psychaz

psychaz has 14 years experience and specializes in Psych.

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1. Hospital Reputations in Phoenix

   psychaz replied to Sunlover's topic in Arizona

   I signed on as a full time employee for the facility that I had been going to through my registry, but managed to get enough 40+ hr weeks in the 18 months prior that I was able to stick with just one registry. For the first 6 months or so it was patc...

2. Words and phrases that I didn't know before I became a psych nurse

   psychaz replied to Kay28's topic in Psychiatric

   On the east coast we usually assessed for SI/HI (suicidal ideation/homicidal ideation), but in AZ we assess for DTS/DTO (danger to self/danger to others).

3. Any ACT nurses out there?

   psychaz replied to TerpGal02's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm new to ACT- 3 months so far. I've been a psych RN for a decade, this seems to be a really good fit. We have 80 clients. 1 MD, I am the only nurse, 10 CM's. The psychiatrist and I do not carry a caseload. I have 51 clients on injectables- generall...