By no means do I intend to insult you in any way (if you do in fact have this disorder) by what I am about to write, so please try not to take it personally. I am only speaking from experience in regards to this disorder... There are several reasons...
From my experience, many nurses find patients with borderline personality dosorder, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse disorders the most difficult to work with.
MarkRN replied to truejewel82's topic in Psychiatric
I suggest you take a look at your state's mental health legislation (i.e. mental hygiene law). In New York state, we have to obtain a court order for meds over objection before we can force patients to take meds other than PRNs that are needed to de...
I think that those of us in Psych need to frequently do some self-reflection and assessment into what population(s) seem to irritate us the most. For example, many nurses have difficulties with personality disorders (i.e. borderlines, antisocials, e...
MarkRN replied to angelfire280's topic in Psychiatric
We wear white tops and blue pants on our inpatient psych unit. This is the uniform that is expected of all nurses in our hospital. The rationale for this is so that patients and visitors know what role staff plays just by looking at them. I initia...
MarkRN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in Psychiatric
I hear ya, elkpark! Yes, acute inpatient units anymore are really meant for stabilization and a quick discharge. I would say to look into the outpatient setting (continuing day treatment programs, partial hospitalization programs, mental heath cent...
MarkRN replied to Drysolong's topic in Psychiatric
I currently work on a locked inpatient psych unit in a large hospital and I can tell you that we take care of a lot of medically-compromised patients on our unit. For example, my staff and I have had some post-surgical patients, have ran numerous IV...
MarkRN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric
From my experience, salaries are mainly comperable if not the same for psych nurses who are employed at hospitals with inpatient psych units as are other nurses in that same hospital. If you plan on working in the outpatient setting, salaries may be...
Hello everyone! Just wanted to see if anyone else out there is starting their MSN at the UoP on May 9th? I will be specializing in the nurse educator program, but those program-specific courses will not come until the end of the program. Are there...
The hospital I work for offers $6000/year for full-time ($3000/year for part-time) employees who are pursuing a degree in nursing. There is a one-year committment from the ending date of the last class the hospital paid for. They paid for $12,000 o...
MarkRN replied to Linda K. Foster's topic in Educators
A few years ago, nursing staff went to set colors at my hospital. This decision was made by the nurse council after it was identified as a complaint by many patients on satisfaction surveys because they couldn't tell who they were seeing in their ro...
Hello everyone. I will be starting my online MSN in Nursing Education at the University of Phoenix Online next month. I decided to go this route (distance learning) because there are no colleges/universities in my area that offer a masters program ...