margarita

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1. Getting burnt out?

   margarita replied to vegnurse21's topic in Psychiatric

   Do I get burnt out? Sometimes. But it doesn't last. They talked alot about burnout way back in nursing school and what you need to do to avoid burnout. For me, the 12 hour shifts are the way to go. You then have plenty of days off to recoup and relax...

2. What is your favorite population to work with?

   margarita replied to GalRN's topic in Psychiatric

   My favorite population to work with is the schizophrenics. My first job in psych nursing was at a 20 bed residential facility. The majority of residents were schizophrenics. I find them to be very genuine and easy to establish rapport. If you treat t...

3. looking for some input from psych nurses

   margarita replied to gfmRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I work on an acute inpatient unit. I live in B.C. Canada. On our unit we use the DSM-IV extensively and are expected to know the diagnostic criteria for the various disorders and to come up with a diagnosis for our pts. The Dr. does the definative Dx...

4. mental health/psychiatric nurses needed??

   margarita replied to RPNfromCANADA's topic in Hawaii

   I am also a RPN from Canada and looked into psychiatric nursing in Hawaii. The problem is that RPN's are not recognized in the US. With my 20 + years of experience I thought that maybe i could work as a therapist or counsellor or whatever, but the pr...

5. Share Your Saying

   margarita replied to angelique777's topic in Humor

   Here are some of my favorite sayings: If you can't get out of it, get into it. Unless you're the lead horse, the view never changes. You don't stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing. Ralph Waldo Emerson I'll try to b...

6. RPN and Travel Nursing/Nurse Practioner

   margarita replied to Luder1969's topic in Psychiatric

   I am an RPN and a few years ago I looked into trying to get work in HAwaii. I have 20 years experience and thought that if I couldn't be hired as an RPN then perhaps I could be hired as a therapist or whatever. When talking to the recruiters the pro...

7. LPN vs RPN

   margarita replied to loriangel14's topic in International

   I guess I should have said I am from Western CAnada. RPNs are Registered Psychiatric Nurses. Ontario is obviously different. In B.C. there are only LPNs as far as practical nurses go. Sorry for the confusion.

8. LPN vs RPN

   margarita replied to loriangel14's topic in International

   I am from Western Canada, and an RPN is a registered psychiatric nurse. The program is 3 years. We are limited in the areas we can work and of course specialize in psychiatry. The USA does not recognize us and there is no registering body in the US f...

9. plastic vs metal cutlery on psych units

   margarita posted a topic in General Nursing

   After working 19 years on the same acute adult inpatient unit we have just gone to plastic cutlery as the result of an incident which didn't even involve utentsils. I have been asked to research this from a safety perspective. So, does your acute psy...