Hannah_PsychRN replied to tenacious_rn's topic in New Nurse
I'm in a similar situation... I have 5 months experience in Oncology, and now almost 4 months experience in Psych. I just applied to an OB job and then walked into the Human Resources department. I know for sure I would not have been called back abou...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to 1981go's topic in Psychiatric
I feel the most satisfied with a day's work when I was able to take the time to sit down with a patient (10-15 min usually) and really listen to them, especially with children and adolescents. So often the kids will ask "Can I talk to you?" and I'll ...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to kaeldean's topic in Psychiatric
Hi there! I'm a pediatric psych RN and absolutely love it, although most of the cases are terribly sad. I find that most of the children don't actually have a mental disorder, but rather have been abused/traumatized and now have severe behavioral iss...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to moonchildRN's topic in Psychiatric
Cool! Are you planning on working with adults or children? If you're interested in children, I'm reading a really fascinating (but sad) book called "The boy who was raised as a dog" and it's written by a child psychiatrist who talks about severely tr...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to rnliz21's topic in Texas
Hi Erika! Nice to meet you today :) I didn't get a ton of info on orientation, but I was told that the first two weeks would be classroom learning for us, from 8-4 or 5 Monday-Fri. The first day september 9 is hospital orientation in the morning and ...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to rnliz21's topic in Texas
hi eeburrah! im in the same boat as you waiting to get our assignments. im having problems waiting til friday to hear! haha.. was hoping they might call earlier in the week. have you heard anything yet? which areas did you request?
Hannah_PsychRN replied to Nperreira's topic in Texas
Hi there! I'll be starting at MD Anderson also! Couldn't be more excited! I should receive my unit/shift this week, and I'm going to request to start September 7. Just moved out here a month ago and loving it so far!
Hannah_PsychRN replied to rnliz21's topic in Texas
I'm going to request september 9 also :) And thanks I'm loving Houston so far! It'll be great to start a big new grad program where we can all meet each other and have all that support!
Hannah_PsychRN replied to rnliz21's topic in Texas
hi mayo! i requested melanoma and breast/ovarian cancer, since they're both prevalent in my family. and i said day or night shift was fine! what did you request? so exciting we were accepted! are you from houston? i just moved out here for my hubby'...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to rnliz21's topic in Texas
Just heard back from the recruiter, she said they're receiving a few approvals each day for positions and they haven't finalized mine yet. Theyre extending official offers as soon as the positions are approved and they're trying to match us all with ...
Hannah_PsychRN replied to rnliz21's topic in Texas
I was notified on Friday I'd be receiving an offer, and then told I would hear back today with an update on unit/shift. It's almost 3pm and haven't heard anything yet, hopefully I'll know soon!