PSYCHEE

PSYCHEE has 3 years experience and specializes in Psychiatric, Geriatric.

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1. Interested in changing from Psych to OR... possible?

   PSYCHEE replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Job Hunt

   Now that I've thought on it, OR is not a good environment for me, though I think I would really enjoy it. I have narcolepsy, and while circulating wouldn't be a problem, if I had to stand still for long periods I can have bouts of cataplexy. :/ Norma...

2. Interested in changing from Psych to OR... possible?

   PSYCHEE posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hello all, I have over 3 years of experience as a psychiatric nurse, with an additional 6 months as a psych tech before graduating nursing school. I'll have my BSN in a little over a semester. I worked at a stand-alone, acute psychiatric hospital (a...

3. Job Market for Experienced Psych RN in Chicago?

   PSYCHEE replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Illinois

   I have 3 years and 3 months experience as a psych nurse as of this very minute (I'll be just under 4 years when I'm applying for jobs). This is NOT including the 6 months of tech experience I had prior to graduating nursing school. One of the reason...

4. Job Market for Experienced Psych RN in Chicago?

   PSYCHEE posted a topic in Illinois

   Hello all, I've read quite a few topics here about the difficulties for a new grad in Boston. I'm considering relocating from Jacksonville, FL to Chicago in about 6 months. I have three years of experience in psych (acute/crisis, long term/state hos...

5. Memorial Hospital Jacksonville FL - Anyone work here?

   PSYCHEE replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Florida

   That's so helpful, thank you! I got the offer on the spot and I'm accepting. :) That's all helpful information. Tuition assistance is definitely wanted and needed, and I'm very much looking forward to a flexible schedule. I don't even mind picking up...

6. No more 12 hour shifts?

   PSYCHEE replied to UpennRN's topic in General Nursing

   Considering my long-term boyfriend just had a vasectomy and we are very, very childless, motherhood is not an obstacle I'll have to deal with soon. Or ever. =)

7. No more 12 hour shifts?

   PSYCHEE replied to UpennRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm working 5 days, 8 eight hour shifts a week. I HATE it. I used to work 8s but when I was only 32 hours at another facility (with a M/w/f and alt weekends schedule) it was tolerable. I didn't have a lot of time off, but I could frequently pick up a...

8. Combative/Violent Confused Patients

   PSYCHEE replied to missmiamoore's topic in Med-Surg

   I'm sorry this happened to you, violent or combative patients are never easy to deal with. However, I find it AMAZING that your employer gave you ANY time off for this, let alone an entire week?! PAID?! Holy sh*t. Please don't say management doesn't ...

9. Orange Park Medical Center - Anyone work here? Med/Psych Interview Soon

   PSYCHEE replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Florida

   That's good to hear, thank you. I did find out in my interview that they do have 12 hour shifts, so that's good. =) I've heard that they have a hot n cold reputation, but everything I've heard from patients and nurses that I've known has been positiv...

10. Memorial Hospital Jacksonville FL - Anyone work here?

    PSYCHEE posted a topic in Florida

    Hello! I have an interview soon at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. Anyone work here? Any information would be appreciated - pay, benefits, flexibility, tuition coverage, patient to nurse ratios, anything else you have to say? I'm experienced ...

11. Orange Park Medical Center - Anyone work here? Med/Psych Interview Soon

    PSYCHEE posted a topic in Florida

    Anyone work at OPMC in Jacksonville / Orange Park, FL? I have an interview there soon and I'd like some insight on pay, benefits, patient ratios, anything you might have to say. The unit I'm interviewing for is a medical-psychiatric unit. Not their...

12. UHS - Universal Health Services RN nursing working conditions

    PSYCHEE replied to RD_Congo's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked at a UHS facility in FL for two years. Initially, it was very busy, and sometimes overwhelming, but the majority of the time it was manageable. After AHCA/DCF/JHACO came, administration decided they were going to mandate a ton of changes, ma...

13. Psych nursing is easy

    PSYCHEE replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    If it's easy, you're doing it wrong... seconded, thirded... ad infinitum... Try figuring out what your patients medical issues are when they're speaking nothing but word salad and sign their name Abraham Lincoln. When they're a JSO dropoff and the B...

14. New RN Pay, Hiring, Psych.

    PSYCHEE replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Florida

    Wow! Thanks so much for answering all of my questions in such great detail. You've really given me hope in a lot of aspects. How long did you work in Cali? If need be that I need to get a job somewhere where the pay is greater for a while [and I cou...

15. Getting a job as a new psych RN? Pay?

    PSYCHEE replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, I suppose that's true. If I couldn't find a job in psych and it came down to it I would have to look somewhere else of course. I guess I assumed psych would be more in demand because not everyone likes to deal with the "crazies" like I do. [Not ...