarding the status of civilally commited patients who commit crimes in the hospital. There is a patient who has assualted several nurses and they are looking into pressing legal charges against this p...
FutureRNMichael replied to Louisepug's topic in Psychiatric
Well, out and out assaults, I have never seen(in 6 or so months). I work with some of the sicker people in the state and rarely hear of such happening. If you build their trust and listen to what they have to say, you should be ok. I have seen cases ...
So I got back financial aid information from the school I am applying to after completing my FASA worksheet... Being 20 years old, My parents income is used to decide what I am eligble for. There expected contribution is $11,000 per year. In actualit...
FutureRNMichael replied to Louisepug's topic in Psychiatric
I work as an aide-for the state system. I think it varies greatly from place to place. Generally speaking, I think those of us who work in Psych and aren't degreed typically end up doing a lot of the grunt work that needs to be done by someone. Such ...