mairose15

mairose15 has 2 years experience.

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1. What does it take to be a good psych nurse?

   mairose15 replied to paulschwinn's topic in Psychiatric

   This is a great thread, I love these answers! I think you have to have ingenuity not necessarily artsy but being creative, resourceful and flexible in your ability to deal with potential crisis situations. The ability to dodge a punch or insult rat...

2. I need help badly! Please

   mairose15 replied to xonikishaxo's topic in General Nursing

   *how long does it take to become an RN nurse or LPN? *how much do you get paid? *do you have to be great at math to be a nurse? *i have a child and a husband, would becoming a nurse affect my time with my family? *what's the easiest type of nursing? ...

3. Any stay-at-home moms that went to nursing school and could offer some wisdom?

   mairose15 replied to Dkarj's topic in Career Support

   My biggest tip would be a technical college. I got my ADN and only paid maybe $500/quarter (7quarters). I had 2 small kids. I also have a mother and mother-in-law close by who love spending time with their grandkids. They were a Godsend! Now that I'm...

4. Would you allow someone with 4 misdeameanors to be admitted to a nursing school...?

   mairose15 replied to jfisher23's topic in Criminal

   I was trying to figure out what WALLAH was!!

5. I really want to become a Mental Health/Psych Nurse!!!

   mairose15 replied to lalexa15's topic in Psychiatric

   Yep, I was hired right out of nursing school. I did ADN, a two-year program at a very affordable community college. Nursing school is hard though so make sure it is really what you want to do. We employ both RN and LPN positions (1-yr program, the pa...

6. Sleeping on the job

   mairose15 replied to mairose15's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, I get it. I'll descretely talk to my boss. Thanks for clarifying my responsibilities. I won't feel so bad about it knowing it's an obligation and not so much of a choice.

7. Sleeping on the job

   mairose15 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new RN grad nurse in a residential psych facility. I've been there around 3 months and I really like my boss and the other nurses I work with! The problem is is that I often work with an older LPN who is physically in somewhat poor health. If ...