marilyn crisp

marilyn crisp has 18 years experience.

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1. Charting based on other's assessment????

   marilyn crisp posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Wondering if anyone else has been faced with this. My psych facility requires the RN to do a shift "nursing reassessment" form on each patient. This includes things like their history and/or risk of SI,HI,SAO,psychosis, falls etc. Then there is the m...

2. CPEP

   marilyn crisp replied to fawnsternurse's topic in Psychiatric

   As a new grad I worked an inpatient psych unit in a hospital that had a CPEP unit. It had a 6 bed 72 hour observation unit. There was a receptionist person they saw first. Then a nurse triaged them. We always had a psychiatrist either in the unit or ...

3. Question for psych nurses!

   marilyn crisp replied to Blue4me2's topic in Psychiatric

   TOTALLY WRONG!!!! Completely dangerous and no one should be required to do this. Would you put yourself in this same situation with any random person? Nope! You could seek guidance from the board of nursing in your state. Although they can't mandate...

4. Salary comparison

   marilyn crisp replied to oriellyk's topic in ADN/BSN

   RN 18+ years Psych KY $25/hr 10 years ago Peds SC $27/hr no benefits

5. About to start in a Psych Hospital..

   marilyn crisp replied to jenmesh's topic in Psychiatric

   First of all, in my opinion, your employer has set you (and everyone else) up for failure, which is totally unfair. I am sure that most of that 2 weeks of orientation was sitting in a classroom learning theoretical stuff when you have no idea what th...

6. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Courses CPI??

   marilyn crisp replied to gewmac's topic in Psychiatric

   Having taken a number of these type of courses over the years, I would never spend money on it. All Psych employers I have ever worked for, both as a tech and a nurse have required it and provided it. When they are looking for someone to become a tra...

7. pre-psychiatric nursing experience

   marilyn crisp replied to rjay's topic in Psychiatric

   Being a therapy aid is the way to go I believe.I kind of fell into such a job when I was in nursing school and found that I really loved it. When I completed my RN program I was hired as a result of my experience as an aid. I think psych is something...