lcsw2aprn

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1. Bipolar Disorder/Risperdal/4 year old

   lcsw2aprn replied to michelle95's topic in Psychiatric

   I am a Psych NP, I do not deal with children as I have seen way too much harm done to children in the name of psychiarty. I would never consider giving Risperal to a child. My question is, "would you allow your child to be in a study of an experime...

2. Do I NEED Med-Surg training to be a psych nurse?

   lcsw2aprn replied to EarthChild1130's topic in Psychiatric

   Our DON will not consider anybody without 1 to 2 years general nsg experience. That having been said, we are understaffed and have a lot of dead weight, because she can not afford to train anybody. Then if and when anything medical turns up all the ...

3. Role of psych CNS/NP in Acute Care Hospital?

   lcsw2aprn replied to normj's topic in Psychiatric

   I work as a psych NP in a state psych hospital. We can do anything execpt admit, discharge and give the admission diagnosis or d/c diagnosis. I did a rotation at an acute medical hosptial and the Psych NP was able to do the psych consults and the b...