I agree with PG3, During nursing school, I was drawn to psych, yet I received no encouragement. I just ignored everyone and jumped right into psych, and I don't regret it. I have no inntentions of becoming a nurse practitioner. My master's is in nurs...
I switched from 3 12s night shift to M-F 7:30 -4 in an outpatient setting. I work for the VA hospital and visit patients in their homes. Nights and weekends off, all federal holidays off. I can start the day in the field and do my documentation at ho...
I was punched in the head by a psychotic patient who sneaked up on me while I was looking the other way. I reported it, but I refused to go to the ER. I'm used to being punched and kicked because of my background in martial arts.
When I did my psych clinical, which was in a hospital, I didn't see any nurses actually interacting with patients. However, I knew psych was my passion. I've worked in a drug rehab facility, on psych floors, in a psych ER, and now as an in-home case ...
She got 4 years for theft, not "mishandling."
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/nurse-who-stole-painkillers-replacing-them-saline-and-putting-surgical-patients-risk
B52 replied to BuzzyAllyBee's topic in Psychiatric
I do not feel at a disadvantage. On the psych floor I've had patients with feeding tubes, gunshot wounds, cathethers, etc. I consider myself a lifeling learner. I'm psych certified and I read journals on psych and med/surg issues.
B52 replied to BuzzyAllyBee's topic in Psychiatric
Hello! Nursing is a second career for me. I previously worked as a newspaper journalist. When the newspaper industry crashed I went to LPN school and got a job in a drug rehab facility. When I became an RN I worked on the psych floor at two hospitals...
I'm a mental health intensive case manager. I do home, video and phone visits. I love the autonomy and not being stuck in an office 8 hours a day. After years of night shift, I love working 7:30-4 Monday through Friday, holidays off.
I think my patient has it, but he has not been diagnosed. I'm his case manager, so I spend more than 30 minutes at a time with him. His tone changes and he sometimes says, "Why do you keep interrupting me." He has told me that he thinks he is possess...