leejandsue

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1. salary questions

   leejandsue replied to Elka's topic in Psychiatric

   I can't believe I found someone from east tennessee in this board. I am also from east tennessee so as far as salary, depends on your experience. You should apply at Indian Path Pavilion. Mountain States Health Alliance pays competitive salary for t...

2. What skills and qualities are needed?

   leejandsue replied to CarolineRn's topic in Psychiatric

   You have to empathetic. You have to be tolerant of acting out behavior. Children just being themselves, or adults acting like children. You have to know how to set limits. You have to be able to enforce consequences when rules are broken. The pros a...

3. Is it worth it to double major with nursing/psychology?

   leejandsue replied to Euphrosyne7's topic in Psychiatric

   I have been a psych nurse for 7 years. I have an associate degree in nursing and was going to pursue bachelors in psych, but after a lot of research a psych degree is pretty much worthless unless you get a masters or phd. Psych degree would only be g...