autumn-moon

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1. Resources to study for certification

   autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

2. new grad RN- want to quit nursing

   autumn-moon replied to sax_journey's topic in General Nursing

   I remember the last semester of nursing school....we all felt like *imposters*....and going to work as an actual nurse, it was even worse...here were these trusting patients, thinking that I actually knew something!! My preceptor was a very good, b...

3. Resources to study for certification

   autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

   I think I can see that this is going to be another "Big Anxiety Event" like the NCLEX exam. I was so nervous that I forgot where I parked!!! But I did manage to pass the exam with the minimum number of questions and was LESS worried than my peers ...

4. Resources to study for certification

   autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

   I appreciate the feedback. Yes, I do mean the ANCC exam. In my hospital, nearly all the nurses who have been there awhile do have their certification and we need it to move up from the lowly position of RN II to RN III or move on to Clinical Nurse S...

5. enclosed nurse's station

   autumn-moon replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

   No enclosed nurses station here. I work in an acute care state psych hospital and my unit has a cap of 26 pts (although at times we have been so full that we've had to take in an additional pt. or two). We do have a small room behind the nurses' st...

6. Resources to study for certification

   autumn-moon posted a topic in Psychiatric

   It's getting near to the time when I can apply to take the exam for certification in my psych specialty. Anyone know where there are any resources out there to help me prepare for this? And for those of you who have taken the exam....how difficult i...

7. What's Your State Hospital Policy R/T BPD/O?

   autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

   Unfortunately, in our setting, most of the borderlines are hardcore....even the kids (with whom I don't work...I don't have the energy for that! I actually do enjoy working with them....up to a point. I don't think we're doing them any favors kee...

8. What's Your State Hospital Policy R/T BPD/O?

   autumn-moon posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Just curious..... There is always griping going on at my job in a state acute care facility that pts. with Borderline Personality D/O require so much staff and so much time to keep them safe that the patients with psychotic disorders such as Bipolar ...

9. Things that make you go "EEEWWW"

   autumn-moon replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Well, it's always the vomit-smell thing that gets me worst, but here are a few things I've encountered: Getting assigned, my first semester of nsg school, a patient who'd shot off most of his face with a shotgun to avoid jail (not the brightest star ...

10. Who transcribes med orders?

    autumn-moon replied to AHarri66's topic in General Nursing

    State acute care psych hospital. MD writes, primary RN (usually)or other available RN notes it in chart and transcribes into MAR. Order faxed to pharmacy. Each shift does at least one informal chart check with 11-7 doing written 24hr. check. Chart ...

11. Dbt

    autumn-moon replied to pjhrn1north's topic in Psychiatric

    DBT cont...... TREATMENT STRATEGIES Within this framework of stages, target hierarchies and modes of therapy a wide variety of therapeutic strategies and specific techniques is applied. The core strategies in DBT are 'validation' and 'problem solvi...

12. Dbt

    autumn-moon replied to pjhrn1north's topic in Psychiatric

    Here is an article I found recently about DBT. It's long, so I'll have to post it in 2 sections. Hope it's helpful for those of you who were asking...... An Overview of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder...

13. Does anyone feel as frustrated as me?

    autumn-moon replied to fourbirds4me's topic in New Nurse

    I am working as a nurse resident in psych and do not feel very supported. Confused, is more like it. I am starting to get the feeling that a synonym for "therapeutic" is "not very nice" and that the nurses I work with are very therapeutic.... So I gu...

14. Adjusting to the "Real World"???

    autumn-moon replied to USA987's topic in New Nurse

    Man, I wanted to say *exactly* what you all have been saying about 2 or 3 weeks ago, so I'm glad someone got this thread going. I too, have been having a hard time adjusting. I really thought my preceptor thought I was hopeless. A couple weeks ago I ...

15. psych pt in ltc facility

    autumn-moon replied to ktwlpn's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, my advice, as a newbie nurse, but with many yrs. of experience in the psych field.... Sounds like you are doing great! I too, run up against some of the same stuff with the "more experienced staff" on my unit. Maybe I'm just new and naive, but ...