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1. violent alzheimer's....

   sav posted a topic in Geriatric

   I'm an rpn in a ltc facility...last month, i think it was, we admitted an alzheimer's res who is very violent when it comes to anything to do with personal care. from the first night we've had him, there have been staff injury incident reports made o...

2. First interview--scared stiff

   sav replied to sav's topic in New Nurse

   interview went real well yesterday. the lady who interviewed me said that next week i can start coming in for paid shadowing, so i can decide whether or not i'll take the job. then i can send in my form for my temp lisence and start working once it c...

3. First interview--scared stiff

   sav posted a topic in New Nurse

   Haven't posted in a while...but I graduated as a practical nurse last month. Finally got a call for an interview today, it's on thursday, and i'm scared stiff. I've only had one real interview before, for a job during highschool (which i didn't get),...

4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   sav replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Love these stories..I have a few to share. I'm doing my final consolidation in a psych hosp, and most nurses on the floor have at least one story that leads them to believe the floor we work on is haunted. Once, two nurses were on either end of the w...

5. Mental Health Clinical Rotation

   sav replied to kristen38's topic in Psychiatric

   Congrats! I'm glad you found something you really enjoy. When i was going through all my clinicals, i dreaded going to the hospital each shift. I would debate whether to call in sick, and was beginning to wonder if nursing was for me. My last rotati...

6. tips for adolescent psych, plz??

   sav posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi. I just started my psych rotation last wk (i'm an rpn student), on the adult's ward. I was really looking forward to it, but wasn't what i expected...i dunno, maybe it was partly the pts i had, but i didn't 'click' at all on the floor...from my c...