hollabackgirl

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1. need advice PLEASE

   hollabackgirl replied to cajam6's topic in New Nurse

   hi, just so this doesn't come to as a shocker to you IT"S NORMAL!!! it takes a while to get used to time managment and taking care of pt's. no nursing school in the world, i dont care how much clinical time the school had, could ever prepare one for...

2. Emotionally drained at the end of 8 hours

   hollabackgirl posted a topic in Psychiatric

   hi, i am a nurse for about 3 years now and i am just finishing the last month and a half until its one year on the behavioral health unit. it is a closed, involuntary unit. patients are acutely psychotic and very sick. although i seem to like it so f...

3. Why did you choose psych nursing?

   hollabackgirl replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Psychiatric

   mine too. lol

4. Thorazine Shortage?

   hollabackgirl replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

   i work with acute adult patients in a involuntary unit. seroquel does not seem to work as well as riserdal. Risperdal seems to be my favorite choice for pt's comes in liquid, pills, m-tabs and a long acting consta

5. Thorazine Shortage?

   hollabackgirl replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

   with in the last 2 months my hospital has also reported the discontinuation of manufacturing liquid thorazine. it might not make money but sure makes it easier to give to a patient that cheeks tablets.